Block first timers from Party Finder!

[WinterLuna]

@JayCommon, I just hope SE at least consider it and realise this would be a huge help. The party finder kind of needs to be reworked anyway >.>.

[WinterLuna]

Bump! 10 char.

[Kalsam]

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I stopped playing WoW because that type of community wasn't what i wanted to deal with. I picked it up 2 years after and rolled on an rp server with in 5 min of playing i was surrounded by 5 players and called things like "lady of the evening" (u know that w word), horde spy, horde (that w word) and other nasty insults (and no these people were not rp-ing) I went on to the forums as i had 0 idea how to report it, and was heavily mocked saying i deserved it and to grow a thicker skin, last post i said was "i deserved to be called a (that w word) for no reason?" I was then mass reported and reciteved a 72 hr temp ban from the forums and game and quit the game permanently.

Wow... I played WoW for a very long time and never had any of these issues. I'm so sorry your introduction to WoW was so bad. If I still played, and you were up to try again, I'd say to join me on my server with my friends. There IS a lot of good players on WoW, they just tend to hide out in guilds and only do anything with their guilds due to so many trolls out there.
As to the game being 'easy'... I've heard that argument so many times that I just need to facepalm. They streamlined the combat to be more easily understood by a new player, and after playing for a while, you begin to see patterns. By the time one reaches max level, you've probably memorized where your skills are on the bars, so the only thing to focus on is the combat itself. :P But... that's a minor peeve of mine when people say one game is easier than another. Nah, they each just have mechanics set in a way that to a grouping of people (not everyone!), they learn and advance faster.

This can be said about ANY game. I personally find FFXIV fairly easy due to the indicators of where attacks land. It's kinda why Coincounter/Minotaur are my favourite fights >.>

I know firsthand that not all run-buyers are doing it because they can't beat it themselves. Some people just tire of running content with all the crap players they have encountered.

This! I actually got my Titan HM clear way back when it was freshly out for less than their asking price cause I told them straight up I knew the fight, just was tired of wiping. They challenged me, saying if I managed to do the fight flawlessly, they'd sell the clear for half off. Not only did I dodge everything, I even managed to take over tanking when their tank got clipped by the landslide due to Titan taking a weird step towards the ledge before doing it. O.o Still have yet to figure out what caused that. lol


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And OMG, people still are seriously not reading the thread or giving the broken record responses of "Elitist" and "Selfish"?
For flying fu.... This is a more than reasonable request. Hell, I'd love to see a lot done to the Party Finder:

-Tabs to separate Advertisements from actual Groups
-Option to invite while IN the Party Finder, instead of ending the search first to invite someone
-A reset key. (This is mainly for FATE parties when you're posting it back up after people have left, causing spots to be locked to specific classes.)
-When hovering over the leader's name, the ability to see THEIR ilvl and if they've cleared the content (when applicable, disabled on a learning party, of course)
-Option to join as multiple roles*

Just to name some of them.

*Say you're joining to help out, but only dps spots are open, you can join, but it'll also say you can play x,y,and z in case someone would have preferred to run on something else, but thought being on what they are would result in a faster party.
The only reason I'd like this one is for the times the leader may have been AFK for a moment in a fairly talkative group. XD Just so you're not repeating yourself in chat a bunch of times :P

[Azazua_azura]

@ kalasm, I have met nice ppl in WoW but they they few and to far in each meeting. I no longer own a pc so i couldn't try it, and I'm not a big fan of the lore nor am i good at the controls.
Only reason I'm even remotely good at video games, is due to playing them since i was 3 with Legend of zelda pon the nes (which was pretty compex because of needing to dodge and attack in various ways)
so pretty much been gaming 27 year,

@ thread ya we do need more options, and no no argument against this holds any water imo.

[Kalsam]

@ kalasm, I have met nice ppl in WoW but they they few and to far in each meeting. I no longer own a pc so i couldn't try it, and I'm not a big fan of the lore nor am i good at the controls.
Only reason I'm even remotely good at video games, is due to playing them since i was 3 with Legend of zelda pon the nes (which was pretty compex because of needing to dodge and attack in various ways)
so pretty much been gaming 27 year,

@ thread ya we do need more options, and no no argument against this holds any water imo.

I'm the same when it comes to just being around games for the majority of one's life. My parents told me I fell asleep as a baby on weekends to the sounds of them and friends playing PnP Dungeons and Dragons. So when I say I'm a lifelong gamer, I mean it... completely. Video games were a bit later in my life, but still been playing them for at least 22-23 years.

[WinterLuna]

Bump. 10 char

[Hayward]

I'll support this as soon as more of you folks start assisting people trying to form clear/learning parties. There's nothing more demoralizing than setting up a PF and only 2-3 people show up. You want experienced players? Get them experienced.

[WinterLuna]

I'll support this as soon as more of you folks start assisting people trying to form clear/learning parties. There's nothing more demoralizing than setting up a PF and only 2-3 people show up. You want experienced players? Get them experienced.

Go a few pages back and check the screenshot I posted of helping 7 completely new people in a fairly difficult trial to explain. Don't make assumptions.

[Whiteroom]

I'll support this as soon as more of you folks start assisting people trying to form clear/learning parties. There's nothing more demoralizing than setting up a PF and only 2-3 people show up. You want experienced players? Get them experienced.

... you folks ...


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Hey look! Someone telling experiecned players that it is their responsability to train everyone else!

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My god...

[Eidolon]

I'll support this as soon as more of you folks start assisting people trying to form clear/learning parties. There's nothing more demoralizing than setting up a PF and only 2-3 people show up. You want experienced players? Get them experienced.

You sure it isn't because no one likes you? I'd personally bail on anyone with your personality, but that's just me.