Content Finder

[Zumi]

A cross server Content Finder is a ease of use feature. There really is no good argument for not having it. You might even make some new friends along the way, and have more adventures then you normally would of. Really no reason why people would be so offended by casual players getting to do see content or getting gear. Its an optional ease of use feature that you are not being forced to use.

Takes the hassle of forming a party away? Yes

Organizes groups in a streamlined and efficient way? Yes

Does it let the more casual player that wants to do the games content be to log in queue up for a group, and start slaying digital dragons without the hassle of putting together a group ? Yes

If I just want to run quick raid instance in like my spare 1 hour I have to play the game? Yes

Are you being force to use Content Finder if they have one? No, if the content finder isn't for you then you don't have to use it.

Can you still do things the old fashioned way by getting your friends linkshell members together to run a raid or boss and run to the zone? Yes

If you want to make your own group by shouting in town can you still do that? Yes

[Rokien]

Takes the hassle of forming a party away? No, I get people together, they will want to use it to make the other half, I would not allow that. There for making people angry

Organizes groups in a streamlined and efficient way? Streamline is never a good thing. It's like, everygame should just do what CoD does. Come out a game every year with one or two changes.

Does it let the more casual player that wants to do the games content be to log in queue up for a group, and start slaying digital dragons without the hassle of putting together a group ? You might not get a group... You could stay in a que for a long time if noone uses it. Like me.

If I just want to run quick raid instance in like my spare 1 hour I have to play the game? You are playing and MMORPG, if you can't invest time into it you shouldn't be playing.

Are you being force to use Content Finder if they have one? yes, I will see a shout group, and they will be like, K LETS USE THE CONTENT FINDER!~. Or I'll make a group, and my members will be like LETS USE THE CONTENT FINDER. It is going to be forcing me to use it. Because it will make people lazy just like anima.

Can you still do things the old fashioned way by getting your friends linkshell members together to run a raid or boss and run to the zone? Yes, but as I said, they might just wanna use the content finder to fill in the extra spots.

If you want to make your own group by shouting in town can you still do that? Yes, though will they stay? I don't think they will, or they will leave and just go do content finder.

It's soon going to be like "WAITING AROUND FOR PT IS TIME SYNC I CAN'T HAVE IT!!!! THIS IS WASTING MY TIME TO PUT A LITTLE EFFORT INTO A GAME!"
I'll get back at ya after work is done.

[Mychael]

Zumi, I mostly agree with everything you've said, but a few things stick out...

Organizes groups in a streamlined and efficient way? Yes

Streamline? Yes.
Efficient? Maybe. Hopefully new content will require at least some strategy--not the kind of "ARC DOES THE MOST DAMAGE! LET'S STACK IT!" strategy we have now, but that there will be a reason to balance party setups. In the end, an automatic pool of people can never be customized enough to accommodate every variable that will make a party work or not. If getting into the dungeon is the goal, it is more efficient. If beating the instance is the goal, it will always be more efficient to build a party of people whose names you know.

If I just want to run quick raid instance in like my spare 1 hour I have to play the game? Yes

Yes, but I don't think a majority of people want the kind of instance where you can throw together a party and win in an hour. If it's that easy, it'll become boring fast, just like current content. That said, this type of content does need to be represented (for people that only have a spare hour) but we should not base all of our expectations around that.

Are you being force to use Content Finder if they have one? No, if the content finder isn't for you then you don't have to use it.
Can you still do things the old fashioned way by getting your friends linkshell members together to run a raid or boss and run to the zone? Yes
If you want to make your own group by shouting in town can you still do that? Yes

This is largely up to the dev team. That's why we're discussing it now, so they have our feedback before they make it. I will adapt whether they add it or not. However, depending on how it's designed, it could just fail miserably and be used once throughout the life of the game, or it could be the only thing that people ever do in the game. In my opinion, it needs to fall somewhere in-between.