Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 needs a party finding tool that is produced by Anet. I don’t care if it is in game or web based. The three reasons this needs to be implemented are general chat is not a viable party finding tool, GW2 was specifically designed to discourage solo and two man teams, and party finding is wasted time.

While trying to find a group to do a dungeon I was reminded of a quote from Francis’s Diablo 3 rage quit. “the only people using general chat are gold sellers.” The online community that uses general chat is a little more diverse in Guild Wars 2. However, the population can be broken down in to 3 categories. Gold sellers, trolls, and people who can’t STFW (Search the fine web). For this reason alone most people don’t bother with general chat. Other factors working against general chat are ironically too much content and ease of travel. When you combine this with a the fact that you can only mass message people on a single map in your home server, or overflow instance it makes in game party finding very difficult. Do you go to the map that has the dungeon, or do you sit in Lions Arch? Lions arch has a better chance of getting an overflow which may open you up to more people, but what if you are playing during off hours for your server and you can’t zone to an overflow?

While it is true the the main story line, except the final mission, can be easily completed solo, all end game content suggests parties of 5. In Guild Wars you could successfully complete areas in a reasonable amount of time with less players. However, the skill set in GW2 is limited, gear is harder to obtain, and the design of the end game areas makes solo or 2 man dungeons impractical even with max gear. The fact that developers specifically designed a significant amount of content that requires a party to complete puts the burden on them to provide a practical method for players to find a group.

The final reason there should be a party finding tool is time spent finding a group is time wasted. I would like to believe that most people purchase a game to play the actual content, not spam general chat half the time they are logged on. Anet did an excellent job eliminating this element of the game for trade. With the auction house you can quickly determine the market value of items, and purchase and sell equipment. Please put this level of attention to a party finding tool.

http://gw2lfg.com/
in that page u can LFG.

That page is great but not all people know of it. It also have some flaws because it’s stand alone from the game. One example is that once you found a group you have to manually remove your search, and some forget to do so, which leaves outdated search results.

Guild Wars 2 already have the ground to stand on for this kind of tool, cross server party and dungeons are already possible. The fact that you get suppressed by the chat system when you try to search a group in-game is very obnoxious and just another reason for me to have a dedicated looking for group system. May it be a separate chat channel or a real nice GUI, but something that makes it easier to find a group would be great.

Relying on a third party tool for group finding is pretty weak solution for a top tier game. It should have been in the game from the start.