Guild Wars 2

I know there’s been tons of talk about this but here we go again.

One of the reasons some people don’t want an elaborate LFG finder is because people will simply stay in one map (more than likely LA), simply staring at the lfg window and forget about the rest of the world, which would make it stagnate.

My solution:

What they can do is have an LFG FINDER that you can only see people LFG while in the same map.

So anybody lfg on Malchor’s leap will only be seen by people who are on that map. And you can see specifically the kind of group they are looking for. And the name of that person lfg.

For dungeons specifically you can see people from other servers also.

And to make it known that people are lfg on other maps besides the one you are in, on the lfg finder window there can be a section that says" x amount of peope are lfg in this map" without been specific about what kind of group they are looking for and no names (so they don’t end up whispering and asking them), that way they will have to travel to that map to find out.

Yes people will complain about it and say that they should be able to find a group from just one spot, but if you think about it, it solves the stagnate problem.

P.s. I posted some of this in someone’s elses post in another section but I think this belongs here in the suggestion section.

Any thoughts?

I’d say it would be much of an improvent if this was implemented in the game. Many people are though lfg in the map where you can find the dungeon but still I see many who doesn’t. And they who aren’t can be found in LA. So it is a problem in my opinion.

I don’t really feel like digging around to find where ANet thinks a lfg finder would cause ‘stagnaton’. But if that’s true, really, someone should be seriously scolded over in those fun and kushy offices

As a new player of all 4 weeks, I was, very surprised ANet did not put something better for grouping / dungeons in such a game where the ‘seamless’ aspect of grouping for DE and working with other players was such a highlight to this games current success. Not to mention also that it was one of the heralding features throughout nerdlandia.

But alas, the community gets by on its own merits, regardless of what the developer thinks —> gw2lfg

I hope ANet is listening, I almost quit gw2 after leveling my first to 80 because finding groups for dungeons by shouting in LA was an atrocious waste of my time. I could not run around and do other things, like further a crafting discipline or continue map completions, lvl an alt in the mean time, whatever, have fun? right. without an LFGfinder I was unable to have fun! Fun to me right now is runing dungeons and getting the daily completed if I can. The lack of a proper built in tool created a huge ‘stagnation’ for me as a player. The opposite of what is intended, apparently as I’ve been reading through these forums today.

GW2LFG.com saved me from throwing this game to the wayside. No polish or a combat system I find incredibly fun and engaging, can replace feeling bored in an this MMO bc I can’t find a group. I’m doing my best when I say that also to just forget about how this game felt like a single player game between levels 30-65. Bravo to ANet for the FOTM changes, that helped some. I finally was able to experience FOTM runs because even on gw2lfg it was harder to find people who would spare the time for lower runs. Now with those changes, it’s so much easier.

but seriously, gw2lfg with the app on my phone is one of the best tools to date for any mmo i’ve played. The fact it was not developed by ANET & is a huge success should demonstrate very very clearly that a LFG finder is totally necessary. so necesary in fact the community made it’s own and it works, very well.

in the 2 weeks i’ve been using gw2lfg I have NEVER had to sit in LA. It’s never taken more then 10mins to find a group to do any dungeon, and that’s at all times of the day or night. I’d call that a successful app.

Gw2lfg works great for dungeons but not so much for grouping up for DE’s or any regular event really… though they seem to be making changes and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it become more in depth.

And while gw2lfg is amazing, the game itself needs it ingame imo.

But like you, when it came to dungeons, looking for people was a nightmare, and gw2lfg really made a difference there.