Generally, when looking for experienced people on LFG system, one can’t tell how experienced his party mates actually are until they screw something up. Of course there are gear checks, AP checks, Dungeon Master title checks, AP checks etc., but i’m sure you would agree that they are just inconvinient and unreliable. In my opinion, some sort of rating system similiar to PvP leagues would solve the problem and help to improve matchmaking process in PvE.
There’s simple framework. Each player has an associated rating for each section of group content (each dungeon and fractals tier). All ratings degrade on daily basis down to 0. If said player manages to successfully complete some group content (e.g. a path in a dungeon), his corresponding rating increases.
Now, some details to speed up progression in the system:
1. By doing group content player acquires common sense, so it would be reasonable to simultaneously rise all the ratings up to some level;
2. Players should be able to (or even forced to) grant each other additional portions of rating via recommendations (each player can grant one recommendation after group content is completed);
3. Amount of rating gained upon completion of group content can be defined by time spent on it;
4. There also should be a room for individual evaluation, similiar to that in sPvP matches (amount of damage\healing dealt, conditions applied, etc.). Based on that evaluation, bonus rating is allocated to the player;
5. Finally, ratings are divided into leagues and leagues can be selected when making LFG post. Only same or lower leagues can be selected at this time. Only players with same or higher league can join the party.
And that’s that. #puglife
