Grouping tool bug

Jitterbug

It has worked for me once:

Me (and apparently 3 others) were in que for the same thing, and as we all entered or had entered the same public dungeon the finder woke up and put us in a group.

Razzak

Jitterbug wrote: »

It has worked for me once:

Me (and apparently 3 others) were in que for the same thing, and as we all entered or had entered the same public dungeon the finder woke up and put us in a group.

Yes, it does work for some players, occasionally. But that is not how a grouping tool should work, is it? ZOS admitted it is not working properly, but refuse to either fix it or redesign it.

DaveMoeDee

Worked for me today twice. The second time required waiting more than 30min.

Razzak

DaveMoeDee wrote: »

Worked for me today twice. The second time required waiting more than 30min.

The last time it worked for me was months ago. Hours spent in queue, day after day and no group, for months. And I, like you, am not alone in such experience. So, we both are a proof it does not work properly.

Razzak

Another week gone, another week of nothing done to fix this. Care to enlighten us when we might get a properly working grouping tool?

Giraffon

It WOULD be nice if it would work. Here are my thoughts from another thread:

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I'd like to make a suggestion for the Group Finder Tool. In the interface where you are describing the kind of group you are looking for, please include "Undaunted Normal Pledge" and "Undaunted Vet Pledge". After you choose one of these, then you choose the dungeon you want to do.

The current interface only seems to address players going through the group dungeons as they level normally.

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Strictly from the perspective of someone wanting to do Undaunted pledges, I would love for the group finder tool to work so I don't have to sit around scanning Deshaan's zone chat. It's a drag...

Razzak

Any news? Or should I say, anything done yet?

Razzak

Do we really have to wait for consoles to establish the quality of current grouping tool?

Razzak

Now, that I have become "practically family" according to you, ZOS ... how about it mom, pops? Care to enlighten your family member on when we can expect improved grouping tool? Before or after console release?

Razzak

Another week has gone by. Another week of absolutely nothing from your part, ZOS. Are you even reading this forum or have you already focused your entire attention towards consoles?

Razzak

So, Gary. How much longer do we have to wait for a fix? Will it get fixed immediately after console launch? Will we have to wait until console version gets stabilized? Do we have to transfer to console if we want a properly working grouping tool?

MyNegation

they better not fix this horrible implementation of a matching tool.
they have to scrap it completely ( keep it for consoles if they love it so much)

and make for PC version another grouping tool, which is a list, where i can publish my party and intent and people can choose to join me. and i can join other players published parties.
when the group is filled, it is removed from the list etc.

everything else is a complete waste of time and code.

Razzak

MyNegation wrote: »

they better not fix this horrible implementation of a matching tool.
they have to scrap it completely ( keep it for consoles if they love it so much)

and make for PC version another grouping tool, which is a list, where i can publish my party and intent and people can choose to join me. and i can join other players published parties.
when the group is filled, it is removed from the list etc.

everything else is a complete waste of time and code.

I could not agree more. I've been asking for such a change for a long time, but considering ZOS' track record with design changes and the fact that grouping tool for consoles is almost identical to ours, meaning it does not work on published, player managed groups, it will not happen.
Almost their entire focus is on consoles and will be so for months to come.

OrphanHelgen

This needs a seriuos design rework as well.. Who wants to use group tool for vet DSA, if you know what I mean?

glak

This tool is the inverse of what it should be and clearly architected & designed wrong. I would like to see a feature where group leaders can decide from whom in the pool of queued players to pull into the group.

Instead of a queuing system, it should advertise a list of waiting groups and unmatched players. Partial groups should show who is the group leader. That is the preferred approach in every game.

Then when someone feels lucky and queue, they could select "I feel lucky" and request to be a added to a group just like now.