How to instantly make the Group finder better (Console)
Evilways
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1. You may not queue if you are in a solo instance. Too many people drop group when queues pop because they are halfway through a solo.
2. If you enter a solo dungeon, you're taken out of queue.
3. when a queue pops, you are automatically placed in group chat.
4. stop letting Mages queue as tanks (kind of a no brainer here)
5. when a queue pops with only 3 people in it, it more often than not falls apart. Queues need to be full to pop.
6. When a queue pops, most of the group has no idea what dungeon popped and has a fair to good chance of not getting the other 3 members to go to the appropriate dungeon.
2. If you enter a solo dungeon, you're taken out of queue.
3. when a queue pops, you are automatically placed in group chat.
4. stop letting Mages queue as tanks (kind of a no brainer here)
5. when a queue pops with only 3 people in it, it more often than not falls apart. Queues need to be full to pop.
6. When a queue pops, most of the group has no idea what dungeon popped and has a fair to good chance of not getting the other 3 members to go to the appropriate dungeon.
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6. when i join a group and its full i cant find any info which group we are going to... i get a text in the upper right corner but its like 3 seconds and if i miss that theres no way to find that info again?? or am i missing something? usually when that happens and nobody knows where to go i just teleport to a dungeon and we kick ass... but still??Excuse my english... not my main its my alt..0 -
Mighty_oakk✭✭✭✭✭If it worked like the grouping tool in every other game ever made and only took 1 min instead of 1 hour none of these problems would exist.
I say add text chat and shoot the lfg tool in the face.2 -
Bane_of_Fringe✭✭✭1. You may not queue if you are in a solo instance. Too many people drop group when queues pop because they are halfway through a solo.
2. If you enter a solo dungeon, you're taken out of queue.
3. when a queue pops, you are automatically placed in group chat.
4. stop letting Mages queue as tanks (kind of a no brainer here)
5. when a queue pops with only 3 people in it, it more often than not falls apart. Queues need to be full to pop.
6. When a queue pops, most of the group has no idea what dungeon popped and has a fair to good chance of not getting the other 3 members to go to the appropriate dungeon.
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VtCwby07✭6. When a queue pops, most of the group has no idea what dungeon popped and has a fair to good chance of not getting the other 3 members to go to the appropriate dungeon.
That's a big one for me! There ought to be an easier way of figuring out what dungeon you've been pulled out of the queue for.
7). Auto Restart the queue if a player drops ( I know, debatable)0 -
spoqster✭✭✭✭✭I really liked the suggestion of someone else to adapt some of the functionality of final fantasy's group finder, where you can see existing group finder searches.
The current system caters to a very specific use case of players who know exactly what they want to do. I believe this is not the most common use case for players, though. I think it is a more common use case for players to be more open about what they want to do.
Displaying a list of existing group searches will cater to the browsing mindset and is likely to lead to more widespread use of the group finder.1 -
Sausage✭✭✭✭✭
✭Most important thing is to give a reason for players to do Silver and Gold pledges, even for players who've not reached vr14 yet, currently players do them once, and never again. Ive suggested CP-boosters, green 50%, blue 100%, purple 150% and legendary 200% as random reward after completition. Gears are good too, but eventually people get best gears and theres no reason to do those.
I personally think its population issue though, PS4 EU Thornblade is already dead, so we are down to 1 Campaign, couple month more and its dead too. Only thing what helps here is Trial with Unlimited Cyrodil or F2P.Edited by Sausage on July 11, 2015 1:01PM0 -
Lnin0✭✭✭Wish I knew how it worked. Everytime I have queued for a dungeon in the group finder it just searches and searches at 0 of 4. I usually get frustrated and leave after 45-60 min so maybe I am not being patient enough. Partially because I am used to WoW where the dungeon finder is pretty quick and partially because I assume there should be plenty of new players on Xbox looking for a dungeon.0 -
WOW has a great dungeon tool system.
when i do dungeons in there we dont use group chat.
it pops it takes all 4 players there. BUT the system knows you cant lie about tanking or healing when you que for it to get faster times.
if someone drops then a tool can be used immediately to reque for what or who just dropped.
Sometimes even in wow it still falls apart but that might work better. idki know its hard without group chat. but its 2015 EVERYONE should use there damb headphones at least just to get it going at first.1 -
Aerathnor✭✭Make the role icons float above group members heads so we know who is doing what without having to check the group screen (takes a while on console).
Vote Kick to remove a group leader that is *still* in the harborage as we're pulling the final boss.
Add a role rating system ( you only can be rated in group finder groups) so when you look at the group screen you can see that you have a 5 star tank/healer and get a base idea of how competent they are. You wouldn't have a visible rating until you've been rated from 10(or more) different groups, so you have time to learn a role before you have a public rating. Have the rating eventually only draw from your last 20 to 30 dungeons so that as you grow in skill your previous poor ratings will fall off.
I know some people will use this to discriminate. I've not had too many people that I would rate as low yet, but there have been groups where I'd like to let future groups know that "John" the DPS will charge into 10+ pulls before the tank, not communicate, and just all around not play as a team member. It would also make people think twice before queuing as all three roles and being our "healer" as a Sorc with a 2 hander and heavy armor.
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