Zeni has to fix it before console launch, because they're not going to start typing with their 5 button controller. So it's probably getting fixed soonish if it's broken.

They might already have it working on console.

I thought that PC wasn't going to be playing with console players that it was separate anyway.

At game release, I used it religiously to find groups for the non-vet dungeons when I reached that dungeon's level. I did select being a tank, and usually found a group between 1 - 10 minutes.

As stated before, the group finder was broken at ~1.4/1.5 and I have yet to try it in 1.6 live.

It's just more reliable atm to ask guildies or zone chat for people... It does seem like an issue that not enough people are using it though. I'll have to try it out sometime.

LonePirate wrote: »

Is this a trick question? The LFG tool has never worked. Players have long since stopped using it in favor of the far more reliable zone chat.

It worked after launch. I used it quite often.

In my opinion still broken
After update 5 I tried a few times with healer too for daily dungeons, unfortunately without success.
If it is work, but nobody use it, simple the solution If u use it to finding group, u get 1 CP/day . The LFG tool will overload on all day

pecheckler wrote: »

LonePirate wrote: »

Is this a trick question? The LFG tool has never worked. Players have long since stopped using it in favor of the far more reliable zone chat.

I used it daily for like 6 weeks after launch with zero issues and instant queues as a tank.

Key word launch. It did work great at launch then one of the updates messed it up and been broke from that time on. Seems like forever now. But it will be fixed,

SOON!

I've had it work for me but I always have it running in background. And I never try it with my high level characters.

Lately I log on with my VR2 Templar healer, grab the silver pledge, set up the tool and set it running while I do other things....questing mostly.

In the past five days it's delivered 4 groups, two of which were able to finish the silver pledge.

It is your Forrest Gump box of chocolates of course. One featured folks in green and blue gear who'd never seen a purple item. But we finished.

The failures were due to odd groups, such as three healers and a tank in one case. Couldn't retrait for damage myself because the other two were in light armor and would die quickly. But, as three healers and a tank, we could stay alive for absurdly long periods while the boss said bad things about us and also maintained near full health.

I've had a lot fun with these pick up groups actually.

Just finished one a few minutes ago where one poor fella was kicked from the group and none of us knew how that happened. The group lead didn't know....and didn't know how to reinvite him. Meanwhile the person kicked kept asking in /s "Why...WHY!??" as we talked the leader through the UI.

But we were together at the end.

In some ways it's more satisfying than doing a smooth AA run with very good players. They expect to succeed and think nothing of it when they do. Me, I'm not a great player and find those activities a bit too stressful for my taste.

But expect to dispense a lot of soul gems and, in some cases repair kits, buff food, potions and such if you use the LFG tool and want to make it through. Folks did that for me at first too.

Not saying it's a wonderful tool or anything. But it can work if you have a lot of patience....with the tool and often with the players it puts into a group with you.

I've come to like the almost certain delay after getting into a group for everyone to go dump their bags (the inventory system being... just not the best is a different topic).

There needs to be something though... Perhaps some incentive to use it daily/repeatedly is probably all that's needed (and i'm not sure if its how it works now.. but since the dungeons scale to the party leader you get matched with the right level people to make it rewarding for everyone).

Doesn't matter what role you have to wait when using it, but its worked enough times to be alright. It just needs that something extra.

pecheckler wrote: »

For hours there have been arguments in zone chat debating between the group finder just being "broke" and it not working because "nobody uses it".

Which is it?

I have confirmed with nearly 15 people this evening that they have been queued for hours for veteran dungeons and not getting matched with anyone. The dungeon finder used to work great in the couple months after launch when I played previously. What has happened?

We cannot be expected to stand around in a town's zone chat manually searching for players. Such tediousness hasn't been part of MMO games in 10 years.

There's a dungeon finder?

Razzak wrote: »

The saddest part about this is that they are able to make numerous comments and promises in threads about crown store, but they are actively ignoring threads about this problem.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/search?Search=group+finder

There have been complaints about the lfg tool since August. It's waaaaaay past time to fix this.

Natjur wrote: »

In the LFG options, you can mark yourself as Healer, tank or dps

BUT you can also leave all three off and if I do that, I have never got a group.

Another example what a "masterpiece" this interface is... Form over Function for the sake of immersion... and bugs... *sigh* I think I will go check if there is already a book titled "Interface Design - A Lost Art"... or something...

gard wrote: »

pecheckler wrote: »

For hours there have been arguments in zone chat debating between the group finder just being "broke" and it not working because "nobody uses it".

Which is it?

I have confirmed with nearly 15 people this evening that they have been queued for hours for veteran dungeons and not getting matched with anyone. The dungeon finder used to work great in the couple months after launch when I played previously. What has happened?

We cannot be expected to stand around in a town's zone chat manually searching for players. Such tediousness hasn't been part of MMO games in 10 years.

There's a dungeon finder?

Hehe, yeah, it is kinda hidden, because they have no clue about interface design.

I've had mixed experiences with the group finder.

As a veteran I sometimes get into a group almost instantaneously or at least after a couple of minutes, even as damage dealer, but sometime I don't get grouped up within 2 hours. -- I am sure I always have selected a role unless that turns of and on by itself sometimes.

On the other hand, I was never able to find a group with my non-veteran alts in the last few weeks. It was fine when the game started last year. Maybe this was due to few non-vets and has changed now with the influx of new players, I don't know.

I don't think it's broken. It's just that nobody uses it. It always grouped me when I tried it (the fact that I tag healer might have helped) but it is barely useful imo. Asking in zone chat is a better solution. I don't understand why they added it tbh.

It is really one of the feature less needed in a MMO game where you quickly find a guild and play with other people.

Nevertheless, they spent time doing this when other features are drastically missing or incomplete.