Cheesing Group Finder and Booting DPS forcing back in queue

Makkir · January 2016

I don't think it's a secret now that cross faction guilds wanting to run together sometimes have to play the group finder game where they will have 3 players grouped and ask the 4th player to queue in the group finder to get placed into their group. However, this has adverse side effects and some one with limited play time like myself is getting a little too perturbed about it.

Playing at 3am is bad enough, finding a group takes a longer time than normal even if I queue as healer. I cannot tell you how many times last night I was placed in a group after waiting 20 minutes in queue, then immediately booted out because the group was trying to get their guildmate placed in the group. So I am put back into the queue and then kicked another 3-4 times from the same group until I logged off and said screw it. Now I would think the logical solution is for that group to all mark as DPS and Healer and then ask their guildmate to queue as tank since I would bet there are less tanks in queue than dps, but whatever...it's infuriating none the less.

This toppled with the misconception that "Sorcs cant heal, need a temp," makes me not want to use the tool at all. However, zone chat isn't exactly productive either at 3am. At least I can farm nodes in Wrothgar while waiting for the dungeon tool to group me. Can't do that in Storm Haven (DC's central Hub for LFG).

I love the fact we can cross faction now for dungeons, but this cheesing the group finder thing is really detrimental and it's killing me!

SienneYviete · January 2016

I can understand your frustration however until cross faction grouping from friend or guild lists is introduced this will always be the case as it's our only way of grouping with guildies. Booting sorc or nightblades as healers though is pretty rough as I have seen some of the best healers in the game playing these classes. Completed both vicp and vwgt with an nb healer.

Generally when our guildies use the lfg tool we intentionally bring our dps's in as tanks or healers as it speeds up the process.

Feisty_Khajiit128 · January 2016

I feel yah'. I hate how long it takes to find a group through finder. It is cool we can cross factions though, at least theres that.

SirDopey · January 2016

Soz, guilty as charged

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Function · January 2016

They just need to give us the ability to invite anyone no matter their faction into a group. I cant see this being that difficult.

Makkir · January 2016

Function wrote: »

They just need to give us the ability to invite anyone no matter their faction into a group. I cant see this being that difficult.

well because...cyrodiil

hydrocynus · January 2016

Yeah guilty as well but always try message the guy getting kicked so he knows why. Still sucks for him. We have also started using the looking for tank workaround now because we know if we get a random tank he will get another group very quickly as opposed to a DD.

Wrt heals the ppl wanting a templar healer must get a clue. We once couldn't find a healer so convinced one of our glass cannon sorcs in our guild to hold a resto staff and heal us through vWGT which she managed quite capably. I also once had a fantastic pug pledge run with a DK healer. Only one I have ever encountered and he did very well.

BackFreckle · January 2016

They should add cross faction grouping if they are going to have cross faction group finder and cross faction guilds. have cross faction grouping disabled in pvp areas and all is well i believe

hydrocynus · January 2016

Btw it is not just cross faction guilds. It is also groups trying to scale lower level characters to do the dungeon at v16. This could all be in one faction too.