120857-mock-up-one-thing-that-wildstar-really-need-a-way-to-find-right-other-players-for-different-activities

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Hey guys,
 
after a good Reddit resonance I decided to post the following suggestion in this forum. It´s a mock-up for a "Group Finder 2.0" in WildStar. Why I made it? In my opinion one of the biggest problems for players in the game is the lack of possibilities to search for and find other players. Particularly on EU realms with three different types of languages (GER, FR, EN). In addition Nexus is not small, there are lot´s of different "Hot Spots" like Housing, Thayd/Illium, different daily zones... so the players are distributed quite far and you can`t make requests for groups via the chat.
 
The really simple solution: "Back to the roots"
 
In the past lots of games had a system where you could find and search players for different activities manually. Then players fell in love with automatic search systems and now... everybody want the old system back cause of the lack of communication, not fitting matchmaking and more. The thing that it´s possible to search for quests partners or other activities than just looking for instances, furthers the player interaction. The devs of Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft and other games understood this "problem" and introduced manually group finder systems in addition to automatic matchmaking systems.
 
I really miss such a feature in WildStar. It's really hard to find the right people when you have no time for a guild. Anyway for raid and warplot PUGs it would be great! You can see who search for dungeons, raids, adventures, pvp activities, quest and other things everywhere and everytime. GREAT for the players! So what do you think about that:
 
 	
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I support this idea 100%.
 
I know the "LF pug raid" might be controversial to some, but I've had some good experiences in the past with near-full guild runs that just needed a few more DPS and healers and it went really well (4/6 GA in one night).
It would be super helpful having this tool, so less sitting in Thayd in hopes to find a group or waiting in LFM channel.. Yeah:
 	
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that is like Gw2. and it is smart. because Gw2 IS SMART.
 
allright, back to my always the same daily zones and my gear based locked behind win trading pvp.
 
AIGOO!	
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			I've never been a fan of automated grouping systems. DDO's LFM is the best I've experienced to date - looks like you've captured a lot of the important features in your mock-up. Do want.	
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			10/10 would want. For a moment I thought this was a feature on the PTR, but alas it's just an amazingly well done photoshop mockup. IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN! 	
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			+1.  These types of systems are far better than queueing/automated matchmaking systems in my experience.	
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			this so much this	
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			This seems like a great idea. Hell it would even help solve the medal problem since you could straight up tell people that you're going for x medal etc. +1 would support	
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			https://forums.wildstar-online.com/forums/index.php?/topic/86702-upcoming-changes-to-gold-medal-rewards-from-dungeons-and-adventures/page-38&do=findComment&comment=1008576	
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This is by no means a confirmation that we can or will do this, but it's an interesting idea and I'm very interested in making the group finder UI a better experience for players.
 
I'll keep an eye on this thread for any additional feedback. :)	
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Sorry to if i'm stating the obvious - 
 
So essentially you are creating an "event", be it a dungeon, pvp grp, adventure and asking people to join.
 
 
oooooo me likey :D	
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Yes, Yes, Yes!
Make life much easier!
Chua seen good science put in this.Carbine, please!	
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This is superb to happen. WoW did it and imho was the no1 change they made. If i want to go for the daily crystals quests, world bosses, challenge modes, old content for transmog or achievements, garrison invasions, pvp to other faction city etc etc i use this tool. Its simply amazing and its a huge option WS is missing.
 
Is it possible to add this in game as an user addon, at least until Carbine makes one? If its possible, community will do the rest and advertise it both in forums and ingame, so it will became a <default> addon for every WS player.	
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			oQueue for wow did the same thing, and really well. Port that to Wildstar please 	
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Could be wrong as it's been a while since I played World of Warcrack
 
Didn't they have the reward system inbedded into their's aswell? 
 
Showed you how much (forget the currency) you had left to get before you hit your cap and showed you what you could get if you pugged?
 
And also (could have dreamnt this) if there was a shortage of healers/tanks joining the LFG, they would add rewards for those who joined as those specs on odd occasions?	
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Yes, Yes, Yes!
Make life much easier!
Chua seen good science put in this.
Carbine, please!
 
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(sorry for the multiple posts)
 
Infact having looked at that again - being able to join a board with what you are looking for so groups can pick who they want/need is even better!!	
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			+1 plez add carbone	
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			I can't remember it having a reward system, but to be fair I only used it in pandawow and I didn't play that very long.	
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			need!	
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This is exactly what I asked for in a post a few months back.  Good job!
 
I'd have built the thing and put it in game except for the small problem of the communications channels being broken and my fear that it would become so popular that it would really kill the comms system in game when it does get turned back on.  If it's done by Carbine, then a server can be put in place to store the queues and can efficiently tell clients whether anything has changed.  If it's done by us, then some exceedingly clever P2P system would have to be designed to update clients with minimal crosstalk and then you've got issues trusting the data you get (if someone wanted to blackball a player, they'd hack their own client and make sure they were the first to respond for data updates).  Of course, anyone could just decide to muck up the whole system and, if history has been any indicator, if someone can do it then someone will, if for no other reason than to ruin everyone else's day.  I've been thinking of ways to do this, but am not satisfied with any of them, so the system remains unbuilt.	
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			This is amazing, I want this soooo badly.	
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This looks like the tool in WOW, which was done so they could form group find extra members for non-LFR raids, world bosses, challenge mode dungeons (the equivalent of veterans in here), not sure if another game had it first but it was a great tool.
 
It also allowed people to check out peoples gear score before accepting them into group.	
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			I really like this idea would help out a lot. They need it for the world bosses for sure or they need to get rid of that part for attunement.   	
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(me supporting your awesome idea!)	
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Guys... this is not the way to go about it. These tools foster the idea that you are supposed to play these games as solo players.It's the wrong solution to assume that at any moment, you can find X number of other players who:
want to do exactly what you want to do
when you want to do it
spending as much time doing it as you do
at similar skill levels to you
every time you want to do it
That last one is key... this is an unnecessary process when you have a long list of friends or are in a guild or a circle. It entirely eliminates the need to find new players to play with every time - THAT is where the frustration comes from.So don't let that happen - find long-term friends and a guild.If anything, tools should be in place to foster long-term in-game relationships and to steer players into understanding the importance of guilds and heck, even circles.As long as developers keep fostering this mentality of "solo players doing group content" then 2 things will happen: those players will be forever frustrated by forever searching for other players, and the content will ultimately suffer since the developers have to take into account the inherent issues present when a group is formed this way.Players need to stop trying to play MMORPGs as if they are single player games. They're simply not, and a different mindset and effort has to go into it.	
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			If they start working on it now, we may have it by December... of course it means we won't get christmas... again...	
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Hey guys,
 
after a good Reddit resonance I decided to post the following suggestion in this forum. It´s a mock-up for a "Group Finder 2.0" in WildStar. Why I made it? In my opinion one of the biggest problems for players in the game is the lack of possibilities to search for and find other players. Particularly on EU realms with three different types of languages (GER, FR, EN). In addition Nexus is not small, there are lot´s of different "Hot Spots" like Housing, Thayd/Illium, different daily zones... so the players are distributed quite far and you can`t make requests for groups via the chat.
 
The really simple solution: "Back to the roots"
 
In the past lots of games had a system where you could find and search players for different activities manually. Then players fell in love with automatic search systems and now... everybody want the old system back cause of the lack of communication, not fitting matchmaking and more. The thing that it´s possible to search for quests partners or other activities than just looking for instances, furthers the player interaction. The devs of Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft and other games understood this "problem" and introduced manually group finder systems in addition to automatic matchmaking systems.
 
I really miss such a feature in WildStar. It's really hard to find the right people when you have no time for a guild. Anyway for raid and warplot PUGs it would be great! You can see who search for dungeons, raids, adventures, pvp activities, quest and other things everywhere and everytime. GREAT for the players! So what do you think about that:
 
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I think I've said a few times that a tool like this would be a great idea to help facilitate people finding groups for things without having to hang out in a city and holler at people all day.
 
Super bonus points for fleshing it out this much, something like this can only help.	
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I think I've said a few times that a tool like this would be a great idea to help facilitate people finding groups for things without having to hang out in a city and holler at people all day.
 
Super bonus points for fleshing it out this much, something like this can only help.
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But not as a replacement for the queuing we have now. As something added then yes.
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I'm going to nudge this back up to the top in the hopes that more people will notice this and perhaps comment on it.
 
This really feels like a good idea, here.  I'd love to see it actually implemented.	
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