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by Mike Schramm 
Dec 8th 2006 at 3:06PM
Just a follow up to David's LFG post yesterday. My suggestion for the disappointing LFG system in place after the patch was for Blizzard to leave the system in place and also reinstate the LFG channel-- players who want to use the LFG system can then do so, and players who want to LFG the old fashioned (and messier, and more annoying, and yet more effective) way can do so as well.Blizzard, however, disagrees. Neth says clearly that the devs are standing behind the new system, and that no matter how much players ask for it, the old LFG channel ain't coming back. In fact, she even asks that players who don't want to use the LFG system use it anyway and give feedback on how to make it better.
I'm not sure that's going to happen-- it's Blizzard's responsibility to get creative about solutions, not the players'. But in the meantime, lots of players have gotten creative anyway, and if you "/join lookingforgroup" on almost any server, you'll find a close enough approximation of what the LFG channel used to be. Until Blizzard fixes their interface and actually gets something in place that finds me the group I want doing exactly what I want, you can meet me there.
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Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Jason Dec 9th 2006 12:58PM
What I don't understand is - with all the complaining - the only reason LFG is not working out too well yet is because not enough people use it. I know on my server, people have slowly started to try it out. I've found an MC and ZG PUG within 5 to 10 minutes. That's amazing. Plus, the group was setup pretty decently too.
I agree with Blizzard. Even if you don't like the interface all that much - try it out and provide *constructive* criticism back to them so they can change it and make it better for everybody. They're trying something new (other than that very ineffecient LFG channel) and I think it's great.
So, if you still want to spam a LFG channel - by all means, go ahead and do it. But what does it hurt to use the LFG tool at the same time. It doesn't hurt anything by using it.