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  • Skullcrusher
  • 0. Time to change LFG back to what it used to be   10/20/2009 01:56:34 PM PDT
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C'mon blizz, surely you have noticed how the world lfg chat has migrated into the trade chat.
Not everyone que's up for some instance just to lfg. You can't even que up for holiday events like HH, brewfest, etc, you have to go to a capital city and look for a group in TRADE chat.

Haven't you yet ran into the groups who will often have someone volunteer to hearth back to a city just to look for someone in trade chat?

If i recall correctly your chat used to be part of the rest of the server but this is no longer so, so reverting the lfg to what it used to be will make trade for trade...
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  • Moon Guard
  • 1. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 01:59:02 PM PDT
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Then whiners will complain about the exuberance in the lfg channel following them everywhere they go. Blizz can't win no matter what they do.

Oh, and at this point I don't think anyone cares about trade being for trade. There isn't ever much trading to be done there, anyway. Auction houses do a good job of taking care of that.

[ Post edited by Wordup ]

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  • 2. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:00:28 PM PDT
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I use LFG all the time, either someone asks me to join a group or I'll start one. Rarely do I have to go on trade and ask there. But that's just me I guess, I'm looking forward to the new changes headed for LFG though.
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  • 3. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:03:34 PM PDT
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There are significant changes to the LFG system planned for patch 3.3 that have not yet been implemented on the public test realms. We'll have more information on this soon.

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  • Chromaggus
  • 4. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:04:45 PM PDT
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Oh god, the Chuck Norris jokes...



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  • 5. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:05:05 PM PDT
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So what's wrong with using trade as a group recruitment channel?

Frankly, I see it more as an opportunity to hit a wider audience of people.

I could spam "LFM, heroic runs, need tank, dps, and heals" in the LFG channel and the nearest thing I'll get is a level 65 asking if he can join. Whereas on trade, I spam that, I get 15 whispers in under 10 seconds.

Trade is an auto-joined global channel for the cities. You can't say, "join your own channel" because no one else has incentive to join it and even more people don't know how to join other channels.
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  • 6. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:07:51 PM PDT
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There are significant changes to the LFG system planned for patch 3.3 that have not yet been implemented on the public test realms. We'll have more information on this soon.


Is there any way you could give us just a small hint of what they are? Pls?
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  • 7. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:08:58 PM PDT
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Is there any way you could give us just a small hint of what they are? Pls?


Cross Realm LFG. Think running instances with people from other realms.


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  • 8. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:09:20 PM PDT
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Here is a tip.

-Right click your chat frame
-Make a new frame
-call it chat
-right click the new frame
-go to settings
-turn on /g /t /p /r and NOTHING else.

Easily switch between normal chat and a filtered one!
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  • Anvilmar
  • 9. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:09:21 PM PDT
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Cross Realm LFG. Think running instances with people from other realms.


drool

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  • 10. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:09:36 PM PDT
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There are significant changes to the LFG system planned for patch 3.3 that have not yet been implemented on the public test realms. We'll have more information on this soon.


I hope those changes mean I can queue for more than 3 instances at a time, or that i can scan who's actually LFG for any instance at any given point.

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  • Auchindoun
  • 11. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:10:00 PM PDT
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/who (you level range) all

It gives you the name of every person that could possibly run with you. start sending tells.

Also, /who (level range) (class) all, if you're looking for a particular class.

It works very well, but you occasionally get fail members.
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  • Wildhammer
  • 12. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:10:25 PM PDT
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Oh god, the Chuck Norris jokes...



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  • Skullcrusher
  • 13. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:11:08 PM PDT
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There are significant changes to the LFG system planned for patch 3.3 that have not yet been implemented on the public test realms. We'll have more information on this soon.


ah well hopefully that will clear up trade chat /cheers!
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  • 14. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:12:26 PM PDT
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So what's wrong with using trade as a group recruitment channel?

Frankly, I see it more as an opportunity to hit a wider audience of people.

I could spam "LFM, heroic runs, need tank, dps, and heals" in the LFG channel and the nearest thing I'll get is a level 65 asking if he can join. Whereas on trade, I spam that, I get 15 whispers in under 10 seconds.

Trade is an auto-joined global channel for the cities. You can't say, "join your own channel" because no one else has incentive to join it and even more people don't know how to join other channels.


This is exactly what the OP is trying to help. He wants LFG to hit a "wider audience", so Trade doesn't get bogged down with it. The audience would be much wider than Trade, because it would apply to the entire world, not just the cities. Did you just misread the intent here? From your complaints, it sounds like it could only be a positive.


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so reverting the lfg to what it used to be will make trade for trade...


Not really. I like the idea, and I'm all for it, but Trade will still be filled with unnecessary chatter.

Imo, there should be a World Chat, based on levels (1-57/58-67/68-79/80 maybe?) or some other criteria. That way the people who wish to talk can have their channel, and we can turn it off if it gets too silly or we just aren't in the mood to listen to it that day.

Then on top of that we could have the Trade channels and World LFG channels, with the hopes that the chatters would use World Chat, and leave the other two for what they are named for.

Why wouldn't this work again? I've heard these ideas before.
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  • Stormrage
  • 15. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:15:36 PM PDT
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/who (you level range) all

It gives you the name of every person that could possibly run with you. start sending tells.

Also, /who (level range) (class) all, if you're looking for a particular class.

It works very well, but you occasionally get fail members.


This doesn't work so well for special events like HH. Everyone is lvl 80...

Also, i love the general chat by level idea. Make a chat channel for each brackets.

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  • 16. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:16:14 PM PDT
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I hope those changes mean I can queue for more than 3 instances at a time, or that i can scan who's actually LFG for any instance at any given point.


If you're thinking an open ended, wide audience, opt out LFG channel or a more flexible tool I think we might all be dissappointed. You try to keep optimistic but you just know its going to be the same tool with cross server LFG and a checkbox to choose between local or cross server searches.

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  • 17. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:19:56 PM PDT
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This is exactly what the OP is trying to help. He wants LFG to hit a "wider audience", so Trade doesn't get bogged down with it. The audience would be much wider than Trade, because it would apply to the entire world, not just the cities. Did you just misread the intent here? From your complaints, it sounds like it could only be a positive.

Yes, I did read the OP. However, I think he or she was positing returning trade back to what it used to be. I'm not aware of "what it used to be". Since the start of the game, as soon as players realized that you can talk to people around other cities in your faction, trade then became a central and convenient channel for communication. I also don't think Blizzard finitely defined what trade was for. It might be named "trade" but what for? Economics? Exchange of anything be it goods (items) or services (professions, pugs) can be classified as trade.

Regardless, I look forward to whatever changes Blizzard is bringing.
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  • 18. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:21:19 PM PDT
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What it used to be? Like when I had to talk to an innkeeper to get in the queue?
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  • 19. Re: Time to change LFG back to what it used t   10/20/2009 02:21:35 PM PDT
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WTB Call to Arms or similar functionality.

Sometimes simple is still good.- and arbitrary level and location exclusions are not necessarily beneficial.
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