Are they going to do Raid Finder?

WoW Classic Cataclysm Classic Discussion
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what does this have to do with what i said? i think you replied to the wrong person.

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They’ve been noncommittal about that topic but I have a sinking feeling they’ll turn it on with Dragon Soul. LFR’s implementation in Cata was specifically awful. I’d be fine with it if I could just ignore it, but some of the LFR gear (specifically some of the trinkets and weapons) were even better than Heroic Firelands gear, which pressured us into running it if we cared about progressing on Normal/Heroic at all.

The common argument that “LFR allows casual players to experience endgame content!!” falls apart when you realize how miserable of a slog LFR is. If someone’s VERY FIRST raiding experience is a wipe-fest where no one knows what to do and half the group is AFK, do you think they’ll have a positive opinion of the “endgame” at all? Or even be motivated to continue raiding? I guarantee those players will have a much better time joining a casual dad guild and clearing content on normal. We used to joke that “LFR is harder than Normal” for a reason.

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They should just take away trinkets and tier gear like they did for awhile in retail (no clue if they’re still doing it or not), and that would solve the issue. Players that want to experience the raid content but are unable to dedicate time to a normal/heroic raid will still be able to experience it, get a few purple stat sticks, and ggs.

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It dilutes raid as content.
I’d explain it further to you but I already know it would be pointless because you’d just act obtuse on purpose.

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Thank you, Ivixia! :slight_smile:

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I’m not acting obtuse on purpose, I don’t think I’m acting obtuse. But if you raid normal or heroic why should it matter if some wants to do LFR? Stop trying to control how other people play the game.

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I agree :slight_smile:

LFR gives an option to the casuals, alts or what have you. You don’t get best tier gear but at least you can raid. HOWEVER, I don’t think we’ll see it from what public releases stated:

" “[W]e actually don’t have plans for introducing it at this time to Cataclysm Classic. That’s not to say that we will never introduce it. That’s not to say that we won’t necessarily decide if enough players are letting us know, ‘Hey, that is actually something we really want to see.’ We may decide to introduce it later on, but at this moment in time, we don’t have any plans of introducing Raid Finder to Cataclysm Classic.”"

BUT it could happen towards the end. My guess is AFTER the last raid is defeated by a guild.

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Translated - Things I just made up and have no real substantive basis for.

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My guess is the same phase it was originally added, when it will require little or no work to implement and a significant amount of work to remove.

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While I for some reason associate dungeon finder feature with WoWs demise, and while anecdotally I’ve seen that this sentiment is not unique to me, I agree that a LFR (lookin for raid) might as well get jammed in there alongside LFD (lookin for dung). Furthermore, the dungeon finder is pretty clutch because it allows fully async group forming. So even though it felt like it completely gutted the server engagement and group forming aspect, as well as the friendship forming aspects, at least it’s more convenient.

Also before I started writing this rant I wanted to say today I had the epiphany that it’s the finder is completely opt-in. For some reason I always ignored that in the past and just focused all of my dislike into its existence.

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If Classic was going to end with Cata I would say forget about LFR because we only had LFR for the last raid of Cata anyway, so why bother? But if the plan is to continue into MOP and beyond, I’d say we should have it. This is like RDF all over again, just give us what we had and leave it at that.

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