I think a good compromise would be to have a queue system like RDF that automatically puts you in a complete group once all the roles are found.
The group will be informed of what that random dungeon is and will have to make their own way there - absolutely no teleporting into/out of the dungeon this is the most important thing
completing the dungeon would reward the daily thing and maybe bonus for tank/healer if that was in WOTLK
(potentially have cross realm queues for underpopulated realms)
edit: my pref is to not have RDF at all but if we have to have it then just make sure there’s not teleporting
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And no penalty if we leave before entering the dungeon so I’m not stuck healing 4 DKs.
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We are at the point where compromise is not on the table. We have a hard no. Until Blizzard puts RDF back on the table. It’s all in RDF until Blizzard either says 1: Still a hard no. 2: RDF is back in. 3: RDF needs changes before it can go back in.
If Blizzard says #3 Then compromise is the discussion.
That, and RDF is fine the way it was.
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Isn’t that essentially what we already have?
You put yourself in queue and someone invites you.
The only way it’s a pitfall is if all you play is DPS.
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Flying afk to a dungeon or waiting to get summoned there adds absolutely nothing to the world. Being teleported simply eliminates a pointless, tedious time sink.
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Personally, I rather have RDF but it’s not a deal breaker. Whatever happens, they need to do something about their server populations.
I think they should just add portals to the summoning stones of dungeons, part of the reasoning people don’t like the teleport to dungeon is that it breaks immersion and doesn’t fit into lore.
Let the lowbie players access portals from capitol cities, like Org would have WC and RFK/RFD, Thunder Bluff would have BFD and Mara, UC would have SM or ULD/ST. Outland/Northrend ports would be in their corresponding quest hub.
I think it would go a long way in fixing the issues people have with traveling to dungeons and tries to meet both camps in the middle.
No thanks, just put RDF without cross realm.
NO. Teleporting is WHY i want it.
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Without cross-realm solves almost nothing. You’d still be stuck looking for a tank/healer. RDF worked because it was cross-realm and allowed you access to tanks and healers from other realms.
Not really, it’ll be the same issue across just about every realm, the only thing it expands is the pool of DPS. Tanks and healers are just less prevalent. Cross realm is not necessary.
Just remove summoning stones aswell then, right?
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Nah, no compromises. Either RDF as it was or no RDF.
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Let’s remove mage portals and warlock summons as well.
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Agreed, can’t have portals in the game it seems.
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The only actual “compromise” I can think of is to just have RDF for level 1-70 zones.
No teleport breaks some RDF functionality. Queue random dungeon and get into party.
Player1: “So which dungeon we doing”
Player 2: “UK Heroic”
Player 3: “AK heroic”
Player 4: “HoL heroic”
Player 5 (Tank): “Soz, only need occulus, UK H”
Player 3 & 4 have left the group
Player 5 has left the group
Player 1: requeue for 30 mins looking for another group.
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Yeah not having teleport does seems like the best way to go about it but then you have situations like you just brought to light. Also when people are out questing they are even more unlikely to start making their way to the summoning stone. This is something we are experiencing RIGHT NOW.
I think a good compromise would be the LFG tool. Blizzard agrees!
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why though?? getting to the dungeon is an anoying and boring task like i could be farming herbs, doing world pvp, questing or whatever while i wait for my queue with teleport to happen, instead ill have to be probably near wherever i want to go so we dont take 10-15 more mins to get there, you could fit so many more dungeons in that wasted time that is getting there without teleports, didnt the classic ppl like leave retail cause it made you do anoying chores yet you guys want to manually go to the dungeons like that wasnt a chore
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