What’s the problem with “LFG” addons?

Korvior-dalaran · May 22, 2019, 3:24pm

Funnily enough, they actually just did a poll for this on Reddit’s ClassicWoW and it was like 80% calling it DM where around 20% was calling it VC out of roughly 1000 votes.

Starman-zangarmarsh · May 22, 2019, 3:25pm

Don’t forget that people generally prefix their LFG with “20 mage” or “56 Druid”.

It should be painfully obvious, even without “north”, etc., what the context is.

Krackillz-sargeras · May 22, 2019, 3:28pm

yeah I totally agree. I can’t imagine why people would refer to Deadmines as DM.

LFG RFC(RC) is now = LFG Bazzalan or LFG B
LFG WC is now = LFG Mutanus the Devourer or LFG MD
LFG DM is now = LFG Edwin VanCleef or LFG EVC
LFG SFK is now = LFG Archmage Arugal or LFG AA
LFG BFD is now = LFG Aku’mai or LFG A
LFG Stocks is now = LFG Bazil Thredd or LFG BT
LFG Gnomer is now = LFG Mekgineer Thermaplugg or LFG MT
LFG RFK is now = LFG Charlga Razorflank or LFG CR

LFG SM/GY/Lib/Arm/Cath = LFG Bloodmage/Arcanist Doan/Herod/High Inquisitor Whitemane = LFG B/AD/H/HIW don’t confuse Ragefire Chasm with Graveyard now.

LFG RFD is now = LFG Amnennar the Coldbringer or LFG AC
LFG Ulda is now = LFG Archaedas or LFG A Don’t confuse Uldaman for Blackfathom Deeps now.

LFG ZF is now = LFG Gahz’rilla or LFG G
LFG Mara/Orange/Purple/Princess is now = LFG Lord Vyletongue/Razorlash/Princess Theradras or LFG LV/R/PT

LFG ST is now = LFG Shade of Eranikus or LFG SE
LFG BRD is now = LFG Emperor Dagran Thaurissan or LFG EDT
LFG LBRS is now = LFG Overlord Wyrmthalak or LFG OW
LFG UBRS is now = LFG General Drakkisath or LFG GD

LFG DM:E:W:N is now = LFG Alzzin the Wildshaper/Prince Tortheldrin/King Gordok or LFG AW/PT/KG

LFG Scholo is now = LFG Darkmaster Gandling or LFG DG
LFG Strat Living/Dead is now = LFG Grand Crusader Dathrohan/Baron Rivendare or LFG GCD/BR

Mograxx-tichondrius · May 22, 2019, 3:28pm

Ive always seen it as VC. Playing on Uldum and Illidan back in the day, both Horde and Alliance called it that. Its VC.

Mograxx-tichondrius · May 22, 2019, 3:29pm

I mean it was literally called VC at the time, but you keep it up champ! Nice effort.

Krackillz-sargeras · May 22, 2019, 3:29pm

maybe on your server but the majority of other servers it was DM

edit:

champ

Beáker-earthen-ring · May 22, 2019, 3:29pm

I dunno. On Malorne in 2005 it was called VC. All three of us on that server agreed.

Ziryus-doomhammer · May 22, 2019, 3:31pm

There’s nothing wrong with the group forming part when you take out all the cross realm and teleporting parts, it’s ultimately not any more or less personal than using trade chat and is in a lot of ways more effective.

Mostly the dislike comes from people who don’t actually understand how LFG works compared to LFD/LFR and people who refuse to admit anything in vanilla could actually be improved.

Gildark-senjin · May 22, 2019, 3:32pm

Nobody is saying it didn’t happen. Acting like it was used across the board 100% is where you’re stumbling.

Belkira-tichondrius · May 22, 2019, 3:33pm

The only people that call it VC are the people who claim they’ve played since beta but didn’t start playing until well after Dire Maul release.

Dire Maul wasn’t even in the game at launch. There was literally only one thing in game named DM for the first few months.

If you call it VC you’re wrong.

Find me one screenshot of someone calling Dire Maul DM with no direction applied.

Mograxx-tichondrius · May 22, 2019, 3:35pm

I guess the entire Illidan and Uldum servers were wrong?

Vadeem-kilrogg · May 22, 2019, 3:37pm

I played horde and ally on those servers back in the day. I’ve heard both VC and DM. But once Dire Maul came out, it was always VC.

I also remember strat being either strat or live and UD strat. At least I think that’s what i remember.

Krackillz-sargeras · May 22, 2019, 3:37pm

Every instance in the game was abbreviated using the name of the dungeon, so when someone claims its named after the final boss of the instance I have an issue with it. Again see the list I posted.

If you are going to call it VC using your logic you should probably consider calling UBRS GD, LBRS OW, BRD EDT, ect. BY YOUR LOGIC…

just sayin

Mograxx-tichondrius · May 22, 2019, 3:39pm

I’ll be the bigger person and apologize. At the time I played on Illidan and Uldum and everyone there called it VC. I forget that servers had their own communities and its possible they developed their own lingo. Illidan was a full server, so I just assumed everyone else used it.

However, that doesnt make VC wrong. Its just what we used. I will definitely be using it in Classic.

Mograxx-tichondrius · May 22, 2019, 3:41pm

But its literally not MY logic. Its what my servers called it. I just assumed to avoid confusion with Dire Maul… Made sense to me. I didnt make this up.

Starman-zangarmarsh · May 22, 2019, 3:42pm

Whisperwind didn’t.

Cimbom-proudmoore · May 22, 2019, 3:42pm

Considering Deadmines was released prior to Dire Maul, DM originally meant the former. It was later that the distinction was made and VC was mostly used by those that arrived to the game post-Dire Maul patch.

Edit** can’t grammar good.

Starman-zangarmarsh · May 22, 2019, 3:43pm

You mean former

Cimbom-proudmoore · May 22, 2019, 3:43pm

Danimals:

Assuming these are created for vanilla by the community all it would allow is people to make groups faster.

There is no teleporting to dungeon. The dungeons are still difficult and require communication, such as when to sap, sheep, cc mobs. Loot rules will still need to be communicated and agreed.

All the addon would do is reduce chat spam nonsense for “LF2M DM:N - 2 dps no warriors, all loot reserved”.

There is no less community with an addon that groups 1 tank, 1 healer, and 3 dps together instantly. You still need to run to the dungeon, likely hop on discord, and discuss loot rules.

I’m assuming a group finder addon in a simplistic sense won’t be able to see your gear score, because that information isn’t available, so it won’t negatively weed out any players based on that.

Curious on what the negatives are of such an addon.

yes, I am slow today.

Krackillz-sargeras · May 22, 2019, 3:43pm

most likely from Wrath on