Interface: LFG Tabs.

AmazingAvery

Up on AoCWiki: http://aoc.wikia.com/wiki/Portal:Interface/LFG

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People Search

 

People Search Tab

In this tab, we have the ability to search for People.

Options Available:

• Region
• Race
• Class
• Is Looking For

You can also specify a level range, min to max.

Group Search

Group Search Tab

In this tab, we have the ability to search for Groups.

Options Available:

• Region

You can also specify a level range and member count range.

 

 

Guild Search

 

Guild Search Tab

In this tab, we have the ability to search for Guilds. No need for The Guild Hall or Guild Recruitment websites here people.

This allows you to search purely on a level range, and member count range.

 

 

PvP

 

PvP Create and Search Tab

In this tab, we have the ability to create and search PvP groups.

 

Create Match

Options Available:

• Match Type
• PvP Map
• Number Of Teams
• Team Size / From - To
• Password
• Time Limit (minutes)

 

Search for Matches

Options Available:

• Search For
• Only Show Acceptable Matches

 

 

Options

 

Options Tab

 

 

In this tab, we have the ability to set a few searchable options with messages.

Options Available:

• I'm looking for a group
• I'm looking for a guild
• Looking for more members

Click one or all of the above boxes will make you searchable for the afore mentioned option. No need for more details.

In addition to this, is to set a custom message that people, using the People / Group / Guild search options above, can see.

• Searching for Group Message
• Searching for Member Message
• Guild Application - Like with the Guild Search - bye bye Guild Hall and Guild Recruitment websites. 

Entering text in one of the 3 above areas, will most likely allow the person doing a search for you, read your custom information.

And lastly

• PvP Matching Options

In this you do two things.

• Select Side
• Automatically Add Needed Bloodcoins

The first seems self-explanatory, you can choose a particular side you want to join, however with the little information known on Bloodcoins, the full extend of Automatically adding Bloodcoins is yet to be known.

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Seems like a pretty decent interface to me, especially coupled with the fantastic options allowed on the guild tab (posted elsewhere) - but its all still beta and subject to change.

Sevenwind

I hope the devs would take a look at how DDO has their LFG system set up. I've played a lot of games and by far I think DDO is the easiest to navigate, use, and it's options.

Boggles my mind why it isn't implamented in LOTRO, but anyways, hopefully AoC LFG window will be useful and people won't have to clutter the chat window with LFG garbage.

AmazingAvery

Originally posted by Sevenwind


I hope the devs would take a look at how DDO has their LFG system set up. I've played a lot of games and by far I think DDO is the easiest to navigate, use, and it's options.
Boggles my mind why it isn't implamented in LOTRO, but anyways, hopefully AoC LFG window will be useful and people won't have to clutter the chat window with LFG garbage.

I never got around to playing DDO Seven, heard it was alright though!

I hate it when chat is filled with irrelevant stuff.

eugam

Originally posted by AmazingAvery


 
Originally posted by Sevenwind


I hope the devs would take a look at how DDO has their LFG system set up. I've played a lot of games and by far I think DDO is the easiest to navigate, use, and it's options.
Boggles my mind why it isn't implamented in LOTRO, but anyways, hopefully AoC LFG window will be useful and people won't have to clutter the chat window with LFG garbage.

I never got around to playing DDO Seven, heard it was alright though!

 

I hate it when chat is filled with irrelevant stuff.

 Be prepared....

There is no game out there where people use the LFG tool. No matter how good or bad it is. People dont use it. Well, at least a large part of the community doesnt. Either there are central spots where people meet and LFG in /say or they spam their friendlist or they just find a channel to post LFG's. Depending on the game its /ooc or, worst case, /shout.

AmazingAvery

I know i'll be using it for PvP mini games and such like.

Guild Wars basically forces the player to the search now that people /shout in public are being comming down hard on in some area's. And party search is becoming quite popular esp in PvP area's.

I like that there will be a decent system in place for AoC and I like the thought gone into it too.

zido

The main problem i see with the use of the LFG tool is that people are likely to want to play with their guildmates instead of some random people, and since guilds are shaping up to become quite large in AoC, getting together a party from guildmembers should probably not be that hard for many people..

I don't know the technical aspects of the interface, so it might take this to account, but generally, people with good gear don't nessecarily want to group with people with crappy gear.. If you've been at level 80 for 100 days played, you're likely to be better suited to do certain dungeons than people who only just became 80, and you're also likely to have the experience needed to do it quickly.. Having to teach 20 people how to do a dungeon might become boring.. I hope it has a system where it checks the gathered "gear value" of each player to allow people to group with people that have similar gear.. Ofcourse, gear isn't supposed to be that important in AoC, but experience is..

The thing I think looks the most promising on the LFG interface is the PvP tab