A lot of people bemoan the new LFG/LFM interface, saying it's crap, or whatever. It's not it does a marvellous job. However it's so bone-hedadely unintuitive that you wouldn't know this until someone pointed it out to you with an epic staff. So, as a public service, please read this handy guide for using the LFG/LFM interface.

0. The big buttons that lead you to the LFG and LFM tabs do exactly that. They don't change the behaviour of the tool. Just click whatever, and then choose between the LFG and LFM tab as needed.

1. Turn off auto-join in both the LFG and LFM tabs. That puts you in a group automatically, like meeting stones used to. Real people dont like being matched with strangers, they want to see who's joining/who they're joining. What were Blizzard thinking when they were designing this?

2. Only bother with LFG if you're really flexible about where you want to go and want to signal your availability to many different optons. This is like posting "LFG Strat, Scholo, UBRS". Relatively few people do it, and I recommend not using with the LFG tab at all.

3. Regardless of whether you are forming or wanting to join a group, go to the LFM tab. Choose the type of instance you're after and the name, for example "Dungeon" and "Stratholme". Note, LBRS is in Dungeons and UBRS in Raids.

4. Unless it's like 6AM, you will see a bunch of names listed. Those with crowns are partly formed groups going there. Those without crowns are individuals wanting to go there. Hovering your mouse over a group shows you the names, classes, and levels of all the members so you know exactly what the group is like.

5. If you are in fact LFG, find a group that suits you and message the leader for an invite. If you are in fact LFM find individuals that suit you and message them to offer them a place. Bear in mind some of the individuals are just browsing, so mainly if you are LFM just wait and if you are LFG ask to join.

6. Use the comment field to indicate something about yourself or the raid. For example comment on an individual might be "Have T2 set, wanting item XYZ only". A comment on a group might be "Supreme Raiders + PuG, PuG get 10 DKP".

7. If you just close the window, the tool will continue to advertise your LFG or LFM status. If you don't want that (for LFG mostly you won't, and for LFM mostly you will) turn your preferences back to "None" in all the appropriate fields.

There you go. Clear as mud! Happy grouping and enjoy the great functonality that this tool actially provides, if you use it this way.

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A lot of people bemoan the new LFG/LFM interface, saying it's crap, or whatever. It's not it does a marvellous job. However it's so bone-hedadely unintuitive that you wouldn't know this until someone pointed it out to you with an epic staff. So, as a public service, please read this handy guide for using the LFG/LFM interface.

0. The big buttons that lead you to the LFG and LFM tabs do exactly that. They don't change the behaviour of the tool. Just click whatever, and then choose between the LFG and LFM tab as needed.

1. Turn off auto-join in both the LFG and LFM tabs. That puts you in a group automatically, like meeting stones used to. Real people dont like being matched with strangers, they want to see who's joining/who they're joining. What were Blizzard thinking when they were designing this?

2. Only bother with LFG if you're really flexible about where you want to go and want to signal your availability to many different optons. This is like posting "LFG Strat, Scholo, UBRS". Relatively few people do it, and I recommend not using with the LFG tab at all.

3. Regardless of whether you are forming or wanting to join a group, go to the LFM tab. Choose the type of instance you're after and the name, for example "Dungeon" and "Stratholme". Note, LBRS is in Dungeons and UBRS in Raids.

4. Unless it's like 6AM, you will see a bunch of names listed. Those with crowns are partly formed groups going there. Those without crowns are individuals wanting to go there. Hovering your mouse over a group shows you the names, classes, and levels of all the members so you know exactly what the group is like.

5. If you are in fact LFG, find a group that suits you and message the leader for an invite. If you are in fact LFM find individuals that suit you and message them to offer them a place. Bear in mind some of the individuals are just browsing, so mainly if you are LFM just wait and if you are LFG ask to join.

6. Use the comment field to indicate something about yourself or the raid. For example comment on an individual might be "Have T2 set, wanting item XYZ only". A comment on a group might be "Supreme Raiders + PuG, PuG get 10 DKP".

7. If you just close the window, the tool will continue to advertise your LFG or LFM status. If you don't want that (for LFG mostly you won't, and for LFM mostly you will) turn your preferences back to "None" in all the appropriate fields.

There you go. Clear as mud! Happy grouping and enjoy the great functonality that this tool actially provides, if you use it this way.

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8. If, like me, the instance you actually want to go to isn't listed, due to you being wrong level, or you want to do something the devs have decided the LFG UI won't let you, ignore 1-7 completely, type '/join lookingforgroup', and spam a message in there. If no-one else is using it, your only other recourse is to go to a major city of your faction and spam a message in the General channel and/or using /yell instead.

(NOTE: If you can't be arsed with the hassle of the LFG UI, you may follow step 8 as well.)

Good job there. I was actually very close to doing a thread like this myself but you posted yours both quicker and better made than mine :P

Please allow me to quote and snip a little of your guide to more emphasise the two major things that are the keys to getting good use out of the LFG tool.

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1. Turn off auto-join in both the LFG and LFM tabs. That puts you in a group automatically, like meeting stones used to.
3. Regardless of whether you are forming or wanting to join a group, go to the LFM tab

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I think a lot of people just experienced the autojoin function and then quickly jumped to the conclusions and turned the LFG thing off, and that the ones who stayed didn't find the very handy LFM-bar, and felt like they had no control over the LFGing.

Deserves a sticky, but it wont get one, since if it gets one it means Blizzard agrees that their LFG system needs a tutorial :P

good post. /sticky

I heartily recommend this, or a compilation thereof, stickied somewhere.

Might post it to Wowwiki if I can remember my account details there.

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8. If, like me, the instance you actually want to go to isn't listed, due to you being wrong level, or you want to do something the devs have decided the LFG UI won't let you, ignore 1-7 completely, type '/join lookingforgroup', and spam a message in there.

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That's a pretty boring and predictable reply. You know in the months before wednesday, I NEVER saw level 60's needing a group to go to SM. All you could see was a lot of spam and the occasional level 12 demanding to be boosted through VC or Deadmines by a level 60.

Now someone has mentioned the level ranges, and suddenly all the trolls are pretending they actually need this and act like it's a real problem. I bet you never really want to do an instance that's not in your range. One persons says something, dozens of others copy it mindlessly like it's their own idea.

Im pretty much confused with LFG UI.... I have loads of quests and elite quests and when I click on LFG tab i dont get Quest in first option just Quest(Elite). Does this mean I cant LFG for simple quest?

Second....even though I select Quest(Elite) I dont get my elite quests in second list option...

Anyone has same problem, or is it just me noob....

Thanks 4 help!

Well written guide, this. I highly appreciate it.

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Im pretty much confused with LFG UI.... I have loads of quests and elite quests and when I click on LFG tab i dont get Quest in first option just Quest(Elite). Does this mean I cant LFG for simple quest?

Second....even though I select Quest(Elite) I dont get my elite quests in second list option...

Anyone has same problem, or is it just me noob....

Thanks 4 help!

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Sadly we can't LFG to normal quests, only elite.. and yes, LFGing for elite quests seems bugged at the moment, but it's supposed to work so they'll patch it.

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Sadly we can't LFG to normal quests, only elite.. and yes, LFGing for elite quests seems bugged at the moment, but it's supposed to work so they'll patch it.

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Thats not fair....what if I have red quest that is not elite...well I guess then its General Chat left to spam ?

Gah I can't figure out how to remove myself off the goddam thing.

Also I went to mara the other day to look for Ghost Mushroom, I thought to myself "why not go with a group of lower levels I could put on my note I want the ghost mushroom" I know that when I was doing mara I would have been happy to fill a spot with a 60 priest in exchange for letting her get the mushies.

Alas I could not do it :(

Is it just me or does the LFG tool not work as intended when looking for help with Quests? Shouldn't you get a dropdown list with the quests from you questlog when you choose "quests"? Well I don't...

This post really made me finally understand what the UI is about (to close or not to close etc.).

I like the idea of that interface, but I also suggest that apart from the buggy elite quests all quests should be in there instead of just elite quests. Perhaps "zone" is supposed to do that, but that did not help me so far...

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8. If, like me, the instance you actually want to go to isn't listed, due to you being wrong level, or you want to do something the devs have decided the LFG UI won't let you, ignore 1-7 completely, type '/join lookingforgroup', and spam a message in there. If no-one else is using it, your only other recourse is to go to a major city of your faction and spam a message in the General channel and/or using /yell instead.

(NOTE: If you can't be arsed with the hassle of the LFG UI, you may follow step 8 as well.)

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QFT.

Sticky number 8. Leave the rest.

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Is it just me or does the LFG tool not work as intended when looking for help with Quests? Shouldn't you get a dropdown list with the quests from you questlog when you choose "quests"? Well I don't...

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you only get the elite/raid/dungeon quests

EDIT: I vote for sticky! actually i knew how to use it but now other people also do.
So stop spamming the Trade channel with LFG's. XP

Nice guide. When more people are using it, it'll work a lot better.

Anyone agree with me, though, that Strat should get 2 entries on the dungeon list? Live and UD? I've never seen a pick-up group before that wanted to do the whole instance.

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What kind of noob needs help for normal quests anyway? Apart from a few tricky quests, most are completely solo'able. It's only fools, lazy nubs and those that are too low level who actually need to group for normal quests.

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at level 20 probably most of them are soloable and easy most end game quests need teamwork, thats good thing not a bad thing.

part of the mmorpg experience i think is meeting people and having fun