That the “meeting stones” are the most clueless design in the last few years isn’t a news. Instead of gathering a summary of the reasons and suggest the correct way (in this case even too glaring) I’ll just paste two comments on FoH’s boards.<\/p>\n
Foozle #1<\/b>:
\nI have to say after goofing around on an alt and testing these I just can’t imagine how much crack was being smoked to allow these things into the game.<\/p>\nAs an example of their brilliance:<\/p>\n
26 War & 28 Shaman (Me) duoing SFK decide to click the stone on the way into the zone for fun. Maybe we’ll get someone we won’t kick?<\/p>\n
46 Warlock is helping a guildie through SFK at the same time. They invite a 3rd to come in and help.<\/p>\n
Newest addition to the warlock’s crew clicks the stone before he enters.<\/p>\n
46 Warlock and his guildie are automatically flagged by the “stone” because a group member clicked it.<\/p>\n
While the warlock was fighting the Wolfmaster his ENTIRE group gets ‘moved’ into Mine! Their entire group is now in the wrong instance and gets kicked!<\/p>\n
They disband and reform and have to do the instance again.<\/p>\n
I must say Blizzard this is just brilliant coding.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Foozle #2<\/b>:
\nIt’s weird that blizz takes this stand regarding this dynamic, rather than cater to “what people do” (which is stay in one zone and spam it, either a hub zone like ironforge or the zone near the dungeon, and ferret out specific classes using the powerful “\/who” command).<\/p>\nSeriously now, put a real fucking LFG tool in the game, especially not one based on proximity to the dungeon.<\/p>\n
I think the correct dynamic is a tool centered on where people ARE, and not where people ARE TRYING TO GO.<\/p>\n
Since I am going to be anywhere in the world, and since people are going to do \/who priest 60 and then send a “tell” or “whisper,” let’s make it easier for those who want to be bothered to be bothered, and harder for those who don’t?<\/p>\n
Brilliant!<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It takes various reiterations before Blizzard realizes the fundamentals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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