Over time since its release players have gotten used to using the LFG tool, and most players really like it now. A very similar tool has been talked about and is probably inevitable in Cataclysm, a tool for creating random raid groups. While it will likely be created sooner or later, is it a good idea? Can a group of random players really complete a raid when they are just thrown together? Byron “Messiah” Mudry looks at the creation of a random raid tool and what that could mean in Cataclysm.

The first really big bonus that a random raid tool would allow for is accessibility. It would allow more players access to raids that may never otherwise get into raids. If the tool did a good job matching up players it would allow for successful groups. For instance players from low population servers could join into raids where their server may not have enough non-guilded players to make up PUG groups. I would also allow players to join cross realm groups to better fit their play time, or just to have access to a group.

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