Good and Bad with LFG

So I have been able to level my pally to 47 over the weekend, doing ZF twice and ST 3 times. Ive also leveled my shaman to level 27 from 23. Doing 80-130 DPS at level 27 is pretty nice as Elemental. Doing all these dungeons, ive only had 1 or 2 good groups. most of all my bad experiences have been in Gnomeregan, someone in the group has to leave for some reason, and deciding to be annoying he pulls about 30 mobs then leaves group, leaving all of us to die one by one and run back in to the instance, almost always we lose some members along the way. Theres also those people who have no clue what their doing, Druid tanks in kitty from, pally tanks without righteous fury on, and Warrior tanks tanking 1 single mob and nothing but that mob. Theres also the healers, who seem to always just heal the tank and no one else in the group because "I didnt know you were taking damage..." and "i'll go oom if i heal the whole group." Finally the DPS, you shouldnt be doing 10 dps at level 20 something... My shaman totems do more than that.

Even though theres all of these negatives, I have stopped the lengthy questing and spent my time in Major cities right by the class trainer and just queueing away in LFG. The DPS seem to be having the hardest time finding groups. This will probably even out what spec people choose to level with. You will see more people leveling with a tanking spec or healing spec now mainly for quicker queues on LFG.

LFG System

I have had somewhat goodluck with the new patch. I have tried the queue on Fiordin but so far no luck with any groups. I have been able to run many dungeons on my Alt Warrior. Ive leveled a total of 4 levels so far just through LFG. Most of the groups have been fairly good and easy to roll through. Of course though, there are those people who leave just in the middle of the instance. When that happens you can either choose to keep on going with just 4 people or try and find someone from the queue and keep going where you left off. All the instances ive been doing on my Warrior, have been tanking them. only 2 dungeons so far that ive been grouped into have had an undergeared healer, barely keeping up with the heals and even wiping... in RFC, with most of the group over level 16.

LFG has certainly changed how I level, I used to run all over the place doing quests here and there. Now I hang out in a Major city, just waiting for the queue.

I have completed another instance that I have never done due to the difficulty of getting there. Deadmines, It also has nice Twink gear in the dungeon, and not to difficult and long. Whats even nicer, is the buff you get from using the random LFG queue. It gives you a 5% buff to almost everything I can think of.

WC and my luck with 3.3

Ok, so Patch 3.3 has just came out and i am currently unable to log on. Over this past weekend i ran someone through WC, one of my least favorite dungeons of all time. You have to have someone in your group that knows the way around, or you will spend the next couple hours wondering around someplace you have never been in. I do have to say something good about WC though, it has some pretty nice gear to get while leveling and twinking. It has gear for pretty much every class and role their is.

Once I am able to log on with Patch 3.3, I am definitly going to check out the new LFG system. See if i have any better luck doing dungeons cross-server. My pally is still level 44, My plan for this week is to get a group for ZF using the new LFG system and see how it goes. I am curious what role will have the best experience with LFG, DPS will most likely have to wait longer, but also in my opinion, have the easiest time in the dungeons. Heals / Tanks will probably be in demand for LFG, especially coming higher levels when no Mail/Plate wearing class can just tank

Instance leveling with 3.3

Most of us Level the same way, through questing. Most of that will change though with Patch 3.3, the knew LFG system will let you run instances with the same people that you do Battlegrounds with. This will allow you to sign up for an instance, wait a while, maybe quest here and there. Once there are 5 group members across signed up, you will be teleported away to the instance.

Some of us have been lucky enough to earn Dual Spec at lower levels. Such as myself, while i was questing in Hillsbrad i think, a Cat Carrier (Black Tabby) dropped. Later when i sold it on the AH, i had a big 1,200g sitting right there in front of me. I went over to the pally trainer and got dual spec. I am now a level 44 Prot / Holy Pally. Being Dual Spec has helped me finding groups and surviving in them. I know this has happened to all of us, right in the middle of an instance out of no where, someone drops out of the party and logs off. I dont know why but for me it always seems to be the tank or healer. If you are one of the few people non 80 that have dual spec and this happens to you, you will be the hero of your group. allowing your group to move on through the instance with little downtime from when the member dropped out.

With the new LFG system in 3.3 though, what if someone in your group drops out? does someone else in the LFG system come in or does Blizzard wish you luck with your 4 members? I myself would pick up someone else from the LFG system as soon as they are available, or even others in LFG system around that level but not signed up for that particular instance. If your group had downed, lets say 2 bosses before the extra person got in to the group, then that member would get compensated for an amount of gold depending on your level, for each boss downed. Note, this last paragraph has not happened yet, at least to my knowledge, its all in my imagination.

While leveling with Dual Spec, your gear is very important if your like me, having 2 completely different specs. If you were perhaps a Balance / Resto Druid you could probably use the same gear while leveling. So if you are like me, do you level up one spec from the quest rewards? or level up both specs with the quest rewards, choosing which item is most needed for either of your 2 specs. I myself has chosen the second option due to the amount that I do instances. It seems to be farely easy way to go, I do sometimes miss little upgrades here and there, but overall its going perfectly fine.

I will try and post some several little hints about different dungeons I have ran along the weeks, and even what dungeons are good for what class.