Summary
- A fan of World of Warcraft recently discovered the Group Finder interface window in the Classic Era Season of Discovery servers, although the feature does not actually work.
- This discovery could potentially indicate that World of Warcraft is considering implementing the Group Finder feature in some way in the future of WoW Classic.
- The Group Finder tool was not added to World of Warcraft until 2009, and it has been a controversial topic among players. The discovery of the window is noteworthy, even if it turns out to ultimately be a meaningless fluke.
A World of Warcraft fan just discovered the interface window for the Group Finder in the Classic Era Season of Discovery servers. While the feature doesn’t actually do anything, the fact it can be opened in the retro World of Warcraft servers in the first place could mean something big for the future of Classic WoW.
Recently, World of Warcraft launched the Season of Discovery, its most ambitious twist on the Classic WoW formula yet. Players can discover brand-new quests, engrave powerful Runes that unlock abilities and roles never seen in World of Warcraft before, and challenge a 10-man raid version of the iconic Blackfathom Deeps dungeon. However, the Group Finder feature that enables players to seek out party members and randomly match for dungeons is not available in the game.
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That said, it seems some fragment of the Group Finder still exists within World of Warcraft Classic Season of Discovery. WoW fan and content creator MrGM recently discovered the window for the Group Finder could be pulled up on World of Warcraft Classic Era servers by running the custom script “/run PVEFrame_ShowFrame()” in the chat window. The Group Finder window does not work, so it is most likely leftover code–but it could mean World of Warcraft is considering implementing the feature in some fashion in the future of WoW Classic Season of Discovery.
The History of the Group Finder in World of Warcraft
The Group Finder tool was not added to World of Warcraft until 2009, about halfway through the original run of Wrath of the Lich King. In modern WoW, the Group Finder–and especially the Dungeon Finder subfeature–is an invaluable quality-of-life feature for the community and is a staple tool for social interaction within the game. On the contrary, the Group Finder only recently came to Wrath of the Lich King Classic to much dispute, and it is still unavailable on Classic Era and Hardcore servers, which seek to preserve the original WoW experience in their own ways.
In all likelihood, MrGM’s discovery of the Group Finder window in WoW Classic was a meaningless fluke, especially considering how divisive the subject is. Though many players would love having the modern social tool on the Classic Era servers, just as many would be vocal against its inclusion. Even so, the fact the Group Finder window can be pulled up in World of Warcraft Classic at all is a noteworthy discovery–even if it is nothing more than an entertaining scrap that slipped out from behind the WoW Classic development curtain.
World of Warcraft
- Released
- November 23, 2004
- ESRB
- T for Teen: Blood and Gore, Crude Humor, Mild Language, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, Violence (online interactions not rated)
- Developer(s)
- Blizzard
- Publisher(s)
- Blizzard
- Engine
- Unreal Engine
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
- pc, ps
- Cross Save
- yes
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World of Warcraft is an incredibly successful MMORPG that has been going strong for almost two decades. It's one of the highest-grossing franchises in history and is widely considered the most popular MMORPG ever made.
