Players often say that the community in RIFT is better than the community in other MMOs, but that doesn’t make random dungeon groups any less intimidating for new or inexperienced players. You don’t know the map, you don’t know the bosses, and who knows what kind of temperament the other four random strangers in your group will have.

But take heart! We were all new once, and there are definitely a few ways to prepare for new dungeon runs and improve your chances of it being a fun time for everyone.

Karajix on our forums provided us with some new screenshots of the new LFG Tool on the Alpha server. For those that are familiar with the WOW tool, nothing should look surprisingly different.

Lately, there has been a great deal of discussion and speculation regarding the implementation of a Dungeon Finding tool in order to make forming groups just a little bit more convenient. A big part of the reason people seem to be so frustrated with the current system is that finding a group is not as simple as pressing a button and, moments (perhaps many moments) later, finding yourself in an instance ready to do battle. Instead players seem to feel as though they are stuck sitting around in town, wasting their time as they wait for an opportunity to arrive to be a part of a group.