Wrath of the Lich King Classic's new group finder tool is a mess

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Wrath of the Lich King Classic(opens in new tab)'s most controversial feature is one that didn't exist in the original, 14-year-old expansion.

World of Warcraft Classic received its preparatory Wrath pre-patch(opens in new tab) this week, which includes early access to the Death Knight class, the new Inscription profession, and the game's unique group finder tool.

The new LFG tool was supposed to help you find and group up with other players and to clean up the spam in the global LFG chat channel, but its clumsy implementation and what many believe to be a major bug have flubbed its original purpose.

Many people on Reddit(opens in new tab) and the game's forums report that the tool is wrongly assigning the tank role to players who submit their entry into the LFG list, regardless of the role they actually play. Healers and DPS are struggling to find groups under the wrong tag and groups are forming with tanks that can't tank.

There's an option to choose your role within your specialization menu, but that too is inexplicably getting swapped to tank. Additionally, if you've selected tank as your desired role there, it reportedly(opens in new tab) changes the UI layout for raids—a serious issue for healers who need to see everyone's health bars.

When detailing the new system back in June, the developers said(opens in new tab) they kept the role options open—regardless of your class—to encourage communication. But now in the live game it's opened the door for not only this disruptive bug, but dishonest players who want to waste people's time.

The LFG chat spammer problem isn't fully solved either given that the tool is the easiest and most popular way to find groups. Once you've added your entry into the list, you'll gain