The Cross Server LFG system on RP servers

One of the features that were announced for World of Warcraft at BlizzCon is Cross Server LFG, and it’s not coming in the expansion but in patch 3.3.0. Basically it will work like the Battleground system, where players from the entire Battlegroup are drawn together into a game. You queue up for instances in the LFG system like normal, but the selection of players is from your Battlegroup and not just your realm.

For max-level instances this will help a bit, but it’s not way near as useful as it will be for low-level instances. At this point – two expansions into the game – not many are leveling new characters, and the prospect of finding a group for Shadowfang Keep is very daunting. But throw together all characters in the 18 – 25 level range across the entire Battlegroup and you just might have a very good chance of scraping together a full group without wanting to bash your head in the wall.

With a few exceptions all Battlegroups have one or two RP servers thrown in together with the rest of mixed PvP and PvE servers. In my Battlegroup (Rampage EU) we have 13 realms and 2 of those are RP-PvP. Since that the LFG system probably won’t care what server you are on (if people from those RP servers only saw queued players from two realms in the entire Battlegroup it wouldn’t be much of an upgrade, and some Battlegroups only have one RP server) a question arises.

What will happen when people from a RP server get thrown into a group from a normal server with the LFG system?

Now I only have limited experience with RP servers, but I can already see the drama arises when the “By the Light of Elune”-RP people get thrown into a group with “That’s what your mom said”-PvP people. I smell a sitcom!