The Great Masquerade (Stormwind Raid Event)

[MongoJerry]

That's also just about the only instance I saw anyone creating recruiting threads for.

Edit: OK, so I took Bolty's post out of context. I thought he was saying *in general* rather than "guild" instance runs. Since I really don't think of the LL as a "guild," I didn't make the connection.


You have got to be kidding me. I see advertisements for Gnomeregan, Scarlet Monastery, Uldaman, Zul'Farrak, the Sunken Temple, Blackrock Depths, Blackrock Spire, Stratholme, and Scholomance instance groups in Ironforge *all the time*. Not only that, but my hunter managed to get in a group going to the rare-for-alliance-to-go Razorfen Downs. Understand that most people do not know Pandarus=Neriad, so all of these pickup groups (up to the Temple, he's only level 53 now) thought they were getting just some random hunter. I didn't pull any strings on any contacts I had made previously.

Seriously, if you want to join a pickup group going into an instance and yet no one's advertising a group, make one yourself! Start off with "LFG Scarlet Monastery (lvl 38 mage)." If no group invites you, what frequently happens to me is that someone else who's shy about creating groups themselves will message me about joining *my* group. If that happens, then I invite them and start posting, "LFM Scarlet Monstery." It usually doesn't take long to get another person that way. Then, you start messaging ungrouped people in the right level range ("/who priest 35-45") with "Hi! Want to join a Scarlet Monastery group? You'd be our (fourth or fifth)?" In nearly all cases, I've been able to form a pickup group for an instance within 15 minutes.

There are dozens of people like you out there who want to join instance runs. You just have to be willing to take the initiative to create a group if you can't find a group needing your services right away.

One last thing is that as you go on more and more of these instance runs, start adding people you liked playing with to your friend's list. Your friend's list will become a great resource for starting future instance groups together or for filling out instance groups you're already involved in.