Smarter Group Matching

So the Random Dungeon matching system in the new 3.3 patch brings up some interesting questions, some of which I'm not too keen about the 'answers.'

"The new system will now work to match at least one experienced player for the assigned dungeon with less experienced players in the group. It will more carefully match class types, and will more consistently match players of equal levels for the dungeon chosen. The interface will also allow players to see how many players are looking for groups as well as the average wait time of groups that the tool has formed." --www.wowhead.com

"The Dungeon System will make sure players are of the appropriate level, have the appropriate attunements for a dungeon (if applicable), and look at the average item level of each player. The system will put together a group according to the roles (tanking, healing, DPS) players have selected to fill and attempt to match characters as best as possible according to the items they have equipped." --www.projectlore.com

So there seems to be a bit of discrepancy between these two quotes from the Blizzard Q&A session. The first seems to indicate that there is a sense of "experience" that Blizzard can surmise about one's character. There's no details on what distinguishes one from the other. Is it achievements? Total quests completed? How many times you've run an instance? Or is that simply meanig that someone clicked the button voulenteering to be the group leader? Furthermore, it says that they will be intentionally mixing these experienced and in-experienced players together on purpose! Ugh.

While, on the other hand, the second quote suggests that the average item level on the character is going to be examined. Sounds like Blizzard is implementing their own sort of gearscore. The quote, however, does not say how the average item level would be used. Is that what they mean by "experienced"? I sure hope not. At least with pre-3.3 PuGs, I got to screen certain people out in an effort of getting the best possible group that I could. It sounds like Blizzard is, in effect, making sure that you don't end up with a "Dream Team" group and that you never will.

It's important to note that it's a Random Dungeon finder, not a Random Group finder. The group is not random at all... it's been mettled with using some criteria that no one knows exactly. I can't friend-list these cross-realm folks, so there's no way for me to keep track of who on what server is actually any good and play with them again. I'm not out there to challenge myself by playing with idiots and see if I can still make it through an instance. I'm out to make my life easier by grouping with people I know can get the job done, and not annoy me to death while doing it.

I still maintain that some people make it to 80 not because they're good, but rather because they're persistant.