This seems to be one of the most prevalent complaints on our forums and how we have to be a mage, specced a certain way to be invited to any dungeon.
So very quickly is the guide on how to create a dungeon group. Now this works, it always works and i’ve been making groups like this since the very start of the game. It will take you 10 minutes at the most 
Let’s assume you’re a melee dps and want to go to Gnomer
Simply do the following
- Type out “Hey buddy, fancy tanking gnommer?”
- Copy it
- Who warrior 32
- First name on the list, right click - whisper - paste
- Second name on the list, right click - whisper - paste
- Continue down the list until you have a yes
In very very rare circumstances, i’ve had to go up to 33 or down to 31 for an example. However every dungeon i’ve run so far in classic, i’ve never had to go beyond 1 page.
Now delete the word tanking, replace for healing and repeat.
Group of 5 in 10 minutes or less, no crying about classes or specs or whatever.
If you’re a feral tank, make the group yourself!
I cannot for the life of me understand people who say they sat in LFM for 3 hours trying to finish their group…
As a side note, do take into considerations peoples locations on Who. If they are already in gnomer, just skip past the name and don’t paste to more than 1-2 people at any one time, so you don’t have to disappoint like 10 people with a “sorry we are full” message
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And be sure to whisper 20-30 people at a time, that way you get to reply “sorry full” to a lot of people - or better yet just straight up never reply <3
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Personally I ask in /1 in areas of the right level and if possible close to the dungeon. For example if you ask for people for RFD in STV (“need a break from killing raptors? take the boat and join us!”) you’ll fill your party in 5 minutes. LookingForGroup is a complement.
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I’ve had few such whispers on my priest. Can confirm that it works!
Except for one case when person invited to group first, then when I was wondering what is going on (I was fishing, so why would someone just group randomly) 15 seconds later he whispered. I obviously said no.
You’re playing on a busy realm Stonespine - so I don’t see why you’re having issues. Just ask in the various chat channels, in /4, /5, /2 in city, and /1 in a relevant leveling zone.
I personally think its a little distasteful to just whisper random people who you’re not playing with.
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There is also an addon called “puggle” that filters all the “LFG, LFM, etc” messages from the chat and categorizes them. After that the only thing you have to do is to whisper them.
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really despise people who do this whisper stuff.
more often than not once i reply they are already full or they are kicking me because they found someone better or a friend joins. being on the receiving end its just a huge waste of time of mine.
it has gotten to a point where i dont even bother to reply to those people anymore. i much rather look for people in general or lfg chats. 
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That explains why I get so many “Hey, want to Heal XYZ” wispers out of nowhere and even if I reply “Yeah sure” right away I just get “Sorry, full…”
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Well of all the things to despise in the world, being whispered an invite request for a dungeon seems fairly trivial. It can be ignored and it sure as hell beats the players having to use LFM exclusively for 2-3 hours as people mentioned prior. I’m sure even you will happily ignore a message than push people to endure that fate
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what is trivial or not is a subjective matter, mind you. and yes, i do ignore such idiots who whisper me already, like i already mentioned above if you had bothered to read.
furthermore i never need more than 15min to assemble a group or join one.
go figure.
edit: the problem is more with people wanting to join groups instead of creating their own, thats why they are waiting 2-3h as dps for a group to take them in.
so such an obnoxious behavior as mass whispering people should not be encouraged whatsoever.
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I said, you would happily ignore a message than push people to that fate, what did I fail to read?
As a side note, anybody who brands somebody an idiot for offering an invite to a dungeon via message that then ultimately fills up before you can reply…well it speaks volumes and is entirely consistent with the rest of your replies. Let’s not waste any more of our lives replying to one another
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i alrdy made the dam thread alrdy!
look! i alrdy said this months a go!!!
what you fail to understand is that there is nothing wrong with asking someone via whisper whether they can tank, heal or dps ONCE IN A WHILE.
however, people like you, who mass whisper people constantly, are who i despise deeply. its such an incredibly obnoxious behavior.
if everyone did that then you didnt solve a problem, you ve just shifted it. all the tanks and healers will experience their own personal hell - their own trade chat spams in whisper. way 
to go!
and yes i call those people what they are - idiots. i am not a person who minces words. deal with it.
i could play your game and say that your ignorant behavior towards this situation speaks volumes about you as well but oh well.
you seem to be avoiding discussions when it doesnt go your way and someone doesnt agree with your views.
but i understand, seeing things from other peoples perspectives doesnt seem to be your strong suit so i ll leave it at that and hope that not many people will pick up this obnoxious behavior. 
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I don’t mind someone I know whispering me to ask me to heal, but I don’t want everyone whispering me to heal for them when I’m out and about. I can see lfg and will answer requests posted there if I have time for a dungeon run tbh. Most of the time I post my own groups.
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Ye, I too hate that. Like I answer imminently, and in like 30 - 50 seconds “sry full”. Feels as same as spam phishing, when you get message like “Hi Bliznrzad employe here, your account is flagged, please send us your personal information or youll be banned!”.
I don’t want to say it’s a bad method, but can you please wait for my reply for at least 10 seconds before whispering others, otherwise really it feels like spamming.
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oh man, tell me about it.
i was leveling with my warrior in ashenvale and got 4 whispers for tanking bfd from 3 different people within a very short period of time (and yes, apparently for one person saying no once wasnt enough 
)
i dont mind tanking or healing but if i really want to do a dungeon i will use the designated tools for it like lfg.
exactely. i dont know whats more annoying, them saying they are full or not saying anything at all and just outright ignore you when they are full. 
I actually never said yes to someone random who instantly wispers you to tank this tank that without knowing anything about him and his group.
Creating a group is part of the essence of the game, they can go fap themself with those addons and good luck finding a fine tank/healer.
People forming groups and socializing the “old way” to do it are usually much better and nicer.
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I’ve run everything up to SM, some even several times, and I never stooped to whispering random people, and hope I never will. The trick is to make your own group, I just start with “LFM ‘instance’ Tank+Heal+DPS” and go from there. Oh, and I make a point to NEVER invite people who spam “LFG ‘instance’ DPS”, even if they whisper me 
. Also reply “lol” to dps warriors. It never took me more than 15 min to assemble a group from scratch. It might be different at lvl 60 of course, but somehow I doubt it.
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This is an extreme anti-social view IMO. I might understand some people not liking random invites, but whispering is pretty fine.
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