If everybody opts out... then obviously it's pretty useless now, isn't it? :P
Look - it's great for world PVP (which sadly translates to jackass-ganing most of the time)... but I've been sighting the other MAJOR problems of this for a while now. Here's a thread I started when they first announced it sighting these EXACT problems:
http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...why-we-need-it
Somebody on the forums said it best: "So, the idea is you want to take these people who want to escape their normal social lives and force them all together and be social?"
---------- Post added 2012-09-09 at 03:59 PM ----------
Fact: MMORPG =/= perpetually grouped up with thousands of people all the damn time
Fact: MMORPG = a virtual world of varying playstyles that make up a community... part of which are those loners who like to farm, fish, and play their game THEIR way and eventually contribute to the community by selling their wares.
Fact: WoW has been successful for the past 7 years WITHOUT this stupid feature... why is it needed now?
---------- Post added 2012-09-09 at 04:00 PM ----------
Nope - you cannot trade with them. It works like cross-realm Battlegrounds and LFD.