Group quests are awesome! They give good rewards and have fun plot points. And in some zones (like Zul'Drak) you have to do a bunch of them if you want your loremaster achievement.

Lately, though, this is tricky, since the expansion is still so new and lots of people are doing their own thing. Some of us have been having trouble getting groups together on the fly, and signups for group quest days/nights on the forums have been pretty sparse ... but still those group quests are hanging out in the quest log.

So how 'bout this. If you're getting ready to embark on a group quest and you don't already have 5 people, take a second to ask in /guild if anyone needs it. Blue rewards for everyone, hooray!

when I am almost always good to help out unless I am just getting my ass handed to me by some boss

just ask in guild or whisper