Players with store helmets being kicked out of LFR and LFG

[Deleted]

Screenshots? I don't think this happens.

Will there be groups who will kick you "just because"? Yup.
But that is nothing new. Always embrace yourself, when you enter a 5man, and the other 3-4 are from the same guild...

But other than that, meh. It is just the OP making things up.

[Lord Pebbleton]

Blizzard keeps putting these stuff for real money because people are willing to pay for it.
...then they gotta pay the consequences.

[Deleted]

What's all this fuss about anyway? It's cosmetic item same as blizzard store mounts. Hundreds of thousands of people bought these mounts and no one is complaining. Then they release a bit more varied cosmetic stuff and omg omg wow is dying.

Get your shit together. It's not item level 999 gear, 100 slot bag or a pouch with a million gold coins inside. F2P model abuse pay to win mechanics like crazy yet even these games have their playerbases. WOW never had anything from pay2win model.

I have many tcg mounts and vanity stuff like 150k hearthstone (ethereal portal). Had plenty of "no life" whispes from people thinking that i spent sooooo much money on these. Thing is I can make ingame gold extremely fast and never spent 1 euro, even if I did - why do you care, its my money not yours.

[Granyala]

Oh really? I've seen total morons stay in group for entire runs even tho they are afk and we have tried to kick them multiple times.

And I have seen top DPS being kicked w/o any reason at all. The guy didn#t say anything, didn't cause wipe or deaths. Someone just wanted him gone and the majority just blindly clicked "yup".

[Lime]

It is not against any rules to votekick someone from a group. Check my sig.

I haven't seen anyone say that its against the rules.

[Deleted]

As someone who highly opposes the whole microtransaction debacle which is currently happening, I find this hilarious.

I just hope some official forum posts come out of it and we get a blue response

[Hellhowl]

That's fucked up if that actually happens. I've bought the bat mount and one of the transmog helmets and I'm god damn glad I have. Fuck anybody that honestly feels they have a reason to harass another player for their own purchases. I love the Blizzard store and I absolutely 100% hope they expand upon the transmog helm idea. its that kind of mentality that makes me lose hope in the vast majority of the wow community.

[shanthi]

So do I.

There are rarely enough people that care about others being afk to successfully kick them...I honestly doubt that there are enough people that care about store helmets that much.

Yeah, that's really the point. It was a plausible story to tell here on this forum because there are enough people passionate enough in their anger on MMO-C to do such a thing. But people passionate on this, either for or against, are such a tiny minority of the player base.

This is rage-porn fantasy, really.

[heltvild]

Your claim about LFR kicks is probably not true, so I'm not sure why anyone is concerned.

I guess it worked as a talking point, though.

Happend one time for me yesterday, our MT started bitching about some guy having the t-mog helmet and he talked about going afk and shit if he wasn't kicked. So people ended up kicking the guy so they didn't have to wait for a new tank lol.

[Deleted]

This is not a justified form of protest. The only justified form of protest in this case is to cancel your subscription and tell Blizzard that the Transmog-helmets are the reason. The only thing you are doing is ruining another player's experience because you don't agree with how he handles his finances.

In short: If you have a problem with Blizzard, take it to Blizzard and not the players.

[Durandro]

It is not against any rules to votekick someone from a group. Check my sig.

Not against the rules =/= not acting like an asshole.

All I can say is people acting this way are pathetic individuals who I'd not want a damn thing to do with.

[Deleted]

What lesson is that? You can't enjoy things that others dislike?

No, that you're not supposed to gain anything ingame by using unfair or unethical means, like cash.

[Deleted]

dumb reason to kick people,
But then I have been in LFR's where people would want to kick Low DPS people who only just had the gear to get into LFR and where obviously trying their best and there for the upgrades, so nothing surprises me about LFR mentality these days.

Must agree with this.

[Duster505]

No everyone doesnt know that its done that way. because everyone isnt a vindictive callous petty hater. These people are spending time waiting to get on the LFR and LFG, they need to get badges and gear and because of how they choose to spend their money in a manner that in NO WAY affects ANYONE ELSE, they are getting kicked. Not for being jerks, not for afking, not for bad skills, not for anything that the kick system was intended for, but because of something that peoples panties are knoting up over so hard that surgeons are now specialising in its extraction as a very lucrative field.

i see someone at a buffet for a microsoft expo during using a windows phone 8, i disagree with microsoft's business practices concerning the new UI and etc, so when they reach the end of the queue and fill their plate, i reach out and smack it out of their hand onto the ground. Thats not a personal attack?

this is terrible behavior.

I agree - its a terrible behaviour. Maybe if Blizzard had thought about it before implementing it ... we would not have such things in a subscription game.

[ScottsdaleHokie]

I think it's hilarious!

[Deleted]

No, that you're not supposed to gain anything ingame by using unfair or unethical means, like cash.

Yeah, because we all know how much of an impact those helmets have on your performance...

[KCguy]

I doubt this sort of thing is happening a lot. Here and there I'm sure because a few people are upset, but I'm sure I could queue for a ton of LFR/LFD and be fine. Once in a blue moon you get grumpy people, but for the most part I've never had any problems ever (in general I mean)

[Bakis]

I find it hillarious

[Duster505]

This is not a justified form of protest. The only justified form of protest in this case is to cancel your subscription and tell Blizzard that the Transmog-helmets are the reason. The only thing you are doing is ruining another player's experience because you don't agree with how he handles his finances.

In short: If you have a problem with Blizzard, take it to Blizzard and not the players.

The ppl that bought the hats now know that they might get kicked so its easy for them to prevent it. Just change the transmorg before going into LFR and LFG. Problem solved.

[Destinas]

No, that you're not supposed to gain anything ingame by using unfair or unethical means, like cash.

"Unethical" indeed. I got a Spectral Tiger by buying a card pack, and lo and behold, the card was inside. I received the helm as a gift. I already had other mounts and other transmog helms that I've acquired in-game. Why is it any different to have those as well? How does it affect you if I have something that I legitimately got?

Very flawed thinking.