Only real way to improve peoples gaming experience is removing the players ability to harass others ingame, not bans.
Yes. One thing Arenanet did right with GW2 was to enforce their policies regarding harrassment and name calling. I'm an adult and can laugh off most name calling, but some people really have got it coming and deserve to be suspended or banned.
Yes...yes, and yes! I think toxic/purposeful griefing behaviour needs to be addressed. Its way too rampant.
The language filter is a extra precaution. Swear still is a violation of their rules
- - - Updated - - -
Ignoring the problem does not make it go away, Ignoring a bully makes them think their behavior is fine
- - - Updated - - -
The report buttion now is useless. Takes X reports to trigger anything
- - - Updated - - -
Very true.
Blizzard has taken steps to reduce some of the toxic behavior.
They've taken steps when you leave dungeons early or kick too many all at once, however Blizzard has not been able to address vulgar language and harassment placed on other players other than a mature language filter.
Jagex has been the bane of player harassment since the dawn of Runescape, and they work on much less budget than Blizzard. How Blizzard can't do the same is beyond me.
- - - Updated - - -
Report does work sometimes, people really just make new alts to continue harassing players. We need an ignore account button, not just that player's toon.
play on a dead RP realm with no CRZ.
- - - Updated - - -
the presents issue in ironforge is ridiculous if only because they've had collision on npcs since the tbc arena queuing days. not to mention the very first quest to pandaria on the ships. lazy asses can't update presents years later
POWERED BY THE RED RAGE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, THIS IRON STEED WILL VALIANTLY LEAD YOU INTO BATTLE FOR THE ONLY FEW WEEKS YOU WILL USE IT. TAKES ONLY $30 AND YOUR SOUL TO ENJOY THE MOUNT EVERY OTHER PERSON HAS. BUY NOOOW.
Besides deleting 30% what can Blizzard do. A game with 7 million people is going to collect jerks
best part is a lot of WoW players bothered by this don't know just how good they have it, the monthly access fee keeps a lot of really toxic behavior on free to play games, where the fear of getting banned is almost non existent due to people just creating another account. a lot of those games refuse to ip ban
POWERED BY THE RED RAGE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, THIS IRON STEED WILL VALIANTLY LEAD YOU INTO BATTLE FOR THE ONLY FEW WEEKS YOU WILL USE IT. TAKES ONLY $30 AND YOUR SOUL TO ENJOY THE MOUNT EVERY OTHER PERSON HAS. BUY NOOOW.
The problem is 7+ million individual players cannot be babysat by a few hundred employees.
no, they should not
This may be true with free mmos, but not one that people pay for.
If you go out to eat, is it your responsibility to kick out the assholes shouting obscenities next to someone's kids? No the management takes care of it because you're all paying to enjoy yourselves within the confines and rules of that establishment.
If someone cuts to the head of a line getting in to a bar or club, is it your responsibility to throw the guy in the street? No, a bouncer is hired to take care of that.
If someone hits your car on a public road, do you get out with a gun and demand that they pay for the damages? No, law enforcement and insurance companies handle that because we all pay to drive on public roads.
If some shitty kid steals your kid's lunch at school, should the staff just tell him "Oh well, learn to deal with it. Go take Aikido or something."
etc. etc.
A paid subscription to play in an environment with rules requires the same type of action, by the provider not the player(payer).
You may be the type to take situations in to your own hands and speak up (I am too), but ultimately it leads to punishment on both sides. Which is why there needs to be moderation in all of these situations. Without it there would be chaos.
Last edited by Transmigration; 2013-12-27 at 05:07 PM.
Does the technology to phase out anyone you put on your ignore list exist? that'd be amusing, ignore everyone on your screen and they disappear, extend the ignore list to infinite and these people can play the single player rpg they've always dreamed about
POWERED BY THE RED RAGE OF OUR CUSTOMERS, THIS IRON STEED WILL VALIANTLY LEAD YOU INTO BATTLE FOR THE ONLY FEW WEEKS YOU WILL USE IT. TAKES ONLY $30 AND YOUR SOUL TO ENJOY THE MOUNT EVERY OTHER PERSON HAS. BUY NOOOW.
Solution: Blizzard spends millions on hiring 100s of GMs to moderate EVERY server 24/7
Reaction: People QQ about lack of content and dropping subs
NO they shouldnt - Blizzard is a GAME company and not to solve first world problems
A couple temporary bans with the threat of an indefinite ban will usually chill people out. It's amazing how important logging in to world of warcraft is to these people. Especially with miserable people that thrive on irritating others. They usually do it because they have nothing else to live for.