ignore is a vital function for a healthy gaming environment, as it denies toxic etc. players any interaction. in my 10y WoW career i encountered various types of toxicity, misogynie, racism, anti-semitism, homophobia, lootism, fanboiism, anti-ism, but the running gag seems to be personal attacks (for derailing reasons, see listed above) and death threats to my family and me (in my earlier days i used to state my city and cell number, just gimme quick call ;D, but nowadays its just a report, btw in Germany even an online death threat is subject to § 241 StGB) etc.
my pug descreption standard: pls know instance, affixes etc., no leavers, no hate, just fun! (i do use raider.io, but i dont explicitly state it in pug descr) i exlusivly use ignore as ultima ratio, when any constructive dialogue seems to be pointless due to the emotio-cognitive capacity of the subject.
even though BFA seems to nurture much less toxicity (due to low grind in comparision to Legion), the outdated ignore function demands some Quality-of-Life improvements (i know about
BadBoy, but another work-around-addon for a deficite of the games design that doesnt even ignore a complete bnet? my addon ram usage is 500mb, btw IgnoreMore and BadBoy often broke and bugged the igno list until deinstallment):
- ignore capacity should be infinite or min. 4-5digit - i dont want to ever "socialise" with ignored pl again. the ignore list max of 50 sometimes (eg anal spammers and incels saturday nite) isnt sufficient to keep my WoW experience nice and fair.
- ignore function should blacklist a battlenet account, not just a single toon - i dont want to ever "socialise" with ignored pl again, also not with their alts. (addons cant provide)
- ignore function should be accountwide, not limited to the ignoring toon. whats the rationale for this? if i "dislike" a players behavior on one toon, i may accept it on another?
- ignore function should disable LFD-grouping and sharding, an ignore is a very ultimate statement, i dont want those pl on my screen in my living room.
for years i have been in this very situation to have to de-ignore toxic players to be "allowed" to ignore the current offenders.