Guild Wars 2

Baron Von Graymouse.7801:

The community is becoming very toxic.

While I share your view, I can’t help but cringe when I see psychological terminology introduced by LoL…

I think all of the waypoints for dungeons should be left uncontested. It’s an annoying restriction that screws people over who have real life time constraints and does absolutely nothing to bring the community together, but polarizes it even more.

Let people farm who wish to farm and let people enjoy the games content without the two clashing. Even without the farming, the events are just time sinks and are neither challenging, nor engaging.

Please, anet, remove them.

Toxic communities existed before LoL. In the MMO industry, it started with minor griefers and moved to extremely competitive games, such as DotA (where the game was extremely elitist) and FPS’s.

From DotA, the players moved to other games, like LoL. The reason why LoL’s community is terrible is because, no matter how hard you try, you fall into their ranks when playing with them nonstop. It’s usually always someone elses fault, so you call them out. But you don’t do it nicely because you’ve had a terrible day where everyone called you out in a very rude manner, so you call them out in a rude manner.

It’s a self-revitalizing (or bashing, in this case) cycle.

In GW2, the community CAN be toxic at times, but it, as a whole, is not toxic. Additionally, the vocal part of the community barely scratches the surface, whereas in LoL the vocal part mirrors the majority of the community itself.

This will be fixed soon. Might as well enjoy farming in the meantime (unless you need to do Gates of Arah for some reason?)

Also they updated Arah NOT to be permanently closed anymore. It’s only closed during the event.

Have fun!

Kain Francois.4328:

Also they updated Arah NOT to be permanently closed anymore. It’s only closed during the event.

Have fun!

That is the problem. I would like to get into Arah but I can’t because of the Zerg is not completing the event.

Baron Von Graymouse.7801:

Kain Francois.4328:

Also they updated Arah NOT to be permanently closed anymore. It’s only closed during the event.

Have fun!

That is the problem. I would like to get into Arah but I can’t because of the Zerg is not completing the event.

Are you sure Arah is closed during Shank Anchorage?

Anyways, you could simply wait 10m.

Kain Francois.4328:

Are you sure Arah is closed during Shank Anchorage?

Anyways, you could simply wait 10m.

I haven’t done Arah chain recently but if this is true then…wait a few minutes…problem solved…stop whining.

“When players who try and complete the Meta event the way it was intended are being verbally harassed with nasty comments and death threats from those that are in the Zerg.”

Well ignore them. The game mechanics intentionally allow no players to own open world events. Any player can join into an event or kill a mob and share the rewards. So do that. Let them throw a baby tantrum. They haven’t any grounds to report you. If they start properly griefing you, past the point when you can ignore them, you can report them.

crestpiemangler.7631:

I think all of the waypoints for dungeons should be left uncontested. It’s an annoying restriction that screws people over who have real life time constraints and does absolutely nothing to bring the community together, but polarizes it even more.

I completely agree with this. And with the new account-bound gold rewards, there’s really no reason at all for dungeons to be contested.

on our server we failed the event every time, but yesterday we did arah as well. the dungeon is NOT closed. you should check it.

Complete the event anyway. If other players are being verbally abusive, report them for such. Verbal abuse is a bannable offense, normally I think it temporary, but depending on how bad, could probably be perm. Which would serve them right for being jackkittens. People that want to play the game ‘as it is intended’ to be played should not be getting flack from a bunch of farmers. It is the farmers that are impeding the normal players, not the other way around.

Zepidel.5349:

Do you guys think Anet is infallible or something? This is their fault for the pants on head kittened loot system.

And I cant believe how many whiny care bears are in this thread. You guys are seriously getting upset people are taking advantage of a small gap in Anets usual stranglehold on anything farming related?

Also whats up with you people being afraid of “verbal abuse”? You know you can ignore people right? Or just not be a giant pansy.

Sure I can ignore you. And then the next person you want to be a kitten to can ignore you. OR we can just report you for being a kitten and make it so others don’t have to deal with you. Ignoring it doesn’t make the issue go away. Generally it tends to allow it to grow and become worse.

Just because this is ‘teh internetz’ does not make it ok to be a kitten to others simply because you can.

You can enter the dungeon even if the event isn’t finished. The farmers aren’t preventing you from doing the dungeon. You do have to run there from the next waypoint over though…but if you can’t handle that, I sincerely don’t think you can handle the dungeon.

You guys are great. Great playerbase. Im proud to play amongst people who exploit a game, laugh it up in voice chat, and drain every ounce of fun out of the game at every chance they get.

Zepidel.5349:

Do you guys think Anet is infallible or something? This is their fault for the pants on head kittened loot system.

And I cant believe how many whiny care bears are in this thread. You guys are seriously getting upset people are taking advantage of a small gap in Anets usual stranglehold on anything farming related?

Also whats up with you people being afraid of “verbal abuse”? You know you can ignore people right? Or just not be a giant pansy.

The problem isn’t the loot, it’s the means by which people get the loot. No one is saying Anet is infallible, in fact I’d wager that’s why the thread was made in the first place. It’s obvious that Anet didn’t intend people to fail events on purpose. But since it takes time to design a proper solution, people have to deal with kitten-hole farmers in the meantime. If they want to farm, that’s fine. It becomes a problem when they start attacking other players who haven’t done anything wrong.

LanfearShadowflame.3189:

Sure I can ignore you. And then the next person you want to be a kitten to can ignore you. OR we can just report you for being a kitten and make it so others don’t have to deal with you. Ignoring it doesn’t make the issue go away. Generally it tends to allow it to grow and become worse.

Just because this is ‘teh internetz’ does not make it ok to be a kitten to others simply because you can.

First of all, I don’t care about the farm that much, and I don’t care about people griefing it, nor do I verbally abuse people for doing so, but I have to agree with Zepidel. Internet ‘abuse’ has always baffled me, because I don’t see how you can’t just ignore it. If it bothers you that much, don’t look at it. If it hurts your feelings… Well, maybe the internet is not the right place for you.

As for the actual intent of this thread: Arah is never permanently closed. /thread

By the way, here is a good website for people having problems like OP.

http://www.gw2state.com/temples.html

At the time I’m posting this, Arah is open on Blackgate, Borlis Pass, and Jade Quarry for NA. Augury Rock [FR], Aurora Glade, Far Shiverpeaks, Kodash [DE], and Underworld for EU.

Zepidel.5349:

And I cant believe how many whiny care bears are in this thread. You guys are seriously getting upset people are taking advantage of a small gap in Anets usual stranglehold on anything farming related?

/checks to see if the Queen’s Pavilion farming zergs are still running

I don’t get it.

All dungeons should be open without having an event to open them.

Bright.9160:

Internet ‘abuse’ has always baffled me, because I don’t see how you can’t just ignore it. If it bothers you that much, don’t look at it. If it hurts your feelings… Well, maybe the internet is not the right place for you.

As for the actual intent of this thread: Arah is never permanently closed. /thread

You don’t see how you can’t ignore it? The only way you know if something bothers you is to read it. So your advice is “If you read something that bothers you, don’t read it.” We all can rewind time to avoid things? Have psychic powers so we know beforehand what not to read?

The internet can be a great place, but just because you’re anonymous doesn’t mean you’re free from the burden of being a decent person. If you want to be a kitten, then you should have to deal with consequences. No “I get to treat people like crap, this is the internet!”

arjeidi.2690:

You don’t see how you can’t ignore it? The only way you know if something bothers you is to read it. So your advice is “If you read something that bothers you, don’t read it.” We all can rewind time to avoid things? Have psychic powers so we know beforehand what not to read?

The internet can be a great place, but just because you’re anonymous doesn’t mean you’re free from the burden of being a decent person. If you want to be a kitten, then you should have to deal with consequences. No “I get to treat people like crap, this is the internet!”

You can choose to ignore it though. You know, not let those meanies’ words get to you? If you really can’t do that, you should re-evaluate what you find important and what not in life, because if the opinion of some kid with a keyboard is something you apparently find important, you’ve got some issues you should resolve before venturing onto the internet again.

And, I don’t believe I have the right to “treat people like crap, this is the internet”. But I do believe that if someone acts like a moron, I should treat them like one, both on the internet and in real life. Not to mention the fact I never insult people in game, because I don’t like talking to random people in this game, because most of them are idiots, so on the rare occasions I actually bother talking in map chat (outside of pointing people in the right direction every now and then), I tend not to insult people, because it is an utter waste of time.

CreativeAnarchy.6324:

All dungeons should be open without having an event to open them.

Arah is always open. The waypoint may be contested but the dungeon isn’t closed. You can always enter it by running from the next waypoint over. I’ve done it several times now.

champ loop farm is fine, but it shouldn’t affect other players that are not participating in the loop whatsoever. If Claw of Jormag event champs get nerfed, this will could be too.

it’s funny how people always complain about farming and people not doing events while they are the ones who never do the events themselves.
- Arah is never permanently closes, they changed that a long time ago because of buggy events.
- The event before the cauldrons (escort event) was ever hardly done just because it is hard to do and nobody bothered to do them, now that people start farming the event aswell as the cauldran the complaints start piling up (lets see who is selfish here)
- arenanet told us we can play the game the way we like the play, the farmers do nothing to stop you from doing arah (permanently open) and the farmers enjoy what they do, which is doing those events to get champs.

It’s about time that they stop looking at threads like this and nerfing everything just because some people think it’s against their way of playing, can we not just get along?

DevorianDevil.6037:

it’s funny how people always complain about farming and people not doing events while they are the ones who never do the events themselves.
- Arah is never permanently closes, they changed that a long time ago because of buggy events.
- The event before the cauldrons (escort event) was ever hardly done just because it is hard to do and nobody bothered to do them, now that people start farming the event aswell as the cauldran the complaints start piling up (lets see who is selfish here)
- arenanet told us we can play the game the way we like the play, the farmers do nothing to stop you from doing arah (permanently open) and the farmers enjoy what they do, which is doing those events to get champs.

It’s about time that they stop looking at threads like this and nerfing everything just because some people think it’s against their way of playing, can we not just get along?

I’ve got nothing against farmers, but failing something on purpose is just bad game design.

Bright.9160:

You can choose to ignore it though. You know, not let those meanies’ words get to you? If you really can’t do that, you should re-evaluate what you find important and what not in life, because if the opinion of some kid with a keyboard is something you apparently find important, you’ve got some issues you should resolve before venturing onto the internet again.

Verbal abuse is bullying, in that it is attempting to control someone through overt action. While I’m easily able to ignore it, I still report it because I know that there are others out there who are susceptibile to bullying and these abusers are taking advantage of them.

Plus you know… the Terms of Service.

mtpelion.4562:

Verbal abuse is bullying, in that it is attempting to control someone through overt action. While I’m easily able to ignore it, I still report it because I know that there are others out there who are susceptibile to bullying and these abusers are taking advantage of them.

Plus you know… the Terms of Service.

I’m just having a hard time sympathizing with people that get offended over the internet. It’s not like I’m saying the ‘bullies’ are right. I’m just saying the people complaining are wrong for caring and would be a lot better off if they didn’t let a bunch of morons with opposable thumbs and a mild understanding of the English language get to them.

And, oh no, the Terms of Service… Dat threat.

Again, I understand bullying and it doesn’t affect me because I’m able to see the bullies for what they are, but I’m also going to report them because the last thing I need on my conscious is some kid with emotional problems killing themselves because a bully no one reported abused them online. I know that sounds incredibly extreme, but bullies prey on the weak and while I’m no white knight who spends his day sallying to the defense of the internet’s fragile users, it takes me a second to hit report and move on.

Bright.9160:

mtpelion.4562:

Verbal abuse is bullying, in that it is attempting to control someone through overt action. While I’m easily able to ignore it, I still report it because I know that there are others out there who are susceptibile to bullying and these abusers are taking advantage of them.

Plus you know… the Terms of Service.

I’m just having a hard time sympathizing with people that get offended over the internet. It’s not like I’m saying the ‘bullies’ are right. I’m just saying the people complaining are wrong for caring and would be a lot better off if they didn’t let a bunch of morons with opposable thumbs and a mild understanding of the English language get to them.

And, oh no, the Terms of Service… Dat threat.

There are kids playing this game too you know?

Hell Avenger.7021:

Bright.9160:

mtpelion.4562:

Verbal abuse is bullying, in that it is attempting to control someone through overt action. While I’m easily able to ignore it, I still report it because I know that there are others out there who are susceptibile to bullying and these abusers are taking advantage of them.

Plus you know… the Terms of Service.

I’m just having a hard time sympathizing with people that get offended over the internet. It’s not like I’m saying the ‘bullies’ are right. I’m just saying the people complaining are wrong for caring and would be a lot better off if they didn’t let a bunch of morons with opposable thumbs and a mild understanding of the English language get to them.

And, oh no, the Terms of Service… Dat threat.

There are kids playing this game too you know?

Last time I checked, this game was rated pegi 12+, meaning that if you have a kid that is under 12, and gets offended by playing the game, it’s your own fault. Same when said kid gets nightmares from scary stuff that happened in game.

If your kid is over 12, you should teach him that words are just that, and ignoring them is a lot better of a solution than caring about them. If your kid can’t grasp that concept, you might want to keep him/her away from the internet. And saying it isn’t that black/white is bullkitten, I got ‘bullied’ throughout highschool, never cared about it, and ended up just fine. Unless there is physical bullying involved (which is kind of difficult on the internet), there is absolutely no reason to care on a personal level.

EDIT: really Anet? “Hard” got censored? Check your god kitten filter kitten , it’s getting ridiculous.

well in this case let s educate those kids with a ban?!
this game is so nice especially the community,
and if you re chatting in the map and those “bullys” can t stop just report them and block them and everything is fine again

Telling the victims of verbal abuse to “just don’t let it affect you” solves nothing. All it does is perpetuate the culture of abuse as well as actively aiding the abusers by victim-blaming. That toxic BS needs to stop. Also, anyone who seriously thinks that threats, hatespeech and other contemptible behavior is “just words” and thus harmless needs to think for a moment. Speech is a central part of what we are. Our culture is “just words”. Our laws are “just words”. Our entertaiment is “just words”. Our human rights are “just words”. Words are actively uses as weapons every second of every day. They matter. We even think in words. Try going without them for even an hour.

Standing up against verbal abuse can take a lot of guts, especially for people who are still considered fair game because of gender, sexual orientation, skin color, disability etc. They are not the ones who should be held in contempt. The people who flaunt their contempt for basic human decency as well as the game policies are. And THEY certainly don’t deserve babying. If you make it to an age at which you are capable of interacting with the world without constant parental supervision, you had ample time to learn basic decency. Abusing other people is not innocent ignorance, it’s deliberate malice.

Chadramar.8156:

We even think in words. Try going without them for even an hour.

I don’t think in words, unless I’m actively having a conversation, when I’m thinking about hypothetical conversations, or when I’m reading (and even when I’m reading, it depends. When I’m reading a book, I don’t read the words consciously, but they form images in my head, when I’m reading articles for example, I’ll read the words). Outside of that, I don’t think with words but with feelings and images, so I could go fine without words for a couple of hours.

Chadramar.8156:

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I’m not saying that verbal abuse can’t be a problem (although you’d have to give me a pretty extreme situation before I’ll admit it is one), but I’m saying that if you really care about what random people over the internet have to say to you, I don’t sympathize with you. It might be victim blaming, but honestly, if you really get your feelings hurt by anonymous people (mostly kids aged 12-18 probably) that are spewing badly worded insults at you in a game, you don’t deserve sympathy, but you need some therapy, because you have insecurity issues.

Bright.9160:

Chadramar.8156:

We even think in words. Try going without them for even an hour.

I don’t think in words, unless I’m actively having a conversation, when I’m thinking about hypothetical conversations, or when I’m reading (and even when I’m reading, it depends. When I’m reading a book, I don’t read the words consciously, but they form images in my head, when I’m reading articles for example, I’ll read the words). Outside of that, I don’t think with words but with feelings and images, so I could go fine without words for a couple of hours.

Chadramar.8156:

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I’m not saying that verbal abuse can’t be a problem (although you’d have to give me a pretty extreme situation before I’ll admit it is one), but I’m saying that if you really care about what random people over the internet have to say to you, I don’t sympathize with you. It might be victim blaming, but honestly, if you really get your feelings hurt by anonymous people (mostly kids aged 12-18 probably) that are spewing badly worded insults at you in a game, you don’t deserve sympathy, but you need some therapy, because you have insecurity issues.

People have all sorts of issues, complexes, histories. You don’t know what someone has been through. Should everyone who’s been badly bullied or abused not play the game? Should we have sympathy for people who are sensitive to abuse because they’ve been abused? I think we should.

It’s not a question of whether you would be offended over the internet. People are products of a combination of genetics and environment and if someone has already been bullied or abused, there’s a reasonable chance they’ll be sensitive to it. And since a fairly sizable percentage of the population has been bullied or abused, that’s a fairly large potential segment of the playerbase.

No one has any idea how they’d react having suffered abuse and bullying themselves. Some people close off and nothing bothers them. Some people become hyper-sensitive. Neither one is particularly helpful to people in their lives.

It would be a better world of more people had empathy.

Bright.9160:

Hell Avenger.7021:

Bright.9160:

mtpelion.4562:

Verbal abuse is bullying, in that it is attempting to control someone through overt action. While I’m easily able to ignore it, I still report it because I know that there are others out there who are susceptibile to bullying and these abusers are taking advantage of them.

Plus you know… the Terms of Service.

I’m just having a hard time sympathizing with people that get offended over the internet. It’s not like I’m saying the ‘bullies’ are right. I’m just saying the people complaining are wrong for caring and would be a lot better off if they didn’t let a bunch of morons with opposable thumbs and a mild understanding of the English language get to them.

And, oh no, the Terms of Service… Dat threat.

There are kids playing this game too you know?

Last time I checked, this game was rated pegi 12+, meaning that if you have a kid that is under 12, and gets offended by playing the game, it’s your own fault. Same when said kid gets nightmares from scary stuff that happened in game.

If your kid is over 12, you should teach him that words are just that, and ignoring them is a lot better of a solution than caring about them. If your kid can’t grasp that concept, you might want to keep him/her away from the internet. And saying it isn’t that black/white is bullkitten, I got ‘bullied’ throughout highschool, never cared about it, and ended up just fine. Unless there is physical bullying involved (which is kind of difficult on the internet), there is absolutely no reason to care on a personal level.

EDIT: really Anet? “Hard” got censored? Check your god kitten filter kitten , it’s getting ridiculous.

Just recently there are a case of teenager that suicide from excessive amount of bullying. Not every kids are prepared to face it. You are almost justifying bullying is fine, and suggest that the victim that get bullied is the one with the problem and should “grow up.” The one that should be growing up should be the one that is doing the bullying,

Baron Von Graymouse.7801:

Currently there are several threads about farmers who are intentionally failing the “Secure the Pact staging area at Shank Anchorage” part of the Meta event in Orr to farm all the Champs that spawn during the event. Thus causing gates of Arah to be permanently closed and thus keeping players from finishing their personal stories, and or from getting Shards of Zhaitan for work towards thier Legendary. This is GAME BREAKING and needs to be addressed as soon as possible.

When players who try and complete the Meta event the way it was intended are being verbally harassed with nasty comments and death threats from those that are in the Zerg. The community is becoming very toxic.

By “death threats”, if you mean this as in real life death threats, then absolutely, positively, without hesitation of any kind and with extreme and utter justification…REPORT THEM!

Real life death threats are NOT a joke. Not even when presented as a joke, especially from strangers.

Threatening to kill your character by training mobs on you is not a real life death threat, but can most likely still be reported as harassment and grief play if it happens. Swearing of course, even with the swear filter active, is not allowed. The filter is no excuse.

If you are playing the game as intended, then you are in the right. Events are there to be completed either in victory or defeat. Nobody owns them. Most are meant to be done by groups but some can be done solo with great care. Gather up some friends and go complete these events, report all of the abuse and eventually, the community will become a much better place, one way or another.

PvE servers and their huge problems. One time i saw 4 man champ train.

Seems like players didn’t learn from the first time it was changed barely 2 weeks ago.

And people on this forum honestly wonder why events are continually nerfed into worthlessness.

It will just be nerfed again and again. Farmers cause their own problems.

fellyn.5083:

Seems like players didn’t learn from the first time it was changed barely 2 weeks ago.

And people on this forum honestly wonder why events are continually nerfed into worthlessness.

It will just be nerfed again and again. Farmers cause their own problems.

And then they cry about it. Every. Single. Time. I’ll bet some of the exploiters…I mean farmers always think to themselves when they see others of their ilk start verbally abusing players “this is why we can’t have nice things.”

In before you only get loot from killing any champ anywhere once a day.

Vayne.8563:

It would be a better world of more people had empathy.

I was bullied pretty severely in high school. Well, that’s not entirely true… They tried to bully me severely in high school. I didn’t care for a second, and most degrading comments were countered by an even more degrading one.

Don’t get me wrong, bullying in schools and at work is a big problem, and should be dealt with, because I know not everyone can handle it the way I did (my brother for example struggled for years). But I don’t care for bullying over the internet (and especially on MMORPGS), because there is nothing that is avoided more easily than that, and the opinion of an unknown individual who acts like a 12 year old is not something you should care about, nor let it get to you.

It would be a better world if more people stopped caring about pointless stuff.

you know the waypoint to arah is never contested and neither is the dungeon itself, either go on a server that has melandru at least and lyssa done and you can get to arah easily just get some stun breakers a bunch of movement skills and stability and the run to arah gate is a cake walk.

Actually, that Arah event gets completed at least twice a day on NSP. Even with the new champ farm.

sigh More people trying to turn anet into a bigger nanny than it already is. Joy.

Tolmos.8395:

sigh More people trying to turn anet into a bigger nanny than it already is. Joy.

Anet have actually created content that shouldn’t require any interference. All players are be able to share rewards for mobs, events, resource nodes, etc. It’s stupid players who have deliberately decided to kitten this up. The good game design ensures events can be completed even if some players want to prevent it for selfish gain. Nothing in the game design can ever stop crowds of idiots from talking trash when their stupidity causes themselves problems.

It’s definitely an issue that was created with the last patch, and ANet needs to fix it. It’s very obviously an exploit, and I hope everyone participating gets a suspension at the very least.

Bright.9160:

Vayne.8563:

It would be a better world of more people had empathy.

I was bullied pretty severely in high school. Well, that’s not entirely true… They tried to bully me severely in high school. I didn’t care for a second, and most degrading comments were countered by an even more degrading one.

Don’t get me wrong, bullying in schools and at work is a big problem, and should be dealt with, because I know not everyone can handle it the way I did (my brother for example struggled for years). But I don’t care for bullying over the internet (and especially on MMORPGS), because there is nothing that is avoided more easily than that, and the opinion of an unknown individual who acts like a 12 year old is not something you should care about, nor let it get to you.

It would be a better world if more people stopped caring about pointless stuff.

Being bullied is high school is lousy. But it’s being bullied/abused at a much younger age, during your formative years, that often leads to serious problems like the ones I’m talking about. You’re you. You’re the only you. And it’s nice that you can just turn off that part of you that separates online from the real world. I can too.

Many people can’t, and I feel sympathy for those people because they can’t.

Oh look another thread filled with people who haven’t figured out that they can turn off map chat.

People harassing you in other chat mediums? Block them and report them. This isn’t rocket science people. I’ve blocked and reported many, MANY people and I have received zero repercussions for doing so because it was always justified.

If you’re still moping and upset because of what a randomite you never have to play with or talk to again for the rest of your life said to you, then the internet & MMOs may not be the place for you. Grow a thicker skin. If I killed myself every time someone told me to I’d be dead 100 times already.

Vayne.8563:

Being bullied is high school is lousy. But it’s being bullied/abused at a much younger age, during your formative years, that often leads to serious problems like the ones I’m talking about. You’re you. You’re the only you. And it’s nice that you can just turn off that part of you that separates online from the real world. I can too.

Many people can’t, and I feel sympathy for those people because they can’t.

Same goes for Elementary school actually, but it was a bit less. Europe can be really racist when your dad is middle eastern and your last name is basically the n-word but for people from Northern Africa and the Middle east.

Now, my childhood aside, I still don’t think that equating a bunch of numbnuts in a zerg who are harassing you a little bit to bullying is correct. Because it’s exactly that: harassment, not bullying. Therefor, I have no sympathy for people who feel bullied by a zerg. Especially since there is a plethora of ways to get rid of it. Turn map chat off, switch servers, go do something else, etc.

Not saying the zergers who verbally abuse players for wanting to complete the event are right, I’m just saying that the people who complain about it aren’t right either, because they can be the bigger person and just ignore it. Running to Anet crying that their feelings got hurt is just pathetic tbh. Call it victim blaming all you want, I think both sides are equally immature.

wolfpaq.7354:

Oh look another thread filled with people who haven’t figured out that they can turn off map chat.

People harassing you in other chat mediums? Block them and report them. This isn’t rocket science people. I’ve blocked and reported many, MANY people and I have received zero repercussions for doing so because it was always justified.

If you’re still moping and upset because of what a randomite you never have to play with or talk to again for the rest of your life said to you, then the internet & MMOs may not be the place for you. Grow a thicker skin. If I killed myself every time someone told me to I’d be dead 100 times already.

So what you’re saying is that people who are playing the game the way it was designed have to turn off their map chat because other people are breaking the rules of the ToS/CoC they agreed to when they first started playing the game and exploiting game mechanics?

Does that make sense to you?