Guild Wars 2

If you are a Commander and kick someone from squad then block them, they should NOT be allowed to click on your name and JOIN SQUAD. That option should be disabled. There needs to be a check for blocked player status when clicking Join Squad.

Let the dictatorships begin…..

Yea if that happened then you say a single thing the com hates then you would get blocked.

While I understand what OP is saying, I feel that a 300g vanity tag shouldn’t have that kind of power.

Endless Soul.5178:

While I understand what OP is saying, I feel that a 300g vanity tag shouldn’t have that kind of power.

I completely disagree. You can’t make a bigger squad without that tag. Good commanders have to deal with trolls because they obviously only did it for vanity?

I understand that there may be a lot of bad commanders out there, but why would you want them leading you in the first place? Their existence shouldn’t take away the rights of players attempting to put something together.

To me, this is similar to the proposed idea in other threads of disallowing blocked players from being able to get matched with or against you in PvP. That idea, as well as the one proposed in this thread, are both trying to solve a small problem with a big solution.

There are better workarounds for trolls in squad. The best option is to simply block the player in question so they can’t chat spam you and lock the squad temporarily. The troll will either get sick of trying to spam the Join Squad button and give up or simply change to /map or /say chat trolling instead.

You’ll never completely get rid of a person who really wants to troll you. It’s unfortunate, but this is a game that’s played on the internet. They simply come with the territory.

Block and report. I’m not really sure what real damage they can do to your squad aside from spamming chat or map pings, and if they’re doing those things, either set the squad to Closed or Invite Only and you can select who can and cannot join the squad.

Icethorn.6570:

If you are a Commander and kick someone from squad then block them, they should NOT be allowed to click on your name and JOIN SQUAD. That option should be disabled. There needs to be a check for blocked player status when clicking Join Squad.

Absolutely not. What if the commander is the jerk rather than player? What if there’s a misunderstanding? What if someone misclicks?

I get that there’s a problem with trolls and it’s a problem worth addressing. But let’s not create a solution that is so extreme as to rule out other ways of dealing with.

In the end, this is a social problem and solving it can’t be done solely via technology.

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

What if the commander is the jerk rather than player?

Then don’t join his squad. Eventually he will end up alone in it.

Basically, if you’re making a squad, you should be having a bit more control over who can join without needing to put it on lockdown.

Nah, can’t afk DS when ppl block me. :P

Endless Soul.5178:

While I understand what OP is saying, I feel that a 300g vanity tag shouldn’t have that kind of power.

I fully support banning blocked players from normal 2-5 man parties where applicable.

For tags though I agree with endless soul here. especially drop in pve stuff……its not cool, especially when the tags themselves are often the ones who should be getting kicked for trolling.

It sets a dangerous precedent if tags get more power than they alrdy have. Besides….u can kick them a million times urself or get others to…and u can block them…..they can never get people kicked people from the squad unless the squad is trolling itself. noone likes being kicked lol. especially not over and over.

What about a Mute Option for commanders? Wouldn’t that solve the problem in a more subtile way?

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Icethorn.6570:

If you are a Commander and kick someone from squad then block them, they should NOT be allowed to click on your name and JOIN SQUAD. That option should be disabled. There needs to be a check for blocked player status when clicking Join Squad.

Absolutely not. What if the commander is the jerk rather than player? What if there’s a misunderstanding? What if someone misclicks?

I get that there’s a problem with trolls and it’s a problem worth addressing. But let’s not create a solution that is so extreme as to rule out other ways of dealing with.

In the end, this is a social problem and solving it can’t be done solely via technology.

This would only happen to blocked players.

If people in AB Meta Multi for example are ruining the Octovine run by sabotage they deserve to not be able to come back to your squad.

If a player is supposed to use the Lobby and is instead jumping around maps and and causing problems in the subgroup organization. They get kicked. They can explain themselves and be let back in. This won’t affect them.

This only effects blocked players. Players are blocked for a reason. Kicking is a completely different issue and would not be part of this. I’ve kicked plenty of people then they whisper me and i let them back in and they obey the rules.

Blocking is equivalent to banning and should have equal consequences in their actions. Trolls want to be trolls, then get banned from squads. This teaches such idiotic 12 yr behavior to stop or else they no longer are able to run multi maps and lose out on potential rewards as more and more squads who regularly run AB no longer allow them to join.

Also consider this situation. A troll is kicked from squad for trying to ruin it.
He then rejoins squad over and over again.
The commander has to baby sit and keep kicking them.
The commander finally is frustrated and chooses to block him.

At that point would you allow them to continue to join the squad?
Or would you want a method to prevent them from harming the group?

Astralporing.1957:

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

What if the commander is the jerk rather than player?

Then don’t join his squad. Eventually he will end up alone in it.

Basically, if you’re making a squad, you should be having a bit more control over who can join without needing to put it on lockdown.

If you want control over the squads participants then the option is there. Leaving the door open for anyone to join is just really silly if dealing with a person you don’t want in.

Plus Invite Only is a better option than locking the squad.
The option literally says “yes, Anyone can join” which is exactly what the commander doesn’t want. Im not sure what the wording of Invite only is. (They recently changed it)

Personally think its a very bad idea to block players as a commander though. its usually better to know what annoying trolly players say so you can asess (silly filter -,-) the situation better. At least I would want to know how much trouble such a person is causing in chat.