Guild Wars 2

NOTE: Let me preface this post by saying that I’ve come to terms with the fact that the rank system means squat, so the idea isn’t coming from an overly-emotional, salty, PvP rage-oholic. I’m more interested in your thoughts as to whether it is a reasonable, feasible, and desirable concept within the community.

THE SITUATION: I just played 3 matches in a row in which our team was down by 100ish points fairly early on in the game (ex. 305-210 sort of thing). Each time, we had a player pull the classic, “this team is trash, I refuse to play”, yatta-yatta-yatta… You’ve all seen it before. So, I kindly asked the other players to toss a report on the offending teammate for match manipulation because the game certainly wasn’t over and we had plenty of time to make a come back. Again, not necessarily because I’m excessively concerned with the outcome hurting my rank, but because who likes to lose at the hands of somebody else, right?

THE QUESTION: Should there be a way in which the community is able to see the reports they’re making are actually doing anything, and aren’t falling upon deaf ears? ie. Should ANet provide players who are submitting reports with some feedback regarding whether or not there were repercussions for the actions of the reportee? If so, how could it be done? Do you use a Wall of Shame to post the names of those who were reported? Do you send a mini-mail to the reporter detailing the ruling and consequences? Would this even help to clean up the community so to speak, and possibly cut down on the number of sore losers if people knew they would begin to build a bad reputation for themselves?

What are your thoughts?

TL;DR Should ANet provide some kind of feedback regarding the ruling and punishments for players who are reported as evidence that they are actively working to reduce toxicity and better the PvP community?

First match after making this post… case and point.
Check the score, then check the chat.

http://imgur.com/a/nLrmo

people with this condi mes build deserve to lose tbh

Lukas.7159:

people with this condi mes build deserve to lose tbh

Not that it’s relevant either way, “this” meaning what I run specifically, or condi-mesmers in general?

Ha, ha. I looked at your build and got confused…

Archon.6480:

Ha, ha. I looked at your build and got confused…

Heheh, I’m sure a lot of people do. I don’t have HoT, so I have to get creative. It’s fun to play nonetheless.

Love these GW2’s forum drama I must say they are more fun then actually PvPing in GW2.

What? ANet and feedback in the same sentance? newer gonna happen

Th report feature gets over abused by some players. I’ve seen us losing a match, was pretty close but a player on our team claimed that reported us. Don’t know what reason he gave but hey, 4 reports put out from one guy over losing a match. I’ve also seen players claiming to report others for playing badly. Calling it match manipulation. Isn’t it only match manipulation if they are intending to throw the match having been bribed by the enemy? If they tried and the enemy just happened to be stronger, whether they just aren’t very skilled or were up against a stronger enemy I don’t see it as a reason for action to be taken against them.

Sinmir.6504:

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If a teammate intentionally goes afk in order to throw a match that certainly hasn’t been decided, whether they’re being rewarded somehow by the opposing team or not, I’d consider that match manipulation. I agree with you when you say that the function is abused, as I’m sure false reports are made on a regular basis. But, doesn’t ANet state that there will be repercussions for making such false reports? Again, this comes down to ANet actually following through with what they said, unless there is way to safeguard players from abusing the report system.

Coopa.8937:

Sinmir.6504:

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If a teammate intentionally goes afk in order to throw a match that certainly hasn’t been decided, whether they’re being rewarded somehow by the opposing team or not, I’d consider that match manipulation. I agree with you when you say that the function is abused, as I’m sure false reports are made on a regular basis. But, doesn’t ANet state that there will be repercussions for making such false reports? Again, this comes down to ANet actually following through with what they said, unless there is way to safeguard players from abusing the report system.

I don’t mean AFK, just playing “badly.” If they try and fail that isn’t a reason to report for match manipulation. But some people do.

dood, youre taking this way too seriously. enjoy it while it lasts, words to live by.

For every person that complains about AFKers I’ve seen multiple reasons why they would AFK. People don’t AFK for no reason. This season has been the worst for bad play, pve players not caring about the game or how its played, they just want their ascended loot. This was a terrible idea brought on by the devs. The players that are legitimately trying hard, just to see team mates feeding kills to the enemy the entire round is enough to make anyone AFK. Or never play ranked pvp again. Maybe they need to start banning the AFKers, it’d be great incentive to move on from GW2.