For me, it’s simply people who fail to rez a downed player. So many games could have been won if a team member would simply rez another instead of trying to 1v3 on a node.
Kara “Tiptoes” Sheridan (Ranger)
Tarnished Coast Roleplayers [TCRP]
“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”
Generally, I’d like to think I’m pretty easy going. I’m ok with losing, as long as people aren’t being blatantly stupid. But things that kitten me off:
- When teammates get into a flaming match with each other and are too busy kittening to even play.
- When teammates lose a 4v3 at mid, and then repeatedly just feed mid, and then blame the thief for the loss.
- When you get one of those same teammates in the next match, and they are repeatedly telling the other 3 people how awful you are, and they are dead 75+% of the game. Meanwhile, you’re happily decapping far repeatedly and sniping the hell out of the other team. (And you win the match by more than 200 points)
- When no one takes home at the start of the match. Granted, partially my fault, but as a support ele or necro, that’s sort of a bad rotational choice for me to do.
I’ll be the first to admit, I am not a stellar player. I know I have issues getting rotations right. I know there are 1v1s that I should probably win and I don’t. I know I get tunnel vision at times and don’t see the bigger picture, but blatant stupidity and pettiness just make me want to stab someone.
Don’t look at me like that. Whatever you’ve heard, it’s probably not true.
Just posted this in another thread. Can’t agree more.
There needs to be some logic coded in the post game score to penalize those who try vs those who give up. Sure, maybe the game would have ended up a loss anyway even if they tried. But going AFK does impact and it causes frustration for those who are honestly trying. Trying to win, or learn, or get better. Not because they are pro or look at how I did.
Last 4 games for me before stopping are all losses. In each case one or two of our team stopped playing. I know this isn’t unique to GW2 but it sure in the heck is frustrating. And definitely is a buzzkill with regards to the enjoyment of the game. Losing because the other team is better is perfectly fine. Losing to afk is not.
You can’t carry AFK.
Just a tidbit regarding this:
There is an implemented monitoring system to both determine when someone isnt participating long enough to warrant a kick, and one for pve that scales down rewards for people not actively participating, so there is foundation for this kind of solution.
However, I don’t think it is worth the effort. We’ll probably just go from afkers to people using macros or sandbagging to bypass the system once its been released.
Resident Disgruntled, Coffee-drinking Charr.
Zarin Mistcloak(THF) Valkyrie Mistblade(WAR) Kossori Mistwalker(REV) Durendal Mistward(GRD)
I used to think (build op, pls nerf) like you, but then I took a nerf to the knee.
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- When teammates get into a flaming match with each other and are too busy kittening to even play.
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I hate it when people tell me to stop typing in teamchat and “concentrate”. I can quite easily type and move between points. Or chat and hold a point against a less skilled player / less offensive build. Hell, sometimes I amuse myself by pointing out what my opponent did wrong (aka “should have dodged that” or “wasted rebound there mate”).
See, I don’t have an issue if people type and play. Even if they are kittening at each other, as long as they play. I had a match yesterday that literally devolved into the other 4 people on my team standing in or at the base kittening at each other. In map chat. So the other team joined in and egged the two main perpetrators on.
Don’t look at me like that. Whatever you’ve heard, it’s probably not true.
