Ashantara.8731 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 The new international linking has brought me the worst WvW experience I have ever had. The toxicity has seemingly increased by 500% (that's my personal feeling, not a real number). People not joining our squad, because the Cmdr wasn't prepared to command in English, but running alongside us were constantly trash-talking our wipes and what not. Trolls started pretending they belonged to a different nation and posted nazi comments in team chat. Thank you for an awful experience tonight. I might reconsider playing WvW more often. (One can only hope things will calm down after a while, but there is no guarantee.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L A T I O N.8923 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Give it time After a few years the community grew really toxic 'Its what you get stimmulating easy gameplay rather then the real 'git gut' attitude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspirine.6852 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Depends on what server you are and what the link is, and why should the commander not decide what language he is running HIS squad with. I am on 2 different servers with 2 accounts, I have seen no increased toxic behaviour so far. But perhaps you got my previous link :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDodger.9357 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 It's pretty relaxed on Elona atm, coming along with Fort Ranik quite well I'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obtena.7952 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Meta comes in all kinds of forms ... not just performance. It's unfortunate that the people that are slamming you are the same people that will be starving for WvW when all the people they insulted leave. It's the same in PVE ... all the meta pushers are making themselves extinct by insisting on certain standards where none are needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawdler.8521 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Yeah this is totally unlike other link resets where servers that dont like each other got linked together. We've never seen rants in team or commanders that are on different discords which people refuse to join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuchanka.5148 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 If they give this change time, they are going to lose a big portion of the playerbase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neven.3785 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Your ability to block people has not been removed, use it. In the NA this behaviour is normal. If they break ToS, go for it, report them, its there for that reason, just keep in mind that the issue will never be fixed to your liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetoII.3782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 > @"Chaba.5410" said: > > @"reddie.5861" said: > > why would u command in ur own language when ur server is no longer a nation server anymore. its not toxicity, ur being toxic for commanding in ur own language > > Why not? I've been in non-English comms before on NA servers and there isn't a problem. Agreed, NA servers have never had language homogeneity. Getting a taste of other cultures is part of the appeal of online games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluberblasen.9684 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 > @"TheDodger.9357" said: > It's pretty relaxed on Elona atm, coming along with Fort Ranik quite well I'd say. yes these Ranik guys are very friendly :) and very few :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VAHNeunzehnsechundsiebzig. Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 > @"TheDodger.9357" said: > It's pretty relaxed on Elona atm, coming along with Fort Ranik quite well I'd say. and here I was worried that ER/FR would be a posterchild for failure... but tbh, the GH-Dzag link has been quite nice so far. Unexpected but welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchonWing.9480 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 MM..... trash pugs that demand to be treated like royalty are indeed a problem-- but they'll find themselves without any squads to follow. Report... block.... don't make a thread about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blocki.4931 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Initial refusal to adapt doesn't mean it will be bad on the long run. It's to be expected that many didn't get the memo or straight up refuse to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thornwolf.9721 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 I mean toxicity has always existed, will always exist and honestly is apart of all online communities. Perhaps people need to grow a thicker skin and stop being so sensitive, there is an ignore and mute button for a reason. Just block em and move on; Or turn of the chat as a whole because honestly its not really needed in the current integration of WvW. I mean its not even a competitive mode when like one player/guild basically controls the majority of the experience to begin with. (Guild MM basically helps people claim and remain in the top socket. And has pretty much since as far back as I could remember~) Hell even PvP isn't even competitive anymore its just another road for rewards so I mean let it go I guess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyra.4709 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Block feature works, report anything that breaches ToS/rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zionophir.6845 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 the life outside is much toxic than the game itself.. so if you can't handle toxicity in a game, congratulations, you just made yourselves "food" for certain persons outside of your computers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frye.4608 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 > @"zionophir.6845" said: > the life outside is much toxic that the game itself.. > > so if you can't handle toxicity in a game, congratulations, you just made yourselves "food" for certain persons outside of your computers. Not where I live. I must be lucky and none of the research about the internet being a consequence-free environment is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sovereign.1093 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 o.o;; get diplomatic. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokh.2695 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 [moderator edit] As a player on Abaddons Mouth, the RoS has been linked to, I can confirm what Faaris says. I will make good use of the block/report function in the comming eight weeks as it seems. As for the "english please" part: sure, english is kind of "the international language", but cultural imperialism aside, not everyone can speak it or should be forced to speak it. I can see how removing the language restrictions made relinking an easier task offering more change but I'm yet to convince that it helps the community or the game mode in any way. I know of a few players who chose a german server because their lacking english skills or their confidence in them understanding what's being said in /m or /t, these relinks may drive away those player who were perfectly fine on a german server/in a german linking. Same goes for other regions I guess, be it french or spanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiza.5630 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Also don't just block/ignore ppl throwing insults and threats based on nationality: report them. They clearly need some days off to cool down and think about their behaviour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awesome Guild Wars Guy.463 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Languages such a joke right now. First time ever I disabled team chat within 2 years. Being international main server, linked to French, team chat full french mode, srsly anet, like already not enough you fk up wvw, now even more gg, like if you hate this game mode so much, just remove it already, why keep making worse and worse. Should work toward making pple who play this game mode happy, not the opposite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwanBr.8340 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 > @"lokh.2695" said: > > As a player on Abaddons Mouth, the RoS has been linked to, I can confirm what Faaris says. I will make good use of the block/report function in the comming eight weeks as it seems. > I agree, AM/RoS team chat was a disgrace the first 2 hours. Atmosphere was really nice afterwards though, especially great after midnight. Can only hope it will be like this most of the time, rather than like the first 2 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HitmanHaydon.1053 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 > @"Tomas.6092" said: > Languages such a joke right now. First time ever I disabled team chat within 2 years. Being international main server, linked to French, team chat full french mode, srsly anet, like already not enough you kitten up wvw, now even more gg, like if you hate this game mode so much, just remove it already, why keep making worse and worse. Should work toward making pple who play this game mode happy, not the opposite Quite agree. They may as well just get rid of wvw rather than just slowly annoy the community to death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neven.3785 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Normally it's just a small group of boys trying to one up eachother. Block, report, and move on. Germans may think they are singled out, but most of those people are trying to get a rise out of anyone who bites regardless of nationality. As for other languages in chat, contrary to what EU thinks, in NA servers you see Portuguese, Tagalog, Korean, spanish and even french depending on your server, map and timezone. Rarely do people demand English, scouting though is generally English or along the lines of location number and colours even by the non English guilds. We get you are mourning your loss of community, we all had to do it long ago so appreciate the boon you were given by having it last much longer than most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draco.9480 Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 this is the internet. if you can't handle toxicity then why play online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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