Toxic PvP Community

[Drakortha]

There is so much toxicity in this mode. At least half of the ranked matches I play there's a team mate on my team abusing someone.

If there was a way to turn off all chat (including speech bubbles over character heads) I would do it immediately and not look back. There is zero teamwork or coordination or strategy being discussed, anyway. So nothing would be lost..

[✨Saint✨]

Especially ranked can be toxic, that is usually how it goes in most games.
In the chat menu you can disable the chat bubbles.
For the toxic players, ignore them at first, when they start to insult, block and report them, when they go AFK, report them again.

[Drakortha]

Originally posted by ✨Saint✨:

Especially ranked can be toxic, that is usually how it goes in most games.
In the chat menu you can disable the chat bubbles.
For the toxic players, ignore them at first, when they start to insult, block and report them, when they go AFK, report them again.

:saint:

Thank you! I just figured out how to do this. Now I can play in peace.

The entire chat panel can be disabled in General settings as well (under the Dynamic HUD section)

[messanoir]

Originally posted by ✨Saint✨:

Especially ranked can be toxic, that is usually how it goes in most games.
In the chat menu you can disable the chat bubbles.
For the toxic players, ignore them at first, when they start to insult, block and report them, when they go AFK, report them again.

:saint:

Originally posted by Drakortha:

Originally posted by ✨Saint✨:

Especially ranked can be toxic, that is usually how it goes in most games.
In the chat menu you can disable the chat bubbles.
For the toxic players, ignore them at first, when they start to insult, block and report them, when they go AFK, report them again.

:saint:

Thank you! I just figured out how to do this. Now I can play in peace.

The entire chat panel can be disabled in General settings as well (under the Dynamic HUD section)

I will admit that I have not played any of the PVP modes very much (WvW more than PVP even), but with the little I have played, I saw about the amount of toxicity that I expected from a mode that only encourages competition first, teamwork second. Unfortunately PVP in any game is like this in some form.

That said, I am still sorry anyone has a bad experience, turning of chat stuff is always a good first move. :)

Second, and this may sound weird, but something I have always done, since to be fair, I only play it for the fun, not the competition, I immediately say i'm pretty new, so happy to take the Home node if no-one wants it...because no long term player want to take the home node, they want to run off and kill others...seems to calm things down a bit right away. Just my experience. :)

[SinisterSlay]

PVP everywhere is toxic

[messanoir]

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

PVP everywhere is toxic

This, sadly...and why I either stay in PvE or just turn off chat bubbles and the chat window when I have to do PvP.

[SinisterSlay]

Originally posted by messanoir:

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

PVP everywhere is toxic

This, sadly...and why I either stay in PvE or just turn off chat bubbles and the chat window when I have to do PvP.

As a kid back when I was good at pvp games, I used to embrace the toxicity of the cry babies complaining that they can't beat me, that I am cheating, etc. But I am old now, my reflexes are slower, and I have no time for that anymore.

[messanoir]

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

Originally posted by messanoir:

This, sadly...and why I either stay in PvE or just turn off chat bubbles and the chat window when I have to do PvP.

As a kid back when I was good at pvp games, I used to embrace the toxicity of the cry babies complaining that they can't beat me, that I am cheating, etc. But I am old now, my reflexes are slower, and I have no time for that anymore.

Me either, wow, someone else in the same boat as me,as least we can take turns rowing (until our older bones creak and moan and we decide to turn the motor on that we forgot about). :)

Now, I only do PvP when asked, or if I am really bored.

[O.K]

i played pvp in nw,wow,swtor and bdo and i can tell you the gw2 pvp community is mild in comparison to these games. i love little toxicity but thats just me
just mute them or block them and you dont have to stress over it :)

[messanoir]

Originally posted by O.K:

i played pvp in nw,wow,swtor and bdo and i can tell you the gw2 pvp community is mild in comparison to these games. i love little toxicity but thats just me
just mute them or block them and you dont have to stress over it :)

Me too, long time nwo and sto player, and sheesh *shiver* don't like to think about that. lol

A little bit is fun, the back and forth, especially before a match starts, can be entertaining, and then from my experience, most times once the match starts, everyone gets their heads straight and we have fun. Sometimes, it gets really bad, but all games have that.

[xxdovaxx1]

Originally posted by Drakortha:

There is so much toxicity in this mode. At least half of the ranked matches I play there's a team mate on my team abusing someone.

If there was a way to turn off all chat (including speech bubbles over character heads) I would do it immediately and not look back. There is zero teamwork or coordination or strategy being discussed, anyway. So nothing would be lost..

call me a game where "pvp" is not toxic, just do it i want to hear it

[ah_puch]

It's a free to play game. There is no barrier to entry aka free playground for bots. That includes PVP bots as well. Bot situation is so intense it has become a running joke. People on reddit, youtube sharing clips showing how they trapped a PVP bot in a wall and such. Good stuff xD

In fact, it'd be hard to find a more bot infested "big" mmo than GW2. It turned away so many new players as well, starting maps were full of bots. Imagine starting a new mmo and seeing bots everywhere on your first day.

[LSD]

^ God, and that's just PvP. For yeaaaaars there's been swarms of PvE bots farming materials in maps, often breaking whatever events people are trying to do there. The caves in that crappy LW4 zone, the crappy LW3 zone next to Divinity's Reach, the place around where The Shatterer spawns. Literally filled with bots with identical names stood on top of each other spamming turrets and necro beasts. For years!
Anet still hasn't done anything about it, and fanboys leap to their defene with "WELL IT DOESNT HURT ANYONE" and, my favourite, "that's just low intensity play!".
hahahahahahahahahahahha

[SinisterSlay]

This is unavoidable though, there is no tech to stop this. AI can literally generate movies from scripts now. Controlling a mouse and keyboard based on a visual input is almost easy. Anticheat as a concept is done.

[LSD]

Originally posted by SinisterSlay:

This is unavoidable though, there is no tech to stop this. AI can literally generate movies from scripts now. Controlling a mouse and keyboard based on a visual input is almost easy. Anticheat as a concept is done.

What...does it have to do with AI? It doesn't take AI to write a macro, nor does it take AI to detect it.
You could literally auto-boot players for standing in one spot casting the same rotation for 12 hours. Or 6 hours. Or 2 hours. Hell, even 5 minutes.

There's no complexity to it. They're basic macros. Botters exploit and players exploit the simplicity of their bots: they trap them in cosmetic chairs cos the loot key is the same as the interact key, they pull vets and bosses to them and get them killed. I remember when Mallyx botters were all the rage all you had to do was Might buff them and they'd kill themselves.

Anet just literally could not care less. It has absolutely nothing to do with AI.

[ah_puch]

This is unavoidable though, there is no tech to stop this. AI can literally generate movies from scripts now. Controlling a mouse and keyboard based on a visual input is almost easy. Anticheat as a concept is done.

It's avoidable. It doesn't need tech or AI either, just needs a barrier to entry like a box price like ESO or subscription fee like WoW. f2p games cannot avoid the bot problem.