Community so toxic to low levels

[mgs snake]

discourages you to play with people.

[Fecske]

Join servers with names like "all welcome", "for beginners" and such. You'll find much more friendly people. Or if you don't find such servers, make one.

[Sangheili]

Its because the event took place last year, so everyone pretty much knew the deal this time round

[󰀉tempeh󰀉]

I just clicked to join a server marked as level 45+. Highest level was 25, with two 6s, an 11 and a 17. You know, some of us have other important things to do and just want to quickly win a game and move on? It's pretty hard to do when there's a biblical flood of entitled noobs drowning all the experienced servers and demanding we teach them everything even though not one of them could be bothered to read any of the guides out there or watch a video or stream. And you damn well better believe I've read guides and watched videos and streams. But then anyone with half a sense of professionalism already did so and worked their way to a high-enough level to be let into the experienced servers. It'd be one thing if it was just a matter of inexperience. Fine, fair enough, we can spend a bit of time teaching people who really are interested in learning, just as long as we can play a serious game and win after that. But nearly all the time it's entitled people too lazy to wipe their own asses.

Look at any of the experienced servers. Any of them. Level 1. Level 7. 1 is not 40+. 7 is not 25+. 16 is not 30+. Jeez. And maybe that level 16 player is good, and the server has made an exception. Fair enough. But "exception" is hardly the right word for it when every server, every single server, has 2 or 3 low-level players who feel absolutely and unquestionably entitled to be there. There, in the level 40+ server, and NOT the "all welcome" server, and NOT the "5+ learn and have fun" server, and NOT the "10+" server, of which there are three. The level 40+ server.

One of the crucial skills that can't really be taught is teamwork. Will you put what's good for the team ahead of yourself? That's largely an attitude question, and if people don't get it, they won't learn it from a guide or video. If you couldn't be bothered to read a guide or watch a video or spend even ten seconds learning about the game before jumping into a level 40+ server and expecting all the busy people there to drop everything and wipe your ass for you, what does that say about your teamwork skills? Are we going to be able to fix your attitude in five minutes in the lobby, or 30 minutes in the Forge? I think not.

[Gagarin-ace]

maybe dont try to join 60+ servers when u r lvl 17 ?

[s]

*makes lvl 10+ server*
*lvl 1 joins*
Me: can you leave the server please? you are lvl 1-
Him: ♥♥♥♥ you im staying

[Wariat117]

Originally posted by 󰀉lobsteh󰀉:

I just clicked to join a server marked as level 45+. Highest level was 25, with two 6s, an 11 and a 17. You know, some of us have other important things to do and just want to quickly win a game and move on? It's pretty hard to do when there's a biblical flood of entitled noobs drowning all the experienced servers and demanding we teach them everything even though not one of them could be bothered to read any of the guides out there or watch a video or stream.

probably creator of this lobby was idiot and didn't make the password, that's the only reason why so many people are under 45lvl in 45lvl+ lobby

[Orderan]

Originally posted by Wariat117:

Originally posted by 󰀉lobsteh󰀉:

I just clicked to join a server marked as level 45+. Highest level was 25, with two 6s, an 11 and a 17. You know, some of us have other important things to do and just want to quickly win a game and move on? It's pretty hard to do when there's a biblical flood of entitled noobs drowning all the experienced servers and demanding we teach them everything even though not one of them could be bothered to read any of the guides out there or watch a video or stream.

probably creator of this lobby was idiot and didn't make the password, that's the only reason why so many people are under 45lvl in 45lvl+ lobby

That.

Passworded servers.

People who used the matchmaking to join are probably not even aware there's a server name that spell out the requirements.

However if you join a passworded server signaling a minimal level wanted, you are already sending the message "screw you, this rule don't apply to me, I probably won't listen to anything you'll say afterwards."

First impressions matter.

With so many toxic players, you might want to use the server browser to avoid falling on them, and choose a server that explicitly welcome lower levels.

[⛤]

Agreed.

The quick match button, that is how almost every low level (including me) happens to join high level servers. Getting flamed and insulted for accidentally joining isn't helping. Even if people kindly ask you to leave it leaves a sour taste in your mouth. It is an uncomfortable feeling after all.

At least people should explain why exactly they want you to leave. It sucks to see people calling you out on your name and asking you to leave, it equals the "they don't wanna play with me" feeling..

[󰀉tempeh󰀉]

It was an unpassworded server. I tried making my own servers with passwords, but 20 minutes waiting in the lobby only reached 2 or 3 people in them, myself included.

[Wariat117]

Originally posted by 󰀉lobsteh󰀉:

It was an unpassworded server. I tried making my own servers with passwords, but 20 minutes waiting in the lobby only reached 2 or 3 people in them, myself included.

you have very high ping then and your server is somewhere on the bottom of the list

[I Have NBN Now]

low levels are toxic to others too, this guy literally goes into 40+ rooms and intentionally stays there until people leave, and is aware that he is being a nusciance and wasting peoples time seriously makes me wish there was a vote kick regardless of the other possible consequences.
https://i.imgur.com/UL9PgcB.png
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198312418959/

[Wariat117]

Originally posted by I Might Get NBN Soon:

low levels are toxic to others too, this guy literally goes into 40+ rooms and intentionally stays there until people leave, and is aware that he is being a nusciance and wasting peoples time seriously makes me wish there was a vote kick regardless of the other possible consequences.

and we can't even check if he really joined passworded server or you have just baited him into non passworded one

[󰀉tempeh󰀉]

Originally posted by Wariat117:

Originally posted by 󰀉lobsteh󰀉:

It was an unpassworded server. I tried making my own servers with passwords, but 20 minutes waiting in the lobby only reached 2 or 3 people in them, myself included.

you have very high ping then and your server is somewhere on the bottom of the list

Not likely. That's more often a problem for servers in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, not Toronto.

[amsayyy]

Eh, I’m kind of mid level at 20 and it’s been a pain in the ass to learn but now that I’ve got some experience I just want to get through a game without people who don’t know what there doing not listening to us about someone taking the wrong equipments.

Honestly what needs to be added is the person who started the server gets a kick button and that if you leave a lobby it doesn’t take you back to the start menu of DST.

It’s a pain in the ass for low levels who accidentally fall into a higher level lobby on a quick match, because you have to disconnect entirely to get into a new lobby.

Then on a higher level if some annoying prick is there to just grief, you can’t make them leave. Basically Klei needs to add two things to help with the problem on both ends:

- Make it so leaving a game takes you back to the main roster or lobbies, not disconnecting you entirely
- Kick people from your server

[Wariat117]

Originally posted by amsayyy:

Honestly what needs to be added is the person who started the server gets a kick button and that if you leave a lobby it doesn’t take you back to the start menu of DST.

keep kick option as exclusive for passworded servers...
trollers would make non passworded servers just to kick everyone who presses quick match otherwise