Strawman. That assumes I and others here back such a decision. So now that I have to clearly state my own opinion, here is my suggestion:
Add “Ignore as character” as replacement for current ignore functionality; it behaves as current ignore does
Add “Ignore as account” as additional option; my suggestion would be to not implement registering your battletag in someone’s block list if you are ignored in such way, instead choosing to show - at most - the character you chose that level of ignore on
but you have neglected to discuss the ways in which the other Blizzard forums have suffered in regards to a unified account posting system.
Take the Diablo forums for example - Diablo has evolved since its original creation and now allows players to change transmog, etc.
Players have individual diablo characters and i believe the Diablo forums would greatly benefit from a posting system that involves individual characters.
For example, if a player on the diablo forums wants to discuss class changes to barbarians, it would be better if they could post from their barbarian character to show that they understand the class.
But they cannot do that, they are forced to post from a generic account, unable to show off their prowess for any given class.
So i would argue that instead of changing the wow forums to be like the Diablo forums, we need to do the opposite and make the diablo forums function exactly as the wow forums - give players the ability to post from their characters and it would create a lot more lively conversation in the diablo forums.
Genetic fallacy again, with a bit of post hoc ergo propter hoc? It’s tough to tell. You’re invoking and implying the colloquial definition of insanity, based on prior instances, and there is no way to substantiate that the same or worse would occur when we’re in the hypothetical stage.
