I was removed from an AV battleground by a group of players led my {Removed} simply because we were losing. When I tried to report the harassment and language I was unable because I WAS REMOVED FROM BG by another player and your system requires a right click on the harassing player. This is a load of trash and makes your game terrible. No player or his group of friends should have the power to remove people who are actually playing. I was in combat at the time of removal, so how was I afk? Your afk system is garbage and your reporting system is garbage. Do you even care what happens in game? I cannot even open a ticket to report his actions, so I have no choice but to post it here.
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It does not violate policy if another user removes you from their group, Apryllshower. If they have the power to do so, they may do so for any reason, or no reason at all.
That said, if they are using inappropriate language, that is another matter. You don’t need to right click on their character portrait to report language. Just right click on the offending chat line and report for: language.
For AV or battlegrounds in particular, folks can report you as afk. That system is part of the battleground system. If you receive enough reports, as it is not something that happens with a single user report, you will have time to get into combat to remove the debuff to remain.
The system isn’t perfect, no system is. If you feel it can be improved you’ll want to submit your suggestions either by posting in the relevant forum (Battleground discussion) or by submitting your suggestion via the in-game help menu option.
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Vrak, would you be able to confirm whether or not fighting the NPCs in AV counts as combat? Or does it need to be PvP combat?
As far as I know you just getting into combat should suffice, but I can’t say with certainty that an NPC counts as I haven’t been able to test it myself.
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this was discussed years back, and unless something changed, the answer was no.
the “cow” debuff requires combat with a player (not npc) to remove
…and enough reports removes you without the “cow” debuff.
(tried to google a reference, but can’t find the right words to get any hits)
[edit] update, just sort of tested this out… i had “cow” debuff (due to lag not letting me res) i ran straight into a bunch of enemy npcs and the debuff was cleared.
However… they were opposing faction npcs which i hit, not roaming creatures or mine creatures.
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Were you with the group or were you off by yourself fighting NPC’s while the group was fighting enemy players?
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I found one from the old forum.
found another post which may or may not be relevant, but is still good to know…
If you have a history of getting reported, depending on the volume of reports, you may be kicked
https://us.battle.net/forums/en/wow/topic/8769367629#post-4
OK when I take in a group of friends and randomly afk people out because the “system is part of the battleground system” please recall this response. I did not realize harassment was a clever use of game mechanics.
Thanks
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Not sure that will work out how you think it works out.
The functionality of the Vote Kick feature in the Dungeon Finder will now behave differently according to a player’s history with the system. Players using the Dungeon Finder who rarely vote to kick players from a group, or rarely abandon groups before a dungeon is complete, will find that the Vote Kick option will have no cooldown. For players who frequently abandon groups or vote to kick other players, the Vote Kick option will be kept on a cooldown. This functionality will adjust itself as a player’s behavior while using the Dungeon Finder changes.
Pulled from WoWpedia’s notes on Patch 3.3.5.
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The system in place is there to help prevent several abuses that can take place within Battleground by those who choose to enter and not participate. Are there situations in which you get a debuff and not be able to get into combat within a minute? Perhaps, but those tend to be uncommon in the grand scheme of things.
Was that the situation? You had the debuff and couldn’t get into combat before the time limit expired?
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Yes so when the harassing player is crying in BG chat to “kick XYZ” because they are not playing the way he wants them to play this is ok? Inciting the crowd to the detriment of another player? I was doing the objective created by your gamemaker for the BG, which was “CAPTURE THE MINE”. Nice to know I can be penalized in the form of being removed from a BG for doing a BLIZZARD CREATED OBJECTIVE and suffer an additional 15 minute penalty all because a crybaby does not like the way I CHOSE TO PLAY THE GAME I PAY FOR. It is a trash system that rewards the trash members of the community for being spiteful and hurtful, while penalizing players who are playing the game as intended.
Keep in mind, Apryllshower, part of a Battleground is fighting as a team. If you are taking the mine by yourself, to the objection of many of your teammates, perhaps that isn’t the correct course of action that time around?
I know it can be frustrating, but working together with your team is often seen as the more valuable aspect of the Battleground.
In either case, I am sorry that you experienced this frustration. As mentioned, if you feel the debuff system should be changed in some way that would make it more fair, please feel free to post your feedback/suggestions in the Battleground forum.
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The situation was, after actively defending the horde base for most of the battleground, the base was overrun and I was killed. With no hope of getting to the Alliance base I went to the mine to complete the objective capture a mine, at which point the crybaby loser incited the crowd to remove anyone who was not North on the map. I was the first victim because I was in the mine. There was maybe 3 minutes left in the game before our boss was killed, so this was just pure, spiteful actions on his part and he should face consequences. Glad you are telling me after 15 years and hundreds of thousands of BG kills how to play a battleground. Like I said I can take in a group and do the same thing since apparently it is ok. Thanks for the clarification.
While I understand fully your frustration, and have fallen victim to this before, I assure you it is a good system. That works the way it should the majority of the time.
I absolutely assure you, as somebody that ground out the PvP rank back in the day that Classic is doing right now, had they launched this BG without it, and truly honored the classic version, things would be A LOT worse.
I can say this with absolute certainty.
I am sorry this happened to you, and I can see you are very emotionally charged about this. I just ask don’t let one experience color your entire experience.
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So in 15 years and hundreds of thousands of BG kills, how many times has this happened? It seems by your reaction, that this is the first time… which would seem to indicate how few times the reporting option is abused overall.
I’m sorry to hear that your reaction to what happened is to plan to do the same to other players.
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Wow did you really just go there? {removed} The appropriate response to a 15 year loyal customer is to just say sorry you had a bad experience. What is not appropriate is trying to pick apart their argument and justify your flawed system and the spiteful trolling of another player. Have a nice day.
Yeah, not even the same.
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Comparing getting kicked from a BG to rape is more than a little extreme and just makes yor argument look like whining.
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LOL. I used an extreme example to make a point. But it is fine have a great day!