TLDR: A beneficial solution to the problems plaguing bgs for both Horde and Alliance would be: to be able to opt out of grouping with toxic members of your own faction again; even if it means you wait slightly longer for a game.
The basic idea stems from the question any player would have to ask themselves before taking the action. Would i rather wait in a longer queue if it meant not have to group with this person again?
Simmilar to an ignore list a person could specify a “Do not group(DNG) me with them” option on members of their own faction. It would do nothing to the target character’s account or their ability to queue so it could not be used to grief others. It simply would have the player opt to wait for the next game to be created rather than join a game with someone on their black list.
What sort of players would be DNG’d (do not group?) Well some people might choose to use it on players of their own faction they know to frequently afk or bot during games. Others might also include players who are toxic or verbally abusive in chat. The criteria would be up to the discretion of the player and would be self moderating. Start DNGing too many people and you may end up with very long queue times.
When Blizz created the artificial queue for alliance in AV to prevent empty games from starting (fight premades) they created an opportunity. They could sort players into the games by bumping players who have DNG into later groups if someone from their DNG list gets added to their game.
Implications of this change on Horde
They would finally be able to mark the known botters as DNG and not have to be in a group with them. Botters that do so so flagrantly for a large amount of the population to notice would get to be in games faster, but the percentage of horde botting in that game would be higher. This would lead to weaker horde teams for the botters who would start losing more. This would make botting less honor efficient than actually playing to earn honor.
Frequently toxic players would also get moved to the front of the line like bots. Resulting in them spending most of their games spitting venom in a chat read by no one other than other toxic players.
Other horde would enjoy games with fewer people afk or botting and people willing to work together to accomplish the objective of the battleground.
By facing battlegrounds of similarly grouped alliance the horde would get two types of games. A toxic opponent that would allow for quick and complete victory vs bots and people you wish were botting. Or an even match where a good challenge was put up but never a stomp like when horde faced premades.
Implications of changes on Alliance
Alliance bg goers would finally have a respite from the 10-15 afk/botters that are plaguing alliance bgs (both wsg and av.) AV queue times would likely not be impacted since they’re artificial but WSG queue times might be extended.
Non-botting alliance would actually have a chance in AV. In WSG they’d still get stomped vs most premades just like with horde do, but there’s no changing that without changes. The report AFK feature is broken in AV because so many afk/bot that there are not enough players at keys to flag anyone afk.
How this proposal resists exploitation
You cannot use this feature to avoid fighting strong members of the opposite faction. You can only DNG your own faction members.
If a player overuses this feature by DNGing too many people it will negatively effect only their queue times. It is self-moderating.
The no changes crowd should have no issue with this feature. It does not change any item, stat, rule or anything regarding either bg. Simply it allows players to try and avoid the toxic behaviors that have developed since the garden of eden days of vanilla.
This feature cannot be used to grief any member of your own faction like the report for language or afk reporting did because it affects no one but your own game queues.
What does everyone think of this?!
– Solo AV and WSG queuer
