So on my level 80 tank I was in an instance and noticed the Shaman healer, in healer spec and gear decided they didn’t want to heal and just cast chain lighting.
I mentioned it to the group and asked the healer to heal. I place healer as focus so I could see the casting. Nope. Still Chain Lighting. Not even a healing totem.
So I voted to kick said healer. Vote failed and they kicked me instead.
I just don’t get it. It used to be such a good community. Chats filled with conversation and when asked tells on how to improve game play.
Now it’s really crap. No one cares. And THAT is what will kill the game. We the player base wants me me me. But don’t give a flip for others. We don’t value each other like we used to. With LFR and Q for instances, who cares right? I’ll never see them again.
Bliz understands the bottom line. Then they need to understand that if they allow the game to become toxic. Players will leave. But yes they come and go. But if you do not sustain your population, the bottom line get effected.
I wish for the good ol days where we used to run up and help someone if we see them struggle. When we helped each other. When we cared about our names and guildtags… wishful thinking I know.
so nothing wrong happened, you just wanted to dictate how someone else played and it didnt work out for you? wow how toxic of them not to bend to your will!
WoW’s community has been toxic since the very beginning. It literally never changed. People who play(ed) various MMOs know that WoW is the worst one when it comes to the people playing it.
To be fair… I get annoyed in LFR when people are taking massive amounts of damage or dying because all of the healers went DPS spec… and I’ve seen that happen in LFG groups sometimes, too. So I can see being annoyed if people were dying or taking damage.
But… getting that petty by doing this?
I can’t imagine being that obsessed in LFG to focus someone just to see if they’re doing their job.
I mean, if everyone’s dying left and right, sure, maybe check to see what the healer is doing.
But it sounds to me like if the vote kick failed… nothing was going wrong.
I agree that you shouldn’t have been kicked; Clearly some friends ganged up on you for your disagreement.
People just aren’t what they’re supposed to be, man. I’ve dropped being social in-game. It’s either non-existant or gets weird quick. Every now and then there’s a cool experience, I recently had a nice chat, but there’s just too many problems people reflect from the real world’s conundrums, in-game. Even I did that for a time - because of things related (back in the day). It is what it is.
I’ve seen everything from fun-ruiners to groups that manifest and target people without ever knowing what they’re doing - and people that find targets for harassment or other toxic behaviour to then watch (like an audience) communities melt down or eat at eachother. It’s just what the internet can provide and it does happen in Warcraft.
One of the strangest things (apart from socially dissociative behaviour) I’ve ever seen is people coordinating PvP content to lose on purpose for someone’s gain - or to follow someone around to do so, however that may be. It’s like that everywhere, some way or another.
That’s not to say this is directly related to that type activity but it’s just not something you can really dwell on. Being with your buddies and saying ‘nah kick this guy instead’ for it to succeed is pretty common, albiet inappropriate.
Why do I feel like the people who complain the “community” doesn’t talk to each other anymore are the same people that report someone for saying something they disagree with.
Or make your own group with a trusted healer. They were probably a 3 or 4 stack and you made the mistake of not just going with it. Things have changed in my 19 years as a tank, so I never solo queue with randos.
