no. if you REPEATEDLY abuse it you get punished. but if you just use it here and there, you are good to go.
furthermore that does nothing to make it right when you are in the moment.
“OH well i was going to form this raid, but now i can’t”
“Oh well i can’t do what i planned to do, but at least he gets punished”.
yeah that seems like a legit system to encourage.
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Instances of a small number of a-holes threatening to use something to harm is not justification to have that thing removed from the rest of the population. ESPECIALLY when it is a tool with a ton of positive upside.
and yet people have reported stuff like this happening.
does it happen often? no. but it still happens and the system needs to be fixed.
Didn’t you just say you’ve seen it personally? An entire PvP team being silenced?
look, all i ask is for the auto squelch to go away.
is that such a bad thing?
if the person gets enough stacks blizzard still comes in, still takes action no?
and yet it can’t be abused.
you keep the upside and remove all the downsides.
seen as in seen people talk about it happening. go ahead and look at my pvp stats. i don’t pvp much at all.
what i have personally experience though is people shutting down my ability to form a raid.
You should probably plan on not subing for it then I can’t see them budging on anything that will save the customer service costs even if it is bad for the overall game .
So, it’s hearsay then. Could you show me where you’ve seen people say that an entire PvP team got silenced?
considering it was in chat in game? no. i cannot.
but i have also seen people, in this very thread i believe, talk about reporting well known pvpers to take away that advantage.
the fact that you guys continue to defend a broken system that one small fix would take care of the issue though is sad.
take away the auto squelch. problem solved.
Have you brought this up in the CS forum area?
nope. didn’t directly happen to me so i stayed out of it.
the fact that you defend a broken system that one simple fix could take care of the issue is beyond me.
Mat, you said it was used to prevent you from forming a raid. Did I misread what I quoted above?
yes it has. in retail i joined a raid, didn’t like the rules they had, left, started to form my own raid and was silenced before much longer.
yes i submitted a ticket after the situation was resolved but as pointed out, unless the people have a history of continually abusing a system they won’t take action.
all i’m asking is for the abusable part of it to be removed. no automatic auto squelch. that way you retain the positives and remove the downsides.
just like when loot trading comes in, i hope we get the version where only items that were looted without a need roll can be traded.
anyway, as part of the late night brigade i’m off to bed before work. have a good night all.
Obviously it does or you wouldn’t see two different types of groups listed by the way they were formed…
One way doesn’t even exist in classic. You tell me which one that is mr. QoL… lol
Obviously that is the FD/LFR system.
Are you not using party chat whether that party is formed by the LFD system or manual invitation?
Are you not still using raid chat whether that raid is formed manually or using the LFR system?
The type of instance chat is not dependent of not that party or raid is formed.
We’ve also seen false claims of innocence be shredded in CS. Not too long ago there was that link here about the pvper who didn’t get his title. Can’t remember his reasonings but he kept pushing until a blue revealed on the forum he didn’t get it because of boosting.
I’m sorry I’ve seen a lot said on the internet. Doesn’t make it true. I’m not putting stock in what randoms say on the internet with no proof. That is absolutely crazy to me and I have a gold foil hat!
Are you not comprehending it says you can use party chat while squelched in a manually formed group?
That is not what that blue post is saying.
The blue post that you linked specifically says that a silenced player cannot us party chat or raid chat. It says nothing about how the group is formed changing that.
If you are correct, show us all where that list you posted specifies that a manually formed group can somehow bypass those restrictions.
Another posted later posted a different list of restrictions that is drastically different than the one you linked.