How do we report a player who was purposefully wiping a LFR raid? They were using their evoker’s Rescue ability to move another player into the boss’ aggro range. Then, they’d immediately run away, and the boss would attack the other player.
This player would also blame the person that they moved to the boss in order to get them kicked from the LFR. If you only looked at the logs, it would appear that the other player was the one who was responsible.
This happened multiple times. Someone was erroneously kicked.
When I finally saw what they were doing and called them out for it, they did it to me. They used Rescue to move me to the boss, ran away, the boss aggroed on me, and the raid wiped. Then, this player blamed me for the wipe.
(Thankfully, I wasn’t kicked. But for a while, the raid had to decide who they believed.)
GMs don’t micro-manage groups like that unfortunately. Removing them from the group (vote to kick) is the punishment. Unless they used inappropriate language which could have been reported via right-click report in-game.
In the report menu there are options to report a player for Gameplay Sabotage I think.
You would select the option for Blocking Team progress. Then explain in the text box they were using X skill on another char to pull the boss and wipe the raid.
When I tried reporting them to include more details about what they were doing (since it’s not immediately obvious from the logs and it’s not well-known like a hunter’s Misdirection), I was like… None of these reporting categories apply to this raid griefing situation.
To expound on this, you should definitely make this report so they can take a look. But just to let you know, they generally do not get involved in these situations. We all went through this with the priest’s Leap of Faith. An ability that Blizzard gives a class is not something they generally punish for using.
Especially when there are options for handling this, such as VtK and ignore. In the end, as frustrating as a 30-45 minutes wait can be, you can remove yourself from the situation.
Is there a way to report them right now, after the fact?
Even if a player abuses an ability to wipe LFR raids and get innocent people kicked?
Players were getting erroneously kicked because Details would show the other player as the one taking the first hit. If you didn’t see the Evoker using Rescue to move another player to the boss, you had no idea.
The raid instance in this case is the Zone. They are making it unplayable for the entire group and doing so over a long period of time. That fits the definition.
Oh, and in addition to char name- server give the raid name, difficulty, and TIME (note time zone). They need that info to even check the logs.
You can open a ticket. I’m not sure if there is any specific category that will work better, but absolutely open a ticket.
Unfortunately, yes. Don’t get me wrong, it should be looked at, and maybe they can do something. But generally, wiping a raid with a given ability is something they would look at changing the ability. Off the top of my head, not allowing it to be cast on someone not in combat would be a suggestion.
As far as players getting erroneously kicked, that on the other players who voted for it. The Evoker can only initiate the vote or cast one vote. Others made the decision, and being dishonest is not against the rules either.
That’s why leaving is the way to go. Even if is it totally against the rules and Blizzard will definitely punish them, that doesn’t happen in real time. It takes time to get to the report, and time to investigate it. Just leave and remove yourself from the situation. Report it as well, but just leave. No reason to stay there and continue to get trolled.
Indeed, but that is still on the players who actually vote to kick them. Someone can make up every lie in the world, but lying is not against the rules. They can only officially vote one time, regardless of whatever yarn they spin to convince others.
Edit to add: My whole point (which I hadn’t communicated clearly yet) is when you report, focus on the Zone Disruption and preventing raid progress, as Mirasol said. If you focus on the using of the ability, or them lying to get people kicked, those are things that aren’t likely to be considered against the rules. So mention it, but don’t dwell on those aspects.
