I’d like to know if anyone that is reporting players gets any results in actions against them as I think I’ve reported a guy multiple times for name shaming and griefing me while questing.
An example of griefing is when I do escort quests, he pulls mobs into the NPC until the escort fails to reach its destination (it just resets and I have to wait for it to spawn and go again just to be griefed again).
Can someone explain if this is actually a grief, and if yes, how does Report Player works?
It sends a report to Blizzard. They claim to review every report which seems incredibly unlikely, I imagine they review it after multiple different people report the same person.
It’s mob rule. A report from a single player won’t do anything. It takes 5 players to auto-silence someone.
well then I’m going to just ignore them and do different quests if they interfere. thanks!
That’s separate, that is reporting someone for spam, not for harassment/grieifng
He’s using game mechanics, it’s not punishable. You can gather party and kill those mobs.
That is not griefing, (representatives of) Blizzard has stated multiple times that any situation that has a Player vs Player resolution ( ie. you kill him ) is not griefing.
I don’t think you quite understand my problem 
Somebody is being a meanie, and you dont like it - what’s not to understand?
Report Player
5 Energy
Instant Cast
Requires Level 1Adds a debuff to the target. Each report from from unique players adds a stack of Report Player. After 20 stacks the target receives a ban, regardless of any wrongdoings. The caster receives the Smug buff, increasing their gloating by +15
My post asks if you know how report a player works. if he’s a meanie then what is the definition of griefing?
Grief: Otherwise performing actions in a game to prevent the player from enjoying the game.
I think the implication is that she is either on a PvE server or the person could be on her own faction - ergo no PvP solution. This is of course entirely supposition on my part and would require further input from OP.
@Ggokkuu - Just report him every time he does it and keep on going. Despite people’s grumbling, the reports are all viewed - eventually. The problem is, the people who get reported by more people get viewed first; because it is perceived as a bigger problem affecting more people or something really egregious. So once you get through all those multi-reports (of which there are many) you go to the next tier down and you deal with those.
People who get 1 report will get seen (hopefully, eventually) but they are not considered a high priority. If you keep reporting him, or if he starts to do this to other people, then eventually enough will accrue for people to take note faster. But you are right when you say the most expedient solution is to /ignore and head elsewhere. Entirely up to you what’cha wanna do.
Yeah, if they are doing something you can’t simply ignore, then that would be griefing. Like, you can ignore their text, but you can’t ignore someone following you around all day casting buffs or whatever. They do take griefing roleplayers very seriously too if you’re trying to RP.
In my experience though, reports have zero effect until the player has been mass reported. They don’t seem to do anything about 1 or 2 reports.
It ain’t hard math…
For it to be concidered griefing there can be no Player vs Player solution…
Nothing in her post supports this fact, but even if it were - I doubt it can be considered griefing, as notting prevents her from leaving or returning the favour.
Agreed. Which is why I said it was supposition on my part and also went on to say that she was right in saying she should /ignore and leave the area, as it would be the most expedient solution =]
If what he is doing is not a punishable offense and she reports, then the report will be disregarded when eventually reached. If what the person is doing does count as griefing then Blizzard can act on it. In terms of own faction, kiting a chain of mobs into them to ruin quests could be counted as griefing as there is no way you can actually stop them doing so. Especially if the person is inclined to follow you about until they drive you from an entire zone.
Edit: If the player doing it is on the opposite faction, however, I believe that it cannot be counted as griefing due to the very nature of PvP faction mechanics and rivalries. But hey, I’m not a rules lawyer, just throwing out what’s in my head. Leave it to the GM’s to sort.
why do you guys assume I’m a girl also? as I’ve stated, I will let them be and move on with my life
Female forum avatar, mostly. I know the old meme ‘everyone on the internet is a dude’ but that don’t tend to be the case nowadays. So I just call 'em as I see 'em.
If they are in a guild you could contact their guild as well. Explain the player is going out of their way to disrupt your game play and basically being a douche. They may tell him or her to cut it out.
It does not work unless multiple people report him at the same time.
It either doesn’t work, or blizz doesn’t care. I’ve reported 3 bots so far, and 2/3 days later, they’re still there grinding mobs…