First some important improvements that I think would help a lot:
expand the list so you can ignore a lot more people
add an option to make a note for the people you are ignoring
IF for some reason the list cant be expanded properly, make it possible to distinguish people by having maybe 2-3 tiers of severity
make it account-wide, so you dont have to ignore people on every single character
add option for some visual indication both for peoples character frame and in group finder to show whether a group contains a person you have ignored
So, the main reason these features would help a lot is the fact that it prevents you from seeing other peoples groups in the group finder and vice versa, they wont be able to see yours. But you can still see groups with people you have ignored as long as they’re not the leader.
If you encounter a player in m+ or in groups made for other purposes, you can put them on ignore and greatly reduce the chances you’ll end up playing with them again. However, unless it has been changed since late Dragonflight, the ignore function only applies to the character you are on when you ignore someone. It will however ignore all of the characters of the person you ignored. This should obviously be account-wide both ways.
I have encountered so many rude and toxic players that I dont wanna play with again. Sadly my ignore list has been full for a long time, and its a hassle trying to determine which ones to remove to make space. I think it is soo sad to hear of all the people who dont wanna keep playing m+ or other activities where you need to make custom groups, because of immature and toxic behaviour. I dont need to get the last word, I dont need to tell them off (even though I mostly do), I dont need anything but the option to put them on ignore and not play with them again. It shouldnt be too much to ask for
Ignore will stop you being grouped with things that automatically group players but for things like pug content you can still end up with ignored players because the groups are formed manually. Ignore will continue to work though in the sense you wont see what they write.
Like I clearly stated in this post, if it hasnt been changed since late DF, the account-wide aspect only applies to the person you are ignoring, not to your own characters. So if 9.1.5 is the last time this was changed, this is still an issue.
Ive tried using ignore-related addons before, and for reasons I cant recall atm I didnt like them. I dont see why this shouldnt be implemented in the game.
Now it seems like you didnt read anything of what I wrote
and if you have already reached the ignore limit then even if they increase it how much time before you will hit the limit again ?
if you have problem with pugging then it is time to make friends and start adding people who you had good experience .if you are going to go pugging again and again then yeah you will keep on encountering the problem with no end in sight .
The addon “Global ignore list” Offers exactly these funtionalities,. And it also self replicates the list to your alts that run it, which is IMO the biggest deficiency of the current ingame system (one of your chars ignores their account, but the rest of your chars don´t.)
Both of these are already the case, ignores have been accountwide since 9.1.5 as Puny posted, and an ignored player will have an “X” over their raidframe in the default interface. If you have the aforementioned GIL addon istalled, it will also play a system-message /raidwarning for you if you join a group with an ignored players /one is invited to the group.
I can untderstand teh OP, until TWW ia had like 3-5 people on ignore per character, but the constant leaving of entitled /self-centered deserter tanks in LF(x) content and then being sometimes regrouped with them on alts made that list balloon up to cap on 3 chars in less than 2 weeks… GIL was the solution that was recommended between the flood of posts that, like here, tried to push the blame on me for simply not wanting to be regrouped with these heads
From what i could read from that post, it ignores the entire account you ignore, but does it also make that account ignored on your entire account? Or do u still risk grouping with that player when you log an alt that you havent ignored that account on?
Maybe stop being such a snowflake … Or a massive troll …
Because either you are ignoring people for super small things and you need to learn to play with PEOPLE instead of NPCs… or YOU are the troll and that is why everyone is talking back to you.
Whicherver option you choose, the solution is to fix yourself. Not to fix the game.
The current cap seems to be 50, so maybe I’d settle for 200 ish. Like mentioned, if there are some technical implications that make this unfeasible, I would also like a way to distinguish people on the list through either notes or a tier system (or both), so you can more easily decide who to remove.
I dont have a problem with pugging. I will keep playing and keep pugging and find other means to avoid unpleasant people. It was just a very simple suggestion that as far as I can see has 0 drawbacks for anyone. I also feel very sorry for all the people who actually do quit playing the game - or parts of it - due to toxicity, so I would very much want blizzard to find ways to make the game more enjoyable for them.
When it comes to the amount of people a person has on their ignore list, many factors play a part. I pug a lot, and I play almost exclusively tanks and healers. Especially while tanking the speed at which I ignore people is much faster than while playing other roles, although I imagine healer also is more susceptible to ignoring people than if playing dps.
I always post the route before a m+ run, and yet very often people will pull packs themselves because they’re not happy with the amount Im pulling or because they have their cds up or whatever. Then we wipe because its a nightmare to get aggro - let alone survive a bigger pull than you planned for, and they proceed to blame tank and leave the group.
In most cases I dont put people on ignore solely because they say a lot of bad words or insults, although its likely part of the reason. Its more that I dont wanna play with people who have a bad mindset. People who blame tank or healer when its their own fault, people who have 0 understanding of how big pulls you can do in a pug with limited coordination etc.
Im sorry if I gave you the impression it is my main concern. It is not.
It simply seems to me like a very good suggestion that will take very little effort to implement, greatly increase the enjoyment of the game for a lot of people and also have close to 0 drawbacks.
I tried it before, and like mentioned I stopped using it for reasons I cant recall, but I guess I’ll give it a try again until blizzard make improvements.
Like Ive stated multiple times, the account-wide functionality only goes one way. I wasnt aware of the X, I’l look out for that!
Once again, unless it has been changed since late DF, the default ingame ignore function will only apply to the one character you are on when ignoring.
Your aversion to simple improvements that only make the better for everyone intrigues me
I am intrigued by how you are reacting to most replies in an overtly passive aggressive manner.
So I agree with Uda.
Anyway: I personally don’t really have a horse in this race.
I hardly ever ignore anyone. A higher limit in general could be fine - if it’s easy to implement. But maybe Blizzard doesn’t want to, because maybe they want players to solve their issues and not just ignore everyone they have a slight disagreement with.
I respond to people in the manner I deem fit. If they deserve a polite response, I’ll do my best to give one.
Do you find these replies worthy of the utmost politeness?
I feel like I responded in a much more polite way than some deserved even. But as I was trying to make clear in the initial post: I dont care for grudges, I dont want beef, I simply wanna enjoy the game with nice people. I assume that most of you here who dont find this an issue arent very competitive people and dont push rating in whatever game mode. People act rude when things go wrong, things go wrong in hard content. Certain roles are more susceptible to blame. Not to mention Ive been playing for a long time, so people on my ignore list might be from 15 years ago, I wouldnt know. Hence the need for improvements.
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this is my personal opinion.
i say they should improve ignore system and at the same time they should remove the report option for chat .
like this if a player dont want to get reported for chat it can activate that option but in return he cant report other players for chat too.
and for ignore system .
they should create reasons for each player that you ignore.
like when you ignore jack you can set a note that jack called me that.
and make the ignore system almost infinit.
because for me most of the time my ignore list is full and cant get more.
From roleplay perspective, ignore system need improvement too.
Not sure if global ignore even works, but i anyway use global ignore addon, which manually adding and synchronizing people in ignore list across all my characters.
But from roleplay stand point, current ignore system is not perfect, because average player, who want to disturb RP and simply be obnoxious on RP realm, uses toy-spam, mounts and etc. Which is highly disruptive for rp and ruin immersion. Simple /ignore and even Neural silencer sometimes is not enough.
Don’t know if it would seems like overdo, but i would prefer if you /ignore someone, you can’t even see theirs character standing around.
If you put people on ignore because they are terrible in M+, then you hit your ignore limit really fast. Regardless of why someone is on your ignore list, it shouldn’t be limited.
Fair enough; I can see your point.
However: Back and forth hostility is likely going to lead to reports and a thread closure.
If you feel someone is reacting in an inappropriate manner; flag them.
For me that is certainly true.
And I avoid them in part due to the inherent toxic behaviour that comes with such a competitive edge.
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