I've noticed a significant decline in manners, respect and empathy here in the US in the last decade. No question about it. If you can't figure out why you haven't been paying attention. I think that has bleed into all aspects of life, even in ESO.

Welcome to PvP and the internet.

People say a lot of nasty things to others online that they would never say IRL.

Choose kindness.

CatoUnchained wrote: »

AScarlato wrote: »

This is common in PvP games. I got a lot of unhinged messages playing fighting games on PS over the years lol.

For ESO in general I've seen more ranting people in PVP than any other activity. Best to ignore or block and not engaged with them if they are already tilted.

I see the most toxicity coming from newer players in group finder dungeons.

I have always found it's the mid-tier PvE ESO players rather than newer ones. The ones with an FG1 or Wayrest1 trifecta thing, that now think they're god. Usually fake tanking, no taunt, with dire DPS, and a copy-paste YouTuber build they can't use properly.

They were a huge reason I quit a couple of years ago, and why I still despise the RND PUG experience in this game. This game really does have one of the worst RND PUG communities in online gaming.

All of which is really odd, as a lot of this community is quite wholesome.

I don't PvP any more, but when I did, I used to LOVE getting these! Getting a furious string of insults from someone I just killed always made my day - I had a good laugh and it told me I was clearly doing something right!

Honestly, just laugh at them!

PvP attracts some pretty unhinged people, and the community being so small means everyone takes everything super personally. We used to love posting hate whispers we got in Discord.

Usually gankblade and unkillable tank builds get a lot of hate. Sometimes a templar Jesus beam, but Jesus beam has been so weak that nobody rage whispers about that skill anymore.

The Mudflinger of Rimmen is worse.

LadyGP wrote: »

Welcome to PvP and the internet.

People say a lot of nasty things to others online that they would never say IRL.

Choose kindness.

Thing is I've played pvp for about 20 years, but never seen it this bad in eso. I fear when voice chat is put in.

I play a lot of PvP games on PC and console (usually the ones with cross progression).

In most of those games in EU, on PC chat is usually chill and fun sometimes I even get compliments if I play exceptionally well. People often strategize as well if things don't go well.

Then those same games on console are like a toxic swamp. Whenever something is said on chat it is to berate my team or laugh at the other team or offensive slurs.

Usually those people that are toxic are like that all the time. I usually report them. It usually doesn't take long for them to have enough reports to be actioned and I get the 'Thank you for reporting, action taken' dialogs in games.

It is how you can tell you are doing well in PvP!

They're just mad you won lol. I really like the ones who try to explain, while lying dead at my feet, that they're the superior player and that I only got the killing blow because X Y Z function of the game they are also playing. Like dude, if "being a zergling" (running with a guild) or "using ranged attacks" (lmao??) is so OP and losing is so upsetting... maybe you should try it too instead of dying to all these terrible players and their 1337 hax? XD

Not often because I am not a very good PVP player. But when I do, I cherish them. They are sweet, sweet nectar to drink. So for all salty people in PVP: please send hate whispers. They mean I do something right in PVP.

We used to have a toast on every "hate whisper" any groupmate got in Cyro when we did naked runs with the old guild.