KoshkaMurka wrote: »Frankly, addons like this enhance the social interactions of group PvE. Stop imagining worst-case nightmare scenarios. I'm not saying that people won't run into jerks, but if you do, it's not something that will happen every single day, and it's utterly asinine to suggest throwing out 99% of the good to avoid the 1% chance of a potential bad.
Well said!
I can't believe that you and others would actually believe this is only going to happen 1% of the time....
I admire your faith in humanity. Though as someone who has dealt with this humanity on a consistent basis (especially in an anonymous online setting) I can confidently tell you that you are dreaming.
I can believe it. Why? Because addons like this have been around for years..
Yes, but that is irrelevant because the feature that allows you to trade personal loot at the end of a dungeon is new. It's the combination of the addon and this new feature that causes the issues.
Blackbird71 wrote: »vyndral13preub18_ESO wrote: »
You can still talk to group members or ask them if they got a certain piece of loot you are after without this addon.
I thought we were eliminating ways hostile people might try to be hostile. That means chat channels go bye bye. I mean obviously i could just ignore. Just like i could ignore these people. But the problem never would have come up if there were no chat channels.
The game actually gives us the option to disable any and all chat channels. The problem here is that we have no way of disabling someone else's addon that they use to interfere with our gameplay.
And by "interfere," I'm not talking about the people who may politely ask once about a particular item you picked up that keeps being used as an example in this thread of why there is nothing wrong with the addon. I'm talking about the jerks who constantly pester you about it with multiple messages, threats, etc., who may follow you around, and if you ignore them, may hit you up with alts or get their friends/guildies to start messaging you until you give in or log off. We all know that they exist; don't pretend that they don't.
KoshkaMurka wrote: »KoshkaMurka wrote: »KoshkaMurka wrote: »KoshkaMurka wrote: »
You are mischaracterizing my post. I never said I wanted to avoid people. That is a ridiculous interpretation of what I said.
Just because I recognize that this addon makes it more likely that others will have to interact with annoying people who want something they have and expect that they give it to them - that does not follow that I want to generally just avoid people. And if you can't understand that difference, then I don't know what to tell you.
How does it make it more likely?
It makes it more likely because without this add one they would not know that I have the loot they want - so how then could they harass me for it?
They might think that since youre not posting loot in chat, you're probably hiding something from them and harass you because of that.
But they would know for sure that I have the piece of equipment they want. So it would make it a lot less likely.
No. It makes everything open to assumptions. And believe me or not, assumptions can make many ingame (and even rl) situations very tricky. You admitted you might start doing something that can make you banned during such arguments, so it wont make any difference for you.
Actually there is an easy solution - just make things clear before the run. Like, "I still need spell power cure gloves for my alt, but can trade/sell/give away all other parts".
You say that as if this has some unique bearing on me.
If someone insults you and you insult them back - yes - you can technically be banned for that. So this goes for anyone - not just me. It is a natural human impulse to react negatively when someone acts negatively toward you. We all have it - even you. That's what I was referring to in my post.
The easy solution here is just to get rid of the addon - which needlessly contributes to situations like these arising.
Yes it is quite negative. We, human beings, (supposedly) can control our impulses.
To a degree. But if it happens frequently people are bound to lose their patience. Now maybe you are the exception - and are capable of controlling your impulses perfect no matter how often a situation is repeated. Now if that is the case - you think really think of yourself as lucky.
Ahh...now we see the truth. You have rage issues, and you want ZoS to rescue you from them.
Try a therapist, it's infinitely more effective.
lol, says the person who is trying to get personal on the internet.
I'm not going to engage in trading insults with you. I am just stating the obvious, that if someone is repeatedly bothered by people pestering them for loot at the end of a dungeon it's only a matter of time before they become fed up and respond in kind. And I wouldn't blame them for doing so one bit.
That's called normal behavior. No therapy is needed.
/ignore, bro.
There are already tools to prevent people with an inability to control their reactions from being banned.
Not an insult, trying to help you out man.
I don't need to be helped out. But thank you none-the-less.
As I've stated numerous times - addons that contribute to players having to ignore each other should be scrapped unless there is a significant reason such an addon should be preserved. There is no such reason here.
And I would welcome it. But ZOS has priorities.If this is so important to the game they should make it a basic feature as I said.
Take buff tracking, for example. Right now, it's possible only with addons. The game broadcasts all the relevant information, but the game's UI doesn't do anything with it--it's up to the addons to actually present the information to the player. Much like how loot sharing works.
But just because the game's UI doesn't present this information doesn't mean ZOS doesn't want you to see it. They just don't have the time and resources to implement the UI for a buff tracking system and are content to let addon authors do the work for them.
And frankly, I'd rather that ZOS first prioritize built-in buff tracking, better combat text (the current SCT is too bare-bones--you don't even know what ability caused that particular tick of damage), etc., instead of dealing with lower-priority items like loot information.
And I would welcome it. But ZOS has priorities.If this is so important to the game they should make it a basic feature as I said.
Take buff tracking, for example. Right now, it's possible only with addons. The game broadcasts all the relevant information, but the game's UI doesn't do anything with it--it's up to the addons to actually present the information to the player. Much like how loot sharing works.
But just because the game's UI doesn't present this information doesn't mean ZOS doesn't want you to see it. They just don't have the time and resources to implement the UI for a buff tracking system and are content to let addon authors do the work for them.
And frankly, I'd rather that ZOS first prioritize built-in buff tracking, better combat text (the current SCT is too bare-bones--you don't even know what ability caused that particular tick of damage), etc., instead of dealing with lower-priority items like loot information.
Buff tracking would be a nice addition. But that addition doesn't contribute to strife in the same way this loot addon does.
Sparing their players annoyances should be a priority for them. The developers should simply do away with the trading of personal loot and allow relevant classes to roll on loot at the end of the dungeon. That would solve this.
And until they get around to doing that - disable this addon.
KoshkaMurka wrote: »KoshkaMurka wrote: »Frankly, addons like this enhance the social interactions of group PvE. Stop imagining worst-case nightmare scenarios. I'm not saying that people won't run into jerks, but if you do, it's not something that will happen every single day, and it's utterly asinine to suggest throwing out 99% of the good to avoid the 1% chance of a potential bad.
Well said!
I can't believe that you and others would actually believe this is only going to happen 1% of the time....
I admire your faith in humanity. Though as someone who has dealt with this humanity on a consistent basis (especially in an anonymous online setting) I can confidently tell you that you are dreaming.
I can believe it. Why? Because addons like this have been around for years..
Yes, but that is irrelevant because the feature that allows you to trade personal loot at the end of a dungeon is new. It's the combination of the addon and this new feature that causes the issues.
The issues that you have never encountered personally but you think are widespread. Hmm...
You do not know what I have or haven't encountered personally. Just to clarify that fact.
This forum already has numerous examples of people reporting harassment due to this addon. Factor that by the many more who do not participate on the forums - I think it's safe to say it's happening more than 1% of the time (which hardly constitutes wide-spread anyway.) But it's also not almost non-existent - as suggesting a 1% ratio would be.
KoshkaMurka wrote: »KoshkaMurka wrote: »KoshkaMurka wrote: »KoshkaMurka wrote: »
You are mischaracterizing my post. I never said I wanted to avoid people. That is a ridiculous interpretation of what I said.
Just because I recognize that this addon makes it more likely that others will have to interact with annoying people who want something they have and expect that they give it to them - that does not follow that I want to generally just avoid people. And if you can't understand that difference, then I don't know what to tell you.
How does it make it more likely?
It makes it more likely because without this add one they would not know that I have the loot they want - so how then could they harass me for it?
They might think that since youre not posting loot in chat, you're probably hiding something from them and harass you because of that.
But they would know for sure that I have the piece of equipment they want. So it would make it a lot less likely.
No. It makes everything open to assumptions. And believe me or not, assumptions can make many ingame (and even rl) situations very tricky. You admitted you might start doing something that can make you banned during such arguments, so it wont make any difference for you.
Actually there is an easy solution - just make things clear before the run. Like, "I still need spell power cure gloves for my alt, but can trade/sell/give away all other parts".
You say that as if this has some unique bearing on me.
If someone insults you and you insult them back - yes - you can technically be banned for that. So this goes for anyone - not just me. It is a natural human impulse to react negatively when someone acts negatively toward you. We all have it - even you. That's what I was referring to in my post.
The easy solution here is just to get rid of the addon - which needlessly contributes to situations like these arising.
Yes it is quite negative. We, human beings, (supposedly) can control our impulses.
To a degree. But if it happens frequently people are bound to lose their patience. Now maybe you are the exception - and are capable of controlling your impulses perfect no matter how often a situation is repeated. Now if that is the case - you think really think of yourself as lucky.
Ahh...now we see the truth. You have rage issues, and you want ZoS to rescue you from them.
Try a therapist, it's infinitely more effective.
lol, says the person who is trying to get personal on the internet.
I'm not going to engage in trading insults with you. I am just stating the obvious, that if someone is repeatedly bothered by people pestering them for loot at the end of a dungeon it's only a matter of time before they become fed up and respond in kind. And I wouldn't blame them for doing so one bit.
That's called normal behavior. No therapy is needed.
/ignore, bro.
There are already tools to prevent people with an inability to control their reactions from being banned.
Not an insult, trying to help you out man.
I don't need to be helped out. But thank you none-the-less.
As I've stated numerous times - addons that contribute to players having to ignore each other should be scrapped unless there is a significant reason such an addon should be preserved. There is no such reason here.
It's not the addon that is causing you to ignore a person. It's that person's behavior which is causing you to ignore them. If anything, it's helping you weed out crappy players from interacting with you.
And I would welcome it. But ZOS has priorities.If this is so important to the game they should make it a basic feature as I said.
Take buff tracking, for example. Right now, it's possible only with addons. The game broadcasts all the relevant information, but the game's UI doesn't do anything with it--it's up to the addons to actually present the information to the player. Much like how loot sharing works.
But just because the game's UI doesn't present this information doesn't mean ZOS doesn't want you to see it. They just don't have the time and resources to implement the UI for a buff tracking system and are content to let addon authors do the work for them.
And frankly, I'd rather that ZOS first prioritize built-in buff tracking, better combat text (the current SCT is too bare-bones--you don't even know what ability caused that particular tick of damage), etc., instead of dealing with lower-priority items like loot information.
Buff tracking would be a nice addition. But that addition doesn't contribute to strife in the same way this loot addon does.
Sparing their players annoyances should be a priority for them. The developers should simply do away with the trading of personal loot and allow relevant classes to roll on loot at the end of the dungeon. That would solve this.
And until they get around to doing that - disable this addon.
ESO_Must_Be_F2P wrote: »
The main theme of my comments is meant to say that this addon needlessly creates a flammable situation. Yes, it is up to the players to lend that spark. But I still see (and have not seen yet during the course of this debate) a single good reason why this situation needs to be maintained. It's just unnecessary.
ESO_Must_Be_F2P wrote: »Jeremy definitely not serious
looks how he ignored the post of mine, shooted directly at his knee
KoshkaMurka wrote: »
The main theme of my comments is meant to say that this addon needlessly creates a flammable situation. Yes, it is up to the players to lend that spark. But I still see (and have not seen yet during the course of this debate) a single good reason why this situation needs to be maintained. It's just unnecessary.
Addon cannot create a flammable situation, only people can.
And I would welcome it. But ZOS has priorities.If this is so important to the game they should make it a basic feature as I said.
Take buff tracking, for example. Right now, it's possible only with addons. The game broadcasts all the relevant information, but the game's UI doesn't do anything with it--it's up to the addons to actually present the information to the player. Much like how loot sharing works.
But just because the game's UI doesn't present this information doesn't mean ZOS doesn't want you to see it. They just don't have the time and resources to implement the UI for a buff tracking system and are content to let addon authors do the work for them.
And frankly, I'd rather that ZOS first prioritize built-in buff tracking, better combat text (the current SCT is too bare-bones--you don't even know what ability caused that particular tick of damage), etc., instead of dealing with lower-priority items like loot information.
Buff tracking would be a nice addition. But that addition doesn't contribute to strife in the same way this loot addon does.
Sparing their players annoyances should be a priority for them. The developers should simply do away with the trading of personal loot and allow relevant classes to roll on loot at the end of the dungeon. That would solve this.
And until they get around to doing that - disable this addon.
"Sparing their players annoyances"? Seriously? I've had more bad experiences with PUGs who blame the tank and healer for their mistakes than I have had from loot-sharing addons. By your logic, we should just disable chat. And all group content. Ah, screw it, just scrap this game and make TES6.
KoshkaMurka wrote: »
The main theme of my comments is meant to say that this addon needlessly creates a flammable situation. Yes, it is up to the players to lend that spark. But I still see (and have not seen yet during the course of this debate) a single good reason why this situation needs to be maintained. It's just unnecessary.
Addon cannot create a flammable situation, only people can.
And that's where we disagree. I believe it does.
At this point, probably best just to agree to disagree.
ESO_Must_Be_F2P wrote: »lol you just evade simple question
PROOFS OR GTFO
you told numerous
but its only one OP in closed topic
shoew me more
except you, @Jeremy
in case you have multiple personalities - they also doesnt count!
Ah, see how flippantly he dismisses points that people try to make? We can play that game, too.
KoshkaMurka wrote: »KoshkaMurka wrote: »
The main theme of my comments is meant to say that this addon needlessly creates a flammable situation. Yes, it is up to the players to lend that spark. But I still see (and have not seen yet during the course of this debate) a single good reason why this situation needs to be maintained. It's just unnecessary.
Addon cannot create a flammable situation, only people can.
And that's where we disagree. I believe it does.
At this point, probably best just to agree to disagree.
Must be some kind of demonic addon that possesses people and makes them do things they woudnt do otherwise.
But whatever.
ESO_Must_Be_F2P wrote: »guys just ignore him
you saw what happend
he lied, and wont answer on direct question, because he wont be catched on his lie
obvious some kind of clever troll for me
i saw alot like him
ESO_Must_Be_F2P wrote: »guys just ignore him
you saw what happend
he lied, and wont answer on direct question, because he wont be catched on his lie
obvious some kind of clever troll for me
i saw alot like him
So let me get this straight - you unprovoked (because I had said nothing to you) accuse me of lying and call me a whiny noob and I'm the troll supposedly according to you?
lol
It seems to me someone may need to look in the mirror if they want to see who the troll here is. Me? I am simply discussing the topic of this thread. You're the one who is name calling and trying to make this discussion about me instead of the topic.
call me a whiny noob
Ah, see how flippantly he dismisses points that people try to make? We can play that game, too.
He has outlined a number of potential pitfalls. Which I found to be nothing more than minor inconveniences. Nothing to warrant trashing the good experiences that most posters in this thread have talked about.
Of course, the key difference here is that he is speaking speculatively, with virtually no personal experience in the matter. And the people who are defending are the people who have the experience and are not pulling phantom scenarios out of their imaginations. At this point, seeing how the last 4 pages of this thread has devolved into a back-and-forth between one person and everyone else with that one person dismissing all reasonable discourse, I'm going to follow my own advice from earlier in this thread and just ignore the troll.
ESO_Must_Be_F2P wrote: »call me a whiny noob
wait
you are also author of fist topic?
because i didnt call YOU like this
so lets get it straight
1) your first topic was closed, and you actualyl have multiple account on the forum, in case of failure you can start new discussion with "new face" ?