Accidental Vote Kick

Myrillya

Heyyo guys.

Today I had an encounter in Selene's Web (today's pledge). A CP1400, CP700, CP180 and me (CP1785) entered the dungeon on vet. Immediately, a notification pops up, with the sound I only know as the "ready check sound". So, instinctively, I press F to say "I'm ready" without reading the message. Then I realized: It wasn't a ready check. It was a vote kick initiated from the CP700 player to kick the CP180 player. Because the 1400 was also instinctively pressing F because they thought it was a ready check, the poor CP180 player got kicked from the dungeon.

Not only do I really have a problem with this kind of toxic behaviour, I also really hate that I accidentally participated in it. I ALWAYS support low level players in their journey and it wouldn't have been a problem to carry them through Selene's Web whatsoever.

Now, here's the thing why I'm posting about it: WHY is the ready check sound the same as the vote kick sound and why is there no second confirmation or something like this? It's really irritating that you can literally accidentally vote kick someone because you're conditioned to the ready check sound.

Here are my suggestions for a small fix:
- A second confirmation window ("Are you really sure?")
- A different sound for the vote kick
- To accept the vote kick, we need to hold the button for a longer time (like 3 seconds) instead of pressing just once

Did anyone have this problem in the past, too? I really felt so bad for the CP180 guy, I've messaged them and sent them some gold as an apology.

AlnilamE

The ready check, vote to kick, queue pop for both dungeons and Cyrodiil are all the same sound. As are invites to guild and duels.

alternatelder

Why would there be a ready check if you're already in a dungeon with 4 people? There doesn't need to be a fix, just read the popup next time.

Myrillya

AlnilamE wrote: »

The ready check, vote to kick, queue pop for both dungeons and Cyrodiil are all the same sound. As are invites to guild and duels.

Nope, not the same sound! Only vote to kick and ready check sound alike (probably since they're considered to be a "survey"). It's a light ringing sound. Queue pop etc. sounds different, more like a pop.

Myrillya

alternatelder wrote: »

Why would there be a ready check if you're already in a dungeon with 4 people? There doesn't need to be a fix, just read the popup next time.

Because you're standing in front of a boss and you wanna make sure that your pick up group is ready? Has already happened to me. You're obviously right, gotta be careful next time, but I still feel like this is "too easy" to kick someone. At least have a different button to accept to throw someone out (instead of F). I mean, if I'd been the only one in the dungeon who accidentally pressed F, the guy wouldn't have been kicked - but I wasn't. I was talking to the CP 1400 person and they thought it was a ready check, too. So, I assume if it happened twice in one dungeon, multiple people could've already been victims of accidental kicking.

CrashTest

Please for the love of all that is good don't add complication to the vote kick button by making a second confirmation or longer press time. I get you feel guilty but just pay closer attention next time. This is a very non issue.

Myrillya

CrashTest wrote: »

Please for the love of all that is good don't add complication to the vote kick button by making a second confirmation or longer press time. I get you feel guilty but just pay closer attention next time. This is a very non issue.

Are you that often in a situation where you have someone kicked? It rarely happens to me, that's why I'm asking. And this is probably another reason why I thought it was a ready check. In my 5 years of ESO, I only kicked people twice and that's because they were toxic. Another sound or simply another button to accept would also be fine. xD

El_Borracho

Accidents happen. No need to fix a problem that isn't there