Good Match! Nice Job! Hello

Note to self, avoid pvp or feel as if i want to beat a team member with my astrometer for spamming something..

Just play literally anything but healer and feel like you can't influence the match at all...because you can't.

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Originally Posted by SuperZay

Are you all prepared for angry cross-world tells in 4.1? SE will so regret about this feature after their GMs will have to respond to 10x more harassment reports.

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Man I was thinking that after reading that info, can't wait haha

I think many of us see the potential for misuse (just like we foresaw Quick Chat being misused), but it only stands to reason that because we see it, we try to keep ourselves above it. If you have to say anything, try to be constructive, don't instead lend validation to the misinterpretation that PvP is so toxic and full of harassment. And if you receive a nasty tell, don't reply, just ignore or report.

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Originally Posted by Krolja

Just play literally anything but healer and feel like you can't influence the match at all...because you can't.

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This is untrue. As a DPS you have a lot of sway over the match, just not as much as the healer or the tank.

If DPS had no sway at all the few of us who climbed wouldn't have been able to.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Sometimes you need to own up to the fact you need criticism in your play. If nobody can tell you that you need to improve in some manner or other, then how would you ever know to try to do something different?

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There is a plain and clear difference between constructive and helpful criticism, to help your fellow person get better in PVP, and flat out being toxic and yelling at people to stop playing PVP and calling them garbage and so forth.

Calling toxic banter a form of criticism is extremely poor. You can tell someone they made a mistake and call them shit, but that does nothing but demoralize the player. You can tell them they made a mistake, they should try out A or B, or try to follow certain rules of thumb. The point it to give guidance to a player to correct their mistakes, not to beat them while they're down.

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Originally Posted by Syrus_Draco

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Hey man you know you should probably try doing X thing/ you know sometimes DPS have to pick up medals/You should probably do XYZ for your burst combo...

Is usually met with...

GO F OFF AND DIE/ YOU DONT PAY MY SUB/ I PLAY HOW I WANT/ F YOU YOU B/

Sometimes people really don't like any form of criticism .

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Originally Posted by Krolja

This doesn't tell you everything you need to know?

Nice Job!

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It's enough to know if you've done something wrong.

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Originally Posted by Syrus_Draco

There is a plain and clear difference between constructive and helpful criticism, to help your fellow person get better in PVP, and flat out being toxic and yelling at people to stop playing PVP and calling them garbage and so forth.

Calling toxic banter a form of criticism is extremely poor. You can tell someone they made a mistake and call them shit, but that does nothing but demoralize the player. You can tell them they made a mistake, they should try out A or B, or try to follow certain rules of thumb. The point it to give guidance to a player to correct their mistakes, not to beat them while they're down.

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I can't do either, right now. The best I can do is wave my arms, place a mark over a player, and use a quick chat feature.
I would absolutely love to genuinely help other players learn to improve. I'm in a great pvp linkshell and there's a ton of help there. But I can't do anything for strangers!

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Originally Posted by Cynric

Hey man you know you should probably try doing X thing/ you know sometimes DPS have to pick up medals/You should probably do XYZ for your burst combo...

Is usually met with...

GO F OFF AND DIE/ YOU DONT PAY MY SUB/ I PLAY HOW I WANT/ F YOU YOU B/

Sometimes people really don't like any form of criticism .

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If they want to be garbage and not improve their game, then let them fall. You did your part in being helpful, and sadly not every one is as open minded to helpful criticism.