"ready check" spam trolling during primal fights

[Warlyx]

The first rule of designing any feature for a game should be to stop and ask how it can be abused to harass other players.

this

the player base is always trying to find ways to annoy the hell out of others, is the company (SE in this game) the only 1 that can mitigate that to the min.

Vote kick / Ready check/ ect all have been released in bare bones , will get fixed eventually? no doubt, but is sad that SE didnt see that 1 coming.

[DefendPopPunk]

This should have been seen coming a mile away. To anyone saying that SE shouldn't have to expect the worst from players, isn't that the reason they use to delay content or fixes (when they recognize the potential for abuse so approach things cautiously)? They took forever to implement vote kick because they knew some people would be asses about it and abuse it. They still have issues with people being asses about it, but they changed some things about it to make it less annoying (no kicking while loot is in pool I guess). Then the same crap with vote dismiss. Now this...it's like never learning their lesson. The lesson being that their players are a bunch of dumb children.

[Moheeheeko]

This is why we can't have nice things.

[KamikazeMan]

Please only allow party leaders to use it and disable during combat.

[Niwashi]

It shouldn't be restricted to the party leader, nor should there be a several minute cooldown, because both of those interfere with the proper, useful purpose of the ready check:
You approach a boss fight area and the tank initiates a ready check to see whether to begin it. Everyone except the BLM is ready but he needs a moment and says no. A minute later the BLM is ready so he initiates another ready check himself, which tells the whole group that everyone is now ready to go.

It should, however, be disabled during combat. That should stop the worst of the abuse of it, and without interfering with the feature's useful purpose.

[Joshhoowah]

If everyone in the party agrees to not click off that they're ready, wouldn't the troll be the only person to be checked off after the 30 second window elapses?

[Traek]

If everyone in the party agrees to not click off that they're ready, wouldn't the troll be the only person to be checked off after the 30 second window elapses?

Ya, its a good point. You don't even have to wait the 30 seconds. They are probably opening/canceling the check I'd imagine? Or is that possible? Either way, it should be easy to tell who has the check by their name instantly after it pops. I'd still put it over the top so there isn't any mistakes being made in a vote kick, but valid way to get the trolls out.

Even just making it not usable in combat with the ability to see it that way will quell a lot of griefing.

[Moheeheeko]

They do that a lot. Perhaps the idiotic trollish-ness of westerners does not compute with them.

Because people in Japan have, ya know, fucking manners.

[Kayo]

Because people in Japan have, ya know, fucking manners.

Yup, thats basically what I meant lol. Was just trying to avoid the defensive replies from those who cant take generalizations for what they are.

Its funny reading how people blame SE for not presuming western players to be so pathetic as to ruin a useful tool like that by acting like chimps with ADD.

"You didnt think we're idiots! Way to suck!"

[Elway358]

One of the worst features to come in this patch because of the abuse potential. Have to admit, ive been closing it instantly anytime ive seen it today to totally discourage the use of it. Sad to have to do that but it is what it is...