DEVS: May we PLEASE have an answer regarding the Feast and the Quick Chat feature?

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

I know this is a question for the PvP section, but we've been asking and giving our feedback there, speaking up against the disabling of chat in the Feast in favor of this new system, but it feels like we've been ignored. This is really causing a growing feeling of disappointment and driving people away from wanting to queue for the Feast entirely, among other problems. So I'm asking here in an attempt to really give it more exposure.

There was never any reason at all given for this change, and even after 2 months or so of very negative feedback regarding this change (and the potential problems it might, and HAS caused) we've heard nothing. Players assume it was a means to curb negativity and/or bad manners in Feast matches, but we remain in the dark in regards to the exact reason why this change was made, and the Feast gameplay experience has declined drastically practically overnight. Fact is, whatever issues it may have solved, has only in its place created more and bigger issues. Worse than that, with the influx of newer players, interested in PvP either for the Garo event, or perhaps simply finally giving it a try, they are unable to learn how to play successfully or get advice from players with more experience, and this increasingly alienates both old and new players alike from the mode.

So I ask you, Devs, to please break your silence on this matter. There has been months of negative feedback, and foresight into these issues, and now we're suffering them firsthand, and still with not so much as an acknowledgement of how the player community - specifically those who actively PvP - feel on the matter. We don't wish to feel as if we're being ignored. We don't wish to participate in the Feast and not be able to properly communicate with our teams. We don't wish to have our months of feedback feel as it it was simply brushed aside, and without even a reason why. Please answer us.

[Jandor]

DEVS: May we PLEASE have an answer regarding the Feast and the Quick Chat feature?

Assholes ruined it for everyone. Seems pretty obvious to me.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Easier to get an answer if you stick to one thread instead of making another.

[Driavna]

Assholes ruined it for everyone. Seems pretty obvious to me.

Sadly you are right, they could use a mute system like Riot or Blizzard, however that system is abused too so I don't know. IMO they implemented this in order to don't "waste" time with harassment tickets.

[Jandor]

Sadly you are right, they could use a mute system like Riot or Blizzard, however that system is abused too so I don't know. IMO they implemented this in order to don't "waste" time with harassment tickets.

Yeah, we've overall got a very pleasant and helpful community.
We do however have a small percentage of nasty trolls and a fairly substantial population of easily triggered snowflakes, mix in some PvP and you probably get hundreds and hundreds of time wasting tickets that amount to nothing more than "someone was meaaaaaan to me ;-;"

[Serilda]

I also hate this new system. At least make it optional in some way. It's impossible to communicate properly; I don't want to smother my actual action bars (which are pretty darn full already on console) with shortcuts for speech and whenever I actually need to relay some critical information to my team I can't (or can't quickly, without fiddling around with the interface). It was so much easier just to type! If people were being abusive I'd rather see them outright banned from the Feast for a season, not silenced. They can, presumably, still passively aggressively spam 'Good match!' when it wasn't to make people feel frustrated even now.

Why not just let people add them to their blacklist and when they're blacklisted like that they can't get into a party with that person again? Eventually nasty players will have queues so long they will just leave or make premades.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

Sadly you are right, they could use a mute system like Riot or Blizzard, however that system is abused too so I don't know. IMO they implemented this in order to don't "waste" time with harassment tickets.

Unfortunately, all it seems to be accomplishing is killing the Feast. A mute system would be better than silencing everyone. Granted, they should have GMs assigned to the Feast and ban players who harass others.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

Assholes ruined it for everyone. Seems pretty obvious to me.

That's what the player community believes to be the reason, but having said nothing at all, it seems like the change was pushed without any regard to player feedback. And speaking of;

Easier to get an answer if you stick to one thread instead of making another.

If that were so true, then the thread we made the day it was announced that is STILL continuing over in the PvP section would have warranted a response by now. As it has not, I am making yet another appeal to the Devs through the forums, as they so often welcome us to do.

[Jandor]

That's what the player community believes to be the reason.

Well, nothing else really makes sense.

They're not exactly going to do a dev blog titled 'You're all a bunch of assholes!' are they.

[DamianFatale]

From my experience, I want no part in the feast. I tried it a couple of times, and got yelled at, and treated like crap for being new. It ruined the experience for me, and I honestly feel reluctant to try again. This feature is honestly a blessing to me, because maybe now I can participate, and feel less hostile. Frontlines can get edgy, but it's rarely ever intolerable as my feast experiences. You can point the blame on me, but when I walked in, I did so to have fun. I didn't need any of the disrespect, which in my opinion is inexcusable. It doesn't make me a special snowflake, and it isn't making me triggered. Triggered is just a term people use to shrug off people in uncomfortable situatons. It's not actually an accurate term most of the time, granted there are exceptions.