Silver chest farming in PotD, harassed by speedrunners. (More ingored PvE harassment)

[Ama_Hamada]

So this is something I been meaning to talk about for a while. After seeing a bad thread on the subject I thought I make a more useful one to talk about and maybe make the development team aware of this.

So when the update to PotD was released everyone did it for chests and it was pretty much what I was used in seeing, along with my friend. Well we both stopped doingthem for a while then was shocked people would just rush to the portal and stay there doing nothing. My friend kicked a lot of "speed runners" out of PotD because they refused to cooperate with her. Some went as far as saying "You want chests? fine Ill just afk here because I want to speed run"

What confuses me is why would people eat wasting 15+ minutes of time because they do not get their way? It is playing the game improperly so you would think they would expect the possibility of being kicked? A pair of speed runnerss went as far as killing my two friends by MPK for kicking out the first one, while the second killed them to wipe the run.

I do not understand why SE removes the PvP chat while major toxic acts such as this remains unchecked by development and discouraged in some way. Clearly people think GMs do nothing otherwise it wouldn't be a wide spread problem.

[Culfinrandir]

You can report them & action will be taken. Please stop using every topic for a moan about PVP chat. It's *not* the place, nor the time. Serious issues can end up being neglected by derailing the topic.

[RaijinSupreme]

You can report them & action will be taken. Please stop using every topic for a moan about PVP chat. It's *not* the place, nor the time. Serious issues can end up being neglected by derailing the topic.

Right. OP talks about seeing a bad thread on the topic, but decides to create another bad thread on the topic.

[Atlaworks]

Don't like it, run a matched party.

Does it suck? Yeah, but there are ways to fix it- the problem is the same as running roulettes on duty finder. It's not SE's fault.

Do those experiences you listed suck? Yeah, but I wouldn't call them common. Report them for harassment if they actually did harass you, but ultimately your most potent tool in your arsenal to stop this from happening is to just talk to them at the beginning of the run and ask. Then if you can't come to an agreement, one of you can leave.

[Ama_Hamada]

Don't like it, run a matched party.

Does it suck? Yeah, but there are ways to fix it- the problem is the same as running roulettes on duty finder. It's not SE's fault.

It started to be SE's fault when they removed PvP chat. Now I need to ask why nothing is being done for PvE harassment, since it happens more often and more extreme actions happen like MPK.

[Atlaworks]

It started to be SE's fault when they removed PvP chat. Now I need to ask why nothing is being done for PvE harassment, since it happens more often and more extreme actions happen like MPK.

This isn't PvP. Stop trying to shoehorn your agenda into other crap.

[Vidu]

It started to be SE's fault when they removed PvP chat. Now I need to ask why nothing is being done for PvE harassment, since it happens more often and more extreme actions happen like MPK.

By using this example you're making it pretty unclear what you want to talk about - do you want actions taken about the PvE issues or just our PvP chat back? Get over that and discuss the actual topic (I'm not happy about the chat removal either but I've seen a lot more toxic behaviour in PvP than in PvE - and a lot worse than just afking and telling someone to suck it up)

To the issue you actually made the topic about... I havent really experienced that - me and a friend have done a bit of PotD recently, both near the 99/99 cap, to level his last jobs. While not all runs were a pleasent experience, I dont ever thought it would be necessary that Se takes action.

I dont get you - you're unhappy about them babysitting us in PvP, so now you want to extend that to the whole game? Yeah, I dont think so - as in: I dont think thats needed. How about we deal with minor problems like this on our own, mmh? There are multiple reasons to run PotD - silver chests, exp, shards to buy stuff, sacks... - all are valid and its up to the individual party to decided whats most important for the majority of them. Three people dont have to go out of their way for a single person - and if a single person chooses to be a jerk, they can always be removed. Problem solved.
Dont make this a bigger issues than it has to be - and dont bring other topics that might bother you but are completly unrelated into this if you want a serious discussion.

People should not assume "speed running" is the norm, farming for chests is, some people do not know that speed running was a thing (like my friend did upon returning) and was harassed every other run that day she did return by speed runners. Speed runners are the ones that need to ask, not chest farmers.

I strongly disagree with this - where does it say that the main objective of potd is/has to be silver chests when there are several other reasons to do that content? If someones there for exp, they most likely wont care about chests and one can easly argue that leveling up a class is more important than getting some outdated weapons and that therefor speed runs should be the norm (-> faster runs=more runs=more exp=more levels)
Just because silver chests are more important to you, doesnt mean they have to be for everyone - or that everyone has to go out of their way to get silver chests for you...

[Masekase_Hurricane]

It started to be SE's fault when they removed PvP chat. Now I need to ask why nothing is being done for PvE harassment, since it happens more often and more extreme actions happen like MPK.

Hmmm and how would this have been prevented by having no chat in PVE? The comparison is daft the reason chat was restricted was due to the abuse in PvP. Yes people should grow a thicker skin but at the end of the day some are delicate snowflakes.

Now did you report them for harassment? Cause if you didn't then there is your answer SE is doing nothing about it. This week I have done quite a few runs in POTD some wanted speed runs and some wanted to grab/clear everything. So much easier to just go with the flow and do what the majority wants. If you are not happy with this then leave and eat the penalty.


End of the day if you don't like the risk of maybe getting a speed party. Then create a PF group with people who want the same thing. Albeit this works vice versa if you are not happy with the chance of kill all/chest groups then put it in PF.

[ChimeraXIII]

It started to be SE's fault when they removed PvP chat. Now I need to ask why nothing is being done for PvE harassment, since it happens more often and more extreme actions happen like MPK.

I keep seeing PVPers say this but as a PVE primary and casual PVPer, I haven't experienced this (besides skip soar or disband, anyway, which shouldn't be a problem tbf)? Honestly I have been in a lot of speedrun groups in PotD and find that a full clear isn't really necessary, even if I do want chests. It's faster just to go with the flow and requeue and snipe chests here and there. You wont NEVER run into them. Besides, a lot of groups are pretty chill and will grab chests anyway.

[Clethoria]

Don't like it, run a matched party.

Does it suck? Yeah, but there are ways to fix it- the problem is the same as running roulettes on duty finder. It's not SE's fault.

Do those experiences you listed suck? Yeah, but I wouldn't call them common. Report them for harassment if they actually did harass you, but ultimately your most potent tool in your arsenal to stop this from happening is to just talk to them at the beginning of the run and ask. Then if you can't come to an agreement, one of you can leave.

Thiiiissss

Hell, whenever the party picks up a Lust I say that I want to succubus for the boss. And glory to Hydie I get to do it. The only time I'll actually shirk from talking is if I'm on the JP servers.