Quote Originally Posted by Hasrat View Post
I've always wanted to try PvP, for glamour rewards if nothing else, but lacking a way to "test the waters," I just keep putting it off...But I guess if botting is as bad as it sounds, maybe it doesn't really matter how bad I am while I try to understand what's happening. Gotta be better than a bot, amirite?
Nah, the open-forum PvP content here is harsher than the real thing :P. I know that feels though. I used to avoid any kind of ranked content in PvP games out of fear of failure and potential toxicity. Just realize that you have every right in the world to be a beginner or unsuccessful, so long as you try. If you're in a solo queue for something, don't indulge players who behave as if they have the right to a skilled teammate and that you're depriving them of it. It's really on them if they can't handle probability and the fact that not everyone is equally skilled.

Regardless, the PvP is probably way more chill than you're expecting. As you said, people will probably be happy just to get a queue pop and/or team members who aren't bots.