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  • jamis4maximusjamis4maximus Member Posts: 14 Arc User
    > @masteroga said:
    > My friends and I thought up a much better fix weeks ago, after 1 minute of brainstorming lol.
    >
    > 1) Can't initiate a VTK during combat
    > 2) Can't initiate a VTK while there is a loot roll going.
    > 3) Can't initiate a VTK after final boss is dead

    At least start with this. If a person has not been in combat for the last 60 seconds, then enable to VTK them on point #1. This means anyone that doesn't want to be kicked can simply keep fighting and contributing DPS. I would add that the devs should also make it require a bit more action on the part of anyone to vote to kick also. Make sure it's not something that can be done accidentally (which I'm pretty sure my g/f and I have both accidentally agreed to kick people thinking it was a loot window or something).
  • s3vails3vail Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    sweet now I only have to wait for longer periods of time in between getting booted and for loot! thanks arc games for having 4 of my friends quit and soon to be me! ( now we can go play a game where the dev's actually care about us)
  • DaesynDaesyn Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    Why not just remove VTK altogether? All it does is cause problems. If you don't like your group composition from the start, leave. As for afkers, implement the pvp afk kick. Not that they're even an issue but people standing around not contributing could be auto kicked with a time since last combat check, or x amount of damage/healing/damage taken in x amount of time check.
  • schiavoserschiavoser Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    I was loot kicked a couple days ago and lodged a complaint with Arc. A GM responded, but he basically said "sorry to hear that. Tough luck." Their ambivalence toward this problem is disturbing. If they are not willing to permanently repair the exploit itself, can't they discipline the abusers? They are rewarding the loot kickers by taking no action.
  • fatpobfatpob Member Posts: 41 Arc User
    There are times when VTK is useful (perhaps even needed), however like anything that allows anonymity, abuse is going to happen, and folk will use it to there own advantage.
    I have used it to kick a guy whose microphone was firing an awful grating noise. He was asked in chat and over the comms to turn off his mic, but didn't. The only time it lost the grating noise when he spoke, so he could talk. After a bit it got really really annoying so VTK was needed.

    I have been kicked because "GS too low lol", "Never kill boss with your GS", "GS Lol, Enjoy Loading Screen" many times, despite having completed the delve before.

    I have not as yet been loot booted, but look forward to that experience.

    The biggest problem really is not the one who initiates the kick, but the sheep that follow. If there isn't a proper reason on why kick then I always select NO, but so many get kicked for "yyyy" reason.

    I understand if you have wiped 2-3 times on a boss and perhaps the person getting kicked has been insta-floored every time, and frustrations are creeping in. So there is a reason to VTK (or perceived reason at least).

    Browntj007 has a decent suggestion, though that seems like book keeping, perhaps have cooldowns on kicking rather than daily limits. The cooldown would reset to normal daily .

    First VTK in an instance there is a 3 min CD before it can be used again. 2nd a 15 min CD, 3rd use 30 min CD, 4th use 1 hr CD, 5th 2 hr CD etc .


  • DaesynDaesyn Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    There are times when VTK is useful (perhaps even needed), however like anything that allows anonymity, abuse is going to happen, and folk will use it to there own advantage.
    I have used it to kick a guy whose microphone was firing an awful grating noise. He was asked in chat and over the comms to turn off his mic, but didn't. The only time it lost the grating noise when he spoke, so he could talk. After a bit it got really really annoying so VTK was needed.

    Or you could just mute them, the VTK actually wasn't necessary in your example there.
    I understand if you have wiped 2-3 times on a boss and perhaps the person getting kicked has been insta-floored every time, and frustrations are creeping in. So there is a reason to VTK (or perceived reason at least).

    This is the only real argument I can see for keeping VTK in place, and it's really somewhat of a self-solving problem. When you die, you're wasting gold (on injury kits) and time you could be spending actually doing a run. Not many people would stay that long knowing they're going to fail and waste more and more of their limited supplies. Then there's the fact that most dungeons can be done four manned anyway, one guy getting floored every time isn't too much of an issue.
  • fatpobfatpob Member Posts: 41 Arc User
    Daesyn wrote: »

    Or you could just mute them, the VTK actually wasn't necessary in your example there.
    /quote]
    couldn't find the mute option from the player tile, so maybe it hidden somewhere in the game main menus.
  • billrob458billrob458 Member Posts: 11 Arc User
    > Or you could just mute them, the VTK actually wasn't necessary in your example there.

    How do you mute a player?! I have been looking for that option and haven't been able to find it. I VTKed a player who was blasting music so loud I couldn't hear the game.

    I do wish they would implement a no VTK during boss, only at campfire. I spent 2 hours only to be booted after boss death twice.

    Although I have been looking at players and if there are 2 in the same guild I have been dropping the Dungeon. That has reduced my booting occurrence.
  • DaesynDaesyn Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    Press the View button (select) and select the party member, open up their xbl profile and select mute.

  • strumslingerstrumslinger Member, NW_CrypticDev, Cryptic Developer Posts: 1,724 Cryptic Developer
    Fortune find you, adventurers,

    To reiterate what ambisinisterr mentioned, we are still actively discussing the vote kick situation. I know there are a lot of suggestions that are being submitted in regards to how we can improve the system. Our initial fix that adjusted the queue system and the kick mechanics were to address the situation where the system was being abused by a particular group that would vote kick profusely.

    It's important that we make sure that system works as intended. I can't give any specifics on what will we be changed, but I wanted to make sure that you know we are listening to the comments on the forums, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Once we can confirm details, we'll definitely make sure the community is aware.


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  • trystanwolftrystanwolf Member Posts: 31 Arc User
    Daesyn wrote: »
    Press the View button (select) and select the party member, open up their xbl profile and select mute.

    It would be nice to have something ingame rather than going that route though. It seems like it takes forever to load up the dashboard interface and be able to mute them. Something like, pressing A and having an option in the first menu to mute rather than having to go through player profile to mute.
  • fatpobfatpob Member Posts: 41 Arc User
    Daesyn wrote: »
    Press the View button (select) and select the party member, open up their xbl profile and select mute.

    It would be nice to have something ingame rather than going that route though. It seems like it takes forever to load up the dashboard interface and be able to mute them. Something like, pressing A and having an option in the first menu to mute rather than having to go through player profile to mute.

    I agree, Castle Never isn't the best place to be zooming through screens and suchlike, a simple profile option to mute from the party member screen is what is needed.

  • draven165draven165 Member Posts: 255 Arc User
    Fortune find you, adventurers,

    To reiterate what ambisinisterr mentioned, we are still actively discussing the vote kick situation. I know there are a lot of suggestions that are being submitted in regards to how we can improve the system. Our initial fix that adjusted the queue system and the kick mechanics were to address the situation where the system was being abused by a particular group that would vote kick profusely.

    It's important that we make sure that system works as intended. I can't give any specifics on what will we be changed, but I wanted to make sure that you know we are listening to the comments on the forums, Twitter, Reddit, etc. Once we can confirm details, we'll definitely make sure the community is aware.


    A quick fix for the issue that requires no, zero, zip, zilch coding or anything changing on the developers end. Solicit the community to send in video proof of anyone kicking people when loot drops. From these videos DELETE their characters and BAN their Xbox Accounts. Get about a dozen or so of these tools and the rest of the community will be so scared to kick anyone that the VTK issue will disappear. As of right now these tools are only benefitting from kicking people since there is absolutely no repercussions for their actions. If they are severely punished for their actions they themselves will no longer be a problem since they are deleted and banned, but also their "friends" will be too fearful to do it themselves. And if they do.... Delete and Ban them too. I would think any reputable company would only want good quality people in their community anyways. So Deleting and Banning these tools would be no real loss to anyone that matters. And Xbox has a wonderful tool for recording the last 30seconds or so of what took place so the video proof would easily be available. And once again - Requires no additional coding by the company -
  • DaesynDaesyn Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    Pot. Kettle. Black.

    And let's be honest here. I'm sure more people would be happy that loot kickers were getting banned, resulting in many people returning to play, than people would leave because they were solving the issue.
  • davidagaldodavidagaldo Member Posts: 383 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    what you may call stupidity i call take advantage of the situation with the cards dealt. i thought being in the military would make you smart to that tactic.

    Don't place fault else where, it clearly reads you're contributing to the problem. So if the kick option is the card dealt, we are wrong for not taking advantage of it? And you take a crack at a prior military member. Warped!


    My rules for using it follow:

    Sitting idle for more than a minute.
    Sitting at the start for more than a minute.
    Running to the end and sitting at the end for more than a minute.
    If someone shows disconnected and the server does not boot.

    A minute is justifiable, to me, since so much ground can be covered in that minute but often it is longer than a minute when I initiate a kick.

    Get the trend... no other reason for me to use kick. I will leave the game if its not my scene before I boot someone who might be having a grand time dying and trying.




    Post edited by davidagaldo on
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  • ajcarp1ajcarp1 Member Posts: 15 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    > @snarfaholic said:
    > masteroga wrote: »
    >
    > My friends and I thought up a much better fix weeks ago, after 1 minute of brainstorming lol.
    >
    > 1) Can't initiate a VTK during combat
    > 2) Can't initiate a VTK while there is a loot roll going.
    > 3) Can't initiate a VTK after final boss is dead (This one is likely pointless, but I have been booted once before after loot roll was completed, but before getting chest...I mean...why? lol)
    >
    > THAT'S IT!!!! Fixes everything everything except people being jerks (Like booting you right outside the final bosses room or something), but so long as there's a boot system at all...there will still be jerks. I know there are channels on Twitch devoted to just booting people to make people mad....
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > This guy, right here is genius. Penman solved.
    >
    > I was going to suggest a disclaimer at boss. "Players cannot be kicked from this point".
    >
    > If they fail the boss, VTK resumes. Some groups just suck and finding new players tend to be needed.
    >
    > I don't mind.... Okay I do. I hate being kicked period. But I don't mind, before the boss.
    > Booting me, to further your chance at getting the loot is to far.
    >
    > This is what developers need to work on. Because player base stats to drop at this type of thing. If I can't do a dungeon, I can't advance my gear score. If I can't do that, I'm eventually going to give up and quit.
    > Not me personally, but allot of people are easily defeated.

    This^^^^. 1, 2, and 3 above will go a long way to solving this problem...just do it devs. It certainly can't be worse than the useless "fix" that was implemented. What are the valid arguments against this proposed fix? Anyone?
  • singlesrvingfrndsinglesrvingfrnd Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    VTK system is ruining this game. I wish I wouldn't have spent money on Zen for mounts and companions before leveling up high enough to realize the VTK system won't let you progress further. HUGE ISSUE! Maybe a law suit against ARC is needed! Spent an hour just trying to get into one dungeon last night and got kicked at final boss loot drop twice!!! Time to switch to elder scrolls and enjoy gaming again!
  • DaesynDaesyn Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    1. They are clueless about their character and don't know how to build it right.
    2. They are in a guild I know boot n loots a lot so i got to be safe
    3. They are straight detriments
    4. They constantly pick up green stuff.
    5. they have music blasting through there headphones.
    6. they spawn in right when an item is gonna drop and they did zero work.
    7. we have a terribly built squad of lets say too much single target or too much aoe
    8. they have too low gs to even attempt the dungeon.
    9. they have boot n looted me in the past
    10. they pull too much stuff. like in frozen heart these guys decided to be smart and pull the whole room and they ended up dying like 7 times each and i died once i was like omg these morons.

    1. You don't get to decide how anyone else plays their character.
    2. Trying to stop the problem by being the problem?
    3. And you think kicking would solve that?
    4. Green stuff is decent for refinement, once again, you don't get to decide how anyone else plays their character.
    5. Muting is a thing.
    6. Maybe you shouldn't have kicked the guy that did do work.
    7. Nothing in this game requires a specific set up.
    8. If they got in they have enough GS to attempt the dungeon.
    9. Trying to stop the problem by being the problem?
    10. Talk to them then, communication is key.
  • schiavoserschiavoser Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    scullarcher, the game is 3 months old on this platform. Encountering beginners while queuing for random parties should be expected.
  • davidagaldodavidagaldo Member Posts: 383 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    what you may call stupidity i call take advantage of the situation with the cards dealt. i thought being in the military would make you smart to that tactic.

    Don't place fault else where, it clearly reads you're contributing to the problem. So if the kick option is the card dealt, we are wrong for not taking advantage of it? And you take a crack at a prior military member. Warped!


    My rules for using it follow:

    Sitting idle for more than a minute.
    Sitting at the start for more than a minute.
    Running to the end and sitting at the end for more than a minute.
    If someone shows disconnected and the server does not boot.

    A minute is justifiable, to me, since so much ground can be covered in that minute but often it is longer than a minute when I initiate a kick.

    Get the trend... no other reason for me to use kick. I will leave the game if its not my scene before I boot someone who might be having a grand time dying and trying.



    Lmao I've been playing solo all day. I can easily name 10 other thing to kick people for.

    1. They are clueless about their character and don't know how to build it right.
    2. They are in a guild I know boot n loots a lot so i got to be safe
    3. They are straight detriments
    4. They constantly pick up green stuff.
    5. they have music blasting through there headphones.
    6. they spawn in right when an item is gonna drop and they did zero work.
    7. we have a terribly built squad of lets say too much single target or too much aoe
    8. they have too low gs to even attempt the dungeon.
    9. they have boot n looted me in the past
    10. they pull too much stuff. like in frozen heart these guys decided to be smart and pull the whole room and they ended up dying like 7 times each and i died once i was like omg these morons.

    And then there are these reasons...

    For the majority of these, they don't affect me. Someone else's progression methods is not my concern unless it singles me out like a VTK. #5 is an easy fix so why list it. Much of what is listed is frustrating but it is the same for everyone else in Neverwinter/the room. If an attempt to help others help you does not work, I back out after trying to make it work. I will TRY and have gone through four or five lives before deciding I have contributed enough resources and time. There is a point you realize it will not work.

    Communication is key and not talking does burden the experience.

    For instance, last night someone was asking me to 'shop' via in-game chat. What the heck is that? I asked but the person had a fear of mics cause he/she would not talk back. The in game text chat irritates me, too slow for me.

    #10, for me this is often the case. It is fun and challenging providing support. Yeah, pulling the entire scene is crazy. When I see it happen I know what I am up against and slide fully into the support role. What su cks is when everyone breaks up and having to support four clusters in a large scene will test your character's abilities.

    ...
    Post edited by davidagaldo on
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    .. Teucer (HR) / Maximus Decimus (DC) .. GT: ApexDemon
  • singlesrvingfrndsinglesrvingfrnd Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    [quote="scullarcher;12600443"][quote="singlesrvingfrnd;12600371"]VTK system is ruining this game. I wish I wouldn't have spent money on Zen for mounts and companions before leveling up high enough to realize the VTK system won't let you progress further. HUGE ISSUE! Maybe a law suit against ARC is needed! Spent an hour just trying to get into one dungeon last night and got kicked at final boss loot drop twice!!! Time to switch to elder scrolls and enjoy gaming again! [/quote]Neverwinter doesn't bad players like you who doesn't have the common sense to join a guild.

    [/quote]

    Why should I have to join a guild? Then make being in the guild part of the game. Some of us don't have countless hours a day to sit on NW form guilds just to play the game. We are busy being productive members of society who play video games to relax and have fun, not be forced to join a guild to avoid idiots like you.
  • xxxsfalxxxxxxsfalxxx Member Posts: 133 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    You are all wasting your time typing to trollface, it's not going to do anything but keep spewing out its inane nonsense trollbait noise. While it may seem obvious it doesn't know anything, it's more obvious it's just trying to be inflammatory with the goal of making you argue with it. Either way, the best advice is don't argue with tards. Just like a lot of the bootnlooters; total trash that add nothing to the game, unless you're looking for greedy scum that if they can't be greedy, they kick you to make you angry. They're a waste. Don't bother. Just wait for Neverwinter to remove the exploits in the kick and loot bid systems so the slime can't abuse them any longer, and in the meantime just stop replying to this thing's pitifully transparent attempts.
  • xxxsfalxxxxxxsfalxxx Member Posts: 133 Arc User
    Fortune find you, adventurers .... Our initial fix that adjusted the queue system and the kick mechanics were to address the situation where the system was being abused by a particular group that would vote kick profusely.
    I've seen still there's VTK spam instantly and until everyone is gone in SoT, as soon as any of the Shores items drop at the ambush, with everyone but the exploit abusers still there. You don't mean that then. :)
    Once we can confirm details, we'll definitely make sure the community is aware.
    Whatever the plans and timeframe are, communicating that is important. Seems also that fixing the worst of the exploit and removing the worst abusers of the exploit is pretty important. I mean after all, if they're getting so much gear worth so much AD, they can't really be contributing much else (if anything) to the game.
  • andyd2702andyd2702 Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    well I was told by arc support that I should play with a group and not alone what the heck its totally unacceptable to be told that as I am a hunter ranger we do not get drops in normal dungeons so we have to do lost mauth or castle never and because the drops are worth a lot its instant kicking by the others its a joke start making examples and reseting peoples accounts instead of treating your gamers like dirt and ignoring there support tickets
  • singlesrvingfrndsinglesrvingfrnd Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    [quote="andyd2702;12601096"]well I was told by arc support that I should play with a group and not alone what the heck its totally unacceptable to be told that as I am a hunter ranger we do not get drops in normal dungeons so we have to do lost mauth or castle never and because the drops are worth a lot its instant kicking by the others its a joke start making examples and reseting peoples accounts instead of treating your gamers like dirt and ignoring there support tickets
    [/quote]

    I'm with you it's crazy! They don't care it seems
  • xxxsfalxxxxxxsfalxxx Member Posts: 133 Arc User
    My opinion, it seemed to me that whatever fixes were supposed to be there we don't know because instead of any fixes showing up, the additional button press(es) glitch/bug showed up instead. I'm just guessing though, because yes we can't gauge what might be there if nothing is.

    Maybe what's in the works is a total revamp of the kick system so it makes sense on a console. That is, something like essentially removing it. Something else that makes sense with a console mindset and community. Perhaps the solution is to removing anything enticing losers to exploit and glitch and be ds and dbags? Like to let the PC people go back to messing each other over and leave us alone. Sort of like the scam websites showing up in our chat, it doesn't work that way on console.
  • mikeyfliesmikeyflies Member Posts: 90 Arc User
    Private loot would go a *long* way to removing incentives for kicking. It is ridiculous to give people an easy way to be jerks AND a strong incentive to do so.

    They did move the yes vote to x from a which is nice as now you shouldn't accidentally hit a when clearing loot windows.
  • dannyboy0980dannyboy0980 Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    right, this boot and loot needs to come to an end one way or the other, I got a few solutions, some have been mentioned some haven't... but take a butchers may be to your fancy

    1. put a system that allows you to choose who to group up with ie ... dps/support/class/ what range gear score you want the player to be around, from there the group locks and only the player can leave on there own free will. Yes it could cause issues if that player is not pulling there weight but everything has its risks.

    2. the game should know when a epic item or rare item is to be dropped so why not there put it once anybody puts a vote to kick option in, they them self automatically be removed from the group, if they are wanting to boot and loot to better themselves, who cares if they lose out on the loot that drops, they are not playing fair so therefore screw them by removing them, it will soon solve the problem when all they are doing is kicking themselves out.

    3. as you enter a boss fight as most players know you need to be grouped to enter, that group from there gets locked and nobody can put a vote to kick in, so everyone has there vote and say on what they want and then can leave the dungeon happy knowing they got or had a chance at getting whatever dropped.

    just a few options/solutions that could be put into place, comment on what you think or could possibly change and maybe we can get neverwinter to take more action then what they currently are
  • spizzlespee2spizzlespee2 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    Please fix vtk. I Would Like To Do A Dungeon Once IN awhile. It's not worth it right now.
  • draven165draven165 Member Posts: 255 Arc User
    xxxsfalxxx wrote: »
    You are all wasting your time typing to trollface, it's not going to do anything but keep spewing out its inane nonsense trollbait noise. While it may seem obvious it doesn't know anything, it's more obvious it's just trying to be inflammatory with the goal of making you argue with it. Either way, the best advice is don't argue with tards. Just like a lot of the bootnlooters; total trash that add nothing to the game, unless you're looking for greedy scum that if they can't be greedy, they kick you to make you angry. They're a waste. Don't bother. Just wait for Neverwinter to remove the exploits in the kick and loot bid systems so the slime can't abuse them any longer, and in the meantime just stop replying to this thing's pitifully transparent attempts.



    There is a much simpler way. Just click his profile and block him on the forums. You will no longer have to look at or more importantly skip over his comments. I am assuming of course your talking about the "skull" guy. Wow does he already have a rep for being the biggest troll on the forums that I could call him out without you even posting his name. That's sad LOL Anyways just block him to avoid the nonsense garbage he posts. Not only does he have a bad rep in the forums but he has a bad rep in game too for being a bit of a loser. Before I blocked him I checked out his forum comment history and, as if I didn't already know, he has made quite an impression on people in game as well. I kinda feel sorry for him, but that is what clueless people do to themselves so I quickly shrug it off.

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