[2019] The only griefing I have experienced in this game is abuse of the vote to kick tool.

Originally Posted by bishop_8
Tonight I join into a game in progress. Round has just started, so I'm watching cams trying to do call outs and be helpful. I get mocked on mic for doing so. Next round begins, I select Rook. My teammate asked me to drop the trauma plates, which I do as soon as the round starts. Then he shoots me in the head, they laugh and say 'thanks bud', and then I am vote kicked.

I've only been playing for a week. I have been vote kicked 3 times. Once after failing to win a round, twice at the very beginning of a round after joining a match in progress, which I'm assuming means the guy before me was vote kicked too. I've had several other vote kicks initiated against me without doing anything wrong. I've seen several other vote kicks initiated against teammates. What I have never seen was an appropriate use of the vote kick tool. I have not even come across a situation where it seemed necessary to use that tool. "Clutch or kick" I hear on mic many times. It's being abused.

Everything about this game has been enjoyable for me. Except for vote to kick. It's really demoralizing to get kicked out of a game while just trying to be on a team. I have enough problems in real life with socializing, this game was me stepping out of my box and trying to share a hobby with others.

Bottom line, there needs to be accountability by those that are initiating a vote-kick against a teammate. Everyone is different, but personally, I find vote-kick abuse more toxic than berating someone in chat (not that I condone either). If someone is being rude and offensive, I can mute them and I can report them, and I can keep playing (or leave if I want). If someone is initiating a vote-kick, I just gotta wait and see and hope my team allows me to keep playing the game that I also paid for? Toxic players enjoy upsetting others. What better way to upset someone than to deny them the privilege of playing the game by kicking them out of a public game server.

Originally Posted by lofti05
this but it should be on both sides. the person that got kicked should be able to contest it as well. you could have pre made responses or be able to type in a custom response.

Originally Posted by hibanamatata
i am being TK'd consistently in casual matches by premade groups. if one in a party tks they should all have reverse friendly fire instantly but as it stands at least two can tk me in a row.

Originally Posted by xcel30
I have seen it all, TK, downing everyone than leaving as cav, downing then getting that person back up so lose the friendly fire warning to down another person, people running into explosives to get others banned, people running into fire to get others banned, vote kick abuse, refusing to plant, destroying friendly gadgets such as rook armor and mute's jammer, giving away your position to the enemy via chat, spamming loud noises on mic, giving false information to teamates on the enemy purpose, locking people with castle then TK'ing then if try to leave and so on

Originally Posted by R-A-Y-T-H-E-O-N
I'd actually be in favor of a rep system if it were implemented in a manner where it would tie in directly with votekick system where players with an excessive amount of negative rep score can be votekicked with a lower threshold say 1 or 2 or 3 out of 5 players could vote to remove the player and they'd be kicked.

Now my system isnt without potential for abuse but it's better than what we have now

Originally Posted by sadist_hun
THIS.

In some other games it worked like a charm. I would gladly see a system where I can endorse players if they play cooperatively and downvote toxic ones.

You could up or downvote a player just once every 24 hours and a 4 player squad can't make a big difference. Basically they can do the same with the report system right now.
Also you can easily analyze statistically the downvote rates of players so bullying can be recognized and they can be sent to the A-hole list together.