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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
Even more so the genre. I really enjoy hardcore, full loot, open world PvP MMOs, but holy **** does it cater to the greatest of ****bois (just go read the albion online reddit). The mmorpg community was so much more enjoyable when it was still a niche market circa UO/Everquest. Opening the floodgates to easily accessible online gaming did wonders for the market but with that came the inability to socially exile toxic gamers.
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Oh yes, fully agree.
I tried many MMOs over the years, mostly the free ones .. and only after I spent like 25$ on Elder Scrolls Online, I realized this initial paywall is crucial in keeping these psychotic people away. In something like Lineage 2 or Silk Road (long ago), the amount of player killing, trolling, begging, people running around with hitler in their avatars etc - it was unbearable. In Eso.. I spent like 250 hours in total playing it and I ONLY met helpful people. No one tried to scam me
I remember I once tried playing UO, had no idea what I was doing, figured I'd have to level up so I tried attacking some .. deer, I think, with a stick... some players came, told me "Please sir, don't attack the animals", and when I responded with "What am I supposed to do to level up then ? Can you help?" they took me to the center of the nearest town. We met their friends there and they spend 2 hours giving me items - items that did nothing, but had different colors. They made me wear them, change on request.. I felt like some weird, fetish sex slave
Eventually I told them to **** off and went on to continue assaulting deer with my stick, for which I was banned
If that aint toxic behavior, I don't know what is!