Suggestion for Mastery Emotes.

CaptComplain·4/22/2016, 9:32:20 AM·4 votes·330 views

While this isn't necessarily a gameplay related topic, though it basically is, I wasn't sure where else to put this. I'm not on here much, but I felt this one needed attention.

So, Mastery Emotes. A system that plenty of people use but wasn't really asked for. A system that promotes poor sportsmanship. This emote has had a big impact on games. Far too many use it for these reasons. 1. Distract enemy from farming or the map. The icon is so big, shiny, and loud that it is a little too hard to ignore. 2. Taunt enemy into losing their composure. Sure /taunt and /laugh are an attempt to do the same thing, but they aren't as prominent by comparison. 3. Just to spam. Literally. Spam. Why can't I report this? Now I would be lying if I said I have never used mastery emote, though I don't use it often. The only reason anyone uses it, is because it's there. If this feature was never in the game, no one would care (or at least not very many).

Unfortunately, it is in the game and I would expect people would be upset if it were simply removed. So instead, I offer a solution. Make an option in the menus to turn off all mastery emotes for the user's specific client. Make it so they would not be able to see, hear, or use the mastery emote when disabled. You could even make it an "out of game" client only option, if you wish to minimize if not prevent any kind of abuse.

This will allow those who enjoy taunting feel their satisfaction while allowing players whom simply want to have a nice game and not get taunted for 20-30 minutes straight to have that game. Besides, there isn't any reason to force a feature that usually causes toxicity and frustration onto players who don't want it is there?

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