Silence Penalty Being Added to WoW
by Its_Immanis - 8 years ago show comments
Blizzard is known for taking things that work well in one game and applying them to their other games, and through an announcement this morning we’ve learned that they’re continuing to do so. This time they’re taking the silence penalties from Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch and applying the rules to WoW as well.
With the release of the pre-expansion patch (speculated to be as early as July 19th), players who are reported multiple times under the Spam or Abusive Chat categories could potentially receive an account-wide silence penalty which greatly limits their ability to chat with other players.
The first instance will last for 24 hours with subsequent actions doubling the penalty duration, with no maximum time-out specified. This means players could find themselves silenced for a long time.
We’ve got the full details below (including the types of chat players will still be able to participate in) or you can check out the original post on the WoW Community Site.
World of Warcraft offers many opportunities to engage with other players in a variety of ways and to help support positive experiences in these engagements we wanted to inform you of a new silence penalty we will be implementing with the pre-expansion patch for Legion. Depending on the type of report, players who are found to be abusive in chat or engage in inappropriate chat behaviors may be silenced from engaging in certain ways within the game.
The Silence Penalty
Following the Legion pre-expansion, any player who is reported multiple times under the Spam or Abusive Chat categories will, after investigation, receive an account-wide silence penalty. While this penalty is active, the silenced player will find that their ability to chat with others is greatly limited.
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The first time a player is silenced, their chat will be restricted for 24 hours. This duration will double for each silence penalty received after the first, and there is no maximum. This means that players who receive multiple silence penalties may find themselves unable to chat for a very, very long time.
Silenced players will be receiving a notification when attempting to send a message to a channel in which they have been restricted.The first time a player is silenced, their chat will be restricted for 24 hours. This duration will double for each silence penalty received after the first, and there is no maximum. This means that players who receive multiple silence penalties may find themselves unable to chat for a very, very long time.
By using the in-game report tool to identify players who may be engaging in inappropriate interactions within the various channels, you’ll be helping create the type of community we all want to take part in.
Way to go guys. One of the major problems in mmorpgs are the community. it will surely help the trash talking.