Wow ranked is toxic

I was being sarcastic. He was obviously trolling,

Well thanx for this, I have to do ranked for the weekly and I'm in 236 gear so I can't hit anyone so I'll be sure to put on my thick skin before entering because they will all be mad at me until my quest is done

Regs exist. Why ruin people's rating?

The weekly is for ranked only and going in ranked with no rating how would I hurt anyone's rating wouldn't I be teamed with low rated people? Which probably means stupid high queue times..

But real answer because bioware wants me to so I can get the parts to upgrade to the bigger gear.

Actually... to me it seems it has improved a lot compared to a few years ago.

In team ranked I see no real issue. You may get the occasional scolding if someone really, really screws up but overall... I can't say I have encountered a lot of toxic behaviour in terms of 'go kill yourself, delete game aso'.

In solo ranked neither.. though I expect that there most people playing it are just happy it pops in the first place... after a loooong time.

In terms of gameplay, yes I still see some 'toxic behaviour'. Ie stealths waiting untill acid even when they are 1-4 and wo skill is my biggest gripe, then some immeadiately leaving or leaving after losing round 1... but in terms of downright rude behaviour / comments towards other people I think it improved a lot tbh.

What do you propose people do if the game calls for everyone to solo rank for weekly?

There will always be better players so you will always be letting someone down. Always. Also, so much of what happens is out of your control when you are on a team. To care about a ranking when it can be so out of your control is to set yourself up for disappointment. The biggest problem with this game is not bad players, it’s the really good players who care too much about winning and then lash out when their expectations aren’t met.

Let me point out that all pvp in ALL games, the community is toxic. Every play PUB, or Fortnite? And those are recent games... try COD - hell I was cursed out once in MP ME3!

It's the nature of the beast. PVP = drama. It's worse than RP drama. But you have a choice.. don't play.

Regs are usually ok. I mean, we all see that one guy cursing at everyone telling us all how we suck.. and of course he's usually hiding someplace. Or have never taken a node, of any defense. Most of these guys don't want to help the team win. They just there getting their kicks trolling folks. I ignore them.

Or is the only pvp avenue to get mats?

I always found WoW to be good. Rarely did I see trolls or people raging.

Solo ranked isn't the only way to get matts. You can also get them by doing the group ranked weekly. And unlike solo ranked, group ranked dailies also give charged matters.

But besides that, if you que solo ranked for matts prepare yourself for the toxicity. Be queuing solo ranked with less than par skill YOU are costing your team elo. This can be very frustrating when solo ranked is already a struggle with, throwers, wintraders, leavers, and matchmaking.

The way I figure is this. You can go into solo ranked, at this point of the game there is nothing to discourage players out of ranked, but if you do either expect the toxicity or learn to bear with it.