World of Warcraft is quite rough with its newcomers. Time and again they get kicked out of dungeons – and that is a big problem.
With nearly 20 years under its belt, World of Warcraft is one of the longest-running MMORPGs of all time. Unfortunately, a number of unpleasant things have crept into the community that reduce the enjoyment of the game, especially for new players.
Especially the first visits to dungeons can be formative for the experience in a game. However, veterans often do not have the time or patience to train new heroes – and at the slightest mistake, they are immediately kicked. A big problem that only amplifies other issues in WoW.
What is the problem in dungeons? For a large part of the WoW community, dungeons in the leveling range are meant just for that: Quickly leveling characters. Anyone looking to bring a twink to maximum level usually wants to get it done as quickly as possible and has no desire to spend hours in the same dungeon.
However, this is a big problem when a completely new hero is in the group who is not familiar with the dungeon or the mechanics of the game. In such cases, veterans quickly lose patience and kick the player at the slightest provocation to find a replacement quickly.
In the WoW subreddit, MuscleFlex_Bear stands up against such behavior in the post “Stop Kicking People from Leveling Dungeons” and received a lot of support for it.
The current mega-dungeon of WoW is definitely not for beginners:
What is the post about? MuscleFlex_Bear describes his experiences in leveling dungeons and they are quite rough:
I swear, in every leveling dungeon I have been in, I receive a request to kick player X from the group with justifications like “wtf”, “too slow” or “low DPS”. These dungeons are not difficult, they require very little skill or effort to complete. I vote NO every time. Stop acting like every person is only power-leveling and just play the game.
90% approval and more than 2,800 upvotes confirm his stance, and many add their own comments:
For example, eddicwl writes:
The biggest hurdle for new players is not learning the game, but getting past the community. I really don’t understand why so many players on one hand have a “go, go, go” meta-rush mentality for trivial content, but on the other hand complain about a lack of healers and tanks. If you scare away new and returning players like this, the problem will only get worse.
Hrekires agrees with this as well:
I feel the same, unless someone is afk or just on “follow” but literally doing nothing, I also don’t kick them in a leveling dungeon.
This is what newcomers say about the kicks: Many new or formerly new players also report their experiences and explain that they have already been kicked from dungeons – and that after just a few seconds.
- “I’m brand new to WoW and got kicked from my first dungeons. This almost made me uninstall the game and just stop. Some people are just unnecessarily mean.”
- “The biggest reason I stopped wanting to learn to tank is the community. You make one mistake and even if it doesn’t wipe the group, they insult you endlessly.”
- “I’ve been kicked for reading the quest text in a dungeon. Now I always check the texts later on wowhead because I don’t want to get kicked.”
Have you had such experiences in dungeons as well? Or are you one of those people who want to get through quickly and have no patience for “noobs”?
