I’ve steered clear of MOBA’s so far because I’ve read that they hold just about the most abusive and elitist bunch of players in gaming. Still, I have the itch to try one. Is there a MOBA out there that will let an old fart with iffy reflexes play without getting skinned alive by his teammates? Especially as a noob? One where the players don’t take shit as seriously as if they were fighting for the very fate of Middle Earth?
There is no such thing as non abusive moba. When you are forced in group with 4 other random people against other 5 random people an argument is bound to start be it inside your team or from the enemy. Always expect to be trash talked in a moba no matter which one.
My first couple of attempts in MOBAs reminded me of when I tried UO…take one step outside Britain and get slaughtered and called every name in the book…TO me this format draws the most elitist jerks in the industry.
I don’t think you could pick a worse genre when it comes to douchenozzles.
Random MOBA groups are always going to be abusive.
I played a DotA 2 mutiplayer game myself. Once.
And I note that as of this writing, the only two people to list a video game in their comments have listed MOBAs (DotA 2 and League of Legends).
Dota introduced behavior scores and tries to match chill people with chill people now. It’s really easy to ragebait someone when you’re stressed out though. I get quiet or helpful teams more than raging teams these days, luckily, but it’s super difficult to tell a flamer, in a nice way, that pointing fingers won’t fix our teamplay and we need a better strategy right now.
I think the best strategy is to liberally mute anyone who even seems slightly stressed out, before they snap for real.
Playing a MOBA-like boardgame is possibly the best option because, face to face, people aren’t as likely to be assholes and trolls, even with people they never saw before and might never see again.
Guards of Atlantis (or its sequel) and Skytear (or Onward, its sequel) might be worth checking, for anyone interested
https://forums.mmorpg.com/discussion/447996/noob-friendly-non-abusive-moba
I played a DotA 2 mutiplayer game myself. Once.
And I note that as of this writing, the only two people to list a video game in their comments have listed MOBAs (DotA 2 and League of Legends).
Dota introduced behavior scores and tries to match chill people with chill people now. It’s really easy to ragebait someone when you’re stressed out though. I get quiet or helpful teams more than raging teams these days, luckily, but it’s super difficult to tell a flamer, in a nice way, that pointing fingers won’t fix our teamplay and we need a better strategy right now.
I think the best strategy is to liberally mute anyone who even seems slightly stressed out, before they snap for real.
Playing a MOBA-like boardgame is possibly the best option because, face to face, people aren’t as likely to be assholes and trolls, even with people they never saw before and might never see again.
Guards of Atlantis (or its sequel) and Skytear (or Onward, its sequel) might be worth checking, for anyone interested