CalmClouds Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I've read quite a few horror stories about how the support team harms the game's players rather then help them. People are saying that they'll ban you without reason or at the very least without giving you a reason, which might not even be a good reason for a ban to begin with. Apparently, even using these forums is risky, since there's always the chance the the seemingly mad support team might misfire your way. There are quite a lot of posts saying very similar things on the internet, and that got me curious. Creating this post should land me in some warframe watchlist or naughty list, according to what these posts are claiming. The key word is "should" because apparently the support team is also incredibly slow at taking action... which would ultimately be a good thing, considering that they have such a record of banning people for bad reasons. If that's to be believed, then it will take at least a month before anybody even notices this post. That is, assuming that the support team will even take the time to read anything past the title before acting. 😛 So, jokes aside, is the support really the boogeyman that people make it out to be? Assuming that you still have access to the forums, do any support survivors/victims have any horror stories to share with the rest of us? I'm very curious~ PS. please don't ban me, I'm joking 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabbynaru Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) Where the heck did you read that, the Fallout 76 forums? XD No, the only thing wrong with support is that they are understaffed, and so it takes a while for them to answer to tickets. Everything else you just said there is some wild fantasies so far removed from reality, they could be turned into a best-selling saga that will be remembered forever alongside The Lord of the Rings. Signed, someone who actively tries to see how far he can push the rules before warnings start coming (and so far I have 0, after lots and lots of deleted posts). Edited August 14, 2019 by Gabbynaru 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawbeard Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Fake News 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariadne Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I barely contact support but they've been nice the few times I asked them about something. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrix923 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) Um, so the people Ive seen claim they were banned in my opinion have been banned for legit reasons. Like using another term for the N word, making rude comments, etc. If ur a pleasant person and act accordingly u can enjoy the game and everything it offers without any trouble from anyone. Its people who completely cross the line who get banned (or make obvious veiled comments), and then are shocked and affronted that DE would ever do so. Lots of people voice concerns about the game and the technical issues around it and do so without any penalty from DE. Edited August 14, 2019 by hendrix923 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Althaline Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 The worst I've personally seen is forum posts mysteriously vanishing without a trace (including some of my bug reports ???) but that's on the forum moderators, not support. At their worst, support is just slow to get to things, not actively malicious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)R3N36AD3 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Yea they straight up delete your WF account. Nice knowing you, dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rastaban75 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 There is a difference between customer support, forum moderators and in-game chat moderators. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmClouds Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 9 minutes ago, (PS4)R3N36AD3 said: Yea they straight up delete your WF account. Nice knowing you, dude. o7 adois bois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)The_Verethragna Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 As long as someone who contacts Support isn't rude, mouthy, and entitled, I see no reason why a ban would be handed out. I've contacted them two, maybe three, times and never had a problem. Even gotten responses in roughly a week, though that might be due to the issues having not been major ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firetempest Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 9 minutes ago, (XB1)GaussPrime said: That sounds scary 😞 I have plenty of horror stories from forum moderation though 😉 And yet, you're still here as much as they try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmClouds Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 So, should I stop being scared of them now? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeMonkey Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 42 minutes ago, CalmClouds said: Apparently, even using these forums is risky, since there's always the chance the the seemingly mad support team might misfire your way. Absolutely, what you don't realise is that every account that claims it's older than a year is entirely fabricated, as everyone gets banned at some point within a year by the tyrannical support team. These accounts provide the illusion that there are actually people around longer than a year, and you should pay them no heed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmClouds Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 Just now, DeMonkey said: Absolutely, what you don't realise is that every account that claims it's older than a year is entirely fabricated, as everyone gets banned at some point within a year by the tyrannical support team. These accounts provide the illusion that there are actually people around longer than a year, and you should pay them no heed. The reason why there exists accounts older than a year is because the support team still hasn't gotten around to banning them yet 😛 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Himari- Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Support doesn't hand out bans just because they want, nor will you find some "seemingly mad support team" here on the forum. Anything directed toward Support is, hopefully, for good reason. They follow guidelines similar to what we follow here - https://forums.warframe.com/guidelines/ They're not reckless and take everything into account. I'm not sure what you've seen on the net, probably someone mad that they were actually caught, but Warframe Support is nothing short of hardworking. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmClouds Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 minute ago, -Himari- said: Support doesn't hand out bans just because they want, nor will you find some "seemingly mad support team" here on the forum. Anything directed toward Support is, hopefully, for good reason. They follow guidelines similar to what we follow here - https://forums.warframe.com/guidelines/ They're not reckless and take everything into account. I'm not sure what you've seen on the net, probably someone mad that they were actually caught, but Warframe Support is nothing short of hardworking. So you praise the support team eh? You know who does that? A SYNTH! 😛 But on a serious note, I'm glad that my impression of a boogeyman support team is being dispelled by all these people. I have invested too much of myself in this game, after all xD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravitus123 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I feel like its mixed ive personally had no issues with support and a friend of mine whos account got hacked and all his platinum stolen had his issues fixed in like 3 days so its probably support is just understaffed and people just cant be patient and create more tickets which just makes the wait longer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trst Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) In my experience every game with an active support base ends up with these stories of people getting banned or punished for nothing. In virtually every case, unless the owner/creator are known for not being the best of people, these stories are untrue. A lot of people that end up on the receiving end of these love to play innocent for internet pity points, are ignorant to the rules of the platform, or think their idea of rules being unjust is grounds to break them. Edited August 14, 2019 by trst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)boilerhogbc Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 The best thing to do is not be an idiot anywhere online that can be linked or screen shotted to your account. People *@##$ and moan about something but never give the facts, only their version of the story which of course is wrong. I had a big issue with how the kuva weekend went awhile ago when we got a booster. I bought a booster so I should have been getting 4X kuva but if you were in your operator when the last braid was destroyed you would only get 2X for the mission. DE admitted their problem yet did nothing to help me in the support ticket(did about 200,000 kuva, should have had at least 350,000.) "We cant give you that much, we can give you 1000 kuva though" I put in a ticket for all the resources that went into my built archwing launchers that were made before Fortuna came out. I even did the math for the 4 resources and support still told me to get stuffed even though those resources were literally just blown into the wind. So yes, they dealt with it according to protocol or whatever but its really stupid sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)COA Altair Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I've sent at least a dozen tickets over the years to support and am still not banned. Probably have to do something deliberately shady to get banned when sending a support ticket in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)Hyperion Rexx Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Illuminati confirmed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Himari- Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 31 minutes ago, (XB1)GaussPrime said: What about forum moderators? 🤔 What about us? We follow the same rules with the same discretion. There's a lot to look into before we make any action - same as Support. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(XBOX)ECCHO SIERRA Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 hour ago, hendrix923 said: Um, so the people Ive seen claim they were banned in my opinion have been banned for legit reasons. Like using another term for the N word, making rude comments, etc. If ur a pleasant person and act accordingly u can enjoy the game and everything it offers without any trouble from anyone. Its people who completely cross the line who get banned (or make obvious veiled comments), and then are shocked and affronted that DE would ever do so. Lots of people voice concerns about the game and the technical issues around it and do so without any penalty from DE. If only I had a dollar for every time I saw a "i cant believe i got banned for saying *insert something dumb here* in region chat". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blexander Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I'd personally rate Warframe support a solid 9/10. From my experience, they're as quick and efficient as possible, and the responses don't appear robotic. As for Forum mods... no shade, but I feel like they only exist to close down threads and redirect players to Warframe support. I don't see them interact with the community much, this thread being an exception, then again, neither does DE. Again, this is from what I've seen. They're doing their jobs properly, but that's about it. I have no love for Chat mods. Speaking from personal experience and events I've witnessed in Region chat, they can be extremely petty sometimes, and being unable to talk to a mods in-game after getting suspended seems like something that shouldn't be a thing, and is very unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blexander Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 1 minute ago, (XB1)GaussPrime said: (All the extreme off topic talk there gets awkward and sometimes even disgusting, which I can say because the game automatically opens region chat when I log in and I find myself glancing over it) It's mostly bullS#&$. The rumors about region chat are mostly baseless or are just "events that happen for about 10 minutes before a majority of players involved get a chat ban and it all simmers down" but blown out of proportion. 4 minutes ago, (XB1)GaussPrime said: I heard mysterious stuff about some mods there As far as I know, they're fine for 90% of the time, but there are times where they are very petty, as I mentioned, and have a tendency to powertrip. Maybe it's just leftover behavior from the days where they were know for fully abusing their power. To use a somewhat crude analogy: their leashes are looser, but not by much. Again, them and Region chat are fine 90% of the time, but that 10% is very memorable when it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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