Yes, sure, there’s always going to be some trolls that will just be jerks because they want to be jerks. But I definitely notice there’s a lot less friendliness in-game here, and there doesn’t seem to be any less trolling. It’s quite despicable when the majority of opponents don’t even have the courtesy to click the “Well played.” button at the end of a match, and quite frankly, that sort of behavior wouldn’t be tolerated in a face-to-face tabletop group, or even a virtual one like in Tabletop Simulator- win or lose, you thank your opponent for playing, for giving you a game TO play. It just screams bad sportsmanship when they can’t even do that, and it seems to be a lot more common without being able to talk to your opponent- it’s like the lack of discussion dehumanizes the other player or something, as though it makes them feel less like a real person to the average player.
I wish that every time someone trolled like that, they’d be compelled to tip their foe- even if they didn’t win the game. More a joke than a serious suggestion, but regardless, comparing how often people tend to be jerks in-game to how polite they seem to be on here in the forums and on the Duelyst Reddit on average, I can definitely say that not offering an in-game chat option has had the opposite effect of what the developers intended it for- it doesn’t discourage rudeness, only politeness.
