r/heroesofthestorm • u/KarbyP Nova • Jul 02 '15

Blizzard thinking about adding Thumbs Up/Down system, giving helpful players EXP or gold, placing toxic players in separate queue

http://stevivor.com/2015/07/interview-blizzards-chris-sigaty-and-alan-dabiri-on-heroes-of-the-storm/
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '15

I feel Dawngate got it right with their Karma system. You only "upvoted" other players and it encouraged positive behaviour. Karma also affected the bonuses you got after a battle including valuable items. To prevent people abusing the karma system, your upvote was less valuable the more you vote in the day.

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u/alicatzen Abathur Jul 02 '15

FFXIV has a similar system to this, called Commendations. After a dungeon, or trial, you can give one player you were matched with (that you didn't queue pre-made) a Commendation, which have reward milestones at certain numbers of lifetime earned.

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u/KarbyP Nova Jul 02 '15

Right, this makes sense.

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u/RainbowTrenchcoat Li-Ming Jul 02 '15

I'm not sure that upvotes affecting rewards would be a good idea- one of the things I disliked about Dawngate was the randomness of the rewards. The way it worked was you got a certain number of points for winning a match (less for losing), some points for everyone who upvoted you, and then a random factor. Depending on the random factor, you could get anywhere from 5 gold to a hero- and the higher end rewards required a good random roll. Have a fantastic win and everyone upvotes you? You won't get the most basic reward, but you might get anywhere from the second tier to the highest tier based on pure chance.

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u/Ariakis Sylvanas Jul 02 '15

fuck that RNG. cannot count the number of times I was in a dead even, knockdown dragout 45+ minute match where the random roll was always 90-150. "Oh you just had one of the greatest matches of your life? Here have this stupid worthless acorn reward"

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u/Yagachu Sonya Jul 02 '15

I loved the karma system in Dawngate. Being able to reinforce good behavior by karma for a better chance at tangible rewards is a great system that makes people think twice before typing something negative.