Get rid of levels or add option to hide level. I'm done with this game.. for now..


(SnakekillerX) #1

Get rid of the levels. I’m sick and tired of having to deal with assholes who won’t shut up about my level.
No one wants to play the game, they just want to bitch and whine about how long someone has played a game, or what level they are. Why even try, right?

It doesn’t matter that often my team still loses in the end. People simply don’t want to see me in game because of my level.

If we lose, it’s my fault, because I didn’t carry hard enough… “level 109? yeah right”.
If we win, “they got carried by that level 109”, “go play somewhere else”, “get a life”.

The constant harassment I receive is just simply not worth it anymore.
I love this game, but I hate dealing with this shit.

Ignoring people is not an option because they just don’t shut up and they convince others to act the same way and I’m not about to mute people every other match either.

Dirty Bomb is practically the only game I play, which is why I have so many hours on it… but I’m done.
I’ve uninstalled this game.

I love the community on the forum here and will probably visit and post still, but for my own sanity I’m taking a break from the game.


(bgyoshi) #2

Sounds like a problem that can be fixed by hiding chat or adding chat muting (ALL chat not specific players). If you get rid of levels, then they’ll just go to your steam page during the game and say “U HAVE 2000 HOURS IN DB GET A LIFE SCRUB” just like they do in TF2 or CS:GO etc etc etc etc

Shitty people are shitty people. Levels are just the current easy target. Get rid of levels, they gripe about something else. Your experience with shitty toxic players won’t change because of levels going away. That can only be fixed by the community standing up against that kind of behavior.


(SnakekillerX) #3

Except I’m not even allowed to try a different merc, or experiment without someone commenting that I’m a big ol’ noob for my level. If the levels weren’t there, then I’d just be a noob Rhino and no one would care.

Sometimes people even go as far as to try and vote me out because they don’t want to play with a high level, like they have some higher right to be there than me.


(bgyoshi) #4

Yeah, you’d be a shitty noob Rhino loser git gud scrub play a real class Rhino OP u Rhino pussy fuk u go die Rhino suks eat shit asshole loser, instead. Honestly I don’t remember the last time there was a Rhino in game and the chat wasn’t filled with Rhino-player hate.

In other news, congratulations on experiencing first-hand why Pros/Comp players don’t play in pubs (often).


(Dawnlazy) #5

Yeah I agree levels do nothing but give people something to find excuses for losing. Please remove/hide. Being well past level 160 it’s just a constant nuisance nearly every single match.


(ImSploosh) #6

You big ol’ level 100+ noob!

People say the same shit about me Snake, and I’m only around 40. Apparently I’m not allowed to do well in-game and I should “go play with higher levels” and stop killing noobs…

Haha. I don’t think they realize that wouldn’t really solve anything. Even when I was a low level, I still did really well and slaughtered newer players with ease. To solve this issue, I generally chase them with my laser/katana and tbag the hell out of them until they quit or shut up. :smiley:


(pumpkinmeerkat) #7

Beginning to feel less and less like a beta IMO. No new content, no balance changes, more bugs, and less communication from devs.

Most reported issues from Steam are great and all but we know game balance doesn’t exist, the game doesn’t run well on potato PCs, and (terrible) people cheat. If the art team is really too busy modelling barges for Dockyard share some pictures on the Tumblr account created for that exact purpose!

ANYWAYS why not provide the option to hide account levels? How hard would it be for SD to implement or at least explain why they haven’t already??


(SnakekillerX) #8

I guess I just don’t understand how the devs haven’t added this feature in yet.
I’m sure most people behave when they see the devs in the same games as them.

They should do an experiment, make a new account with a random name and give themselves a level 100+ account… (hell this shit started by at least level 30) and then play the game. They will get berated regardless of being good/bad/average at the game.


(onLooSe) #9

We talked about this since forever. You can dig up topics about this from last summer…

I bet they are “looking” into it… it’s a lot to cover for them


(GatoCommodore) #10

I will pay to reduce my level SD pls implement


(doxjq) #11

I kind of thought making an alias account would fix people complaining about my level, but then I was just bombarded with hackusations so I never touched that account again haha.


(Mc1412013) #12

Yeah when i get all my misions done and i just wanna enjoynthe game play i dont want to be cursed out for being a high level player not either in the middle or carying the team. Plus if its a team lower levels i dont wanna be kicked cuz im too high level player for them


(averagerussian) #13

Getting offended by an ingame chat is pathetic


(opicr0n) #14

Getting harassed continuesly by ignorant people isnt adding to an enjoyable atmosphere.


(frostyvampire) #15

Who cares? They’re just new to the game.
When people say something about my level I say “level doesn’t mean skill” or something and then just ignore them


(kittz0r) #16

true… i have to be ashamed for being level 100+ because i play since may 2015…

normally i dont give a shit about the chat but when i get insta kick voted for being a high level…

being bullied for a level… only in DB


(Noir) #17

I really don’t care anymore and I often make fun of them. I have to admit I created a smurf at first so I could play in peace but then, hackusations appeared. I now regret having played on the secondary account as I would be around LVL 100 if I had only played on my main. Be proud of beeing a vet.
To the kids saying I have no life, I answer I have a job and a girl.


(The_N00Ba) #18

yeah being judged based on your level is rather annoying. I would rather be judged based on some badges or rank but meh…
I am more like “That’s nice…” more often that not when that happens now. :slight_smile:


(HammerOfDawn21) #19

[left]Right now most people equate playtime/ level with skill, without it there will be lot of people screaming hax and way more false reports from ingame reporting tool. Maybe they can put a pseudo level cap, your account will show you your original 143 lvl but to everybody else it will be capped at level 50.

Im lvl 26 now with potato aim and I’m afraid of the shaming that awaits me once I reach lvl 50 with it.[/left]


(Mc1412013) #20

[quote=“HammerOfDawn;c-216657”][left]
Im lvl 26 now with potato aim and I’m afraid of the shaming that awaits me once I reach lvl 50 with it.[/left][/quote]

I the proud owner of a hevily used level 48 potato skill aiming device(pssst its my hands shhhhh)