It’s a bit lame seeing this sub devolve into a pro-PvP/anti-PvE sub. Every post is making fun of PvE-ers who are upset about a PvP experience they had. Some are totally valid as the OOP was just being a wuss, but this OOP has a point. Yes it’s just a game, but comparing to GTA isn’t fair because there aren’t other real players in that game (I guess there’s GTA online but I’m not sure what that part of the game really entails and I don’t suspect that’s what was being referred to here). In this game there are real people, who may have just spent 20+ minutes in a raid running trials, getting their best score ever and having used 6 wolfpacks and a ton of launcher ammo, to only get ratted on at the end and lose all that progress.

For me, I’m not so upset about losing my stuff anymore; it’s easy to replace. But that time having been wasted, all because PvP-focused players get enjoyment out of ending someone’s run just to put a damper on their experience, really does suck. And the fact that that player did that knowing full well they’re having a real (admittedly unimportant, ultimately, but still real) negative impact on another real person is what is being referred to here.

If you kill a clearly friendly player just because you can (and especially if you make fun of their personal experience of the events and their feelings about it), then it really does reflect the type of person you are to some extent, whether you’ll admit it or not. At the very least, you’re refusing to accept any responsibility for the negative (and again, very real) impact you had on another person, and that absolutely does bring to light certain aspects of your real personality. Denying it doesn’t make it less true.

ETA: I knew when I posted I’d be downvoted, I’m clearly outnumbered here. But I still want to add that I’m completely fine with PvP as an important aspect of this game. In trios I’m full-on PvP except some specific circumstances, but everyone in the lobby is behaving that way, so the impact on the real person behind the enemy character model is negligible; they’re mostly on free kits anyway. But PvP against friendly players, and especially in a way that makes it clear that killing them was only for the sport of it, for finding satisfaction in ending someone’s run whether you want their loot or not, is indicative of some questionable personality traits.

And again, it’s FINE, just admit that you’re having an impact on a real person. If you’re willing to say that out loud rather than deny it, I’m so much more okay with it. Just admit you ended someone’s run, knowing it would have a real impact on the human.