I have been told and know why we dont have it. You dont want us lost or confused by a conversation. But honestly, I would rather be lost and confused by a conversation than to have to leave an entire channel because 1 person decides to be a jerkoff, for hours. I have been harassed and hassled all day long, by two people. I ignored, closed the channel, ignored some more. Finally after 2 hrs, opened it back up and answered someone's question. I was immediately hassled by those 2 again. If I had the ability to mute them, I would not have seen them trying to irritate me....and yet again feel like I personally had no choice but to either feel bullied and leave, bite my tongue and just be internally pissed off, etc. Either way, it was not a good situation for me.
Just be able to mute them, I would not have seen what they were saying just trying to egg me into a fight. My game time would have been much more enjoyable. Instead, my day has just about been ruined.... I dont want to feel like I let others have this type of power over me, or my emotions.
Please, let us have the ability to mute individual people on our end. Please!