I'm finding that its becoming increasingly rare to find a public lobby that isn't full of toxic or useless players. I'm talking about Twine LVLs 108s-160s here, so forget about Stonewood Scammers, and Plankerton Plebs…
I just finished playing a RTD mission 116×4, I was downed while trying to solo kill a mini boss, then my teammates who didn't build, didn't kill hardly anything, and farmed the whole prematch comes up like he is going to revive me, but instead he "does the L"… Luckily I had my revive still so I could get myself up with some dignity. And of course, because he didn't help take out the boss or revive me, the boss BARELY got away. I'm talking a couple more hits with a sword and he was toast.
And the match before this, I head straight to the objective like I always do, immediately start building tunnels/defenses. Meanwhile everyone else is either playing farmer John, or that one guy that builds a basic T1-T3 cube or pyramid around the objective, then activates the vote to start the mission [super early], of course farmer John(s) vote yes because they have no clue what's going on at base, and then we get crushed and I've wasted the mats & traps I managed to put out before we got slaughtered.
These are just a couple of examples of the nonsense I've been noticing in the rise. I know every decent STW player has stories like these, and I know this is nothing new, but DAMN.
And what is up with all the outlanders farming endlessly, and not helping? I've been seeing WAY more outlanders on missions, and way less of everything else. As an outlander, you're getting all the mats and crafting supplies, yet you don't build or lay traps? I do all my farming solo, aside from opening a container here or there, that is a long the path I am heading & looks lucky to me, or if I hear a chest nearby. You want to play Outlander, fine, but for god's sake, farm on your own time. You can get ALL the mats and treasures that way, and then horde the shit out of them, or whatever it is that you do with them.
We've already got hundreds of annoying husks, storms, and wildlife critters to deal with, why must your own teammates be there just to f*ck with you?
Edit: Forgot about this one last night… What is up with the Voice Trolling or whatever its called? Where some moron plays clips of other people saying extremely vulgar and highly inappropriate stuff over the mic? A good majority of the people that play this are very young and don't need to be exposed to a voice troller saying "yeah bitch, lick this pussy" -_-
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/FORTnITE/comments/z8dp2d/rant_the_toxicity_in_public_lobbies_is_insane/