when reporting abuse you should be able to explain what happend, this might make more work for jagex but it would give lots of better reports...

I don't really agree with you on this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First I'll explain how the abuse report works. After that I'll explain why I don't think that your suggestion will be a very good/useful tool.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As we all know when you report someone you first click the "report abuse" button and that will pop up a screen in runescape. After this you type in the name of the person that is abusing you and or breaking a rule. The final step during this process if to click on the rule that they have broken. (sorry if you find this irrelevent but i thought it would be suitable to mention this)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firstly the top of that "report abuse" screen it says:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This form is for reporting players who are breaking our rules. Using it sends a snapshot of the last 60 secs of activity to us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see when reporting someone the last 60secs of activity during runescape is sent to jagex.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't agree with what you suggested because if someone comes up and starts breaking a rule right infront of you you report them and then jagex can scan the screen shot of the last 60secs that you sent to them via the report abuse system and see exactly what happened.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems to me that you may have done something wrong except you were in anger because the other player started it. This is why you would like the "explaining" feature so incase you get angered and start abusing them you won't get in trouble because they started it. (sorry if thats completly off) Jagex will see that the other person started the fight and therefore they will be punished not you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally i don't think its a good reason because in a way when you do fill out an abuse report they can already see what has happened and it has been explained on your screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you can see this from my point of view but if you can't thats cool we are all original and this is just my opinion.

I don't think what we need is the ability to explain, but more options. There are many illegal things that players can do, that Jagex still hasn't got the option to select on the abuse screen. More options would be handy, and would save Jagex some time.