One of the things that makes me not want to participate in anything virtual is the fact that sometimes my interactions will be hidden, but I am not made aware of this so I am just pissing into the void unaware.
on the flip side, one of my favourite parts about muting emote and chat in certain games is that the idea of a person wasting time flaming the shit out of me while I remain perfectly oblivious to it is fucking funny
In world of warcraft, jerks would stand outside of dungeons and try to kill anyone from the opposition trying to enter.
This was annoying.
However, some of the most fun I ever had in that game was assembling a counter pose and chasing them off.
Now, you don't even need to go through the dungeon front door, you can just auto warp inside. It's more convenient, a smoother experience, but the magic of the experience is now subdued.
Unless you're gonna shell out for high end gaming rigs for everyone, that ship has sailed. And framerate actually affects player performance. By comparison, this is nothing.