I was advised to post this here, since support apparently has no pipeline to the developers of the game. News to me, but ok.
Please fix portals and deployable items so they cannot be placed near reward chests. I am tired of having people drop portals to map breaks on top of reward chests, especially after metas, where I just want to get my rewards and go on to enjoy the next bit of content. Instead, I have to spend money to port out of the hole or from behind map geometry and waste time traveling back to the reward chests, hopefully in time before they despawn or the map resets.
The same goes with deployable items, like merchants and BL traders, and also bobblehead labs, aviator boxes, fun boxes, etc. Often they are placed such that you cannot interact with the chest, or even click on it to force prioritization. This is all anonymous troll behavior, because you cannot identify who placed the portal or the deployable. If I could, I would report them specifically.
This is ruining my play experience in PvE. I understand that troll behavior is normal and expected in PvP, but I don't do PvP modes. I don't want PvP, and ESPECIALLY not PvP that costs me money to mitigate while trying to enjoy PvE content. Hardly a meta passes where some troll doesn't drop something on a reward chest and prevent numerous people from getting their rewards without spending money or hassle, or both.
I know you all have the tech to detect deployables and refuse to drop another already in the game, because that's the way banners work. Please consider extending this feature to reward chests and block placement of portals and other deployables near them.
Another potential solution is to always ALWAYS prioritize reward chests over everything else nearby in the client. Make it a configuration option if necessary.
Please do something about this unnecessary anonymous harassment. I am so tired of it ruining my evening session to the point I don't want to do the content anymore.
I am not simply complaining here, I am offering ideas for solutions to curb this behavior or lessen its impact on other players.