[BUG] Bug when ousting a high ranking member from a Guildleve party?

I noticed something interesting. When my party of 8 finished a Behest run over at Camp Broken Water, a few of us decided to do a few Rank 40 Leve's afterwards. Before we started a Leve, the party was reduced to 5 members and one of them parked himself near the Camp Broken Water tent, listing himself as "AFK". After checking his Rank, i noticed that he was Rank 46 while the majority of the party was around rank 35.

So, since the Rank 46 party member listed himself as AFK, i decided to oust (kick) him from the party so that the remaining 4 Rank 35-ish people could do some leve's and recieve the SP calculated for a Rank 35-ish party. Just before i ousted the Rank46, one of my party members started a leve and all 5 of us were joining automatically (including the Rank 46 member). On top of that, 2 fellow party members linked their leve as well.

At that time, we had a party of 4 Rank 35-ish members and one solo Rank 46 player who where sharing the same leve, but were not in the same party together. As it turns out, all 5 of us could still finish the leve together. The Rank 46 would claim a Leve target and we would simply help out. After killing a Leve target, i recieved 604 SP a single monster. Which would be the amount of SP you would get if you were to have a party of players who's rank are close to yours.

I was wondering if other could confirm this as well.

- Simply create a leve party of about 5 members.
- Make sure that 4 out of 5 party member have a rank which are close each other (for instance within a range of -2/+2 from your rank) and make sure that 1 party member has a class which is at least 11 ranks higher with yours.
- Start the leve (and perform multiple Leve Links if you can).
- Oust the highest rank member (with the " 11 rank" -gap).
- Finish the leve while keeping a close eye on the SP you gain from each kill.

You should get the same results if you form a party of 4 Rank 1 classes and 1 Rank 15 class, while ousting the Rank 15 player after initiating a Rank 5 Leve.

Greetings Aldora!

Thank you for taking the time to write up the concern in detail. We will be happy to forward the concern so it can be looked into, but we will need some additional information first. Could you please fill out the following?
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Thank you!

Thanks for the reply Xophious! Here are the details:

Platform: PC
ISP: OnsBrabantNet
Type of Internet Connection: Fiber Optics
Internet Connection Speed: 100Mbit
Date & Time: 18th of April, around 11:00PM
Frequency: Once (haven't tried to reproduce it)
Character Name: Caitlyn Aldora
Race: Miqo'te - Keeper of the Sun
World: Lindblum
Class/Skill Rank: Archer Rank 36
Physical Level: Level 36
Area and Coordinates: Thanalan - Camp Broken Water (45,39)
Party or Solo: Party of 5
NPC Name: None
Monster Name: Cockatrice
In-Game Time: Sorry, can't remember
Steps:
1. Form party of 5 with 4 rank 35-ish members and 1 Rank 46+ member
2. Start a leve
3. (optional) Have 2 others link the same Leve
4. Oust the high ranking member (the Rank 46+ one)
5. All 5 players will still have the Leve active
6. Have the ousted player kill mobs
7. The remaining 4 party members will recieve full SP for the kill.

Did you use aspect? if so 609 would be normal for a 2-link Thirst leve. The bug is that you got full SP from someone not in the party killing monsters.

Yes, i did get Aspect during that leve. So i figure it's exactly the way you described it Reika. (^_^ )

Greetings again Aldora!

Thank you for getting back to us so quickly with all the extra information. We will be happy to forward the concern to try and get it resolved! Any updates will be posted withing the forums as they become available.