Considering hanging up my shield due to high level haters.....

[Cap75]

If you're getting kicked on a regular basis, as a tank no less, you might want to examine what you're doing too. I'm not denying there are jerks out there that abuse kicking but kicking a tank is pretty much a last ditch thing to do. I've tanked up to 88 now and never gotten kicked. I've only ever voted to kick a person once and that was actually a high level character that was being a tool to a low level character that was doing just fine. But I also watch video and read up on everything before I go in it. Because I'm a tank and way too much usually hinges on the tanks. Not to mention there's mechanics that are definite wipes in extremes and coil if you don't know what to expect. That's just me though. I can't stand a wipe that's my fault. I won't ever initiate a vote kick on someone who keeps screwing up but I'll definitely drop if we keep wiping on the same spot.

[Foo01]

If you're getting kicked on a regular basis, as a tank no less, you might want to examine what you're doing too. ...

That is just such a irresponsible thing to say to the OP. Way to go to blaming the victims. First of all you do NOT even define regular. You make sound like it is the OPs fault. Regular could be 1 in 10 runs or every run. If you run into elitist jerks on a regular basis that does this:

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To give some context, I'm an ilvl 62 tank, and enjoyed levelling up my character immensely. This game has been great, but now I am into the high level dungeons and primary, I am getting a sour taste on my mouth about the whole game.

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When did games become about speed running and kicking people after one wipe. Why.... Dear god.... Why?
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And you are going to the blame the OP for stuff beyond their control? The issue is, as it always have been, elitist jerks abusing the duty finder/roulette to speed run and looking to grab the reward and run, while running over any other players around.