Locked out of the Duty Finder.

[Giantbane]

It *does* open the door to trolling things for groups, though. Put a partial together. Queue as partial, withdraw, have a few cheap giggles. Pass off lead, rinse, repeat.

Say you've got a group of 3. If you gave out individual strikes, each member would get 2 free strikes, and then somebody would be on lockout after number 3. So 6 free strikes for "giggles" to troll the queue.

Say you took that group of 3 and decided to queue as individuals. They could each get 2 free strikes each, and then somebody would be on lockout after number 3. They can take turns trolling the queue for 6 free strikes for "giggles". You'll notice being in a group didn't give you any extra strikes. And anybody that dedicated to trolling is going to have a tank or healer to do it with. So punishing the group with additional strikes for those who didn't withdraw is unnecessary.

Honestly, if people wouldn't have been trolling queues and/or fishing for in progress (you can't queue for JIP as a group, but it still has to be taken into account) we wouldn't need something like this. I don't think SE is to blame for it; the people that were doing it were.

We're talking primarily about partial groups at the moment and whether or not it's appropriate to give strike to the whole group or the one who withdrew. In this scenario, you do NOT have to take fishing for in progress (or fishing for anything) into account because that does not exist for groups.