"Please Kick Me..." - Just Take Your Penalty

[Erim-Nelhah]

I agree that something should be done to discourage this. I stated my opinion on what I would do above, but that doesn't mean I like that people can be kicked without penalty.

That said, I don't think the loss of your roulette bonus is an appropriate penalty, so how about this: When you get kicked the first time, you get a stack of a hidden debuff, called "kicked from duty". Also, when you get kicked, you get a 10 minute penalty timer per stack of the debuff you have (calculated before the next stack is added). This means that the first time you get kicked, there's no penalty, Second time, 10 minutes, Third time, 20 minutes, etc. The "kicked from duty" debuff lasts for 18 hours and the timer both runs when you're offline and resets on getting a stack of it.

This would discourage people from repeatedly asking to be kicked (and such requests could still be reported), and also encourage those with flaky internet connections to try to figure out why they're disconnecting so much.

Tbh considering the toxicity of the ffxiv community in general its nearly better to just logoff till they kick you. If someones asking you to kick them its better to just do it. I myself if I get a lousy roulette in trials will usually give em one shot otherwise Ill either ask to be kicked or simply log off until they do. Like it or hate it but chalk it up to game design

Thanks for posting this so that I know who you are if I ever get you in one of my groups. Might want to re-think that behavior, since if you're a DPS in my group, you force-dc because you don't like the roulette/group, and I think we can complete without your slot, I'll ask that the team doesn't boot you. Yet, if you had asked to be kicked and stated that you don't like the duty and don't think we can complete it, I might just have kicked you.

--Erim Nelhah