Purposely DCing should be reportable

[Sciwolf]

I usually just leave and level crafting. it's more fun and efficient. Especially if the DPS suck ass which is about 50% of the time. I don't even wait for a wipe. If I notice the first boss is taking forever to die, despite my DPSing as a healer, I'm out. Don't even say anything. I just abandon and go craft, re-queue in half hour, rinse and repeat. Usually after 2-3 abandon and re-queues I get a geared group that just speed runs the dungeon.

[Sil3ntxR3qui3m]

As someone else said, I don't think there's a way to prove it was purposeful unless they specifically said something in chat that would allude to it.

[VanilleFang]

Question. People are saying that the op is asking for an automated system. I have not been able to see her say this. Can someone point to where they specifically mentioned an automated system?

[Fluffernuff]

Question. People are saying that the op is asking for an automated system. I have not been able to see her say this. Can someone point to where they specifically mentioned an automated system?

because thats how invoking a penalty works? it's either automated or involves human interaction

it would either have to be all or nothing. meaning it's player controlled- tying a penalty to a D/C regardless, leaving open to far too much abuse.

OR

The game (i.e. an automated system) would invoke the penalty for a D/C'd player, based on if it was purposeful or not upon getting the boot. which leads back to if a computer can or would tell the difference.


Unless you really think the OP meant, implied, or said there would be GM handling every single individual case.... which is far FAR less realistic than assuming an automated system.

[Renius]

Sometimes life gets in the way. They have to disconnect and don't have time to let you know why. It happens. There are a lot worse things I would rather see them do something about, like the auto invite to friend a Gil seller or the constant Gil sellin at Limsa. I dont care if people leave they can if they want to, they must have a reason but I see NO reason to be exposed to the Gil sellers constantly. Resources need to be allocated to something that is against play rules not a disconnect. Real life gets in the way bots are just a creation to take advantage of a game aspect THEY should be dealt with.

[Clawbriar]

This thread is about people who disconnect on purpose, and state as such, so that they will be kicked and avoid a penalty.

... but that's still reportable?

Unless that's now in the game rules that going "You won't kick me? LOL I'll just unplug my router until the game does!" is fine.

[VanilleFang]

reporting is automated.

You can report directly to a the GMs who will then communicate with you via the ingame function. There are ways to report behavior outside the automated system, and I've seen it used before. To automatically assume that the only way to report someone is through the automated reporting feature is rather ignorant. The game has customer service and GMs for a reason. Granted the manual way of reporting takes much more time and effort but if you feel it is worth there is no reason not to use it. Also, how does one report someone for abusing a parser on indirectly insulting others in their group? Reporting someone else for harassment may not see action through the automated feature, but may find resolve with a GM. Unless you are telling me that if I report for harassment that a GM looks over the chat log manually anyway, which would completely discredit your point.

Besides. How often do people even specifically say they are disconnecting on purpose so to avoid a penalty?

... but that's still reportable?

Unless that's now in the game rules that going "You won't kick me? LOL I'll just unplug my router until the game does!" is fine.

Yes, and I never said it isn't. I was pointing out that people were bring up irrelevant situations that added nothing to the discussion at hand. Someone claimed it could be abused, as in people could report others for no reason, which I have a reason as why it couldn't be. Don't really know what you are trying to say.