Kick Abuse

[HyoMinPark]

If you weren't AOEing a large trash pack, then you were being inefficient. RDM AOE is more potent than single target melee + Verholy/Verflare nuke when dealing with large packs. Enchanted Moulinet is a DPS gain at 3+ mobs, as is Scatter spam (however boring it may be). If you were failing to AOE to the other two's standards, then yes, they can kick you for that. GMs have stated multiple times that "differences of playstyle" is a valid reason for a vote dismiss. I personally think they should add that as a vote dismiss option, since it doesn't particularly fit under any of the four currently available (AFK, Offline, Harassment, Cheating), but it is a valid reason for a kick.

Unless there is a chat log history of a conspiracy between two or more party members to kick another member, the GMs have no way of determining if the kick was abusive, and you cannot make a solid case to prove vote kick abuse unless something is explicitly said in-game and there's a chat log record if it.

As for your friend's behavior, they could both very well report him for griefing since he denied to replace you by opening up the queue to another DPS that was waiting for a queue pop. And they would actually have a bit of a case in this instance as well.