Is the vote kick system improperly implemented for how it's actually being used?

[BigRed5392]

I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but personal experience (with over 1000 completed instances) says that abuse of votekicks happens less than 1% of the time. I've been troll kicked a total of twice since I've started playing, and seen maybe 5 abusive kicks on other people. Perhaps I'm lucky, or perhaps people this happens to on a more regular basis are actually doing things to invite it. For instance, if you're doggedly trying to enforce your own personal preference of playstyle on strangers that aren't ok with it, you invite a potential kick.

you're just lucky. I've seen the latter. And people rarely "ask for it" most people just play the game and try to communicate to people when need to.

[kikix12]

you're just lucky. I've seen the latter. And people rarely "ask for it" most people just play the game and try to communicate to people when need to.

I think you're just biased cause it's easier to remember the bad than the good. In about ten months of me playing, I saw two or three kicks in total. Two on the same person, in a span of two days...just cause that person did not do a thing after entering a dungeon. Ah...one was a kick in PvP for botting. I never saw a kick for anything gameplay related or a personality related. And I am anything but lucky. And there were times when I was in horrid parties where people kept arguing and what not, where kicking was most certainly a valid option.

On a different note, being overly defensive and saying "I play how I want to, if you don't like then it's your problem" IS inviting a kick. Dungeons/trials are first and foremost party play content. You don't play them how you want to. You play them how the party wants to. And that applies to all the people involved. Most of the time, party lets everyone do stuff their own way, and that's fine. But sometimes you get into a party that does not, and that wants to do it a specific way. Either adapt...or leave on your own. If not, whether excusable or not, you may end up being kicked.

Now, I don't say either that kicking for gameplay differences is either good or bad. I just state the facts, how people react to things. When dealing with others, unlike when dealing with computers...you accept the fact that your opinion and your way does not need to always be the one followed by the group. It's simple as that.