Leeches in Alliance Raids

[Bonbori]

I have noticed that too, some more obvious than others. It's happened several times but the one that stood out to me was a few weeks ago, when I rouletted into Labyrinth of the Ancients as a healer and it was about halfway through, during one of the fights, that I noticed I couldn't target my alliance's tank. It turned out she was standing outside the barrier.

Okay... No biggie, maybe she was afk and missed the opportunity to teleport in. But I started keeping an eye on her and... sure enough, the next fight, she again never even entered the barrier. I decided... maybe she was shy? I'LL HELP HER ALONG! So for the first time ever I found good use for Rescue.

Apparently having realised that someone had noticed her behaviour, and having been forcibly pulled into the fight, the lazy tank FINALLY engaged in combat.

However, once we got to Phlegethon, she came up with another non-engagement tactic. This time she entered the barrier on her own and even went with us to our designated pad. So far so good. But when we actually started fighting... she just kept standing on the pad. The helpful support player that I am, I once again used Rescue to show her the way to the frontline. You know... where the tank's supposed to be?

And that's where the punchline comes in. The tank... IMMEDIATELY WENT BACK TO THE PAD, even though we were nowhere near Ancient Flare. Like... She wasn't even AFK. That tank was ACTIVELY making effort not to fight.

For whatever reason we wiped (at least that one wasn't her fault, she was the first on the pad) and had to redo the fight. Once again, I Rescued her into the fray and she ran away from the boss. However, after the second flare, she actually decided to join the fight and get the last few hits in. I was so proud.
This time we beat the boss and... I was so annoyed I went straight to the exit before it occurred to that the pacifist tank should have been reported. I hope someone else had noticed it too and had more presence of mind than I.

At this point I have to ask... If you're queuing to do nothing, why would you:
- Enter as a tank, automatically putting the spotlight on you
- Expend more effort avoiding fights than you would have participating in them
- ACTUALLY BE THERE watching it happen instead of alt-tabbing to watch youtube or something

Come on! How hard can it be to properly AFK in a raid?

[MeganLynn]

... No biggie, maybe she was afk and missed the opportunity to teleport in. But I started keeping an eye on her and... sure enough, the next fight, she again never even entered the barrier. I decided... maybe she was shy? I'LL HELP HER ALONG! So for the first time ever I found good use for Rescue.

I'm not a healer, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Rescue could only be used on a person when said person is in battle? If theyre outside the barrier, then they're not in battle?

[Bonbori]

I'm not a healer, so please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Rescue could only be used on a person when said person is in battle? If theyre outside the barrier, then they're not in battle?

That's true for little fish in dungeons but I'm pretty sure raid bosses aggro everyone as soon as engaged by any member of the alliance. Whether or not that's true, the tank was on the right side of the barrier by the time it closed and I'd like to take credit for that n_n I don't remember it perfectly but it was the first time I actually used Rescue and I remember being surprised by how the effect looked, it wasn't as smooth and responsive as I had expected.