Quote Originally Posted by Cirgellon View Post
They can leave at any time...
Sometimes, the response to requesting a quick for (whatever) reason is "No, not going to kick you, you can suffer with us or eat a 30 minute penalty."

To me this is an effort to keep a player hostage, even if they can "Leave at any time", they can not do so without penalty. I do not feel it is 100% justified to give them a penalty if they have given their best effort but do not feel like the party has any forward momentum/progress. I feel that such an action is, indeed, holding the player hostage.

However, this is purely opinion based. Before it we had people who would leave at the start of a duty. Now we have players who use it to ransom veterans into trying to carry weaker members. Both are not very good.

I earnestly believe after 15-30 minutes of attempts, you should be allowed to leave without repercussion. You gave it an effort. This would also stop the abuse of the more seasoned players as well.