* Players cannot dismiss or add party members while undertaking exploratory missions.

[shanian]

geezus i had not even noticed this till you mentioned.. i can see how it may be very annoying, maybe they will change it if enough complains are made?
or maybe they just mean you cannot team up with other players that are already in the area or split up, but can still vote dismiss. this will be somewhat of a instanced zone after all.

[KarstenS]

Found a difference between english and german notes.

English:

When time has expired, or you choose to end the exploratory mission early, you can view a list of completed objectives.

German notes (translated by me):

When time has expired, or one player leaves the mission early, you can view a list of completed objectives.

So maybe "one player leaving will end the mission" could be a reason there is no kick?

[SchalaZeal]

If you don't queue with 8, it's like DF. The game fills the rest. The instance still has a max of 9 parties of 8.

[AlphaFox]

Thing is on the Jap servers, I would assume those players would be black listed between the server and of course not allowed to join in on any Party finder groups I would imagine.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

So maybe "one player leaving will end the mission" could be a reason there is no kick?

This just raises more problems! All it would take is for 1 troll to end the mission immediately for you to be sitting on your thumbs for 2 hours.

[SuperZay]

On the other hand, if you get unfairly kicked, you're looking at a 2 hour lockout timer.

It would never happen if GMs actually did something about unfair votekicks. Right now, it's completely not punishable even if reported.

[Zumi]

What if someone queues as tank for the fast queue then just switches to miner to mine the whole time and rolls loot while other people kill stuff.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

What if someone queues as tank for the fast queue then just switches to miner to mine the whole time and rolls loot while other people kill stuff.

Will this even have the you queue as Tank/Healer/DPS like in the other instances?

[Zumi]

Will this even have the you queue as Tank/Healer/DPS like in the other instances?

Ishgardian Exploratory Missions
Players can also journey to The Diadem via Ishgardian airships. Players can undertake Isghardian exploratory missions solo or in a party of up to eight people. Each player of the party must have a mission ceruleum voucher in their possession, which can be purchased from the NPC Jaquoinie in the Pillars (X:14 Y:10) for gil. One voucher is required for each mission. There are no role requirements when entering as a full party. However, parties with less than eight players must adhere to the standard composition of 2 tanks, 2 healers, and 4 DPS.

* Players cannot dismiss or add party members while undertaking exploratory missions.

That is for queuing in ishgard. The problem lies in you can queue as tank and then go off mining since you can switch jobs inside.

[Tilgung]

What if someone queues as tank for the fast queue then just switches to miner to mine the whole time and rolls loot while other people kill stuff.

They'd still be contributing to the success of exploration. DoW and DoL are both necessary to clear goals.