Vote Kick is abused daily

[Roseliah]

I've been trying to Heal main for the last week now and my friend, who's a Tank Pally main keeps getting kicked after I let the DPS people die because they'll pull 20 or so mobs ahead of the Tank and kick him for Harassment. I'll sit there and press no but he still gets kicked anyways. This has happened a few times now within the week and if that isn't Abuse then I don't know what is.

After He got kicked the last time, I asked why they'd did it and they simply replied, "Because he wasn't going faster, pulling more ads." >.>

And I'm not asking for it to be removed by the way. It's an important feature that I agree should stay.

[VanilleFang]

I've been trying to Heal main for the last week now and my friend, who's a Tank Pally main keeps getting kicked after I let the DPS people die because they'll pull 20 or so mobs ahead of the Tank and kick him for Harassment. I'll sit there and press no but he still gets kicked anyways. This has happened a few times now within the week and if that isn't Abuse then I don't know what is.

After He got kicked the last time, I asked why they'd did it and they simply replied, "Because he wasn't going faster, pulling more ads." >.>

And I'm not asking for it to be removed by the way. It's an important feature that I agree should stay.

I have never, ever seen someone get kicked because they were going too slow. Never.

[Roseliah]

You might not have seen it but it keeps happening to him and me and if I knew how to take a in-game pic, I could even show you proof. It only happens in 4 person dungeons when BOTH the DPS run off ahead of the tank.

[Avatre]

You might not have seen it but it keeps happening to him and me and if I knew how to take a in-game pic, I could even show you proof. It only happens in 4 person dungeons when BOTH the DPS run off ahead of the tank.

I was going to say it's probably a data center thing...but since we're on the same one, that won't the case. I, like VanilleFang, have never seen someone kicked for being too slow. Disconnecting and being offline for 3+ minutes, yes. Verbally harassing others, yes. Refusing to do anything, yes. But not once for going to slow.

[AnimaAnimus]

You might not have seen it but it keeps happening to him and me and if I knew how to take a in-game pic, I could even show you proof. It only happens in 4 person dungeons when BOTH the DPS run off ahead of the tank.

Hmmm, I have played this game for 7 years now and never seen a kick for being too slow except in the cases where not only do they pull only 1 pack but they stop and slllloooooowllly mark each mob when their are 2 aoe dps.

So since its not something anyone really experiences and its happening repeatedly to just your friend, maybe its time to take a look at what he is doing. You may not want to hear it but my guess is if you are experiencing it frequently its prob not the community, as this is not an issue for really anyone else.

So I don't think we are getting the whole story here...

[Darty123]

Yes This just happened to me now I got a screenshot of some of the convo, Was running sunken temple of qarn with a new person who I was trying to explain the doom mechanic to on the first boss tank said ' hurry up bitches you dumb ass" yelling at me and the new healer, I tried to kick him because of the harassment on the sprout. Throughout the dungeon he was saying he can just leave and instant queue in 30 mins later He then proceeded to vote kick me and the other dps in the party was his friend and they removed me on the final boss. Vote kick is abused and I am starting to see a rise of elitism in the game. I am a min i level sync player, experienced but also very patient with new players which some of these people are not.

I have since blacklisted the two players and hopefully will not encounter them again.

[HyoMinPark]

@Darty123 -- While I'm sorry that happened to you, you cannot claim that one kick equals a rise in vote kick abuse though. If this was a trend that was occurring with increased frequency every time multiple people played the game (I say this because you cannot use the experiences of one individual to demonstrate a trend), maybe. But one instance is not enough to say that the Vote Dismissal feature is consistently abused.

[Linx0r]

Vote kicks have a number of factors in them but the main one is player personalities. Most of the time people are understanding and could care less if you are going slow or make a few mistakes. Where this falls apart is when there are jerks in the party. Votekicking isn’t from an RP personality it’s from the jerk behind the keyboard. In mmos there are times where real life and gaming personalities can clash and this is one. If you get kicked, calm down, take a few breathes and q again. I guarantee you will find a better group

[Linx0r]

Unless, you are the jerk.....then just chill out and remember that your life has been good enough that you can afford to play an mmo. Be nice to people. It will come back to you.

[AnimaAnimus]

I have since blacklisted the two players and hopefully will not encounter them again.

Unfortunately blacklist does not prevent you from being grouped with that person again. It really needs to though.

I have blisted jerks and macro dialog/emote spammers in pts on multiple occasions just to get them again either that same day or the day after.

Why SE didn't incorporate into the blacklist function a way to prevent you from getting grouped with that person again is beyond me. That seems like the only real reason for being able to do it cross world to begin with.