Quote Originally Posted by Vaer View Post
There really isn't any way to fix it completely without a real overhaul. People would just in progress fish instead if you weight more loot on the final boss. They already get the tomes if they in progress to the end now they would get even more chances at gear.

Putting a giant penalty wouldn't fix anything it would just make it potentially even more annoying, people will just dc or sit there afk until you kick them. Honestly, them dropping out is preferable since you just get a rep and keep going than getting into a situation where they occupy a slot doing nothing until they are kicked.
In progress fishing doesn't really happen anymore, you get the penalty if you withdraw 3 times. And if all the loot was at the end it would deincentivise leaving mid match so there would be less in progress runs to fish for. I don't see this being an issue and you don't really want to discourage people from joining in progress.