Vote Kick griefing

[Ordin]

Does SE have an official stance on this? I havnt seen anything after looking around.

I got kicked by a premade pty for not doing enough damage as a healer. This was in a dungeoun roulette mind you... There were no deaths, pty never wiped and they kicked me right before final boss to grief me.

This is the second time it has happened to me. Last week I got kicked for using Superboilde in dungeoun pull when my hp "wasn't low enough" and healer freaked out and and started spazzing. no one died there either...

I dont know if i just had bad luck matching with tryhards in a dungeon roullette ..
but if you are not causing death, wiping party, harassing people or afk they shouldnt be allowed to grief us with impunity

Specificaly im talking about duty roulettes where people like me play casually and are just trying to level, you are being matched with randoms

[Nedkel]

You could use in-game report system to report them for kicking you.

Kicking someone before last boss is stinky move.

[Mirhd]

They were being elitist, full stop. Encounters are NOT balanced around healer "dps", and the devs have stated this before. One could make a case for first-week savage clears (still not balanced around it. this is solely a player-base thing), but even that's pushing it. I dps when healing because I feel like it, but again, nothing is balanced around it, and if things aren't dying in dungeon roulette, it sounds like there are bigger problems than healer "dps"...

Regarding your other story: seeing someone use Superboilde at higher health when it's not needed is annoying, but I wouldn't kick you for it. I would simply mention it makes more sense at low health, and remind you to use it only when absolutely necessary. Using it at any higher than, say, 30%, is just an "OH CRAP!" for the healer, until they notice the buff... then they just get annoyed and wonder why you wasted it. I usually don't see a need for it in dungeon roulette unless you're doing "big pulls", but that's another issue entirely.

[BatLW]

I would LOVE some name shaming of those elitists, so I can tell them what I think about their existence. However, feel free to report them - Usually SE looks into it and tries to find out misbehavior on your side, if the kick was not justified, they can even get a temp ban for it.

[AncientCrystal]

Look in your "contacts" list in-game and get their names and report the hell outta them. Then perhaps give me a private message on here and let me know what their names are....

[Nixxe]

Per SE, "playstyle differences" is a valid reason to kick someone from a group. At least half of the group thought you were a problem, so off you went.

[galbsadi]

Does SE have an official stance on this? I havnt seen anything after looking around.

Yes, they do. It's considered Obstruction of Play.

・Improper expulsion voting
This means excluding another person by manipulation of expulsion voting.

Source: https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...la=1&kid=68216

Report them, let Square sort them out.

Per SE, "playstyle differences" is a valid reason to kick someone from a group. At least half of the group thought you were a problem, so off you went.

This is no longer true. See above.

[JohnSpawnVFX]

Yes, they do. It's considered Obstruction of Play.


Source: https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...la=1&kid=68216

Report them, let Square sort them out.



This is no longer true. See above.

There are no reports by players showing that differences of playstyle are no longer a valid reason for kicking and they were punished for it. Not even a single one here or on Reddit. Stop spreading misinformation.

[galbsadi]

There are no reports by players showing that differences of playstyle are no longer a valid reason for kicking and they were punished for it. Not even a single one here or on Reddit. Stop spreading misinformation.

I literally quoted and linked to a SE official policy.

Stop calling SE official policies 'misinformation.'

[JohnSpawnVFX]

I literally quoted and linked to a SE official policy.

Stop calling SE official policies 'misinformation.'

An official but vague policy. Followed to the letter, you could even report people saying Hello to you because you felt offended by it.

Not to mention reality doesn't seem to reflect policy. People still keep kicking for differences in playstyle. People aren't getting punished for it.