Potential Bozjan Castrum Griefing

[Miniut]

Today I joined a pug group for Castrum in Bozjan. We managed to clear the first two bosses no problem, but Dawom and Lyon kicked our teeth in.

On the last boss, we wiped three times because every group we sent to fight Lyon couldn't meet the dps check. Although the outcome bites (dying and losing thousands of mettle multiple times really stings) the worst part is you can be grieved after your alliance surrenders from lack of time.

Following our last wipe with less than 7 mins left on the timer, someone pulled the boss. If you're still inside the instance, you along with other unwilling adventures will be zoned into the losing fight against your will. Normally dying isn't a big issue, but we're in Bozjan. When you're down to 6 minutes, half your alliance has already left, and you've already lost thousands of mettle to one encounter... another 'forced' death could be considered grieving.

I'm going to give that person the benefit of the doubt and assume whoever pulled did so not realizing they'd be dragging unwilling players to yet another death. That said, I believe it should be looked into before it actually becomes a problem, specifically with Bozjan.

Perhaps remove the forced zoning in, or give the player an option to be removed entirely from the instance. Just my suggestions.

[ICountFrom0]

As far as I can tell, the key to getting a PUG to finish, is to put together a custom party just for the final push up there. To be discussing it all the way up, getting the most leathal and most survivable people ready to go up there, rather then depending on a randomly formed group being ready.

Honestly though, I've thought the second boss was the big problem, but maybe we just caught an unlucky orb rotation.

[ItMe]

Reminds me of early pulls screwing over groups in Labyrinth of the Ancients.

[Gruntler]

You're not forced zoned.

When the question comes asking to zone you in, hit 'No.'

[Miniut]

You're not forced zoned.

When the question comes asking to zone you in, hit 'No.'

1) The button you're referring to is "Wait."
2) If you hit Wait, in about 10 seconds you'll be zoned in regardless if you're in Castrum.

[Pepsi_Plunge]

1) The button you're referring to is "Wait."
2) If you hit Wait, in about 10 seconds you'll be zoned in regardless if you're in Castrum.

Enough time to take your leave then, if you don't want to try&die once more.

[Miniut]

Enough time to take your leave then, if you don't want to try&die once more.

You're not wrong, but the point of the thread was to spread awareness. I doubt everyone would know they'd be force-zoned into a fight, inevitably die and lose a good portion of their time investment because someone decided to pull at a bad time. We shouldn't be put on a ~10 second timer to leave Castrum or get forced zoned into a losing encounter in the first place.

That said, it's only Castrum and you're only losing mettle. It's not the end of the world if that happens, but I feel it shouldn't happen at all.