Baffling behavior

[Nethereal]

This is getting redundant, but one more time (note that this is all hearsay, but that's all we've ever had):

Tank noted healer was focusing on dps and spoke up asking for heals.

The required ilv would consist of gear past lv 50 at least but likely around 60 and therefore would contain vitality if not more tank centered stats, so even if he was rocking piety instead of strength, his health would be largely unaffected and his armor would be acceptable, too, since he'd be past the point where you would see disciple of war gear that he could use. It would definitely be tank armor.

It doesn't matter how long it took for those two wipes, if they gave up after just two wipes and before the first boss. Whether they spent half an hour shouting at each other, to kick a tank before the first boss and after just two wipes is pretty lame, though I think there is something about the timer being negated after a full wipe. Not sure but it hardly matters.

In any case, I've said my piece. Tank could have been geared better but the healer could have tried harder. Vote kicking should be reserved for trolls and afks. And no, being geared imperfectly is not trolling.

That's it.

I really don't know why your hill to die on is "They have the item level therefore nothing else matters"

There's no item level required up until Castrum at level 50. That's 12 dungeons with no item level requirement.
Do you condone people going into those dungeons naked because they meet the item level requirement, or lack thereof?

If willfully participating in a team game where you know your personal choices will bring down your teammates isn't trolling I don't know what is.
Even without the trolling a kick is warranted simply due to difference in play style. The healer couldn't, shouldn't, and didn't want to carry OP so they got kicked simple.