Another MSQ roulette post: We need change on some level

[Roehann]

But it's perfectly acceptable in your mind to hold the 7 other players hostage in an instance while waiting for your replacement because you didn't get the dungeon you wanted.
This is the epitome of selfish entitlement.

Personally I'd increase the lockout timer for abandoning the msq roulette to 24 hours. That would go a long way towards alleviating the problem.

Agreed! For these two duties, up the penalty for abandoning these to 24 hours instead of 30 minutes AND make all the experience earned from any other roulettes cut in half. either already played through or being played through.

Yes, these duties are silly for most of us, we have done them so often that it's "movie" time with the cut scences but for the new people it's important to the story and as new users to this duty they DESERVE our best. We are getting experience from it and they get the experience of playing through it.

The same folks complaining about not taking a heavier hit when leaving or that SE needs to change it some way are the same folks I would bet that run ahead of everyone EVEN when they see new folks in a cut scene.

It may NOT be your first time in a duty, but it MIGHT be someone's first time in a duty and they deserve the same experience you did when you ran it the first time. You guys stop with the excuses and be more courteous to all players.

[MilkieTea]

So you think GMs don't have the means of seeing exactly what you did and / or won't bother checking and that your "it's muh internet" excuse will hold up under a minor amount of scrutiny?

It is not actionable to leave an instance repeatedly. What is actionable is leaving the game or disconnecting in order to leave an instance repeatedly.

Utilizing the ingame feature is not actionable, and is in fact recommended to do if you suddenly find yourself either unable to play or unwilling to play.

[Mika_Zahard]

The problem goes away if Castrum XP matches Prae.

The difference in XP is kind of huge and you can only get that XP bonus once a day.

I don't blame people who want to get Prae.

Wrong. Castrum matching praet xp brings the mirrored problem. People will leave if they get praet, since it will take 10-15min more to complete.

[Vahlnir]

It is an actionable offense.

TIP...If you are queued for MSQ Roulette and get Castrum:

1. Once the instance starts (the pen around the group disappears), swing your character's camera view around to see the party face on and take a screen shot. Wait till after the pen disappears, otherwise those who are still in cut scene will have their names as "Viewing Cutscene" in your party list.
2. If players drop right after the searchlights are switched off (just after the first cut scene) and/or before the first "boss fight", take another screen shot.
3. After the completion of the dungeon, tab out of the game and open the two screen shots.
4. From the screen shots, you now have the names, jobs, appearance/race, and time frame of who dropped, you can also look up the names on the FF14 website Community/Character Search page to narrow down to the exact player via their World Server (just sort by your Data Center) in-case the same name is used for different characters. You can match the character's appearance/race vs your screen shots to be sure you report the correct individual. You don't need to keep or submit those screen shots, you are just using them as a "notepad" of sorts to have all the party names and times shown.
5. Copy the character name from the search page to paste into your report.
6. Open your in-game menu and go Support Desk/Contact/ and report Harassment.
7. Fill out with the information; Date/Time, violation description "Griefing party via dropping from active instance", paste in the character name(s) and their World Server, and submit.

The whole process should take only a few minutes tops.

Those who dropped will be punished.

lol

There's nothing to punish if someone wants to leave of their own free will and take the 30 minute penalty. I just...can't with this post.

[Merrigan]

It is an actionable offense.

TIP...If you are queued for MSQ Roulette and get Castrum:

1. Once the instance starts (the pen around the group disappears), swing your character's camera view around to see the party face on and take a screen shot. Wait till after the pen disappears, otherwise those who are still in cut scene will have their names as "Viewing Cutscene" in your party list.
2. If players drop right after the searchlights are switched off (just after the first cut scene) and/or before the first "boss fight", take another screen shot.
3. After the completion of the dungeon, tab out of the game and open the two screen shots.
4. From the screen shots, you now have the names, jobs, appearance/race, and time frame of who dropped, you can also look up the names on the FF14 website Community/Character Search page to narrow down to the exact player via their World Server (just sort by your Data Center) in-case the same name is used for different characters. You can match the character's appearance/race vs your screen shots to be sure you report the correct individual. You don't need to keep or submit those screen shots, you are just using them as a "notepad" of sorts to have all the party names and times shown.
5. Copy the character name from the search page to paste into your report.
6. Open your in-game menu and go Support Desk/Contact/ and report Harassment.
7. Fill out with the information; Date/Time, violation description "Griefing party via dropping from active instance", paste in the character name(s) and their World Server, and submit.

The whole process should take only a few minutes tops.

Those who dropped will be punished.

The fact that 5 people thought it was worth liking this post is frankly alarming.