why is this playerbase so vindictive?

you can't hold people hostage. everyone should be free to leave a duty, regardless of the reason. they get a 30 min penalty for doing so, and that increases with further abandons.

Cape Westwind, Castrum Meridianum and Praetorium should instead be reworked into a solo duty,m maybe with AI companions, and MSQ roulette in its current form either removed or changed to only include Crystal Tower Alliance raids.

instead of trying to punish the leavers ( a symptom) the root cause should be tackled;