Quote Originally Posted by Ilethius View Post
I havent read all the posts so if this has been suggested already apologies, just had a couple of thoughts about possible ways to make sure ALL member's of a caravan pty participate with the entire escort and not just chocobo to the end.

1. Upon sign up the 8 members (or how ever many there are) should be auto partied up and if they leave the party they abandon the escort. (Put in a condition that when they sign up for caravan escorts they cannot be in a pty already)

2. Add conditions that must be met to spawn the NM at the end of the escort, i.e. Add way points (lets say 3 way points located @ 25%, 50% and 75%) throughout the escort. To meet the condition it requires that all members of the pty must be present at the exact spot of the caravan, if only 7/8 or less are present the party fails the condition and the NM will not spawn.

3. Add kill requirements, i.e every member of the party must have killed or been involved in killing 10 mobs (being involved in a kill will also take into account healers that heal party members instead of doing dmg)(increase or decrease depending on difficulty) or more throughout the escort. If the player does not meet this requirement when the end NM is killed they are not eligible for the drop and so are not considered when the system hands out the drop.

Just a thought...
These are all good suggestions, and there are many other suggestions that could help ensure there are no 'leechers'. The good news is that there are some plans to make this system better in the future. Of course that is in 2.0.

In the mean time, I think the only thing that can really be done is to note who the undesirable adventurers are that seek to claim reward without work, and avoid aiding them in the future.