Countering Leeching

[Nuinn]

I fear the waiting timers on dungeons cause then my whole party could get kicked o___o

Yeah, leeching is annoying but kicking someone from party for it shouldn't be feared. I mean, if people will make drama cause you kicked someone for leeching then what are you even doing with those people. It's a pt leader's responsibility. All it takes is a little backbone. Or. . . . we could get vote kick implemented. Set the rules beforehand on how long is appropriate to AFK "suddenly" or something. . . .

[Alaltus]

You can't counter powerleveling. People will find a way to do it no matter what counters you think up. Besides, what business is it of yours how fast somebody else levels?

People do have to contribute to battles if they want the fastest EXP. By not contributing, you're killing things slower. By killing things slower, you're getting EXP slower. The vast majority of people aren't "powerleveled" or leeching. Typically, if you do these things, you're just that much worse off when you reach the level cap, as leeching/power leveling teaches you nothing about playing the game. Their poor play will catch up with them when they try to do anything of significance. Just leave these people be.

Yeah and if a MMORPG does a good job of the leveling process then the player is also sacrificing the fun of taking their time and doing things as intended. Most players don't power level because they want to have fun while they play and power leveling is anything but fun for the player. It's convenient if your in a hurry to the top but thats it.

As for leeching it was exagerated in XIV because of the way some of the content worked which i believe was due to limitations. Hopefully that won't be an issue in 2.0. Abyssea in XI is the kind of content i hope SE avoid like the plague, speed leveling with such large groups for such long periods of time was so easy to leech if you wanted to...