What is your view on Duty Finder leeching?

[Namko]

As the title implies. I have found it increasingly common to have 1 PT member 'afk' unannounced somewhere between Area V and the Train depot boss during Castrum runs. It will always be a DPS. They will still collect Tomestone rewards upon completion while slowing down the overall run.

Personally I have collected names/servers from Lodestone.

I would like to know if anyone else has experienced this or done this. Please post your views too.

Are you for it, against it or apathetic towards it?

[Ptolemy]

It comes with the existence of the duty finder, it won't stop it at all even with a "Vote to kick" you'll still encounter them.

[Usotsuki]

It comes with the existence of the duty finder, it won't stop it at all even with a "Vote to kick" you'll still encounter them.

I agree with both parts, people will stop doing this when there is a risk, the risk to be kicked.

[Namko]

How about no rewards upon not entering the final arena, or generating hate on the final boss?

[Leafcore]

How about no rewards upon not entering the final arena, or generating hate on the final boss?

So if I have to leave in the middle I get nothing for not finishing it? Sounds pretty lame. All we need is a vote to kick option.

[Jennestia]

So if I have to leave in the middle I get nothing for not finishing it? Sounds pretty lame. All we need is a vote to kick option.

Yeah, you shouldn't actually - I'm not in support for kicking people for afk, but if you bail out on a 5 minute fight or unannounced afk and just "happen" to come back after we finish the boss..you shouldn't get rewarded.

There's quite a few things SE can do for that situation which only affects the people afking or "vanishing till the boss dies" - It's pretty obvious when people are leeching compared to people actually needing to AFK at the wrong moment - you're fooling no one in the long run.

[Roaman]

Yeah, you shouldn't actually - I'm not in support for kicking people for afk, but if you bail out on a 5 minute fight or unannounced afk and just "happen" to come back after we finish the boss..you shouldn't get rewarded.

There's quite a few things SE can do for that situation which only affects the people afking or "vanishing till the boss dies" - It's pretty obvious when people are leeching compared to people actually needing to AFK at the wrong moment - you're fooling no one in the long run.

So we are a few minutes into the boss fight and i get an important phone call that i have to answer immediately i am not going to type "afk" or "brb phone" and if i come back and the boss is dead and i get a reward oh well

[Furious]

So we are a few minutes into the boss fight and i get an important phone call that i have to answer immediately i am not going to type "afk" or "brb phone" and if i come back and the boss is dead and i get a reward oh well

There is no phonecall on earth that you won't make it to by extending the run to the phone by the time it takes to type "Phone AFK". It takes, quite literally, 1.5 seconds to type that.

[Neri]

I don't mind them that much. Some might be housewives that has to tend their babies, or some with the post man at the door and such. Well, I'm not in a hurry or anything though.

[Namko]

This is about unannounced AFK that are quite clearly leeching. Not someone getting the door. Yes if you leave in a Castrum run you get nothing, it's only 100 Tomestones for completion. You make space for someone that can contribute to the party.

I have children, it's a simple 'brb kids'.