Quote Originally Posted by charlemagne View Post
It is their game time after all and they can decline to spend it with whoever they wish.
Thank you for saying this. First thing I thought when I saw the topic. We are not entitled to each other, and time management sometimes means analysis and cutting losses, especially when repairs are climbing.

If the first wipe is decisive and no responses are forthcoming to a polite "so what are we doing differently" strategic discussion attempt, (the definition of insanity and all that...) that one wipe can be all it takes for one gauging the value of their own time, ESPECIALLY in the FFXIV trend of heavily weighting final boss encounters that take a half hour or so to reach.

I do think that "join group in progress" as an option was a mistake. I'd never touch this box, and its existence empowers someone bailing, for whatever reason, far too much over the other players.

Of course, my perspective could be skewed, as a tank, but that's my two cents.