The good VASTLY dwarfs the bad. There is no perfect system. Vote Kick is going to be abused. The current setup is also being abused. The difference is the current abuse borders on Bot'ing as they're technically afk while still getting rewarded for doing so while vote kick abuse will basically boil down to being a prick. The gear issue *should* be roughly sorted with 2.1's minimum ilvl to queue checks. I frankly don't want to see anyone in their level 45 quest gear in AK. Wanderer's Palace exists for a reason.

There are a lot of window licking rejects out there that LOVE their paint chip omnomnom's. Being able to vote kick these players rather than having to leave the group does two things: 1) You might actually complete the instance 2) The derp that got kicked might get a clue that he's ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE and possibly improve.