Dungeon Deserter debuff has to change

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I don’t know how many times this needs to get posted to reinforce the idea that it sucks, but Dungeon Deserter has to change.

I’m in a group, some baby DPS whines that the other two DPS aren’t matching their output in a heroic dungeon. Okay, they’re for gearing up. Keeps repeatedly trying to kick someone, meanwhile they’re like barely better than me and I just hit 85 yesterday and have done 2 heroics and had a single piece of gear drop. They aren’t elite.

I don’t want to deal with a dramatic baby in the group, so I leave. Bam, now I’m stuck for 30 minutes. They can fill the group instantly, I’m DPS after all.

How’s this fair? Let me roll again on a non-dramatic group, it already takes 10-15 mins to get into a group. Doing guild runs is fine and all, but the random 3x buff makes a random group faster than a guild group since drama is rare, but when it happens it sucks for EVERYONE and the debuff does not help.

If someone’s been kicked from the group or disconnects, the debuff shouldn’t happen. It’s extremely unfair and kind of a crap way to start a holiday off.

I don’t think the human experience is ever considered when designing in-game punishments, because honestly it sucks to get punished for something I’m paying for because other people suck. We have the ability to kick people, let the community decide if someone should be out of a group. I would bet that getting rid of the debuff entirely or knocking it down to 5 minutes would have the exact same result but with less people upset enough to make a forum post about it afterwards.

At the very least, changing the parameters around it, especially in a game mode that’s designed to be much shorter than the retail experience, would be a welcome change for everyone. If I’ve only got the morning to play on a holiday, I don’t really need the game telling me I have to spend 1/4 of my time not playing.

As-is, I’ve got 20 minutes to go and this is a crap way to spend my morning just because I don’t want to deal with someone stopping after every fight to unsuccessfully kick someone from the group.

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… the wrong forum.

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Does it have to change?

It’s fair if everybody has the same system to play within, which we do.

The time for deserter is pretty long.

I suppose an interesting question might be to ask why some people seem to be experiencing being vote kicked from groups fairly regularly; enough so that they take to the forums to complain about it. Is this a normal thing? Is there anything that can be done from them to prevent this from happening, or is it indeed an abuse of the system?

If you think the system is being abused and singling you out, why not post in the Customer Support forums?