Originally Posted by
PetersenIII
It really doesn't matter why he was kicked, his complaint is one of a mechanical nature. The deserter debuff is meant to be applied to people who *leave* (nine tenths of the time, it's not. Coming from someone who *regularly* bails on heroics because of them being chock full of awful players), not players who are *kicked*.
The kick penalty to which I am referring is not one for *being* kicked; there's not really supposed to be one. As my quoted person's message indicates there is, in fact, extra protection afforded players who are consistently kicked. I was saying that both that protection and the penalty applied to the kickers are stupid. If you happen to get a higher-than-average number of groups with a stupid, griefing, mouth-breather, or a higher than average number of groups *full* of the same (prompting you to leave, which incurs a similar penalty to kicking), then you'll quickly find yourself without a vote-kick option on a reasonable time limit. And let's not even mention the fact that most groups seem only able to kick one player at all. If you draw 2 baddies in 6 players, you're SoL.