Have you ever been kicked out of a dungeon group for no reason in an MMORPG? A player from World of Warcraft is venting his frustration on Reddit and striking a chord.
What happened to the WoW player? cornchippie complains on Reddit that Blizzard still allows people to kick teammates from a dungeon for no reason, even after all this time, just so that those affected receive a 30-minute debuff as a cherry on top, preventing them from finding a new group immediately.
What drove the players up the wall was an experience with his shaman, which he is currently leveling in WoW. According to him, there were no special incidents in the dungeon. No one said a word, the first bosses fell easily, and his shaman was second on the DPS meter.
There was also no beef in the chat, as screenshots on imgur.com are supposed to show. Only a somewhat too bold pull by the tank was said to have cost some virtual lives. For cornchippie, it is clear: they were just idiots, and he is the innocent victim.
WoW has been declared dead many times; the following video revolves around three of those moments:
“I’m the one who clicks Decline every time”
How does the community react to the story? cornchippie’s report strikes a chord. Obviously, many WoW players have had similar experiences in recent years. More than 3,800 upvotes and 1,020 comments in less than a day underscore that.
- atticus_rob writes on Reddit: “I was in a group yesterday, normal dungeons, to level from 70 to 80, and someone tried to kick the tank due to bad gear. It really annoyed me, and I didn’t know anyone in the group. How is the poor guy supposed to get gear or learn when such toxic behavior is in the game?”
- ProtoJazz recalls (via Reddit): “People just mindlessly click Yes. I remember back in Cataclysm, whenever someone talked about kicking the tank (me), I would first open a vote on him and state the reason as the terrible tank. Most of the time, they hadn’t even bothered to look at the name or the role. They just pressed Yes and were then super confused as to why the mage just disappeared.”
- FacetiousTomate has a nice anecdote for Reddit: “Once I wrote: It rang, I’ll be back soon, kick me if you have to! I returned 2 minutes later and read in the chat: ‘Lol, we kicked the wrong paladin!’ They had kicked our tank instead of me because we were both paladins.”
- Ihawx0 admits (via Reddit): “I’m basically the guy who clicks Decline every time the vote comes up. It always annoys me how impatient people are.”
Has it always been this way with the debuff? In the discussion, the player jayw900 recalls (via Reddit) that cornchippie would have gotten out of the situation just fine not too long ago without a debuff.
Back then, there was no penalty for leaving the group if you had already defeated the first boss. However, then the first big boss from the WoW dungeon, Ara-Kara, dropped such a powerful piece of jewelry that many players felt encouraged to farm it deliberately and then leave the group. Blizzard responded by extending the debuff.
What are your current experiences in WoW’s dungeons and with the kick function? Have you ever been kicked out of an instance group for no reason? Share it in the comments! You can find another community story from the dungeons of World of Warcraft here: “The problem with WoW is that people are bad” – Players hit a nerve with harsh words
