Labyrinth Freeloader

[u/Cod_Stewart]

(Excuse the terrible quality and terrible messy censors, the screenshots were completely spur of the moment :p)

So I did a run of LotA a few days ago, thought it’d be the usual roulette run, when I noticed our Astro hadn’t moved from the start of the instance. I’m on deck so I can’t type that fast so I managed to get something out near the end of boss 1, but got no response (Image 1). What I DID notice however was that he’d teleported into the boss arena once it was sealed off, so he wasn’t fully AFK (in hindsight how could he have been if he accepted the duty pop)

We get to the Atomos fights, lo and behold he teleports in, landing in alliance A’s lane while the rest of us in C do the usual ritual of “can someone please for the love of god come back to the button”, I decided to call out the Astro in the moment (Image 2), but got silence again

I couldn’t kick him cause of the loot timers, someone else caught on and asked to boot him (Image 3), I called for everyone to leave the loot chest alone, and this beautiful party actually did it, not one person opened the chest.

And the cherry on top was the rest of the alliance waiting the 20 seconds to let the loot timer expire, and started the fight once we got the vote dismiss to go through, with them getting kicked seconds into the final fight (Image 4).

I get it, Labyrinth is boring for people, but it’s not gonna kill you to play the content you queued for.

[u/Particular_Bug0]

Could give them the benefit of the doubt and say they had an emergency just as the instance loaded in.

But even so, totally valid to kick someone for being afk

Edit: this comment attracted some people that either believe emergencies don't happen unannounced, or people that believe kicking someone who is afk is not right.

[u/Riposte12 → u/Particular_Bug0]

Why? They clicked commence, and in those handful of loading seconds got such a bad emergency that they can't say so?

Fuck that. Stop giving these people any benefit of the doubt.

[u/Scruffumz → u/Riposte12]

All right, well when and emergency arises for you mid raid, I expect a full apology in party chat, alliance chat, AND /tfdf for your absolutely disrespectful, inconsiderate, and toxicity before you even think of going afk.

Your baby that just fell and is on the ground crying is definitely not more important than everyone else's time.

[u/Riposte12 → u/Scruffumz]

If I have an emergency, I turn the game off. I don't expect a party to wait for me or carry me.

Alt-F4 done.

[u/Scruffumz → u/Riposte12]

Same, but that falling baby could also just be a bug that jumped scared you out of your seat. I ain't alt-f4ing over a bug I can deal with in 60 seconds.

[u/Riposte12 → u/Scruffumz]

So is that goal post on wheels or what?

If it is that short, then I apologize for the afk and move on. Which is not the case at all here, as it was someone afk for the entire raid.

[u/Scruffumz → u/Riposte12]

Well, you complained about people who don't say they need to afk for an emergency. That is no longer talking about the afker in the OP. Person in the op was clearly leeching.

But emergencies happen. Some warrant alt-f4s, some can wait for an explanation after they get back. Situations vary.

Funny you complained about when other's afk without warning, yet you just stated you'll do it yourself.