Vote Kick

Purpose

The Vote Kick system has been introduced in Patch 3.3 with the LFD Tools. It is being used to remove a player from a group.

Mechanic

Anyone in the group can initiate a "vote kick." When someone wants to remove a player from the random group, they right-click on the player's portrait frame in the party UI, and selects Vote to kick. A message window appears, prompting the initiating player to enter a reason for the kick. This reason is presented to the other three party members with the option to accept the reason and kick the player, or deny the reason and keep the player in the group. If the majority of the group chooses to kick the player, he will be automatically removed and a role check will be initiated. The kicked player does not gain the Deserter debuff, nor do they see the reason given by the player who initiated the vote kick.

Limits

1. A vote to kick a member may not be initiated during, or for a short time after combat.
2. A vote to kick a member may not be initiated in the first 15 minutes of a group.
3. Only two members may be kicked from a group.
4. Despite the above, a vote to kick a member who has disconnected can be initiated immediately.

Notes

Prior to Patch 3.3.3, it had been noted that some hidden statistics had been tracked:

• Kicked in LFG (follower) (hidden) - Number of times the player kicked someone in LFG, voting, but not initiating
• Kicked in LFG (target) (hidden) - Number of times the player has been kicked by someone in LFG
• Kicked in LFG (initiator) (hidden) - Number of times the player kicked someone in LFG, initiating the kick
• Abandoned LFG (hidden) - Number of times the player abandoned an LFG dungeon
• Completed LFG (hidden) - Number of times the player completed an LFG dungeon