Kicking people for no reason

[stillgray]

Experienced this five times today, with hosts who would randomly kick out players (myself included) towards the end of the mission as the dropship was taking off. This needs to be disincentivized somehow.

If you've been playing with the team for more than half the mission the host shouldn't be able to kick you. It's fine if they want to remove someone early on in the game -- as it would allow hosts to kick trolls, but doing it when the dropship is taking off is complete bs.

[type]

fyi if you go down then we going down together. You dont even lose that much if you complete the objective.

[Zagreus]

nah chief but kicking for no reason at the end is as cancer as it is

[Saint Jimmy]

Originally posted by stillgray:

Experienced this five times today, with hosts who would randomly kick out players (myself included) towards the end of the mission as the dropship was taking off. This needs to be disincentivized somehow.

If you've been playing with the team for more than half the mission the host shouldn't be able to kick you. It's fine if they want to remove someone early on in the game -- as it would allow hosts to kick trolls, but doing it when the dropship is taking off is complete bs.

we need statement from the devs for this.

the solution is banning players who do it. Not kickers per se, but repeat offenders. Indecent people who kick other people in the end of mission will act out of habit and do it repeatedly. This will show on the devs side (and through reports) so they can ban them. But that's only if the devs are willing to act on it.

[MagikarpMagi]

If you're lower level, just host until you're not a lower level.

Otherwise... yeah, just host.

[Slyroix]

Yes, I gave up the game because of this nonsense. It's annoying. Out of nowhere I get kicked for no reason? Why? It's not worth my time in this state.

[Thwartgorgon75]

Extraction kicks are 100% troll move, unless airstrikes on extraction point resulted in the kick which is understandable. But you cannot be kicked during takeoff or after entering the drop ship.

[VIRUSOID]

Where are you finding this toxic scrubs? In my 100 hours never encountered such behavior

[Slyroix]

Originally posted by VIRUSOID:

Where are you finding this toxic scrubs? In my 100 hours never encountered such behavior

In my first 1,5h of the game I only had 1 good game, where I was the host. The other games I always got kicked. I tried like 5 Games, always got kicked - that was enough for me to give up that.

[TwinelyWix]

host your own lobbies

[Kustomautos]

sometimes the game just lets people join with no SOS beacon option i think its mission relative. if someone is playing stealth and you just drop in it ruins the stealth and then your going to die 4-12 time because its high difficulty and you need to sneak around alot mroe and not spam attack

[Zagreus]

Originally posted by TwinelyWix:

host your own lobbies

thats true but what i was saying helping others ends up getting kicked is nasty miss

[Mky]

It's not uncommon for me to kick players when a close friend is requesting to join. I think it's cool to not be stuck in a 40min mission with your friend waiting at the door.

Sometimes i leave to join them, but when i'm already with a friend or two then i'm kicking the random helldiver to make a room for my last mate.
I tell the guy tho.

I never got kicked at the end of a mission tho, 200+ hours played here, never happened a single time and i never kicked anyone if we're near the end. So you're part of like 0.000005% of players experiencing this kind of scenario over the thousands others not having any issues.

Also, when a light armor kiter is joining my game and starts playing solo while the rest of the team is facing intense pressure from the AI i just kick the guy, plain and simple. No question, no insults, not a word, i just send him back to lobby and i'm very glad i can do that in my own game that i host.

The system is perfect, it's free, easy to use, there's no annoying checks like if we were f...ng infants.
The problem here is just "us". Behave properly, block and avoid the people you don't to cooperate with, and it's fine.

No need to rethink the kicking system that is perfectly fine in the hand of mature people and just either start working on yourself or accept that a few people are still not fully grown no matter the age.

[Belyth]

Originally posted by CritMasterFlex:

If you're lower level, just host until you're not a lower level.

Otherwise... yeah, just host.

This, I only play 7+ and never had that problem.
I had the idiots who joined, died 1000 times, and leave you without reinforcements.
But kick just before extraction? Never.

[Thwartgorgon75]

Originally posted by Mky:

It's not uncommon for me to kick players when a close friend is requesting to join. I think it's cool to not be stuck in a 40min mission with your friend waiting at the door.

Sometimes i leave to join them, but when i'm already with a friend or two then i'm kicking the random helldiver to make a room for my last mate.
I tell the guy tho.

I never got kicked at the end of a mission tho, 200+ hours played here, never happened a single time and i never kicked anyone if we're near the end. So you're part of like 0.000005% of players experiencing this kind of scenario over the thousands others not having any issues.

Also, when a light armor kiter is joining my game and starts playing solo while the rest of the team is facing intense pressure from the AI i just kick the guy, plain and simple. No question, no insults, not a word, i just send him back to lobby and i'm very glad i can do that in my own game that i host.

The system is perfect, it's free, easy to use, there's no annoying checks like if we were f...ng infants.
The problem here is just "us". Behave properly, block and avoid the people you don't to cooperate with, and it's fine.

No need to rethink the kicking system that is perfectly fine in the hand of mature people and just either start working on yourself or accept that a few people are still not fully grown no matter the age.

Steam discussion has a lot of the loud minority, it's not representative of the actual game.
BTW about the kick if you are facing intense pressure from AI, that's not cool. The game is not meant to be played as a horde shooter. You can make a last stand but it wont end any way other than an eventual defeat. Kiting and stealth is what is effective for expendable soldiers, which we are.

[TheThousandSons]

Happened to me a hand full of times, randomly getting kicked. Though after 80 hours I've only ever gotten kicked right as the shuttle was landing one single time and it happened yesterday.