I have given up on the stupid PUG HAMSTER. I couldn't manage to stay in a group for more than a few seconds before getting kicked for 45 minutes tonight.
Character slot sale. Make it happen again. More characters = more likely to spend money outfitting them. Besides we need more lower level characters so we have something to do once we hit the T2 dungeon kick problem at 60.
Maybe you are a freeloader, but some of us have put money into it because we understand that the game creators also like to have luxuries such as food. If you enjoy a game that is "free to play" why not throw the creator a pack of biscuits to eat?
OP, your reasons are sound. The current rendition of the vote kick however is not sound. It has a horrible flaw that allows people of questionable ethics to kick the minority vote of the party out after a boss fight to get the purple loot for themselves. Until at least that flaw is addressed, the Vote Kick is not OKAY.