Arenanet needs to add a system that automatically kicks off a player from a Siege equipment that has been setup after 3min of inactivity on that siege equipment! Heck, I’m sure that some players would even suggest a lower time frame for kicking people off of a siege equipment!
Arguments? The owner of a built siege equipment can kick a player off of their siege; however, the exception to this are for the much, much more crucial siege, such as, Cannons, Mortars, Burning Oils, and Golems! There’s currently no possible way to remove someone from the siege equipment, unless they end up going afk from the 15min of inactivity in WvW.
Another option for removing people from siege that cannot be kicked by the owner, is to add a voting system in place. Someone could go up to a siege equipment, select the player on that siege equipment, then right-click their portrait and select “Vote to kick off.” After 5 votes of “yes” to remove them, then they are kicked off and banned from the use of siege equipment for a time frame of 3min. 3min is not too long, but not short enough so that it wouldn’t make a difference. It’s also a good time frame to prevent bullying from occurring on a wider scale.
The only reason that I suggest the voting option is because people complain about “noobs” manning siege equipment and doing a very lousy job at it. However, the downside to this is that there is no current system in place to tally how good someone is at using that siege equipment. For example, if there a rating system in place for use of a siege equipment, by tallying the number of kills, damage done, interrupts occurring, and successful achievement completions of defending the tower/keep/camp/castle while using the siege equipment. It could significantly help zergs, parties, squads, commanders, other players, etc. track who is best at a siege equipment use.
If someone is Rank 1, but has a rating of 10 stars out of 10 for use with Cannons, then they will be privileged by local players to use that cannon to have “their backs,” meanwhile giving the Rank 1 player WXP to help them rank up easier. It’s a win-win!