Guild Wars 2

Is it a bug that everyone in the group is kicked out of a dungeon if the party leader quits the group?

Is this actually a bug? If not, there should at least be some grace time.

Yesterday, I was in Fractals with a group, after the last boss, the party leader abruptly left group before one person in my party had looted the chest, immediately dumping us all back in Lion’s Arch and leaving that person without any of the rewards. Of all the things to be wary about pick-up groups, it doesn’t seem right that this should be one of them.

I’d assume the intended behaviour would be that if the party leader quits group, then a new party leader is automatically assigned. After all, the group did not get disbanded.

I’ve experienced the same issue multiple times. I feel as though I should be able to revive the dead and type a thank you message in chat without worrying about being booted from the instance before I can loot. This is remarkably poor design and must be fixed.