This is a bad ideal

If people can kick in combat or shorty after, you are setting up the worst abuse possable. People would kick players right before the boss is down in order to get the loot they want instead of rolling against them.

@Boocat

True. If somehow Blizzard made it impossible during boss encounters, that would work I suppose. For the green and blue drops off regular mobs, those are random and no one knows they're there until they loot the corpse, which triggers the rolling and prevents kicking.

It may not be the best if removed altogether, but it needs at least a tweak. I've had too many people just keep aggro-ing everything to avoid getting kicked. They'll even brag about it in party chat and try to get the group wiped. (no, seriously. This has happened.)

"People would kick players right before the boss is down in order to get the loot they want instead of rolling against them."

...I think I can count on one hand the number of really useful drops in the HC's, even for a freshly dinged lvl 80. Sure, there are upgrades, but compared to the welfare epics everyone can pick up in a few days time...

Also, you're assuming that at least two people will vote "Yes" right before the boss is down.

The chance is there, but how big is it in reality?

One solution is to zone out, I think you can do that while in combat. let the idiots deal with the mobs. If they want to kick you, hey that's great.

The problem is, people often just click 'yes' to those dialogs without thinking. I've been vote kicked from a group that actually liked me because some troublemaker was spamming vote kicks for lols (he spammed kicks for 3 other players, all got voted down, then somehow I got voted off when someone new came in - they obviously had no idea what had been going on). A guildy was in the group (who like the others had a vote to kick them for no reason) and said she clicked 'no' - she was as pissed as I was.

I swear half the players don't read the name, wouldn't recognise which other player it was if they did read the name, and probably just click anyway cos hey, a bit of drama is always good for a chuckle. Either that or 'who's that again? guess they must be being an ass if there's a vote, I'll click 'yes' to be safe'. Be honest DPS - how often do you finish an instance and know your tank's name?