Is this a bootable offense?

[justplayingthegame]

Shoulda went for the hat trick.

Relog onto another toon, join party.

Get into the quest. Head right back out into the desert. Re-enter. Go find somewhere in quest to die. Res out, leave party.

Or am I being too mean?

well. there is joking around like what the OP did, then theres being an A$$ like what your suggesting.
Pulling a stunt like what your suggesting would get you squelched, and your guild blacklisted by most.

[Wren666]

some folks take their adventuring (and their game time) a bit more seriously,
or at least the 10% xp afforded for survivor/victory bonus.
Especially in quests like WizKing where the total xp will be pretty grand, and the 10% is significant.

Gotta say, I'd have booted you as well, just to save myself the potential grie...er...humorous actions I could likely expect later in the quest.

If you don't want to respect a group or a group leader, why bother wasting their time?

EDIT: Yikes - Looking at the other responses, I reckin I'm a tightwad - lol. Least I know what to expect now!

plus uno.

That leader must've been having one of those days when you meet just too many goofballs trying pretend they put some points into an imaginary Humor skill, while you're busy working hard to feed a family of starving alts.

[Wren666]

No, no you're not LOL. Make sure you step out, then back in first, so they also get re-entry neg lol....

Nah, I wasn't ticked about it...but that is funny.

and then you see all the threads peppered around these forums warning other people of players and their guilds with that kind of behavior

Make up your minds fellas.

[Cyr]

Shoulda went for the hat trick.

Relog onto another toon, join party.

Get into the quest. Head right back out into the desert. Re-enter. Go find somewhere in quest to die. Res out, leave party.

Or am I being too mean?

That would be griefing.

It's not okay to join parties with the intent to mess up their gaming experience...no matter how much someone annoyed you in the past.