30min lock out due to party

I was just locked out of Duty Finder because I'm guessing through out the day someone from different groups I've been in have withdrawn. I hadn't withdrawn once! So this means if you are in a party of seven and one person withdraws, everyone in your group gets a strike against them!

This is known. There was a post from the community team about it. It is advised you do a ready check before queuing if you are in a group.

Ready checking before hand is fine but what about people who purposely withdraw?

Still seems as if the penalty is poorly/improperly implemented. What logic is there in penalizing the whole group for one player's actions in the duty queue?

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Originally Posted by dspguy

Still seems as if the penalty is poorly/improperly implemented. What logic is there in penalizing the whole group for one player's actions in the duty queue?

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Since a full premade party will not get penalty, apparently the logic is anyone and his group withdraw/cancel and impact other players, they will get panalty. Strictly it is not bad to the ppl waiting to enter.

IMO the only "poorly/improperly implemented" was the patch notes (below) doesn't state it explicitly ^^;

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Players who select Withdraw from the Duty Ready confirmation window or allow the window to time out without making a selection three times or more in one day, will be temporarily prohibited from registering for duties via the Duty Finder.
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Originally Posted by Pots_Talos

Ready checking before hand is fine but what about people who purposely withdraw?

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Tho below is the answer for you ^^;

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Originally Posted by Bayohne

Greetings,

We implemented this new three-strike rule and its 30 minute penalty because we'd like players to be more mindful when pressing the withdraw button. As you know, when you queue up to the Duty Finder without a fully pre-made party, pressing the withdraw button after a match has been found will cause an inconvenience to other players.

We understand that this new penalty system can be frustrating for users who feel that they should not be punished for the actions of another party member. Therefore, in the future we will look into making adjustments so that only the party leader, or the player who pressed the withdraw button, will receive the penalty. With that said, we'd like to take time to look into this carefully as there may be methods that allow players to circumvent this.

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I withdrew from a PF on the ready check and had to wait 30 mins. Is this supposed to happen as well?

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Originally Posted by Pots_Talos

Ready checking before hand is fine but what about people who purposely withdraw?

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Then why are you playing with these people?

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Originally Posted by Pots_Talos

Ready checking before hand is fine but what about people who purposely withdraw?

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Report for griefing and move on. Sucks that you've used up your strikes for the day, but nothing to do but suck it up until reset.