Duty Finder Party In Progress Bug
ISP:
Time Warner
Type of Internet Connection:
Cable
Internet Connection Speed:
100 Mb/s
Date & Time:
2/27/2016 @ 1:17PM (EST), & 2/27/2016 @ 2:35PM (EST)
Frequency:
Always (When conditions are met)
Sometimes (Overall)
World:
Malboro
Character Name:
Hydro Merano
Retainer Name:
None
NPC Name:
None
Monster Name:
None
Class/Level:
Marauder Lvl: 28
Party or Solo:
Solo
Race:
Hyur M
In-Game Time:
Uncertain
Area and Coordinates:
Northern Thanalan ( 21.9 , 29.4 ) - First time
Northern Thanalan ( 22.0 , 30.3 ) - Second time
Housing:
None
Steps:
Throughout the day on 2/27/2016 @ 1:17PM(EST), I've been repeatedly trying to level up Marauder by spamming the Duty Finder's Leveling Dungeon, I decided to tick Join Party In Progress to help folks that maybe just lost someone due to any given particular reason.
I did not receive a party in progress until about the third dungeon in, when I selected to join it however, it triggered like normal, so I select "Join", and in the process of that, it kicks the process out, doesn't transport me to the dungeon, and then it states:
Duty registration complete.
Registration Language: English (E)
One of your party members does not meet the requirements for this duty.
No duty has been selected.
I then open up the Duty Finder to see what happened, and I acquire the Abandonment Penalty, even though I did not join a Dungeon, nor had I abandoned any of the Dungeons prior. I had completed the two dungeons before trying the third time.
(I'm in Solo mode by the way, I do not have my Chocobo out, I am not in any party with anyone, just myself, alone, as per what is necessary to even queue the Duty Roulette, but for full-disclosure and to make sure there is no misunderstanding)
It of course threw me, but thats beside the point, so I do some levequests, and wait it out, fuming a bit, because I was being penalized for trying to join a Party In Progress, and then got burned because of this bug.
After the 30 Minutes are up, I go ahead and switch back to marauder, and queue up again, with Join Party In Progress still ticked. I manage two more dungeons again, before again a third pops up @ 2:35PM(EST), I select "Join", and in the process of joining, it states once again:
Duty registration complete.
Registration Language: English (E)
One of your party members does not meet the requirements for this duty.
No duty has been selected.
Then I am struck with ANOTHER Penalty.
From what I can tell, it seems that when in the process of joining, someone in that dungeon is clicking "Leave" or voting to Abandon while I am in the process of joining, and because of such, its triggering me to also receive the Penalty for abandoning the dungeons, when all I am trying to do is join one.
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That is all the information I have on it, I left an in-game bug report, but I would actually like to make sure its being acknowledged, and I decided to put it here, since the last bug I also put up, still hasn't been addressed. I would argue that this is a rather serious game-breaking bug, simply due to the fact its forcing people attempting to join an in progress party to receive the Abandonment Penalty. If I had been doing this on a DPS Job, I'd be more than furious, because waiting 20+ minutes for a dungeon to pop, for it to be a In Progress, and then select to join, just for them to leave, and then receive the Penalty for it?
That is unacceptable.
Thank you for your time, I hope this helps you figure out how to fix this bug.