Not a technical issue necessarily, but would like a decision revoked

[HyoMinPark]

I just went to look back at the patch notes of the tier release but can't actually find this mentioned. Even if it were there though, that doesn't stop people from reading past it by accident. It did give me a warning in-game, but the way I read that I thought it would lock me from loot for P3S rather than the bosses prior. This warning only showed once we signed for the duty, giving me 45 seconds to read a fair amount of text, so I may have misread, as I first even assumed it was because the leader had not signed for duty incomplete when starting the duty. After asking, they mentioned that it'd lock me from loot, which lead me to assume that it'd be only for that boss, at which point I accepted that that would be the outcome.

Gear/reward forfeit isn’t mentioned in the Patch Notes. However, the game itself warns you in a very short, simple message. The most important part is even highlighted for emphasis. 45 seconds is more than enough time to read what the game presented you. Speed-reading through it or just assuming the text was in regards to something else isn’t a valid reason to ask for this rule to be revoked with regards to your situation. I’m sorry, but you are entirely at fault here; not the game.

Best you can do is carry on, and learn from this experience.

You are correct, looking at that picture it's quite clear, reading it without any pressure or the like. I don't think I read the first part entirely, only the part after pressing accept, as it covered part of the first part, which lead me to believe (and accept) that I'd skip loot from that boss specifically.

I know it's not a technical issue, I just have no idea where to go otherwise for a (chance at) assistance, and I noticed some posts here get delegated to a different subsection of the forums with a (seemingly) different type of support.

There is no assistance to be granted with regards to this. The game is very clear in its warning. You chose to either not read it carefully enough, or skimmed/skipped through it entirely. There’s plenty of time before pressing Commence to read and understand what the game is telling you—the 45 second timer is not that huge of a pressure. If you were unsure, you could have always withdrew (at no penalty to yourself since you were in a PF and wouldn’t incur a strike towards the 30 minute withdraw penalty), and asked for clarification. Skimming it is no one else’s fault but your own. Not trying to be rude here, but this is just the fact of the matter.

Accept the consequence, and learn from it going forward.