This would solve the problem:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ection-Lost%29

Quote Originally Posted by Rentahamster View Post
If a player DCs in the middle of combat while in a party, that player should still be considered in the party, but with his name grayed out. If that player is able to reconnect to the server within a 10 minute window, he is automatically placed back into the party as if he had never left in the first place. All accumulated hate, buffs, debuffs, etc are still applied to the player.

Once engaged in combat, changing from a battle class to another class is still prohibited.

Once engaged in combat, changing one time only from a gathering/crafting class to a battle class is allowed.

If a player is DCed during a leve, that leve is still active if the player logs back on within a 10 minute window. The only way to fail a leve is to run out of time, change zones, or manually abandon it from the crystal.

Change the server timeout from 10 minutes to something more sane like 2 minutes. Waiting so long after a DC is very frustrating.


Problem solved. That was easy. Next.