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One fix would also to:
1/ Handle drops only after Acheron dies. All of them.
This is a bad idea, and ENCOURAGES the fishing even more so.. to get 2/4 *minimum* and some to keep trying for 3/4.

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2/ Give stones rewards based on the number of bosses you defeated. 2/4 bosses only? 100 Philos and 25 mythos.
This is a bad idea, because now you are actively discouraging people from joining "in progress", leaving parties stranded for longer (philo/myth tomes are usually the driving factor anyways).

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3/ Add a "join in progress only" option
This idea keeps being brought up as a *compromise* and it is short sited and a terrible idea. How many times does it have to be debunked for people to stop bringing it up? This is not a design function of the game. SE didn't put "Join in progress" to let people skip bosses cause they feel like it, or they don't have time. If you don't have time DON'T DO THE DUNGEON, it is really that simple. Most people would love to skip to whatever boss they need to get whatever drop they need, but this is not how games are designed. You do the whole dungeon and earn your reward through completion. Join in progress is solely for the purpose of refilling stranded groups ranks, as to not have wasted 23 people's time/effort. Not only all that, but separate queues further lengthens times for BOTH QUEUES.

If it were a blind queue everyone would be on their way faster. Make join in progress still opt-in so people won't skip bosses they might need. Simple. Trying to argue based on jacknobs afking if they don't get where they want is stupid. I hope those people do join and afk, and get repeatedly reported, and swiftly banned. Also considering they'll get kicked, and rejoin a most likely starting group multiple times, it'd be hilarious how much time they are wasting trying to get 2/4 or 3/4 when they will have been able to complete with their first group by then. I believe people will start realizing its inefficiency (btw you can't vote kick first 5min of dungeon starting), and pull up their big boy/girl pants and start playing the game.