Thank you SE!! (DF lockout)

[EgweneALvere]

The withdrawal counts towards everyone in the party, not just the person that withdrew. Had it happen to my group today running dungeons to lvl rog/nin. People in the party had to withdraw for various reasons and when we hit the third time we all got penalized with a 30 min lockout even though it was different people that did the withdrawing.

[Ampheni]

I actually withdrew twice today cause I realized I queued for the wrong thing and had to cancel out. I think 3 times in 4 hours would be better.

[Cynfael]

I actually withdrew twice today cause I realized I queued for the wrong thing and had to cancel out. I think 3 times in 4 hours would be better.

Not to be unkind, but this is a very avoidable mistake, especially since you can now view at the bottom of the selection window a list of duties you've checked. If players regularly fail to realize their mistake until the confirmation prompt appears, they should probably start being more careful in the interest of saving a little time for themselves and for others.

Everyone derps once in a while, but it takes more than one or two blond moments before the penalty kicks in.

[Limecat]

It is frankly astonishing to me that SE did not code it this way; for in-progress runs, the dungeon clock is ticking and empty slots should be filled as a top priority, well beyond new runs. Nevertheless, this does not warrant the addition of an "In Progress Only" button, it warrants a correction on how duty finder matching works.

Actually, it used to work that way, but when enough people complained about progress fishing, SE fiddled with it a bit. Near as I can tell it still treats in-progress runs as highest priority when you specifically select the dungeon, but in-progress is given last priority for roulette queues.

[Seraphyna]

Ok that makes sense. Thanks so much ^^

There is no "free try lockout". We made a server party (4 man). Had to back out because one of the parties kids started to cry. Got hit with a 30 minute lock-out. Hadn't backed out of anything/withdrawn from anything.

This was one of the perks of making server parties. You could leave when needed. This is just a problem now.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

I agree. The penalty is fine with incomplete parties, but too harsh for premade. Like they seriously couldn't pinpoint which members were timing out?

[BobbinT]

well... what do you know? I just got fucked up.

Just finished doing duty helping ls mate clearing Qarn HM. Said my farewell since I wanna do Snowcloak since my buddy still doing his main story. Lo and behold, I got penalized for 30 minutes saying I abandoned duty, which I didn't recall doing any for today. And I'm not even the party leader too, my buddy is.

This is load of bullshit. Sent several tickets already and no answer.

[Synestr]

So did you use the Exit Bobbin or use leave from DF list? It seems they have gotten a bit crazy with this. I am even wary of selecting withdraw from the duty finder status window. Like if I have been sitting there for the 20 mins and nothing is happening with 0/0/2. If I hit withdraw before it pops and is looking will get penalized?

[Snugglebutt]

well... what do you know? I just got fucked up.

Just finished doing duty helping ls mate clearing Qarn HM. Said my farewell since I wanna do Snowcloak since my buddy still doing his main story. Lo and behold, I got penalized for 30 minutes saying I abandoned duty, which I didn't recall doing any for today. And I'm not even the party leader too, my buddy is.

This is load of bullshit. Sent several tickets already and no answer.

If you did not exit it via the abandon duty, vote kicked or end of dungeon exit feature then yes you would of got penalized, you would of got so even before this patch because that penalty existed before too.

[Snugglebutt]

So did you use the Exit Bobbin or use leave from DF list? It seems they have gotten a bit crazy with this. I am even wary of selecting withdraw from the duty finder status window. Like if I have been sitting there for the 20 mins and nothing is happening with 0/0/2. If I hit withdraw before it pops and is looking will get penalized?

You don't get penalized for dropping out before the begin dungeon pop up appears, you only get penalized if withdraw more than 3 times when that window is up or when ditch a run without using end of dungeon exit feature, vote kick or vote abandon.