DF Lockout needs to be adjusted/looked at/reviewed

[Ashkendor]

the system is far from perfect an completely unnecasary to begin with. Some people have lives an things come up leaving them unable to accept the queue. Not everyone was trying to queue/withdraw to just try an get in that run with their friends.

It may not be perfect, but I completely disagree that it was unnecessary. The amount of fishing for in-progress runs had become almost unbelievable. Some days it would take almost as long to actually get a full party together for Syrcus Tower as it did to run the damn thing. Sure, not every single one of them was a player fishing for in progress, but the vast majority of them were. It's great that there's now some fashion of accountability for this behavior, which is basically just trolling the other players in the queue for that same duty.

And yes, I understand, people have lives but seriously you get three strikes. That means you have two "freebies" where you can withdraw from a duty that's already popped completely without penalty. Consider what repeated withdrawals does to the other 3, 7, or 23 people that happen to be matched up with you in the duty finder. They get to wait for the full 45 seconds while you time out because you're AFK, and then wait again for someone new to be matched to the party. If they're lucky, that person is actually at the keyboard. If not, it's a case of lather rinse repeat until you just want to reach out through the internet and slap someone upside the head for not clicking the button.

If you're that busy that you continually run into the problem of timing out because of being AFK once the party is full, you may want to consider simply removing yourself from the queue whenever you get pulled away and then re-entering when you get back. It may take you longer to get into a dungeon by doing it that way, but it's considerate to the other players waiting and it keeps you from incurring the 30 minute penalty.