Quote Originally Posted by Alisi View Post
So my DF queue happened to pop while my screen was loading, thus making it impossible for me to accept. Now I have to wait 30 minutes before I can requeue because I apparently "left the duty" and am being punished for that.

Why am I being punished for this when it's completely out of my control? If some of the loading times are over 30 seconds (low enough that I don't even see it when it pops -- I just see a 'you didn't accept' message in my chat box), why is there a penalty attached to DF queues?
Because...

A) It's not actually out of your control. Running the game on a better machine would improve your play experience and that of others in this case. That being said, I know it isn't always feasible to run out and upgrade or replace your equipment at the drop of a hat.

B) This (or something else that caused you to withdraw at the ready prompt) must have already happened at least twice in the same 24-hour period before you received a penalty. If not, then you should file a bug report.

C) The small evil of inconveniencing the occasional "normal" player is balanced against the larger concern of reducing the occurrence of in-progress fishing and outright trollish queue behavior.