Players connot join the party while you are engaged in combat

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

This is the proper solution to the problem. The development team did not state that they would not try and implement the above solution. They stated that they won't implement a solution adding party members while in combat.

All is not lost, fellow adventures. Please try and calm down.

I agree with this statement. DCing seems to be the real issue and not being able to get back into the game right away.