Patch 2.4 – Dreams of Ice Trailer Is Now Live! (10/17/2014)

**Olo401** · 2014-10-24 10:19

Whoaaaa... "Players who select Withdraw from the Duty Ready confirmation window or allow the window to time out without making a selection three times or more in one day, will be temporarily prohibited from registering for duties via the Duty Finder. This count will reset every day at 9:00 a.m. (PDT)."

I guess don't walk away from your machine or register for a duty while waiting for a FATE or Hunt to pop?

**Niiro** · 2014-10-24 10:44

You get 3 strikes, seems fine to me.

I will drink the tears with pleasure.

**vadre** · 2014-10-24 10:47

It could just be that the counter resets if you have 1 or 2 strikes then. It might be that afte 3 strikes you get a 30 min cd or something depending on how you interpret it.

**Sho** · 2014-10-25 04:03

Originally Posted by vadre

It could just be that the counter resets if you have 1 or 2 strikes then. It might be that afte 3 strikes you get a 30 min cd or something depending on how you interpret it.

I'm willing to believe it's a full RL day lockout.

**Lokus** · 2014-10-25 08:58

Rereading that section, your 3 strikes reset, not that you are locked out completely for a whole day.

**Ratatapa** · 2014-10-25 09:00

Originally Posted by Lokus

Rereading that section, your 3 strikes reset, not that you are locked out completely for a whole day.

Yeah but what happen if you use your 3 strikes, so i'm thinking at the 4th strike you're locked from using DF till the next day

**Lokus** · 2014-10-25 09:04

3 strikes probably locks you out from using DF for 30 mins like when you drop a dungeon. If you do it again, probably another 30 min penalty.

**Ratatapa** · 2014-10-25 09:04

I guess that could work, need someone to test it!

**Dammerung** · 2014-10-26 15:11

Originally Posted by Lokus

3 strikes probably locks you out from using DF for 30 mins like when you drop a dungeon. If you do it again, probably another 30 min penalty.

This is how I read it.

Still retarded when all they had to do was add an increasing delay to requeue in DF (1/3/5 minutes) which would have solved the problem.

**The Stig** · 2014-10-26 15:56

Doesnt front lines queue progresses regardless of how many people withdraw? And then when zoned in, it's rapidly filled in? I would've thought that system would work for duty finder.

**Niiro** · 2014-10-26 17:53

Don't really see what that would accomplish.

Either you enter the instance with a partial group and have to wait for in-progress people to join

or

you don't enter the instance and the DF tries to reform the party as per normal (and isn't restricted to the pool of people that check in-progress).

**Kaisha** · 2014-10-26 19:11

Originally Posted by The Stig

Doesnt front lines queue progresses regardless of how many people withdraw?

Yes. Sorry to the groups that were missing two whole parties during my FL self-made ally shenanigans.

And then when zoned in, it's rapidly filled in?

It didn't because of the 2min starting wait where it wouldn't auto-seek new folks, which is getting addressed in 2.4.

I would've thought that system would work for duty finder.

No one joins 0/X inprogress, so if tank just bails when the queue pops, it's as good as a dead run. It sorta works in FL because job composition is a bit more free-form and you can change jobs when not engaged in combat in there.

**Cutriss** · 2014-10-26 23:18

Originally Posted by Kaisha

No one joins 0/X inprogress, so if tank just bails when the queue pops, it's as good as a dead run.

Is there a background mechanic that takes place here?

I ask because (being too dumb to realize nobody would do what you just said) I actually got an in-progress replacement at 0/3 in Pharos.

Pharos. Seriously.

So either we got really fucking lucky, or there was some DF hijinx that slotted someone in as a replacement.

**TheDirtyHobo** · 2014-10-27 01:22

Originally Posted by Cutriss

Is there a background mechanic that takes place here?

I ask because (being too dumb to realize nobody would do what you just said) I actually got an in-progress replacement at 0/3 in Pharos.

Pharos. Seriously.

So either we got really fucking lucky, or there was some DF hijinx that slotted someone in as a replacement.

Probably someone doing DFR High queue with in-progress checked?

**Korialstrasz** · 2014-10-27 04:42

They could always be like "other MMO" that doesn't give you the option. You queue, and you either take what it gives you or suck it. I like the idea of being able to select in progress, but being able to see if the dungeon you're getting is actually in progress or not tends to lead to people fishing. Well, at least until now anyways.

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