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The line was made with good intentions, but it doesn't help, it screws people who have something come up and considering half the line is probably afk throughout their entire wait they don't deserve to have priority over someone just cause they can get there first. The wait is just too long for it to work.
It's called first come, first serve. It's a very old tenet of civilized cultures that basically says "we all have an equal right to (insert something desireable), so we'll agree that the only deciding factor in who receives (desireable commodity) first will be the one who arrives earliest. We'll form a queue so that we know who is next in order of priority"
You're assuming that because you may not have a lot of time, you somehow have priority over somebody who's been standing there in line for the past four hours, patiently waiting their turn. The whole point is that we're all agreeing that the person in front of us has priority, and we have priority over the person behind us. I can't believe I actually have to explain this.
This way everyone in line is equally entitled to the commodity. No one has priority... except the person in front of you. That's the whole point of a queue.
Ok, here's an example: So lets say you go into a fast food restaurant. You're standing there in line, politely like everyone else, the line's to the door but you have time, you're just really looking foreward to your hamburger and fries. Nice greasy stuff, you know? So you're about half way down the line when you look at your watch and remember you have to be somewhere within the next 15 minutes. Now, if you leave right now, you can get there, maybe be fashionably late, but you'll get there generally on time. But crap, you're not going to be able to get your food in time if you wait in line. So what do you do?
Most normal people would say "well, thems the breaks. I guess I'll have to get my value meal later."
Only a 100% grade-A ******* actually cuts in front of everyone else who's been waiting in line.
Things like lines and queues are there to make situations like the NPC quest, where everyone and their immediate family wants to get into that hut in ghelsba at the same time, can proceed in an orderly, efficient fashion. By cutting in line, no matter how justified you may feel, you're putting the entire affair into chaos.
If you have to leave the line for any reason... thats your problem, not everyone else's. If people are willing to let you back in (and I saw it happen yesterday), then that just shows how generous people can be... but you're not entitled to hit that ??? on the door first because you forgot you had to go do laundry, or you have homework to do. If you don't have time to wait in line...
do it later.