This happens to me all the time. If I can unplug and replug my cable modem in fast enough, I can usually beat a complete time out (if it resets itself in time). Still, I've found myself dead by gobs more times than I can count because of connection issues. While I can see why things are as they are (to prevent abuse of the system and cheat death exp loss), I wish that disconnecting against one's will made the character leave the world immediately. Dying is a major setback even when I *can* avoid it. Being dc'd in battle and reconnecting dead, or dc'ing in hostile territory to find myself dead by aggro goblins is really just cheap. I realize people would soon be pulling the plugs to save exp, but for the legitimate cases, some change would be nice.