Game Design Battle of the Bonfire party finder issues

So I have been playing Battle of the Bonfire, and while it has some issues, it is generally fun. However, something that my friends and I have found infuriating is the party finder UI. After you are in a queue for the game, you go to back to the main world to pass the time, maybe fighting monsters.

Once it finds 10 players, then you need to accept and have around 15 seconds to do so. We accept within the first two, but we cannot close the popup via pressing escape or inventory, it keeps coming up so we can "accept." Meanwhile, monsters approach whether you were actively fighting them or just resource collecting. You die, lose some possibly valuable items, only to discover someone did not accept.

Another issue is it is quite buggy and unreliable. Occasionally after a good match, when I wish to join another, the accept menu is bugged, having two countdowns and out of sync popups constantly overriding one another, both of which don't work for joining the match.
This is quite annoying and should be fixed as soon as possible.