I understand the 1017 issue and normally just go "oh it's busy" and wait a bit. The only time I get irked is when I actually get a queue after seeing the 1017 message repeatedly, such as today... I get a queue saying the world is busy and there are 4 people ahead of me. Then it counts down to 3, and then to 2, and then the screen goes black and I get the stupid 1017 message again!!!
That part sucks!