The Forest itself is an idiot.

All the time instantly when I enter the forest the fog wall will pop up..

I wait and wait, no invaders.

Then it'll go away.

Then I try to invade and I can't even though the Red Eye Orb isn't greyed out, then I look at the bonfire and it's dim..

So I wait and wait, and it finally lights back up.

Then I re-enter the Forest, and try to invade.

Guess who shows up. That pesky fog wall.

So I figure 1 out of 10 feign fog walls is an actual invasion.

It's pretty easy to tell (360) if you're getting invaded when the fog wall pops check you're recent player list and the person invading you will be on it.

So I've come to the conclusion that the Forest is stupid.

That thing happens everywhere, it's just that the amount of invasions or invasions wannabe is much more in the forest, so you'll get it more often

Well I interpret that situation as me being in a bad lobby (group of 32 online players) and or my connection is hanging up so I immediately quit and reload the game. I don't go all the way to dashboard. I just quit normally and I do not rush back into the game. That usually fixes the problem. Give it a try.

Don't have a clue about Forest traffic, I always avoid that area, but that issue will be present for all your DK's life, so, deal with it