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CliveHowlitzer

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If I come into this game with 7 friends, can we play together in a deathmatch style or teams. Or will we be forced into random teams in random servers?

 

I just want to find out before we all grab the game. I've been burned before when I grab a game like this and then we can't even play together. Thanks in advance for any answers.



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You can create a party. This will ensure the ones in your party are on the same team. Unfortunately it has a max of 3 players IIRC for everything except co op modes and 6v6 party modes

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Well, in addition to the parties, you could combine all your friends into your in game friends list. Then when one of you, say Person A, joins a server, the others could go into the friend list, click on Person A's name, then choose the option to join the server said person is in (provided the server has enough open slots, of course).

 

Do note that this game is focused on 6 man teams, so unless you're joining a mayhem or 18+ slots server you won't be able to get all your friends on one team. Furthermore, with the way the autobalancer works, it will be extremely hard to get non-randomized/organized teams without the party function. (You can still play on the same game server though)

 

You're all clear to go for deathmatch though, since there's no need to organize teams.


Edited by sabrehawk90, 29 April 2015 - 01:54 PM.

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You can all pile into an empty Deathmatch server (free for all) and go at each other yes, no party needed. Just find a server empty enough for all of you.

 

As for teaming up, max parties is 6v6.  The larger 18 or 24 man servers are randomized, and for 6v6, 6 man parties are only allowed for 6v6 party matches, something not very common.  Thus the only other option is 3 man parties for regular matchmaking.


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I think this post outlines how lost new players sometimes are, not only to the mechanics of the game, but the UI itself.

 

Seriously. Way back when they changed the menus I didn't know you could browse servers for like... months.

 

Moar help features or tutorials would be of benefit, I think. The UI is sometimes a little opaque.


Edited by Nightfirebolt, 29 April 2015 - 02:07 PM.


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As others have mentioned, finding an empty server and piling in with all your friends is one method, but in team game types it's unlikely that you'll all end up on the same team. Otherwise, your other option is parties.

Free-for-all Deathmatch has a max party size of 10 last I heard.
Co-op TDM against bots has a max size of 6, but that necessitates an empty server being available so you might have to wait for a little while.
Co-op Bot Destruction has a max party size of 4
All other modes have a max party size of 3

The small party sizes is to mitigate an organized party's ability to completely wreck a public game (this restriction wasn't always there, and it did get ugly sometimes), but it can definitely be annoying when you have a group you want to play with.

I hope that there comes a time when the game's polulation allows for parties and solo players to have completely separate queues so that bigger groups can play without ruining games for randoms.

Edited by DM30, 29 April 2015 - 03:38 PM.

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