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[Zantazar]

Hi all. Just thought I would run this by you for opinions etc. I have a core of about 10 players in my friends list that I play with regularly. Each of us therefore can automatically join another's game. Here are two situations where I can find myself in a socially awkward position ('cos I am a really nice guy and I do not like upsetting people).

 

Private. Team of 4 friends. One crashes and they need to restart the game (in a loop) in order to rejoin. Meanwhile, another friend in my (or another's) list joins. Need to explain that we are waiting for another and can you please vacate the slot.

 

Private. Team of 4 friends. One leaves to ( bio / sandwich / phone call / answer door ) and will be gone for 10 minutes or so. We start to play and they plan to join once they are free. Meanwhile, another friend in my (or another's) list joins. Again, need to explain that we are waiting for another and can you please vacate the slot.

 

Maybe it's just me, but I like to avoid situations that I personally find awkward. So, I thought could there be a way of circumventing this.

 

When you select "Join Game" from the friends list and there is a spare slot, could the friend receive a message as such and they can choose an option ( Yes / Sorry no, we are waiting another ) and depending on what you select, the program would follow that action. All this could be done through the Origin friend chat of course, however, that interrupts play in which you could be rather busy at trying to stay alive At a suitable point (in between rooms or at the end of the match) you could explain more in the Origin chat.

 

Does this make any sense, or am I over complicating something?

 

Zan the Man has a Plan

[Drasca]

"invite only" is how it is termed elsewhere.

[Dekibra]

Even if I see a friend playing MP and there is a possible spot - I ask first by sending a message to him/her. It's the polite thing to do

[ProperWarhawk]

If it is set to private than an invite is still required. I would like the public, friends only, and private from me3mp brought back

[Catastrophy]

If it is set to private than an invite is still required. I would like the public, friends only, and private from me3mp brought back

There was no such thing on PC.

[Zantazar]

If it is set to private than an invite is still required. I would like the public, friends only, and private from me3mp brought back

I can join a friend's game by just selecting "Join Game" from the name in the friend's list. They do not have to actually invite me.

 

Zan the Man has a Plan

[EVILFLUFFMONSTER]

I would love to have some guys I could feel comfortable just joining, but I dont for exactly those reasons. I have made it a habit to ask if its ok after joining just in case -I play many games where a party is required for certain matches like Warframe and Destiny and you can lose out on a lot of party specific content if you have nobody to play with.

 

Sometimes messaging people if I can join takes so much time, and they cannot reply because they are too busy fighting enemies to get a moment to reply, so the easiest thing is often to jump in and just ask the guys if its ok. This has occasionally caused problems like the OP's because they were waiting for a friend, or because they were trying something that required a smaller party (like cheesing a destiny boss or part of a raid), but it has been ok because I asked nicely if they minded and said I would be quite happy to go if they didnt want me. 

 

Communication is they key to avoid annoying anybody, but I can see how its awkward if they dont ask and just jump in, cos it makes you feel a bit crappy having to tell them to go.

 

It would be handy if you could just press a toggle button on your menu that would display the status "waiting for player" on your game lobby, and anybody joining could get a message saying "the party you are joining has a space reserved for a specific player, are you that player? Confirm/Deny"

[nanotm]

don't have friends on origin and then you cant have that problem, just connect with each other via your mobile messenger and make a private lobby, add the guy /gal that's needing a break to friends list as required and your no longer getting this problem.

personally I just pug and don't have anyone on my friends list that way I can always find a game and don't need to invest any time in being nice (almost never use voice chat)

[Courtnehh]

I guess it's not as much of a big deal on XB1 most of the time because I join the chat party first to ask if they have an open spot before I jump into the game. I'm not really one to feel awkward explaining there's someone already trying to join or having the same thing explained to me though.

[DragonRacer]

If it is set to private than an invite is still required. I would like the public, friends only, and private from me3mp brought back

 

Depends on your platform. On PS4, you can join anyone on your friends list by going to their name and clicking "join" if there is an open spot. No invitation required.

 

 

There was no such thing on PC.

 

Nor on PS3. That option only existed on the XBox 360.

[Da_Noobinator]

Just set your Origin status to "Invisible" whenever you find yourself in such a scenario

[Meli82]

Just set your Origin status to "Invisible" whenever you find yourself in such a scenario

 

Why should I? Just because someone is on my friends list doesn´t mean they can join anytime they want, without asking first. Asking takes a couple of seconds, and, as Dekibra said, is the polite thing to do.

[Da_Noobinator]

Because it's easy

 

#Firstworldproblems

[Meli82]

Because it's easy

 

#Firstworldproblems

True 

 

But origin unfortunately doesn´t allow someone else (you invited  ) to join your game when you´re invisible, so it´s more trouble too.

[Spin-Orbit]

on PS3 you can click join on the friends list. I usually don't because if it is private then there may already be a group and my friend may or may not have started the group. Not into party crashing unless there is a reason...

[Hellsteeth30]

I wait until invited. Nobody invites me.

I'm quite happy pugging despite my moaning at times.

Besides my join game is OP. It's more a "CLEAR THE WAY PEASANTS, MAN PLUS HAS ARRIVED" and boots everybody from the lobby.

That last bit may be a tiny fib.

[sonofbarak]

Pick your friends better

[N7 Tigger]

Or do what I do. Ninja join and hope you just f*cked up a Solo.

[DragonRacer]

Yeah, I personally follow the etiquette of not joining unless invited first.

 

My only exception - and it IS a part I like about being able to join this way now - is that if something happens and I get disconnected from the game, it's easy for me to hop right back into our match without someone having to take cover, find my name on their friends list, and send a new invite to get me back in. That was a bit of a cluster in ME3MP on PS3, and often a reason we'd spam multiple invites to each other after sending the first one... so you'd have a few "spares" to get back in as needed.

[Courtnehh]

Or do what I do. Ninja join and hope you just f*cked up a Solo.

Amazing.

[TheThirdRace]

Why would the game need to manage this? It's simple etiquette to ask first...

 

I had that problem in ME3MP, I was soloing and some friends were jumping right on in the middle of the match. The first time I told them they just messed my game entirely and to never do that again, to ask me first before joining. The second time, they dropped from my friend list. Problem solved.

 

And for those saying it would be "impolite" to act in such a way, how would you describe someone opening your fridge and taking whatever they want without asking... That's what it is, they don't ask, they take. So instead of being a victim, you tell them politely to never do that again or else... And if they do it again, you do the "or else...". Simple.

[Yumi]

I thought this thread was gonna be about something completely different than it is..

VERY PRIVATE brings out the perv in me I guess.

At least I figured something intimate was gonna be taking place in here. It's like the South Pole Katari Brigade in here.

[N7 Tigger]

Amazing.

 

I know, right? It's so obvious once someone points it out.

[Kenny Bania]

First world problems.