So you have problems finding your friends?

[Raf von Thorn]

As title says, im having difficulties with meeting the people im grouped with. We apparently are not in the same instance. For several tries it worked only once. It is a bit frustrating.

Is anyone havng the same problem? Should i ticket it?

 

[Kolato]

Not having problems, because i dont have any friends to play with
I used to tho, and it worked perfectly then.

 

[darkcyd]

As title says, im having difficulties with meeting the people im grouped with. We apparently are not in the same instance. For several tries it worked only once. It is a bit frustrating.

Is anyone havng the same problem? Should i ticket it?

Its a single player game. Stop trying to be different.

 

[Joe Wood]

i know it's not the same thing but, have you tryed to make a private game and play with them? it works for me and my friends, the only thing you wil give up is someone that will try to kill you for no reason.

 

[Arithon]

Had this problem at the weekend. The previous week was fine.

Raised a support ticket.

 

[Binerexis]

Its a single player game. Stop trying to be different.

Where are you getting that it's a single player game designed with no player-to-player interaction?

 

[Nerull]

Where are you getting that it's a single player game designed with no player-to-player interaction?

Methinks it was sarcasm

 

[darkcyd]

Where are you getting that it's a single player game designed with no player-to-player interaction?

From the 80 hours of Open play that I've run and seen maybe 10 total players. By the time I have an anaconda, I'll have seen another 10-20 players. No interaction just watched their radar blip fade away. That is the sum total of multiplayer in ED.

 

[Ulysses_W]

From the 80 hours of Open play that I've run and seen maybe 10 total players. By the time I have an anaconda, I'll have seen another 10-20 players. No interaction just watched their radar blip fade away. That is the sum total of multiplayer in ED.

It's been said before, it will be said again.

Space is BIG. I don't just mean big, I mean REALLY REALLY BIG.

We are Tiddlers in an ocean.

It really is that simple.

 

[charognard]

Make a little hunt in nav beacon yesterday with 2 mates, and no problem to meet them in Open play... But, our friends aren't bleu on my sensors.... I'd like an another color for mates...

 

[darkcyd]

It's been said before, it will be said again.

Space is BIG. I don't just mean big, I mean REALLY REALLY BIG.

We are Tiddlers in an ocean.

It really is that simple.

Why stop with our galaxy? Why not make at least a couple thousand more galaxies....to ensure we all know how big it is...of course the odds of you finding anyone will require an infinite improbability drive. Which unfortunately is almost where we are now

 

[Darkflame]

It's been said before, it will be said again.

Space is BIG. I don't just mean big, I mean REALLY REALLY BIG.

We are Tiddlers in an ocean.

It really is that simple.

Which is why Frontier will need to put a lot of thought into creating social situations.
Yes, theres events, which will help - if people can get to them - and if theres stuff attractive to people not that interesting in combat.

But there needs to be better general solutions too.
Things that create natural hubs, tools for emergent gameplay (like placing your own nav points), and a way for people to get back in sane time to the core systems if an event happens. (if it takes weeks of playing time to get back, the event will be over and people wont bother).

Not to mention better communication tools between friends, strangers and enemies. Ideally people shouldn't need to use offline/out of game tools in order to set meetings up.

 

[Canaris]

One of the main reasons I abandoned ESO was that it claimed to be MMORPG game but they seemed to have forgotten the whole MMO part of the game when they developed it. Any game that aspires to be a multiplayer player that doesn't have a decent grouping & social system will fail in the long run.

ESO could tell me tomorrow of all the super awesome MMO features they've finally added in game and have made my every wish come true but I still wouldn't go back. To little to late.
Most games these days have 1 shot to make a good impression with a player, if they foul it up that's a customer lost for life. Even worse if that person then convinces their cohorts not to buy or play the game so 1 lost customer can go on to become many lost customer.