Gunner Role?

[Lazerus Artificial]

I just tried to Team up with a Friend in my Gunner-Dropship (Equipped with Turrets for AC130 Gameplay)
He can see the Role Menu, but he cant Access it. So he cant use my Turrets.
Is that intended, or a bug?

 

[SyntheticShift]

My friends and I have been experiencing this same issue.
Worked fine a few days ago but for the past few nights my multi crew or team members cannot enter the gunner role.
Yes I have turrets, yes they have full access.
They cant even enter the role to attempt to use firegroups. We have done this many, many times in the past with no issue, we know what we are doing.
Is this a bug or what?

 

[SyntheticShift]

Is no one else experiencing anything like this? Its driving myself and 2 friends absolutely bonkers, we have tried everything!

 

[Renn]

Is no one else experiencing anything like this? Its driving myself and 2 friends absolutely bonkers, we have tried everything!

You’re not the only one. Same issue for me. No idea why; I’ve tried everything. Others don’t have this issue. It’s not a problem with the ship configuration that’s for certain.

 

[Neil_Trayce]

I've finally made it to the Bubble, and tried both crew and distance crew with a friend. In neither of those 2 modes any of us can enter any role, this thing is still broken.

 

[Frop]

I've finally made it to the Bubble, and tried both crew and distance crew with a friend. In neither of those 2 modes any of us can enter any role, this thing is still broken.

Both of you try this, if you haven't already.

The Port Forwarding thread: Minimizing multiplayer connection issues

Given the renewed interest in physical multicrew brought in by Odyssey, and multiplayer gameplay interest in general (player groups, co-op, pvp etc), I thought it could be useful to get a detailed thread regarding how to implement Port Forwarding effectively in our systems. A lot of the info and...

forums.frontier.co.uk

 

[Sylow]

I don't know about the bug. Even while the thing was working, the gunnery role was not really fun. It felt like everybody involved had only half a ship available, for the very reason that this is exactly what is happening: you can do only a part of what you could do if you used the ship yourself.

So while i can't tell if there currently is a bug or not, my advise is to rather use a ship with SLF hangar. That way, you fly your ship and your friend uses the SLF. Everybody has a fully functional ship, and the SLFs pack quite a punch for their size, to they actually do contribute to the fight. In my eyes that's the only fun way to use multi-crew.