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7/19/2014 6:11:01 PM
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Fireteams are awfully clunky for such a socially-oriented game
Currently, if you join a person's fireteam - even if you're standing right next to them in the world - it forces you go back to orbit and then reload the map area, often placing you leagues from the person who sent you the invite. Likewise, having your partner leave and disband the fireteam causes you to drop back to orbit and reload the area you were just in.
Instead of feeling like a social MMO, it feels more like a traditional multiplayer game where you go to a lobby and form a group before undertaking a mission, and leaving that party forces you to exit back to the lobby again. It needs to be much more seamless, where I can drop in or drop out of a group dynamically without being forced to sit through a loading screen just to get back to the same area I was already in.
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Edited by Titanael IV: 7/21/2014 12:01:24 AMUm...none of this has happened to me. I randomly encountered one of my friends and joined his fire team. I wasn't sent to orbit and when he disbanded the fire team I just got a notice that the fire team was disbanded, again not being sent to orbit. Either it is a glitch or a settings option. I selected "everyone can join my fire team" in the settings. The only time I was sent to orbit was when I was in the tower. My friend also was in the tower and as a pint of meeting, we set the gunsmith's gun shop. He couldn't see me, though I was in front of Banshee. So he sent me a invite and when I accepted it I was brought to orbit and back into the tower. Then my friend was able to spot me. The reason this happened was because we were at different instances of the tower. since all areas in the beta can hold a max of 16 players. Once the cap is reached the game opens a new instance of the area so that other 16 players can populate it.
