This has been going on for a while for me. My NAT is open, I've power cycled every part of the network possible, I've called my ISP, and I've tried just about everything suggested on other forums.
The problem is in the title - every social space I go to is completely empty, and on any matchmade Strike, it cycles between 'Searching for Guardians' and 'Evaluating Guardians' for about a minute before dropping me in solo, with no one joining my game, ever. Furthermore, patrols for me are always 100% empty. Nobody just leaving a place I go to, nobody waiting for Public Events or packs of Prowling Wolves. I might as well be playing an offline for the amount of social interaction I have.
This basically means I cannot complete the House of Wolves questline, as it involves a Strike, which, again, half-heartedly checks for players for a bit before dropping me in by myself (inb4 git gud, just solo it, etc).
There's no problem that I can see with any section of my network, and if I join in with a friend's Fireteam, and HE takes us to the Tower, suddenly everybody is just all over the place.
Oddly, if I join the Crucible, I can find other Guardians within about 30 seconds or so, and there is no noticeable lag whatsoever, so it's not related to "Oh, we couldn't find anyone with an acceptable ping."
Thoughts?
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Same, all of today, finding people/strike teams is a rare occurrence, but I get "Error code: caterpillar" every 5-20 minutes. This has never been a problem until today.
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What system is this on? Do you have manual port forwarding enabled?
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Problem resolved :D
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This could be a Strict NAT (Type 3). I suggest referring to this help article: [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Help/Article/11931]NAT Configuration Help[/url]
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I just did Taniks. By myself. Git gud.
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exact same issue since last UPDATE ( noted im nat 2 ) anything matchmaking is like disabled 8 times out of 10..
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I'd say no one is playing anymore. I have noticed that in match made strikes and often in dragon strikes over the past month or so. No one is on these days. I am moving house so no internet atm but if you truly don't have friends to help add me and next week I'll run you through mate.