Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is the most-played Warhammer 40,000 sport ever on Steam and has seen over two million gamers since launch, however there’s one situation that offers gamers the worry: the dreaded ‘becoming a member of server’ bug.
Space Marine 2 inexplicably launched with out personal PvE lobbies, which forces gamers who’re engaged with the endgame co-op Operations mode to courageous its irritating matchmaking.
It is feasible to affix a bunch of two different randoms as a solo participant on this three-player co-op mode, and doing so appears to work effectively sufficient. Equally, if you will get along with two associates to create a full three-player group, you’re nice… principally.
Issues break down, although, while you’re attempting to play with one different buddy, and want one other random to fill within the group. My expertise doing this has been plagued by wasted time and matchmaking woes, with Space Marine 2 stubbornly refusing so as to add one other human participant to our group. As a substitute, we get a random class bot to fill within the function.
Enjoying Operations mode on the more durable difficulties, which that you must do to acquire the rewards that unlock the higher-tier weapons and perks, is sort of unattainable with out three human gamers of the suitable degree all tearing by the mission. Space Marine 2 could be a brutally tough sport that throws a great deal of rock laborious enemies at you. There’s no room for poor AI right here.
Me when becoming a member of my buddy’s server on Space Marines 2: pic.twitter.com/s2ObHkBOv1
— Jacky (Comms Closed) (@jackpesaurus) September 16, 2024
My buddy and I got here up with a clumsy answer to this drawback this week: have one in every of us matchmake into a bunch of randoms after which vote to kick one of many different gamers. As soon as that participant was kicked, it was a race to affix the group and fill the spot earlier than one other random was introduced in, brute forcing my buddy and I right into a three-person group. Not best, actually, however it labored.
Even with this methodology in hand, there stays a continuing worry that the ‘becoming a member of server’ bug will destroy all of your laborious work as victorious Space Marines load again into the Battle Barge hub space. We’ve had events the place the sport has primarily crashed doing this, casting out rewards to the warp within the course of. When an Operation can run round 45 minutes, it’s soul-destroying to endure this bug.
Final week, writer Focus Leisure mentioned Space Marine 2’s first replace would make server enhancements and crash fixes. Hopefully it types out these matchmaking issues, too.
IGN has reported on the upcoming addition of sophistication matching for co-op, after gamers discovered themselves locked in a category standoff forward of Operations mode missions. In the meantime, we even have particulars on what followers can count on from Space Marine 2’s seasonal post-launch content material mannequin. Season 2 runs from October till the top of 2024, and features a new Operations map, a brand new enemy, a more durable problem degree, a brand new weapon, and varied different enhancements. We even have a narrative on the possible enemy faction for the inevitable Space Marine 3.
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