How is playing with random people?

[Googley Eye'd Bastard]

I want to get into this game but I don't really have any friends interested in playing with me, is the game decent joining random games on the server list?

[Ryzilynt]

I play with a couple friends, I had no idea there was a server list.

If the devs give us a dedicated server tool through steam i'll likely host a social experiment server at some point.

[Googley Eye'd Bastard]

Originally posted by Ryzilynt:

I play with a couple friends, I had no idea there was a server list.

If the devs give us a dedicated server tool through steam i'll likely host a social experiment server at some point.

From what I remember watching the multiplayer list has a friends only mode which I'm guessing means you can join random games.

[Duke H. Vytantis]

As someone who has played a fair share of survival games involved around resources, I would highly recommend steering clear of randoms and random servers

[Googley Eye'd Bastard]

Originally posted by Duke H. Vytantis:

As someone who has played a fair share of survival games involved around resources, I would highly recommend steering clear of randoms and random servers

I suppose its just that I really do want to play this game but I don't have any friends who want to. Also it may sound weird but I actually like being the guy who mostly just cuts down the trees for everyone else building, or the guy holding the torch so everyone can see the mutants in the caves.

[Duke H. Vytantis]

Originally posted by Googley Eye'd Bastard:

Originally posted by Duke H. Vytantis:

As someone who has played a fair share of survival games involved around resources, I would highly recommend steering clear of randoms and random servers

I suppose its just that I really do want to play this game but I don't have any friends who want to. Also it may sound weird but I actually like being the guy who mostly just cuts down the trees for everyone else building, or the guy holding the torch so everyone can see the mutants in the caves.

Even then the truth of the matter is the game breaks as much as it patches after each update. So as you don't even don't own it, stay off the purchase of this game for a while longer until it's complete.
Have you seen the posts in the past 2 days? Last patch apparently has people doing CTD'ing and stuttering ugh

[Maviba]

Originally posted by Googley Eye'd Bastard:

I want to get into this game but I don't really have any friends interested in playing with me, is the game decent joining random games on the server list?

It's the same like playing with randoms in any other online supporting game.

Wherever you can play with others you'll also have to deal with the the scum of gamers like trolls, cheaters or griefers.
Why should SOTF be different?

So if you host a game, make sure to make a backup of your savegame first.

If you're the one joining other sessions you're either going to get kicked or - if you're lucky- you may find some good people to play with.

Also keep your steam friend list clean.
Don't accept people you don't know.
This decreases the chance of running into idiots when playing SOTF in coop mode.

[ryannorgreeves]

Solid advice from the above. I'm pretty cautious about playing MP with anyone I don't know unless I know the person running the host game/server. A friend of a friend is usually ok.

It sounds like if you like doing the "assist"type work, such as chopping trees to help someone else build, you'd be best suited to find someone who likes to do building. In our MP game, I liked the building, so I kinda am designated builder and the other 2 guys usually gather logs and then once the framework/roof is ready, they'll start filling in walls and adding furniture too, tying in ziplines, etc.

Depending on what type of other games your friends ARE into, you may be able to tailor a game to be more appealing. You can opt to build minimal/explore a lot. Or spend hours on hours just building a huge base. Game settings will help tailor that some, but it is incomplete and does have a TON of things that should likely be added (discussion board full of those topics) and stability is inconsistent. Not to steer you away, but be aware what you're getting into. I've got I think around 153 hrs in, but I enjoyed seeing the game develop with the first one in its last 3 years of Early Access. That's not a process for everyone.

I'd maybe try joining some other public sessions and see if the people on there are cool/respectful over hosting at first. Maviba's right about it being coin toss of what you'll get, but you have less headache dropping from someone else's server vs managing your own.

[Googley Eye'd Bastard]

Originally posted by ryannorgreeves:

Solid advice from the above. I'm pretty cautious about playing MP with anyone I don't know unless I know the person running the host game/server. A friend of a friend is usually ok.

It sounds like if you like doing the "assist"type work, such as chopping trees to help someone else build, you'd be best suited to find someone who likes to do building. In our MP game, I liked the building, so I kinda am designated builder and the other 2 guys usually gather logs and then once the framework/roof is ready, they'll start filling in walls and adding furniture too, tying in ziplines, etc.

Depending on what type of other games your friends ARE into, you may be able to tailor a game to be more appealing. You can opt to build minimal/explore a lot. Or spend hours on hours just building a huge base. Game settings will help tailor that some, but it is incomplete and does have a TON of things that should likely be added (discussion board full of those topics) and stability is inconsistent. Not to steer you away, but be aware what you're getting into. I've got I think around 153 hrs in, but I enjoyed seeing the game develop with the first one in its last 3 years of Early Access. That's not a process for everyone.

I'd maybe try joining some other public sessions and see if the people on there are cool/respectful over hosting at first. Maviba's right about it being coin toss of what you'll get, but you have less headache dropping from someone else's server vs managing your own.

Thanks I'll still think on it but thats good advice, and yeah I do like doing the assist work because I'm not super creative myself and don't enjoy actually designing stuff very much but helping helping something cool popup from that is fun.