How do I join my friend's game with my char?

[axelallnight]

I just can't figure it out. Me and my friend have been playing solo for a bit, but now I want to go play with him for a bit. How can I join his game with my character?

[XDR]

I think characters are server bound if I'm not mistaken.

[Professor Goat]

characters are server-side.

so you have to create a new one.

[axelallnight]

Wait, so I have to create a new character every time I play with a different friend? That can't be possible.

How can I best progress my character while still playing with all my friends? It's 2022, how did they not think of that?

[Noxsa]

Originally posted by axelallnight:

Wait, so I have to create a new character every time I play with a different friend? That can't be possible.

How can I best progress my character while still playing with all my friends? It's 2022, how did they not think of that?

you are new to gaming right?, this ain't rocket science, name more then 5 games that allow you to use your own character on different servers?

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by axelallnight:

Wait, so I have to create a new character every time I play with a different friend? That can't be possible.

How can I best progress my character while still playing with all my friends? It's 2022, how did they not think of that?

They did. You obviously all join the same server. It's been this way in online games for the last couple of decades. :) The reason is that if characters can hop from server to server, someone could play PvE until they are crazy skilled and equipped and then just jump into a PvP server ready to go. Maybe they'll allow server transfers as a thing at some point, with caveats on what you can take with you. Who knows.

[Israly]

yeah, you cant transfer characters between servers (in most games its a paid service)...thats common knowledge.

[VIOLENT SOUP]

Originally posted by axelallnight:

Wait, so I have to create a new character every time I play with a different friend? That can't be possible.

How can I best progress my character while still playing with all my friends? It's 2022, how did they not think of that?

Its a survival game first and foremost, I honestly cant really think of many survival games that let you transfer your character over. Like rust or minecraft, gotta make a new character every server.

To be effective with this, one option would be to have the most active person host the world and everyone join when they are online. Downside would be that others cant play if that person isn't on the game, so your best option is to rent a server and all your friends would have access as long as the server is online.

[axelallnight]

Ah too bad, I thought it would be like Valheim where you can go visit your friends worlds with your character

[Paprika]

Originally posted by VIOLENT SOUP:

Originally posted by axelallnight:

Wait, so I have to create a new character every time I play with a different friend? That can't be possible.

How can I best progress my character while still playing with all my friends? It's 2022, how did they not think of that?

Its a survival game first and foremost, I honestly cant really think of many survival games that let you transfer your character over. Like rust or minecraft, gotta make a new character every server.

To be effective with this, one option would be to have the most active person host the world and everyone join when they are online. Downside would be that others cant play if that person isn't on the game, so your best option is to rent a server and all your friends would have access as long as the server is online.

Valheim lets you, but then again its not pvp centric

[friendly]

Originally posted by Noxsa:

Originally posted by axelallnight:

Wait, so I have to create a new character every time I play with a different friend? That can't be possible.

How can I best progress my character while still playing with all my friends? It's 2022, how did they not think of that?

you are new to gaming right?, this ain't rocket science, name more then 5 games that allow you to use your own character on different servers?

Almost every game ever made? Including Valheim, which this crowd is probably fond of as it likely influenced the devs decision to make a similar game?

Even the Diablo games have this for the last 20+ years