Matches for new players?

[flamb0yant]

Hello! I have the game on PS5, but I'm massively LTTP and it looks like there are not many available matches for lowbies.

Is the situation any different on Steam? I'm thinking about playing it here, but I'd like to be sure that I will actually find other players to level a new character.

I only did a couple of runs on PS back in the day, so I may have made all sorts of mistakes describing my current predicament ^^'

[Lord Of War]

Very active here on Steam, players fill up lobbies quick, especially at EU evenings.

[flamb0yant]

Nice! Thanks for letting me know :)

[RUCKUS RELOADED]

just like on console you can host your own games and players will easily come to you

[Kindletwigs]

as i understand it it depends on your area so the amount of games will vary im in So Cal and see a ton of games often

[EricR]

Originally posted by flamb0yant:

Hello! I have the game on PS5, but I'm massively LTTP and it looks like there are not many available matches for lowbies.

Is the situation any different on Steam? I'm thinking about playing it here, but I'd like to be sure that I will actually find other players to level a new character.

I only did a couple of runs on PS back in the day, so I may have made all sorts of mistakes describing my current predicament ^^'

The best advise would be to find friends to play with.

I'm from NA and there is a lot of time that no one will host a mission I have for assignment and if I don't want to wait much, I have to do them solo.
It's even worst for the Deep Dives that are rotating every week... like this week I only managed to find people to do an EDD... looking every now and then I never been able to find a team to play the regular DD.

I have more than 500 hours and just recently decided to add the Hazard 5 to my games to see how the players were but mainly to have more servers available when I'm doing an assignment.

That said, it might be different for you and it will vary for sure depending on the time you invest in the game per "week".

[Sokaku]

By "available matches for Lowbies", are you referring to the hazard level? The majority of games are typically Hazard 3 or Hazard 4. Hazards 1 & 2 are fairly rare, but new players should aim to start out playing Hazard 3. Hazard 1 is pretty much just solo cave explore mode where Bosco can take care of any bugs you encounter. Hazard 2 is Teletubby mode where you'll probably get a chance to shoot at some bugs. Fine for cheesing annoying assignment missions.

There is no level requirement for any difficulty, and H3 should be considered "easy" mode, especially for a team, with H4 being "regular mode". Lots of higher level players will play at H3 and H4 alongside newer players, and only elves would be giving newbies any grief for joining in. You can host lower level games as public and someone may join in, especially once the mission is in progress.

[Scuzz MB]

Not sure the status these days, but when I started, Haz 2 lobbies were full all the time and there were tons of them - most players don't stay at Haz 2 for very long, but Haz 3 was the sweet spot for heavy player counts for the longest time, probably Haz 4 now.

On Steam, you're never wanting for a game online with others - just filter by Haz 2/3/4 and pay attention to which one you want to hit...There's a bit of a leap from Haz 3 to 4 and bigger one to Haz 5.

But, heck, we're always looking for new dwarves to send down into the caves on suicide missions over here on the Steam side. Join us!

Also, I do play occasionally on both MS/XBOX and PS5 - and while the game seemed farily healthy over in those areas last I played there, the players counts don't approach Steam's and never have that I saw (except maybe a brief time when it first hit MS Game Pass).

[Hellhounfd3223]

Well your main problem is you are playing an fps on a console controller.

[Scuzz MB]

Originally posted by Hellhounfd3223:

Well your main problem is you are playing an fps on a console controller.

Why start that tired old argument here? People should play the game the way they want to play it. That horse has been beat to death for over a decade. It's pretty much definitively accepted that keyboard/mouse is a generally superior precision wise in an FPS, but if you've spent your whole life playing with a dual analog sticks, why would it matter to anyone else if you want to continue to play that way?

And don't fool yourself, there are many wickedly good players out there that can almost effortlessly solo EDDs/Haz 5s with a controller - I can barely muddle through a Haz 4 with one, so I'm actually kind of envious of their ability to basically pick up and play at that level with a game controller.

[MoonBeech]

situation on steam is better, there are usually a lot of lobbies (with some expected variance depending on timezone) and you can filter them by hazard level (start with 2's and 3's to level your characters and learn the mechanics where necessary). The game also offers the option to change your lobby's name and a lot of people (me included) will say "chill mining" or "greenbeards welcome" (greenbeard is the community's term for newer players). Rarely you will also see someone requiring a minimum player account level for their lobby, so avoid that.

Generally, this community, even so long after launch, are extremely open to newcomers. There is a fairly ingrained sentiment of "leave no dwarf behind" i.e. even though it doesn't matter much as long as at least one person extracts, people will make every effort to support the other team members.

Most people, especially early on, will just take on an assignment and go hopping lobbies to squads doing a relevant mission, or host an open lobby themselves. It can be extremely difficult to find a regular group of recurring teammates unless you go to the discord maybe or have friends playing. In summary, consider doing the initial assignment "conquer hoxxes iv" solo if you want to learn mechanics, then hop into a reasonably scaled lobby and learn from other players and don't press any buttons or rush into situations without checking with other players (usually by typing "r" in the chat).

[Xrystus]

If you have discord, you can find a ton of people there as well.

[EricR]

Originally posted by Scuzz MB:

Originally posted by Hellhounfd3223:

Well your main problem is you are playing an fps on a console controller.

Why start that tired old argument here? People should play the game the way they want to play it. That horse has been beat to death for over a decade. It's pretty much definitively accepted that keyboard/mouse is a generally superior precision wise in an FPS, but if you've spent your whole life playing with a dual analog sticks, why would it matter to anyone else if you want to continue to play that way?...

That's his thing. Trying to impose his view on others.

He would probably answer to this like : "That's what forums are made for".

But don't think because I say so that I agree or disagree with him though.