How do you get randoms to join you?

[Larry]

Like before you start the mission. I'm not too keen on having to wait around for 10minutes for people to join me so I can clear the last area in my zone for the bonus marks...

I'm pretty sure I've had randoms join me on my ship when I simply had a mission selected.

[Sem]

I dunno how the priority list is set up, other than friends first, but I see like 3 or 4 missions on the planet based on the difficulty selected. Being that quickplay is kinda borked atm, I guess you just have to hope people select your mission on the board.

[Madder Red]

I had people join my ship as soon as i locked in a mission.

[Mewler]

From my experience people can join as soon as you pick a mission. Although matchmaking is kind of broken and unreliable. The SOS beacon has also never worked for me. Also i've never seen people join a game once an operation is part way through, (might be related to broken matchmaking?).

[LumBiii]

Originally posted by Madder Red:

I had people join my ship as soon as i locked in a mission.

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[Larry]

Originally posted by LumBiii:

Originally posted by Madder Red:

I had people join my ship as soon as i locked in a mission.

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I had someone join eventually. I guess that's where quick join comes into play?

[Johnnie Walker]

operation join seems to be broken

[BigDog]

Originally posted by Larry:

Like before you start the mission. I'm not too keen on having to wait around for 10minutes for people to join me so I can clear the last area in my zone for the bonus marks...

I'm pretty sure I've had randoms join me on my ship when I simply had a mission selected.

I am having the exact same issue and it's the last area on that planet and if I change the planet people start to join me as soon as I picked the mission

[Zerathorne]

I have a very hard time finding any players to join, period. And vice versa. Game clearly isn't finished yet.

[BeefJerkyHunter]

I've been sitting for about 5 minutes with a mission locked in. Nobody to play with :(

I usually join but I've noticed that the mission structures give more Warbond stuff as you progress. Not too often, but often enough, a host will peace out or I lose connection before completing the series of missions. So the grind for warbonds is very inefficient like that. So I want to host and have the progression kept on my end.

[Larry]

Originally posted by BeefJerkyHunter:

I've been sitting for about 5 minutes with a mission locked in. Nobody to play with :(

I usually join but I've noticed that the mission structures give more Warbond stuff as you progress. Not too often, but often enough, a host will peace out or I lose connection before completing the series of missions. So the grind for warbonds is very inefficient like that. So I want to host and have the progression kept on my end.

How it works is if you do an area to completion you get more merits for each step. i.e. if an area has three missions you get more merits for each mission in that zone you complete without leaving.

That's probably why it's random for you: You join a player group in the same difficulty who's on the 2nd or third mission of that area for the bonus. It's almost always best to clear an area of missions before moving on because you get so much more merits. I can get around 20 merits if I do three missions on Suicide difficulty I think.