"This lobby is private. You lack permission to join."

[Ferrix]

I keep trying to join visible games on planets to go help people out, including SOS Beacon-highlighted missions, and I'm always met with this message. Even hitting R to quickplay does it. I can't get into a mf game, and if I host, nobody joins. Restarting my game doesn't help, and thus far messing with Public > Friends Only > Public again has only ever made things work one time.

Why are lobbies visible on the planet map, if they're private and not joinable? Why do the SOS Beacons highlight those matches, if they're private and not joinable? Why let me quickplay queue if all the games are somehow set to private and I'm not allowed to join? Just show me zero open games, grey out the Quickplay option, something, I don't know, just stop lying to me that I have a chance to play when I clearly don't.

[Greb]

I'm sorry citizen, but you're not Super Citizen enough to join this destroyer.

You best come back when you're a little, mmhmmm, SUPER.

[Tigerhawk71]

You lack permission to join.

[Sir Harlz]

Private lobbies should not be visible, seems weird to have a message for it instead of just making them hidden.

[Ferrix]

Originally posted by Tigerhawk71:

You lack permission to join.

Well clearly, but why are they in the lobby browser then

[Ferrix]

Originally posted by Sir Harlz:

Private lobbies should not be visible, seems weird to have a message for it instead of just making them hidden.

See that's what I'm sayin!

[MagikarpMagi]

It's one of the dumbest little oversights