Constant kicking?

[Wasp]

Been trying to join randoms lately because solo play has been getting boring for me but it seems everyone has just been near instantly kicking me. Past 7 lobbies in a row I've tried to join have kicked me before my pod even touches the ground, what gives?

[Corey Greyfox]

Kicked or disconnected? I have a real hard time believing someone can be kicked 7 times in a row and got kicked before they even hit the ground. Unless you tried to rejoin a game you had previously been kicked from.

[bl_4u]

Yeah, if the game says "You were kicked by the host" or something like that when you return to your ship then that is not cool.

But if you end up back there with no message, then it's some kind of connection issue with the host, or even the host of the game has crashed.

Try checking some of your firewall and antivirus settings to see if they are filtering Steam and letting through traffic needed for Helldivers 2.

[Wasp]

Specifically says kicked, and I made sure to try different lobbies by going to different planets and whatnot

[LeftIsBest-James]

It's probably something you're doing, buddy.
I played 30 games in the last 2 days:
- got kicked once (probably cos it they were making room for a friend)
- had 2x 'host has left the game"
- had 1x disconnected

[Wasp]

Originally posted by LeftIsBest-James:

It's probably something you're doing, buddy.
I played 30 games in the last 2 days:
- got kicked once (probably cos it they were making room for a friend)
- had 2x 'host has left the game"
- had 1x disconnected

Yeah you right, I shouldnt even be thinking about joining lobbies in a multiplayer game, thats my fault

[Ashlem]

I haven't seen that happen in any groups I joined just yet, at least not during a mission.

But I have gotten disconnected where things seem laggy, then suddenly the game informs me I was disconnected.

I've also seen games where other players disconnect. And in extreme cases, in a full group the other 3 players get disconnected and now I'm soloing said mission.

On a related note, does the SOS beacon only work once per session? Like the first time it'll let you use it like normal, but after that on later missions it's no longer an option if you're running solo-3 players until you exit the game and reopen it.

[Fannidan13]

He's right. It's getting worse. I had four games in a row where I was kicked the moment my pod touched down. Didn't have useless weapons or a meme loadout. Just booted on join. Couldn't have been all of them for a random buddy to join either, because some were only half filled.

[Simp 1989]

I've been having constant crashes, like 100% of the time within 2 mins in since the qasar nerf patch. I hope the randoms that joined my game dont think I kicked them

[󠀡󠀡󠀡⁧⁧Myrkkysieni]

It's why I only play as the host. Only had to kick people once, because they were mute and didn't to bother even reply when I asked for help opening a 2-man door on both text and voice chat.

[<⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️>]

Atleast you got kicked early ... btw if you have open mic turn it off PC players kinda hate it

[Pinkeh]

Turning off cross play resolved a lot of these.

But there is at least one game every day where someone won't be happy with your stratagem choice and just kicks at the start, saving you time (remember to block them so you never pair with them again).

[Glimmer]

The funniest thing is when you see an active SOS, decide to be nice and help out, then they go "WHO THE ♥♥♥♥ IS THIS RANDOM?! GET OUT OF HERE!" and kick you.

Like... what? You host a public lobby, beg for help with a SOS, then when people come to help, you get mad and kick them?

[😎Astran😾]

The devs sshould learn from Warfrmae and Monster Hunter how to keep the game running after disco and kick, otherwise there are too many of these to waste time playing as non-host

[Cosmic_Sentinel]

Yeah, I played plenty of online games but don't get this one. I just press quickplay and try to play with people, sometimes they ask why the f*** did I join their game and kill me or kick

[Mistersam]

kicking at the start is a lot less bad than at the end of the mission. But its very annoying too. People kicking others like its nothing and for any reason should not be able to host games for a certain time.