Can't accept friend requests !

[Q]

As the title says I can't accept friends requests from anybody, PS5 OR Steam...
I'll include a link to a reddit thread, where a lot more people seem to have this issue...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1aupg3c/can_not_accept_friend_request_bug/

PS: My in-game name is one letter only as I've always had that on steam, and changing it to something else wouldn't fix the problem either according to this thread, So just writing this in hopes that the devs become aware of this issue.

[Hana]

same issue, but we both have pc, i can send and he can also send requwst, but after that it show just pending, i can click on accept but nothing happened

[foxcorpse]

I just bought the game today 3/11. Could not accept any friend requests (tried a friend from PS5 and Steam). From Steam, I could at least group up with my Steam friend but could not play at all with my PS5 friend. Hoping they fix this - I am considering refunding but I like the game for the 2 hours I played so far. They just need to deliver.

[shadeaflame]

Same here

[Wes]

Originally posted by Hana:

same issue, but we both have pc, i can send and he can also send [request], but after that it show just pending, i can click on accept but nothing happened

I and a few others are having this same exact issue in my friend group. All of our names are within the required character limit. Some of us have been able to accept friend requests, some of us have not. Some of us can send invites and the other sees it pending, but can't accept it and it stays pending forever.

This needs to be a top-priority fix.

[Dirt Reynolds]

If it helps support....i did have a pending ps5 friend request that i accepted and it went through, but the new friend request to ps5 does not. I"m on PC.

[Kraken]

Still not letting me accept PS5 friends..

[Kwesi]

Originally posted by Righteous Coder:

Also having this issue. Changed my steam name and it does not update in-game so I'm stuck unable to play with people from discord and coordinating play. I can only join randoms or play solo

The problem does not seem to be with the Steam friends list but exclusively with the PS friends list. By PS friends list I mean the friends list in Helldivers II under the social tab in the options.

It is currently not possible to manage the PS friends list because accepting a friend request via the friend code does not result in a response. If a player without a working PS friends list tries to join a Steam friend (SHIFT+TAB ingame to start Steam Overlay), they will receive an error stating that they cannot join the game because the lobby is private.

However, it is possible to join a game via Steam without a working PS friends list as long as the host has set privacy to public and crossplay to active in the Helldivers options. The host's settings are crucial for clients whose PS friends list is not working.

This does not fix the PS friends list bug, but is a workaround for anyone trying to join a game via the Steam friends list.

[Quahox]

#metoo

[Yuritarted]

its been a WEEK, a simple hotfix for this is need to be issued? crossplay is a core promotion for this game

[DoomGuY]

Originally posted by Q:

As the title says I can't accept friends requests from anybody, PS5 OR Steam...
I'll include a link to a reddit thread, where a lot more people seem to have this issue...

https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1aupg3c/can_not_accept_friend_request_bug/

PS: My in-game name is one letter only as I've always had that on steam, and changing it to something else wouldn't fix the problem either according to this thread, So just writing this in hopes that the devs become aware of this issue.

https://discord.com/channels/1102970375731691612/1215453584150499369

[Sgt.Yngve]

Same issue since the latest update, concerning that it seems widespread but I've yet to see the developer acknowledge the issue.

[Sgt.Yngve]

Originally posted by Dirt Reynolds:

If it helps support....i did have a pending ps5 friend request that i accepted and it went through, but the new friend request to ps5 does not. I"m on PC.

Exactly the same happened to me.

[Yuritarted]

prolly the dev will fix this at march 14, with the next warbonds update

[Kwesi]

Ok, maybe I misunderstood what I meant by PS friends list and Steam friends list. In-game under "O" "Social", PC players cannot currently add any friends, regardless of platform.

Friend requests that I make under "Social" by entering the TAB key and the friend code have no effect, regardless of whether I or others see and accept the friend requests.

Because of this, you can only join ingame sessions of players who are already on the friends list, but not sessions of people who are not yet on the friends list.

However, there is the option for PC players to join the sessions of other PC players via the Steam overlay (SHIFT-TAB). To do this, both PC players must have Steam and be on the friends list on Steam and each have the game Helldivers II installed. The Steam friends list is independent of the game. This friends list on Steam works perfectly and other PC players can also be added there.

What is not possible due to the broken ingame friends list is adding PS players, because they do not play via Steam. A patch is needed. But for PC players who want to play with other PC players, there is the workaround described above.

In order for PC players to be able to join via Steam, privacy must be set to public and crossplay to "on" in the host options ingame.

[VNDK8R]

Same