So.... friends joining?

[iBe ImmorTaLiiTy]

So is it possible to play together in STORY missions or not? I read some vague posts story/mp is seperated but I refuse to believe that since co op is advertised SO much in this game.

All my friend is getting is "You cannot join the game because you have not progressed enough in the story" yet we are at the same mission. We tried to be in sync for when online co-op became available.... so what is the dealio?

[Moscini]

You need to have seen all the cutscenes for the story mission before coop is availible. So for example, once you have the cutscene introducing anja your sos flare will be availible and peopel can join you

[TVMAN]

Originally posted by ☛︎ iBe ImmorTaLiiTy ☜ ✔:

All my friend is getting is "You cannot join the game because you have not progressed enough in the story" yet we are at the same mission.

You'll only run into this with Assigned missions, since those are the story quests. To get around it, you both need to start the quest separately, watch all the cutscenes, and then have one quit their quest and join the other. You'll both still get credit for clearing that quest upon completion.

Optional quests, Investigations, and other quests like special events don't work like this. Their only requirement is that you must be a specific Hunter Rank to run them. Only quests with cutscenes and story quests are a pain to workaround, and they thankfully get fewer and fewer as you progress through the game.

[iBe ImmorTaLiiTy]

Originally posted by TVMAN:

Originally posted by ☛︎ iBe ImmorTaLiiTy ☜ ✔:

All my friend is getting is "You cannot join the game because you have not progressed enough in the story" yet we are at the same mission.

You'll only run into this with Assigned missions, since those are the story quests. To get around it, you both need to start the quest separately, watch all the cutscenes, and then have one quit their quest and join the other. You'll both still get credit for clearing that quest upon completion.

Optional quests, Investigations, and other quests like special events don't work like this. Their only requirement is that you must be a specific Hunter Rank to run them. Only quests with cutscenes and story quests are a pain to workaround, and they thankfully get fewer and fewer as you progress through the game.

Please tell me they will patch it so I can play the missions "normally" with my buddy?

[DShepard]

That seems like such a poor design choice... ask any fan of monster hunter wether their priority is playing alone to see a stupid cutscene or teaming up with friends to kill ♥♥♥♥ and 99% will be a latter.

[TVMAN]

Originally posted by ☛︎ iBe ImmorTaLiiTy ☜ ✔:

Please tell me they will patch it so I can play the missions "normally" with my buddy?

Well, you can play most of the missions normally. Like I said before, only quests with cutscenes are the issue. Once you get past Low Rank, the amount of cutscene quests you run across will drop dramatically, and you're running Investigations or Optional quests for materials far more often at that point.

Low Rank is basically the tutorial for the game, so keep that in mind as you play.