Solo Matchmaking Anti-Grouping Measures
To make solo servers viable the following would help mitigate anyone trying to exploit them:
No visible server ID. No visible player list. Potentially no visible server time.
When loading into solo matchmaking, you are given a random spawn either when you walk out of homecave, or if you have safelogged and are transferring over from 'regular officials'. Potentially no transferring over locations from server to server within the solo mode either but maybe that is too extreme? The issue is people are logging in the same spot and hoping to land in the same server. This way even if people do somehow feel motivated to walk to a POI to try to meet, it will be a lot of effort and gives chances of interaction on the way.
I believe this would be enough to make the mode viable and discourage groups coordinating meeting up in the server via other means to exploit the fact its meant to be a solo server. It's a price of convenience to have to pay, but I think it would be worth it.
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18 Mar
RhiannonGood lord. I truly don't understand such incredibly insistent attempts to group in the solo servers. A few of them may be trying to test the boundaries just because it's new and being tested but for many of them it kind of proves the intentions of really just wanting to have a chance to curbstomp people.
I think the server time should stay but everything else is probably a good idea. No reason to see the player list in a server you're not suppose to group in. -
18 Mar
DylanThere using the profiles to ruin it for everyone by joining xbox and ps5 chats on live parties and destroying the solo game mode and sabotaging people's experience of solo.
I've played for 3 months now nearly 4 and it's unfortunate that my experience is ruined by people damn straight set on grouping and ruined by others in groups as its meant for solo. -
21 Mar
PaulThe Solo Matchmaking server test is awesome, I did enjoy it a lot, and want to play the game again, as multi-packs (even mixed packs) ruin the experience. So any measure to avoid match regrouping is welcome, especially since I still saw a few mega packs, but much less than regular servers!
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22 Mar
AstalphI think, if you die on the solo server, you should be booted off the server, and made to join solo matchmaking again. Just like when you switch dinos. This would make it very difficult for people to stay together, as well.
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24 Mar
Jon (cameltoad)I love the solo servers. People are going to exploit it one way or another. However I think these countermeasures would be nice. The time showing is more than enough to get into servers with friends though, and it's not just console parties doing it, I think the discord groups are actually the worst, and make the game borderline unplayable. Perhaps a system in place specifically for the solo servers where if reported they are teaming up multiple times they are banned from accessing solo servers. 48 hours the first time, a week the 2nd time, and permanently if a third strike. I'm not sure how to implement proving it aside from reporting. If alderon can look into it somehow. I don't mind if a couple concs, or megs, or chickens work together to take something down. 4+ rex's especially in solos though... Also perhaps adding an in game way thats not a chat but like a way to say gg from the grave. I've had some great fights and wanted to say gg but no way to communicate that
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31 Mar
HumpenstilzchenSomething needs to be done. I really love the idea of the solo matchmaking servers as it gives solo players like myself a chance. However, there are still too many of these despiccable discord mixpacks who ruin the fun for others.
Reporting them isn´t an option as this would keep the devs busy 24/7 and could be abused as well. Instead there needs to be a system that measures how long people are in close vicinity of others and those who are excessively long in close proximity of others should just get banned from this gamemode straight away and automatically.
First strike would bea ban for a day, if the same player whose id could be tracked by the server did the same again he would be banned for a week from this gamemode and if he keeps mixpacking he would be permanently banned from solo servers.
Please devs, do something. Regular official servers are already unplayable due to how they are dominated by these large discord mixpacks who hunt everything down on sight for sport.