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If there is space then you can all click join button at same time.

Again, you only fail if some of you clicked too slowly. In which case as you admitted - first come, first served, they're just not all part of your group.

The thing is if you can't figure out how to do this (very very basic idea of teamwork - clicking something at same time; and very basic level of communication - ask admin to switch team) then I don't think you need to be in a group at all. Almost no one complains about not having a party system for a reason - the system already in-place already works.

Fyi there is a search bar for server names.

I'm posting here for the first time in a while, and sadly again it is to express disappointment. I'm not a random internet troll - I work at a AAA game studio and have firsthand experience with the difficulties and chaos of game development.

My issue is simple. When I saw the blog title "An update on Squad's Roadmap", I expected to read an explanation of why the roadmap is changing. Why were the target dates not hit? When can we expect the new content? Why have so many promises been broken since I purchased the game in 2015?

Perhaps most importantly: What changes have you made to ensure that you don't continue to break promises to your loyal community?

Instead, I read about how the roadmap will no longer be a graphic so the dates can be edited. Guys, wake the heck up here. Your problem is that you're not doing what you told your customers you would do for them. The point of the roadmap is that the community can look forward to and plan around major game beats. New content brings new users, viewership, and reinvigorates your audience. It's insulting to write a blog post explaining that your mistake was that the roadmap communicated real deliverables and dates, as if that is undesirable. That's exactly what we want, but only if it's not fairy tales. Better to tell us nothing at all until the update! Then at least we can all like you for surprising us with goodies rather than dislike you for overpromising and underdelivering.

The bottom line is you can publish and revise and reimagine the next roadmap(s) all you want. The trust is already broken. Your model is weird. I would have paid a subscription for new content maybe 3-4 years ago, but at this point not a red cent. You blew it.

Go ahead and delete this post too because it's well written and to the point. I've already moved on.

You're the one missing the point; why should the server let you squeeze multiples in your party in when there are plenty of other players? What if someone else is in a party too? What gives you the right of way in that case?

If you don't like it then buy server reserve slot. Whoever doesn't have reserve slot joins in first; the ones with reserve slot join in after.

Or, take a seat and seed a half empty server. You also have the option to wait in queue until mapchange which inevitably results in people leaving/crashing. I played with larger groups than yours and never had a problem joining a game. (problem is finding a server where players aren't too dumb)

Get those sand out of your vay jay mate. Maybe learn what right of way means. Clearly it's first come first served; so if your group can't join a game fast enough, you have only yourselves to blame.

You're literally asking for exceptional rights for your group(the slower ones) over solo players.

If there is space then you should coordinate via whatever voicechat you use to join the server at same time. If you fail then at least one of you has clicked too slowly.

It's not complicated at all. If server doesn't let you change team, you can ask for admin's help - they're happy to help lest your group start ghosting.

I hear ya. I'm not particular fond of subscription models, but what I do know is that I like this game and I'd like to see its continued development. I also know how much money I waste on other things I enjoy, and let me tell you, $40 spent for over 1700hrs of enjoyment (and counting) is a pretty damn amazing price/hr of entertainment. I'll fork over $150 for a ski lift ticket that gives me 8hrs of entertainment (if you don't stop for lunch,) so to me, this game is cheap, cheap, cheap entertainment during these damn long, dark winter days. I am willing to toss some more bucks at them if it means I'd get MOAR from them. To your point though, will we actually get moar? Will new releases come out quicker? Will bugs be squashed faster? Will they actually talk with us on these forums and generate excitement instead of making it feel like a dark dungeon that only the faithful walk the halls of? I can't say, but I was curious to know if anyone else would be willing to continue to support them financially if the end result was a better product. I also was posting this just in an effort to see more content on these forums, get people talking, maybe get the devs thinking outside the box a bit in terms of what they actually need to make Squad great.

On a similar but different note, it is funny that after our rant about hiring a community manager, they JUST posted that they... hired a "senior community manger." HAHAHA. So now we have a community manager (Krispy, who used to be active and good but has been silent for like 1.5 years now,) and now a "senior" community manager. And of course the announcement comes with lots of promises of better communication, just like it always does. Well congrats OWI_Wedge, maybe you'll surprise us.

Poorly, that's how it's coming. All that BS about "better communication" towards the end of last year is just that BS. I honestly think they need a leadership change over there.

That's because they don't know either with all the people who left OWI(you will find some names on discord that are no longer tagged as developer).