How do I play Arena?

  • Scrubber89
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    Over the past month I've tried playing in the arena several times. Key word being "Tried"

    Right now I've been waiting in the lobby for nearly 30 minutes and it's the exact same every time I try. Am I doing something wrong?

    The achievements for arena are unachievable whilst it isnt working...

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  • Admiral GreyJoy
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    Its hard to get in on a open crew. Best way is grab a buddy & do duo sloops. Ive got an australian friend & their servers are always mega populated. If all else fails maybe switch your region & timezone to oceanic.

  • Blam320
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    Try joining the official Discord server. People learned very quickly that open crews are the literal worst, so you won't find many pirates worth their salt rolling the dice with them.

  • ajm123
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    If I need someone on arena I make a lfg. Feel free to add me gt: ajm123 msg me I'll invite you I normally run gally with opt out off. If you do duo sloops with opt out on most lobbies are full. So just make a lfg. And you will find someone for sure

  • Scrubber89
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    I think a time has come where they really need to stop with the monthly content updates for now and work on fixing the game. It isnt right that people buy a game and cant even play it, people sit for so long In the arena lobby waiting for a game that's never going to start.

    Btw Is the item switch out bug ever getting fixed or is that a permanent fixture now?

  • Scrubber89
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    @ajm123 said in How do I play Arena?:

    If I need someone on arena I make a lfg. Feel free to add me gt: ajm123 msg me I'll invite you I normally run gally with opt out off. If you do duo sloops with opt out on most lobbies are full. So just make a lfg. And you will find someone for sure

    Lfg?
    Opt out off?
    Opt out on?

  • ajm123
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    @scrubber89 looking for group.
    Opt out on =Xbox players with controllers only
    Opt out off= pc and xbox

  • RTSclowN
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    Duo sloop que time is quite quick and when you get in a game you kinda stay in a cycle of games.

    Galleon I would advise against open crew plus the que time is fairly long. But galleon can be used if you just want to get on and work towards weapon kill achievement etc.

  • iDuskk
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    The issue is you're trying to play public lobbies. You NEED a crew for arena. Theres no way around it. Even if you find a match playing solo, good luck finding a crew who knows what they're doing.

    Use discord, forums, or xbox lfg. There are plenty of pirates looking for crews.

  • Scrubber89
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    @iduskk said in How do I play Arena?:

    The issue is you're trying to play public lobbies. You NEED a crew for arena. Theres no way around it. Even if you find a match playing solo, good luck finding a crew who knows what they're doing.

    Use discord, forums, or xbox lfg. There are plenty of pirates looking for crews.

    Not good enough. No other game doesnt work without 3rd party apps. Discord should be helpful In finding good crews to play with, it should NOT be essential to be able to play.
    Imagine turning on Call of Duty or Fifa and the game saying "sorry, no game available" there would be an uproar, so why is it ok for SoT to be like this?

    Also, I do use discord but people on there are too strict, fussy and serious. "Looking for crew, MUST be excellent at PVP, must be level 50/50/50, MUST have excellent communication" etc

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