I will try i hope it works

fixed for me from today :)

@musicaholic88 It shouldn't matey... there were some fixes pushed this update specifically to fix the Greybeard issues.

Its been fixed for me since the update today, had the issue for over a week before this. I am a little concerned its going to happen again.

@invadertof This is exactly what has happened to me ... on or around 10/23, haven't been able to play open crew Arena since. PC-NA.

You would think they would have worked hard to solve this on the fate of the damned update, but didn't see it in the release notes anywhere. I also was reading on other forums that the reason why it will take a long time is because Rare & Microsoft have to actively work on this ... I can see Rare working hard, but MS has to pull their weight too. IDK, this is a huge issue for a lot of ppl so surprised the urgency isn't high.

I am now able to join open crews, since the new update. So, cool....

I still have this problem.... for me it is happending for about a week now.... no fix announced. Sad.

Same issue here. I still can't play after 1 week. Any solution?

Hopefully, Rare could use this issue to make open crewing better than it was. Particularly in Galleon arena crews it's not unusual to have several single/two player crews in one lobby .. why not have them merge into the same crew to cut down on the crazy waiting times. I'm just hoping something useful comes out of this...

Sea of Thieves matchmaking has failed. Please try again. (Greybeard)

PC-NA

This is a ridiculous game breaking impediment. I have game pass, but purchased the game outright because I was hooked after playing it once and wanted to show Rare some love since the Bad Fur Days.
I've not had the game for 2 months yet, but have had this error for over 1 month.

Offering hacks as solutions to this is embarrassing... almost to the same degree is the length of time this same error has been ongoing.

If Rare can't figure this out, then they need to open the list of servers up and let us select an open one manually. Perhaps list open games instead and obfuscate the server information to keep from loading them.

Either that, or we can start calling the game Seas of Thief.

@kalantris As temporary work around to get into open crew arena games it's a working solution.

@scalyjim said in Open crew - Greybeard:

@captcoza said in Open crew - Greybeard:

@justifiedrogue If you go to closed crew, You can press ESC and Enter at the same time and you will be able to glitch into a lobby yolo

This is working for me, thanks!

The obvious problem with that solution is the cycle time between sessions. You create a closed crew, then wait for people to join in, get a griefer or just someone, who refuses to participate, so you go to a new session, gather all the resources again, get another griefer... and so on.

Also the more people get the error, the longer it'll take to fill your crew, as we'll all just be waiting in closed/open sessions waiting for people to join.

Best regards,
Kalantris

@psionicalpha They are currently looking for the "Fix Greybeard Errors" button!

@captcoza said in Open crew - Greybeard:

@justifiedrogue If you go to closed crew, You can press ESC and Enter at the same time and you will be able to glitch into a lobby yolo

This is working for me, thanks!

@musicmee said in Open crew - Greybeard:

@kalantris A fix is in the works matey! But there is no ETA.

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Starting a Closed crew then switching the crew type to Open once you are in will allow your crew to fill up in the mean time.

Have they tried rebooting the servers? :)

@kalantris A fix is in the works matey! But there is no ETA.

Starting a Closed crew then switching the crew type to Open once you are in will allow your crew to fill up in the mean time.

So I've resubbed to Gamepass specifically to play some Sea of Thieves and it seems I won't be prolonging my subscription since I started getting the Greybeard error whenever I want to play in an Open Crew. Solo slooping has its merits, but gets stale rather fast. From what I'm reading some people are affected since half a year ago, which means chances for a fix are slim at best. Great job there.

Best regards,
Kalantris

This issue has been known since at least March of this year. It has been affecting some people at least that long. Since the problem seems to be server specific it seems to affect people in clumps - a certain server starts having the issue and once if affects you, it affects you forever (or at least until there is a fix). This issue is also completely unacceptable. It's been over 6 months since the issue started for some and still there is no fix? If you put in a help desk you get an almost immediate reply stating the team is 'aware of the issue and is working on fixing it' and your ticket is closed with a status of resolved. Really? I understand this is not affecting everyone and I'm not sure how many players it affects, but a fix needs to be found and implemented, or an option for a complete refund of the game be offered to those affected. The impact this error has on the enjoyment of the game warrants it - in my opinion.

I got the same issue brother

I get the Greybeard error on the PC but not the Xbox. I have the game from Game Pass. On the PC I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Game. I first seen this error 10/23/2020 night. The last time I played was 10/17/2020 and did not have this error.

@captcoza thanks I finally got this glitch to work!

Been having the same issue for the last few days. Greybeard error while trying to join open crew...

PC - EU on GamePass

@justifiedrogue If you go to closed crew, You can press ESC and Enter at the same time and you will be able to glitch into a lobby yolo

I get the trick for joining adventure but I don’t understand why I can’t join arena with a closed crew. The game requires I join with a teammate. This makes no sense as I’m 90% of the time by myself in arena anyways. So for me, I can’t play the game anymore 😩