I don’t understand why this basic of basics is not working. Partying is a main element of any MMORPG. I don’t understand this main server/overflow server stuff. What is the point of picking what server we are going to play on if we are just going to be moved around willy-nilly? If it’s a server being full issue, I can’t understand why the developers wouldn’t create a larger number of servers, and then after awhile of watching server loads, start deactivating servers and have players select which server they’d like to relocate to.
Anyways, enough griping, on to the problem at hand: My friends and I all get this same issue, the error that the player or whatever cannot be found. We can join each other in a party but cannot see each other even though we are in apparently the same server. The join button gives an error as if the character does not exist or cannot be found, even though we can whisper and party chat with each other. Zoning does nothing to help. Logging on and off does nothing to help. We’ve tried several servers and even went on to the lighter loaded Europe servers and still no luck, so I can’t see how this is a server to full issue when the European servers are usually at medium load.
It’s been months now and we still can’t play with each other. We’ve gone back to playing Star Wars the Old Republic now that it has went free to play until this issue gets resolved.
Overflow is to ensure you not to get 10000 ppl on the same map that they overlap each other so you can’t see anything.
You need to invite not join if the target player is not in a group.
And you better use the id.number format.
I was just informed about an update to the game and was hoping that it was a resolution to the problem, but apparently not. Basically what happens is the following:
Player 1 (not in a group)
Player 2 (not in a group)
Player 3 (not in a group)
Player 2 selects party and types in Player 1’s name and clicks “Join In.”
Player 2 gets “the player or channel cannot be found” error code.
Player 2 selects party and types in Player 1’s name and clicks “Invite.”
Player 1 is able to join Player 2’s party, but neither player is in the same location.
Player 3 selects party and types in Player 2’s name and clicks “Join In.”
Player 3 gets the “player or channel cannot be found” error code.
Player 2 invites Player 3 to the party.
Player 3 joins the party but it unable to see Player 1 or 2 even though on the same server, map and location.
This process repeats itself regardless of what server we are on. I’m not even sure how to tell if we are in an overflow server or not, as this is the first I’ve ever heard of an overflow server. We’ve played WoW, EQ2, CoH, Conan and The Old Republic and in each game we can easily join each others instance and party without having an issue with missing players or not being able to “join in” another players game.