#Locked Squads are fucking annoying

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uncut snow
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I can't get in a squad with more than 4 people in just about every match.
Add a locked squad limit or something

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swift flint
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yeah this is definitely annoying as a solo player

cloud heron
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There's no reason the squads should be auto locked, it's really silly

split sundial
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Hopefully this post picks up traction. It's just sad when you join midgame and are stuck with a 2-4 man squad when there are plenty of locked 6-8 man squads that were auto locked..

lethal glacier
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Playing as SL for majority of last playtest was kind of driving me crazy. Playing with friend in party automaticaly puts you in new squad, party leader becoming SL.
I'm not fan of locked squads(especialy with 2-4 peoples in them) and having to check for if squad is locked or not every couple minutes was becoming annoying chore.
Yeah, auto-lock makes no goddamn sense.

deep orbit
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the ability to lock squads should remain but auto-locking when they're full is really weird

lethal glacier
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They dont even have to be full for lock to happen as I've noticed

deep orbit
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they stay locked even if they don't have max players in them anymore

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routine is to die as squad lead every once in a while to unlock it

sage zodiac
deep orbit
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wait you what

sage zodiac
deep orbit
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what in gods name

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I'll have to try this, can it be rebound and have I just smoothbrained past it

sage zodiac
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It should be listed as Squad Menu iirc

deep orbit
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oh siqq thanks

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I'll check it out

sage zodiac
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I could be wrong about the binding

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But I do know you can open that menu

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Yee it doesn’t work in Shooting Range

deep orbit
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I'll check the bindings

tender orchid
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you can press "enter" when alive to open squad menu. but i agree. squads should not auto lock ever.

pale spoke
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same hotkey from Squad

sage zodiac
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I mentioned this not too long after it was implemented lmao

tender orchid
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at least 2-3 each round

deep orbit
timid marsh
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bump

proven venture
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Agreed. Servers should autolock when they are full or ppl shpould have the perms to lock it when the squad has like 6 ppl

slender egret
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what yu talking about

broken steeple
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Why anyone would want to lock their squad?

indigo helm
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this is my number 1 complaint about this game, auto locking squads is infuriating as a solo player

lethal glacier
broken steeple
lethal glacier
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Thats not the point. If I don't want anyone joining, I should have the option.

indigo helm
lethal glacier
# broken steeple Yeah i know but, what this gonna give you? How are random's in squad gonna inter...

But hey if you want example: You've got sniper in squad, he is prone in good position, no one spotted him for how ever long while he is getting kills constantly, preventing enemy to capture point efficiently. People from my group know to NOT spawn on him. Random joins, spawns on that sniper, standing. Runs away, dies, spawns on him again. Effectively giving away his position each time he respawns.

indigo helm
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it also lets randoms in to be annoying in squad chat sometimes

broken steeple
broken steeple
indigo helm
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we had some guy join and play the gamer word audio, loudly, in squad chat

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xd

broken steeple
lethal glacier
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bruh, thats the whole fcking point of this thread xD

broken steeple
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Insults?

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Playing on Russian servers is unpleasant. :c

broken steeple
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There was literally no reasons to do that?

indigo helm
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once again point of the thread lol

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they shouldnt

broken steeple
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Squad auto-locks, and you cant unlock it?

tender orchid
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you can unlock it but most people dont notice and leave it locked.

indigo helm
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yep

lethal glacier
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also you need to check it fairly often, since they keep re-locking. Again, read the thread

trim nebula
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very annoying i was going to make a post about it but i saw yours

split sundial
static frigate
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Isn't that issue looking like this -> squad is full, it autolocks, but stays locked when someone decides to leave? pepeIgnore

dusk wagon
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the lock is mostly used by people to reserve space for they're friends to join ,an idea would be to put a timer of like 5 minutes or less so random players couldnt join right away and after they're friends will join and after the timer is up people could fill up the space and make a full squad of 8 then 3 squads of 3/3/2 ,or make it so friends will be placed in the same squad from start and if you want to go play againts eachother you can just leave the squad and join the enemy and play eachother.

lethal glacier
# dusk wagon the lock is mostly used by people to reserve space for they're friends to join ,...

Sounds unnecessary/redundant considering you and your friends can form party before joining game, which in turn will put you in same, new, squad with person initially forming the party becoming SL after joining server.
SL can at any point remove someone from squad, making space for their friend(s) who are late to the party to join.
Now that I think about it, your suggestion would make it even worse at the beginning of the game, since it would create situation where we have (on 127/127 servers) couple dozen of squads of 1-3 players.
Also, you can at any point manualy lock your squads.

dusk wagon
lethal glacier
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Last time I've used that function it worked just fine. Last time being today at 3-6am playtest.

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When we're joining server with at least 2 player partyit created new squad every and each time.

dusk wagon
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i've played last time on saturday because of being from east europe and didnt had time to play maybe they added that meanwhile

lethal glacier
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Could be. I don't think we've used that function before.

dusk wagon
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and still there are people who lock the squad at like 3 people ,for no reason and makes a lot of 3/4/5 players squads

lethal glacier
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There is huge difference between when you choose to lock your squad and when it auto-locks.
If I only want to play with 3/4/5 players/friends in squad. I will lock it to prevent interference from randoms(as stated previously in this thread if you read it).
However when squad auto-locks just because it has reached max players and then when someone leaves, you're stuck with 7/8. More players will start to leave, you will suddenly only have 4/8 etc. Unless you're actively checking for the lock, and unlock it manualy, there will be dozen half-empty squads for no good reason.

dusk wagon
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yea that might be the problem at hand.

lethal glacier
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Whole point of this thread.

dusk wagon
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a simple option would be to auto unlock it when someone leaves.

lethal glacier
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Simple option would just to not have this system in place at all. There is literally no god damn reason for auto lock to happen. Like I said one too many times here, if I want to lock my squad, I will do it manually.

dusk wagon
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yea

wooden wave
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Gotta disagree.
I don't want randos spawn on me in some situations.
In some cases, I may even run a solo squad. This should not be changed.

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Not everyone wants to serve as spawn for randos who play like they're 7.

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I do agree with the autolock part, though. Dunno why it would even do that.

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Probably the same oversight as the class change to assault when kicked (or when leaving) mid-life.

static frigate
wooden wave