Who Monster Hunter World wants to play on Xbox One with random other players has a problem right now. The matchmaking for the multiplayer mode is not working for many players and is preventing a large part of the multiplayer battles.
The action RPG Monster Hunter World can be played solo or with other players in multiplayer. Those who want to have other hunters just join a session at the start of the game and should have enough hunter buddies for the big hunt.
In theory, this sounds good, but in practice, it looks pretty bleak for many players on Xbox One right now.
Multiplayer bugged for days
For most players on Microsoft’s console, an error message constantly appears when they want to start the multiplayer mode. The developers already addressed this on Twitter on January 27 and stated that they are aware of the problem. They are working on a solution. However, there has been no further feedback so far.
Hello Hunters, we’re aware of the Xbox matchmaking issues and dev team is actively investigating it, we’ll update you as soon as we can.
— Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) January 27, 2018
Many players hold the lack of a beta phase on Xbox One responsible for the matchmaking bug. If they had thoroughly tested everything with the community, as many players mentioned on Twitter or Reddit, the matchmaking would work now.
Workarounds for the matchmaking problem
Thankfully, the situation is not entirely hopeless. There is, among other options, the possibility to bypass the matchmaking bug through direct invitations from friends. It seems that only the game with random players is affected.
On Playstation 4, everything should work perfectly, unless the PSN is down again.
We will keep an eye on the situation and update this article when there are news regarding the matchmaking problem.
Update: Most online features currently offline
The developers are currently working hard on a solution for the matchmaking problem. Therefore, they have temporarily disabled most online features on the Xbox version. This affects:
- Matchmaking
- Filter Search
- Squad Session Search
- Respond to SOS
Hunters on Xbox One, the “Matchmake”, “Filter Search”, “Squad Session Search” and “Response to SOS” functions are currently unavailable; our dev team is currently working on a solution and we’ll provide an update as soon as it is available.
— Monster Hunter (@monsterhunter) January 29, 2018
However, you can still play with your friends via session ID or invitation. The developers want to restore the disabled features as quickly as possible.
If you want to farm Zenny in Monster Hunter World, thankfully, you do not necessarily need other players.
