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Parties/SWF is broken as of Patch 4.2.2 (PS4/Switch)
• Platform: PS4/Switch
• Steps to reproduce: Invite people/friends to lobby
• How often does this occur: Every time we try to get a SWF lobby together
• Description of the issue: SWF lobbies are totally broken, at least on the PS4. Every night since the patch came out, my friend and I spend approximately 90 minutes trying to create our party and get into the lobby together. We play 4-5 nights a week for a couple of hours. Since the 4.2.2 patch came out, we only managed to play one or two matches per night because the party ended up breaking and we didn't feel like wasting almost two hours trying to make it work again.
MAIN ERRORS:
What usually happens is I'll invite my friend to the lobby or vice versa, we're both PS4 players. We'll get an error that says "invitation could not be accepted" a couple of times, until it gives us the error saying "user is already in the party" (or something like that), when that's not the case. Often times, we have to restart our games because it gets broken and we can't click on anything on the screen. Other times, we'll get an error saying "social features are unavailable" when trying to load the friends list. It says the player joined the party, then it says they left after a while and that player that tried to join gets an error on their game.
What's odd is that we have no problem getting invited to play by a Switch player, as long as only one of us (PS4 players) joins that party, the second player will have a hard time joining the Switch party, but will join eventually (it usually takes around 30-40 minutes post 4.2.2, it used to take 5 minutes max). Sometimes that player will be a "ghost" player though, meaning they won't show up in some of the player's lobbies and sometimes they won't load in the match lobby, being left behind.
We were used with having to restart our games once or twice, or getting error messages 3 times in a row before the party finally worked, but it was never like this and it started after the latest patch came out. I'll gladly contribute with more information that I might've left out if necessary, I would love to be able to play like I used to again. Currently trying to get a party together with one friend for 2 hours now and it's just not working. :(
EDIT: I do not think perks/characters are the problem here, but PS4 players usually play with Nancy/Cheryl/Zarina/Claudette/Yui/Meg and the Switch player usually play as Yui/Laurie/Nancy/Zarina. Perks that are usually being used are adrenaline, small game, saboteur, breakout, dead hard, decisive strike, borrowed time, we'll make it, spine chill and iron will.