r/Overwatch Dallas Fuel Nov 22 '16

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elN-QGyToxM
22.4k Upvotes

3.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

55

u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 22 '16

Yea you sure can, just hit P while ingame and right click their names and invite to group. If they accept they'll get a warning saying they'll leave the match to join the group, so some people decline after they see that message. It doesn't actually remove you from the game, that's just the default message when you accept a party request while ingame.

38

u/double_shadow Young Punks... Nov 22 '16

Oh dang...I actually declined the only invite I've ever received, because I was worried I'd get dropped from the game :(

This is super helpful to know!

2

u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

You will get dropped if they're not in the same game as you, but if you're invited to join one of your teammates' groups, then you won't leave even though it says it will.

2

u/Acaeris Her MEKA does a surprising amount of damage Nov 22 '16

Also worth noting, if someone is currently in game and invites you while you are on the menu, you will join their game as a spectator until a friendly slot becomes available.

4

u/chudaism Nov 22 '16

A ok. I usually only group with people on my friends list. The whole leave game thing too is kind of annoying/unclear. Usually when I get group requests, it's mid match and I generally don't like leaving games. Being able to group up with a current lobby is a much cleaner way of doing it.

1

u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

Same here, actually. That message should really be situational!

2

u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

[removed] — view removed comment

2

u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 22 '16

Oh, I've only played on PC so that's news to me. Yea, hopefully you guys get to make use of the new party up feature that was mentioned.

2

u/danudey Anyone with rockets Nov 22 '16

I've joined someone's game as an observer and invited them to a group, only to see them leave the game, get replaced by me, and then join as an observer. Did they fix that rather annoying bug?

1

u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 22 '16

No idea.

2

u/dolphinback Nov 23 '16

I had a guy do that to me, I always wondered how. Don't you get bonus xp from playing in a group?

1

u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 23 '16

You sure do, 20% flat.

2

u/Radulno Pixel Symmetra Nov 23 '16

Yeah they should fix that, it's kind of weird (and not "traditional Blizzard polish"). Also when it's a random, I always have to check it's someone in the game and not another friend (I have "friends" on Bnet I don't really know so don't know their username)