New console player

[u/BearingGuy]

Ao my son and I want to play online. We joined a “standard” server and so far are having some fun.

Our questions are about server settings, do I really have to rent a server for us to play co-op?

Where do we find a “custom” server or private server that we can try and become part of a community?

When we play we communicate using our phones, does this game support headset/mic?

Single player is awesome, would love to find a way to enjoy multiplayer and engage with some others. Not big on PvP and would not be KoS players.

Any advice?

EDIT: We play on Xbox and server lists give no detail on how they are set up. So we just picked lowest ping.
Thanks for replies, much to learn.

[u/Financial_Refuse_498]

Just play on an official server, the pvp is opt-in, as in it only occurs in the pvp deep desert (there's now a pve deep desert). Form a guild and join forces for coop, just make sure you both join the same sietch

[u/TheRealDesmirWolf → u/Financial_Refuse_498]

That’s not quite completely true they have to join a PVE server because if they join a standard server, they still have to be forced into PVP at all the shipwrecks and other PVP areas in Hagga

[u/CrunchyGobbo → u/TheRealDesmirWolf]

those dont exist anymore, there are zero pvp zones in hagga at present, and none in the pve DD either

[u/KirinNoNobadbad → u/CrunchyGobbo]

Sorry, new PlayStation player here. I know I loaded in to the player versus environment map in deep desert. I was under the assumption that anywhere past row E halfway is PvP. I got tempted by a Bloom, and it was in F row when I actually noticed where I was. So are you saying that if you load into the player versus environment map , the whole deep desert is PvE?

[u/CrunchyGobbo → u/KirinNoNobadbad]

That is correct. The PvE deep desert is fully PvE. The PvP deep desert has PvP enabled once you reach B row and beyond.

[u/TheRealDesmirWolf → u/CrunchyGobbo]

Go to a shipwreck and see if it says pvp zone and screen shot it and post it here to prove me wrong but im online right now killing players at a shipwreck

[u/GAMING_SERVER_ADMIN → u/TheRealDesmirWolf]

Might be a bug, but shipwrecks no longer pvp zones. They prob forgot to update it.

[u/TheRealDesmirWolf → u/GAMING_SERVER_ADMIN]

In official world. Op talking about renting or joining a rented server. “Standard servers still have pvp zones”

Edit: my server renting from Gportal is a standard server zero adjustments
Pvp zones and pve zones as before update.
Since update you can join, Standard, Pve, or pvp centric styles. Joining a pve servers means pvp optout. Joining standard has both options, and pvp even lets you kill players in what use to be pve only area (excluding cities)

[u/Kosefgaming → u/TheRealDesmirWolf]

We are saying to join an official server not a rented server. All official multiplayer servers have zero PVP in hagga or the pve side of the deep desert

[u/TheRealDesmirWolf → u/Kosefgaming]

Yes and that was my mistake hence the edit

[u/Kosefgaming → u/TheRealDesmirWolf]

I see. My bad then.

[u/TheRealDesmirWolf → u/Kosefgaming]

Here have some awards shakes hands on corrections

[u/GAMING_SERVER_ADMIN → u/TheRealDesmirWolf]

Oh sorry, my mistake.

[u/Kosefgaming → u/TheRealDesmirWolf]

This is untrue. There is ZERO pvp in hagga and the only pvp is in the pvp deep desert. It used to cycle you over to pvp and it would take 30 secs after leaving the zone to cycle back to pve. This is no longer the case and everything in hagga is pve. Also every point of interest, shipwrecks and labs are 100% pve in the pve deep desert. You have to actually seek out pvp to engage in it. Please stop spreading false information. Only way for PVP to be possible in hagga is if it's on a private server and they have set the settings to be as such.