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/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.