

Possibly the first choice would be to stop at the Weapon Frog/Ark make sure that everyone has the proper weapons/animal orbs they need for the game. You have the ability to move and control where to go but you need to communicate with the people in your game! Several games i join i find 2-3 people fighting for control of where we go and its just a load of hassle thats highly unnecessary. Ok so you have found a lobby and chosen your character to play, and the game has now begun. Not everyone is online to help you some people want help with specific things, and being level 1 with no stats/weapons/pets is just making it harder on everyone else. Its rather tiring to play from the start of the game when your already done with that character! Also, if you choose a level one character when everyone else chooses a lvl 20+ with or without a white skull theres a chance you might get kicked or people will leave.

The second thing to look for being the kind person you are, is if the other 1-3 people in your game choose a character that is already completed with the normal story, (signified by the gray skull next to the character) try to also pick a character that has story complete. Try to talk it out with your group and see if maybe theres a comprimise you can come too. Discuss what your group wants to do, be it helping you or you helping them, communication is key! If the character you want to play is already taken, please don't be the person that sits there on that chosen character for the remainder of the timer untill it forces you to another character. ( i highly recommend that everyone atleast has voice chat set to push to talk instead of off) Scroll through your characters and decide what character you will play. When you have found a game and everyone readys up the character selection begins. Lastly, don't make a game and then leave while still in the lobby you made, people using Quick Match will keep getting put into your game and it will not start because you won't ready up. Doing this will most likely get people to character selection screen and then follow up with half the lobby leaving the game. Just because you haven't unlocked/played any other characters besides the default four doesn't mean to disable unlockable characters. Hidden characters should never be disabled (in my opinion) because, the other players worked hard to unlock their new character and have the ability to play them. You can choose to limit these as you please but four is usually the most common number chosen for online games. Four is the maximum number of slots that can possibly be in one game. The character amount is however many people you would like in the game. Remember they have to go through game selecting and loading just like you would and by kicking them you're wasting time. Don't leave the lobby open and kick everyone out as soon as they join.

If you're going to be playing with a specific group of friends make it Friends only and then invite them. If your making your own game you have a few options you have to decide: Online modes, Number of players, and Hidden characters. Doing the Custom match will refine down the online games into more specific setups that you prefer. If doing a quick match you can expect to find many games and people rather quickly.

Lastly you can make your own game with your own settings. Secondly you can take and press "Custom Match" which will let you search for games with specific settings. If joining a game you can either do a "Quick Match" which will find a random public game for you with no specific settings. Awesome! You want to play with the community that also owns this wonderful game! You can go online and search for a game.
