[2018] PINNED: DLC Matchmaking - Explained

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In Patch 1.4 we changed the way in which players can quickplay in to DLC missions in Vermintide 2. This thread will break down some scenarios to help answer any questions or concerns you might have.

With the release of Back to Ubersreik, we have returned to an expanded version of our original Vermintide 1 (Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide) DLC 'sharing' practice.



Short Version In order to host a Custom game with a DLC mission, or have that mission be selected for Quickplay - you, or any other player in your Keep, will have to own that DLC.



Much Longer Version
Scenario One The Most Common Scenario
You press 'Quickplay'. The Quickplay mode places you in another player's Keep which is waiting to head out on a mission. Whilst in this lobby, the 'pool' of maps available to the party are a total of all the base game maps and those contained in DLCs that any member of the party owns.

Say for this example the host of the lobby - Player A - owns no DLCs, Player B owns 'Shadows over Bogenhafen', and Player C owns 'Back to Ubersreik'. Even though the lobby has DLC maps in the pool, any player is eligible to take the slot for Player D, even if they do not own any DLC.

When the party enters the Bridge of Shadows to begin the match, the available pool of maps would be the base game maps, as well as the DLC maps for 'Shadows over Bogenhafen' and 'Back to Ubersreik'.

This scenario is the most common as the Quickplay feature prioritises lobbies which are open to players and still in the Keep.

Scenario Two You press 'Quickplay'. The Quickplay mode does not find an open lobby in the keep within it's set parameters (time and distance). It begins looking for a game in progress though, and when it does it will look for maps in progress that match your DLC ownership.

Scenario Three You press 'Quickplay'. The Quickplay mode does not find an open lobby in the keep within it's set parameters (time and distance). It does not find a match in progress within it's set parameters (time and distance), and initiates a new lobby with you as the host. Your lobby in the keep can be joined by any player, regardless of the DLC they own, and when you enter the Bridge of Shadows, any maps owned by any members of the party are in the available map pool for the Quickplay feature to select.

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In all scenarios, you (or other members of your party) are able to fill open slots with any player they know, regardless of what DLC they own via invitation from the Steam/In-game UI.

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BONUS - Scenario Four You're in the Keep and you're the host. You don't own any DLC. You have a player in your group who owns all the DLC. You, the host, cannot Custom Game in to a DLC map (but if you Quickplay, you will have all DLC maps in the available pool, as per Scenario One). However, the player with all the DLCs can select a Custom Game with any DLC map for a Vote, even though the host doesn't own the DLC maps.

Originally posted by ZEN UK:

Originally posted by Kobra: So when i want to host a DLC mission and my friend is in the lobby too but dont have any dlc.I cant start it?

If your friend is the host, & you own the corresponding dlcs. All you have to do is go into custom game and choose the specific map that you want to play, whether that is bogenhafen or ubersreik.

In this scenario, Kobra is the host and owns DLC, and their friend in the lobby does not own DLC. If Kobra, the host, selects Quickplay, the DLC maps will be in the pool of available maps. They also have the choice to select any DLC maps Kobra owns in a Custom game.

Originally posted by DirtyLlama: So to clarify for myself(which im sorry).

If im in a group of four in quickplay and I own both Bogenhafen and Ubersreik, but everyone els owns only Bogenhafen. Then the base game and Bogenhafen maps are the only maps that we will play from the pool. But if one player leaves and another joins that has no dlc then that pool shrinks for the rest of us to just the base maps. Then all three leave and new plays with both dlcs join, that pool is increased to all the maps of dlcs and base game. Meaning I will only ever play the Ubersreik maps in quickplay if im lucky to be paired three other players that own the dlc.

Am I anywhere near the general idea?

In this scenario, you own both DLCs, so any Quickplay will have all base game and all DLC maps available in the pool of maps. Even if every player leaves and three more join, you still own both DLCs and the lobby is still able to Quickplay in to any of the DLC or base game maps. Provided one person in the lobby owns DLC, those DLC maps will be available in Quickplay, regardless of the DLC anyone else owns, be they host or regular non-host party member.

Originally posted by DirtyLlama: In other words me owning both dlcs does not stop people without dlcs to join me in quickplay and possibly play any of all the maps?
(thank you for helping me to try to undstand this)

It can stop a player joining your map if the map is already in progress. Only players with the DLC can quickplay in to a DLC map in progress. You could invite someone - anyone - to a map in progress, though. See Scenario Two.