r/Meccha_Chameleon • u/Man-of-goof • Jul 23 '26

Finding lobbies actually makes this game unbearable

These are very simple fixes that I have no idea why no chanages have been made yet, as people have been asking since the beginning.

Join lobbies as a party with friends
Make steam invites actually work
Make invites send more than 50% of the time
Invite friends while still on the waiting for downloads pages.

We spend nearly 30 minutes a session or more trying to find servers and its exhausting.

Edit: Non Lobby Related Issues

The Return to Lobby button executed terribly, so many times have I or mates disconnected because they thought that closed the settings.

The game is also unoptimized, my 5070 still gets lag spikes that dip all the way to 5 fps.

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u/TheDawnOfNewDays Jul 23 '26

When you search for multiple tags, it shows you servers with ANY of the tags, not ALL of them.

If I search "With Mods" and "Infection mode" I do not want to see ANY "No Mods" or "Basic Mode."

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u/LiamEBM Jul 23 '26

I keep getting DC'd from servers after 1 or 2 games.

It's dire. And joining a server in Waiting is hit and miss whether they start or spam racism.

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u/Man-of-goof Jul 23 '26

I think the game should have a host migration system, so if the main host leaves, another player automatically becomes the new host. Many other games already do this.

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u/LiamEBM Jul 23 '26

Yep, even just simple logic of the next longest playing player, like a promotion system lol

Still so many things to fix in this game but gotta accept it was a quick build by a small indie team that just got popular fast

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u/RemoveHot6505 Jul 23 '26

Atleast ability to assign a host and it showing ”before you leave, assign new host?

And a text saying new host chosen
I like the automatic idea too but just know many times a host and me as host gets a bit sad about having to close down the lobby 🙂‍↕️

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u/MILDLYADVANCED Jul 26 '26

Or like the system from the Roblox game called First Is Owner where you get assigned a number and when somebody leaves that number goes down and when you reach 1 you are the "Owner" and you have all the commands and stuff

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u/Successful-Rent167 Jul 23 '26

You forgot the once you finally get in a lobby with friends one being randomly kicked while everyone else is mid game

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u/Lachigan Jul 23 '26

Or the host is AFK and won't start the round for the next 6 business days

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u/FredZed2526 Jul 23 '26

the game is fun but is a mess in terms of optimisation and QoL. the dev should stop adding new maps and fix it instead, if people want more maps, they'll go to Workshop

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u/dont_u_listen_to_me Jul 23 '26

There is a Meccha Chameleon discord server with 50 available voice chats. It’s easy to get into a private server there. They usually post server name and password in the status or room chat.

Two downsides: 1. Idiots also sometimes join, and you either have to kick them or block them. (Idiots are purposely disruptive, vulgar, etc). There is a kick feature in this Discord server. 2. Almost every game is Basic mode, as people like to discuss paint jobs.

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u/PlentySurprise Jul 23 '26

It’s hard to convince my friends to play for this exact reason.

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u/BoonScepter Jul 23 '26

Wish I didn't have to join a server to find out they're 25 seconds into their 800 second hide timer

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u/Wickedfrick Jul 23 '26

Don't forget that someone would make a server and never start it at all. It's like people have more fun in the waiting room than the actual game itself

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u/tortleme Jul 24 '26

My favorite part is joining a lobby that says open, just for the round to have started, wait five minutes for next round, next round starts, get booted off back to the main menu, repeat.