Yes, @SR_knivspark you are correct. That is what I observed. We also did try having the “who can join” setting set to open when on NAT type 3.
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“Failure to join. Host is no longer present.” same problem. Ps4. Im mad about this. I cant play with my friends, only join some sessions on line. But unknowns players could join my on line host session. Im very disapointed. 
Hey devs!
Love the game really good job
I just wanted to add a but more info and confirm some stuff with this just in case you guys need more
I’m on PS4 and am having the exact same message pop up on screen with all the scenarios I will mention my friends and I have tried everything that has been mentioned/ recommended here
I’ve even tried piggy backing off a randoms game the invite just doesn’t seem to allow them to join
I’ve tried with my friend on the other side of the globe to my friend sitting right next to me with his PS4 right next to mine
I haven’t been able to get anything to work I hope this helps
Anyways really fun game and keep doing what you guys are doing, love from this side! And stay safe!
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I wanted to add to the discussion that my brother and I are having the exact same issue as is described in this thread. We both play on Xbox One S consoles.
We have been able to play a total of 2 times since we started, but haven’t been able to connect for the past week. Multiple different days, I have 2 routers at my house, and it happens on both of them. It happens when I am the host, when he is the host, if I join him through the Multiplayer menu Friends option, XBOX menu Join Game option, or he invites (and vice versa). We have tried deleting our saved game data, and restoring, and nothing works.
Of course, we are able to join other people’s games, and they can join ours, but we can’t join each others’ games even when we invite the other person. (You have no idea how frustrating that is. Literally the only person in the world that I want to play the game with, that I invite personally, is the only person in the world that I cannot play with). We can play other games like Destiny, or Marvel Avengers and team up with zero problems.
Please figure this out soon!
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Hey @Liviomt, @The_Grimm777 and @icurnvss 
Sorry to hear that you are experiencing this issue. In an attempt to help our investigation of this issue I’d like to ask you a few questions which we very much would appreciate if you could answer! (Some of you may have already tried many or some of these things but asking anyway just in case)
- Have you tried experimenting with the “Who Can Join”-setting? The setting can be found in the multiplayer menu when you are in a session. The setting can be set to e.g. “Invite Only”, “Anybody”, etc. If you haven’t already please try joining via friend and inviting while experimenting with this setting since it appears to have had some effect for @MrRoboto.
- Have you tried switching roles (host/client, inviter/invited, host/join)?
- Have you tried various ways of playing together? e.g. joining via invite, joining via friends list, joining via “play together party” on PS4, etc.
- What console do you have? (E.g. XBOX ONE, XBOX ONE X, XBOX ONE S, PS4, PS4 Pro, PS4 Slim etc.)
- What type of network are you on? Is it a private home network or is it e.g. a public college campus network? e.g. Is there any chance your router has restrictive settings and e.g. ports that aren’t open.
- Have you tried playing on a different network? IF yes did it work?
- If you do a network test on your console (via the console settings menu) is there anything that looks off or is the network test showing good/green results? (IF there is something that looks off please consider providing a screenshot)
- Do you have similar problems with other games or is it just GenZ?
- When did the issue start occurring?
- Does it occur 100% of the time (that you can’t join) or does it occasionally work?
- Do you have 100 or more friends on your account?
Please also try this potential workaround which has worked for us internally;
Since we very rarely see this issue internally it’s a bit tricky for us to investigate, but the more information we can get the better our understanding of this issue becomes so don’t hesitate to share if you think you may have some new information. We appreciate the time you spend trying to figure this out with us!
Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for reporting! 
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Hey devs!
Thanks!
Will try this and let you guys know what happens
We have made sure that everything is correct like the game is joinable as randoms join me but for some reason he can’t join me through inv
Hopefully this will bring a solution and if not atleast now we know
Will keep you updated
Much love!
Stay safe!
Both me and my friend are on the standard PS4
We’ve tried swapping hosts, tried different internet
Both same nat type
I’ve even tried it with him sitting next to me in the room using same internet
But will try that method you mentioned and keep you all informed
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Platform: PS4
Description: Everytime I try to join my friend It sais something along the lines of “cant connect host is not present” this is incredibly dissapointing but joining a randoms game works perfectly fine
Steps To Reproduce: It happens everytime I try and join my friend in any way (invites or joining game session)
Images / Videos:
Host or Client: we both took turns being the host
Players in your game: 1 person was in a game and invited the other
Specifications: both me and my friend are on ps4 pros
We have that problem sometimes. Restarting first clients ps4. If that doesn’t Work then both host and client restarts their consoles. That works for us. It’s usually with a specific client that problem is. We don’t know why. But it happens maybe 3/10 times we play.
Same issue topics merged.
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Same issue we have tried everything.
Same issue here. We played one time in my game since owning it for about two weeks, and now I can’t connect to my friends game and vise versa. Really hoping for a patch to help fix this issue. Love the game. On Xbox One S. Open NAT. Also I tried the various methods posted above and to no avail.
Tried to play last night with 2 friends. All of us are on Xbox, two of us on the same wifi. (Friend 1- not on my wifi, Friend two-on my wifi)
We tried to log on to Friend 2’s game like we always do. Friend 1 could join, I could not. I kept getting the “Host unavailable” and “Host is no longer in session” error codes. Then, we all tried to join Friend 1’s game. We all were able to, but then I could not see Friend 2 and Friend 2 could not see me. Friend 1 could see both of us. We tried to just play anyway, but they would see enemies and I could not. We restarted, tried to join my game, but the same thing happened with the error codes for Friend 2 when Friend 1 could join. We tried resetting all of our games, systems, and routers with no luck. We tried different ways for about 3 hours until we finally gave up! I hope this is the right place to put this and I’ve given enough information for clarity! Hopefully someone can help!
Same issue topics merged.
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Thank you! Sorry, I should have put it here to begin with!
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3 of us have the game, me and wife are on same moderate nat/double nat wifi I’m on xbox one she is on xbox one x, cousin next door has own wifi but exact same as ours and is on xbox one x. We can all connect with randoms but only wife and i can play together. Read this thread and tried it all. Him and either one of us connecting is a no go.
wow that is alot of work ( u r awesome ) . much respect , kindly
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Im on xbox me and my friend want to play together. I try joing but it says “the host that you attempted to connect with is no longer present” is there any fixs or can i not join him?
Same issue topics merged.
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The new update did nothing to fix the issues. Any update on this or should i not get people to buy this game???