Islands set higher than 16 players, are not letting partying with the max players allowed on Fortnite's Lobby

Summary

Islands set higher than 16 players are not allowing partying with the intended number on the lobby

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What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Matchmaking

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Open Fortnite
  2. Add or Select an island set with more than 16 players to access
  3. Send or Accept invitations for the intended number of players to access. Example, 18 players.
  4. Notice how after 16 players are in the party, the invitations for the remaining players are not allowed to be accepted

Expected Result

Players higher than 16 are able to party at the same time on islands that allows a higher number of players.

Observed Result

After completing the party with 16 people, players are not able to send party invitations, or team leaders are not able to accept those invitations, even though the island accepts a higher number of players.

Platform(s)

PC, Mobile, Consoles

Island Code

1657-2632-4431

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Additional Notes

Starting playing the island with the 16 players as max allowed to party, and wait for the remaining allowed to join on their own, won’t get in the same server as everyone else; they will get on a new server.

FORT-931487 has been created and its status is ‘Unconfirmed’. This is now in a queue to be reproduced and confirmed.