Currently, when groups of friends queue together to play an FNC or UEFN island they are not guaranteed to be matchmade into the same team. With the 26.20 update, republished islands where the team size is four or less will have an updated matchmaking experience.
When the size of the party is equal to or less than the team size, the party will be guaranteed to be placed on the same team. When the size of the party is greater than the team size, (e.g. four friends queue to play a 3v3 game), the party will be split with as many party members placed on one team as possible.
For upgraded islands, you will see a new island setting, ‘Team Fill Option’ with two options:
- ‘Party Choice’ gives your players the option to fill their team as they can in Battle Royale
- ‘Must Fill’ forces player’s teams to be chosen by the matchmaking system
There are no changes to islands where team sizes are greater than four. The change to upgraded islands will not take effect until creators republish their islands.
Islands must be upgraded to V2 devices to fully benefit from this update.