Is there a way to not join a crowed server?

[VICKSUN]

Lately, whenever I play online, I end up on servers with loads of people. Normally I would be happy about this but as of now, it just increases the odds of me being screwed over by trolls and griefer groups. I don't know if there is a specific setting or anything I can do to go on servers with less people. 

[Bucnation3139]

14 hours ago, VICKSUN said:

Lately, whenever I play online, I end up on servers with loads of people. Normally I would be happy about this but as of now, it just increases the odds of me being screwed over by trolls and griefer groups. I don't know if there is a specific setting or anything I can do to go on servers with less people. 

Not 100 % sure on this but I've noticed if the sever you spawn in to is full , go into a horse race , PvP , or story mission and when it's over it changes the one you respawn in ? So either it's switching servers or all the people that were there are now doing something else. Try that bro. Only other suggestions would be posse up and give em hell !

[BurbonChaser]

15 hours ago, VICKSUN said:

Lately, whenever I play online, I end up on servers with loads of people. Normally I would be happy about this but as of now, it just increases the odds of me being screwed over by trolls and griefer groups. I don't know if there is a specific setting or anything I can do to go on servers with less people. 

Best thing to do is spawn well away from where you want to be and then fast travel to your chosen destination. The game unfortunately is designed to spawn you in areas populated by other players by default.

[Born Homicidal]

16 hours ago, VICKSUN said:

Lately, whenever I play online, I end up on servers with loads of people. Normally I would be happy about this but as of now, it just increases the odds of me being screwed over by trolls and griefer groups. I don't know if there is a specific setting or anything I can do to go on servers with less people. 

All great solutions to the issue you have, but also there is the option of joining up with a posse or crew, I've noticed when ee have a decent/big group people dont tend to shoot on site, bug us or even troll/grief us.

[Bucnation3139]

36 minutes ago, Born Homicidal said:

All great solutions to the issue you have, but also there is the option of joining up with a posse or crew, I've noticed when ee have a decent/big group people dont tend to shoot on site, bug us or even troll/grief us.

Yes sir ! We have 2 in our posse over level 100 with all the explosive stuff. Occasionally a young cow rustler will try his metal against a 7 Man posse and get owned real quick ! Lol we do not chase but rather draw a line in the dirt , if they continue we love to oblige ! Lol but as you said normally they look at our levels and go a different route !

[SNAK3S]

Just have to be prepared for the worst at all times as of right now. I will server hop, go on and offline until I find a server that isn't too populated. Sometimes I end up getting put back in the same server a few times. It sucks cause like mentioned, you will be put by people when you spawn in. 

[D3x]

I will just hop on and offline till I find one less crowded. Sometimes it will take a few tries, other times it may take like a good 10 or 15 minutes of doing this. I find that the best time to find servers that are low activity is after 11PM. 

[FLIP]

On 2/6/2019 at 5:28 PM, SNAK3S said:

Just have to be prepared for the worst at all times as of right now. I will server hop, go on and offline until I find a server that isn't too populated. Sometimes I end up getting put back in the same server a few times. It sucks cause like mentioned, you will be put by people when you spawn in. 

That is how I am. We can't really expect everything to be in perfect working order yet. I am sure we will have ways to join private servers or party only ones in the future.