Recently the list of servers for an experience was updated.
There’s a new control at the top for “Number of Players” with choice of Ascending or Descending. I noticed some strange behavior there, with regards to Private Servers.
When the sort is set to Descending, usually the last couple of servers are Private Servers, and if I try to join them, it says I don’t have permission.
But when I sort it Ascending, those same Private Servers do not appear in the list.
Observed:
Sort Descending => list displays Private Servers
Sort Ascending => Private Servers do not appear in the list
Expected:
Expect the list to be consistent, regardless of sort.
This could have 1 of 2 different fix strategies:
- Always show the Private Servers, regardless of sort
- (my preference) Do not include Private Servers in the list either way, they can’t be joined by majority of players, and could be confusing to include
I checked some other games that I do not own, and I do see the Ascending/Descending selector on them as well.
Screenshot 1
This shows the default sort of Descending is already selected.
Screenshot 2
This shows when I scroll to the bottom of the list, there’s a server there, it’s a new server that someone has created, it’s a Private Server. I can tell, because when I try to join it, I see this error message that I don’t have permission to join.
Screenshot 3
Taken just seconds later, I scrolled back up, and selected Ascending from the sort direction. Now, the private server with 2/17 players, is not visible in the list (as it shouldn’t be)
