Joining friends on Warzone 2

JFX1 · Oct 13, 2023

When playing call of duty warzone 2 I'm unable to join my fiends party who have joins on because it says that I dont have [permission, when I previously had Xbox live it worked but now that I temporarily canceled it I cannot join other people in the free to play battle royal. - Thanks

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kyle_m4496

Are you inviting them through the Xbox guide or the in-game friends menu? Fortnite and Warzone allow you to invite friends through either menu.

> When I try to join a friends game is says not available purchase modern warfare 2 to have access to everything

Sounds like your friends may be in a MW2 multiplayer lobby, not Warzone. They have to be in a Warzone lobby for you to be able to join.

Thanks,
Kyle

CarTzy

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CarTzy

Hello JFX1,

Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Community.

I'm sorry to hear that you are having trouble joining your friends' party in Call of Duty Warzone 2. This is a common issue that some players experience when they cancel their Xbox Live subscription. The reason is that the game requires an active Xbox Live Gold membership to access the online multiplayer features, even though it is a free-to-play game. To fix this problem, you will need to renew your Xbox Live Gold subscription or purchase a prepaid code from a retailer. Once you do that, you should be able to join your friends' party and enjoy the game. I hope this helps. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to us again.

Have a great day!

Thomas Gravesen

It's not.an exception

There is a difference

All platforms have the COD APP

it's important to note warzone shares maps with cod games.

So if you are NOT picking from the warzone playlists you need to buy the full games containing those maps or stick with warzone maps only

Sorry, but I know very well the difference between COD, Warzone, paid content, and free maps.

My friends and I have been playing Warzone for years—always just the free Battle Royale mode—and we’ve never had issues inviting each other or playing together. But something clearly changed about 2 months ago.

Now, anyone using an Xbox can’t invite or join friends at all. Everything related to “playing together” just forces us to a screen asking us to buy Xbox Live. The only way around it is if a friend on PC invites us—then we can join with no problem. So the functionality is still there, just locked unless we pay.

This isn’t about confusing Warzone with the main COD titles—it’s a new restriction added on Xbox that wasn’t there before, and it makes it feel like we’re being forced to pay for something that’s supposed to be free.

x Sarasaurus x

Sorry to hear this

Have you tried to create a channel and invite your friend to the channel??

And also is your friend able to add you?? Maybe you could provide your friend with your Activision ID to see if they can add you. Via the social tab

For example

Playername#1234567

I hope this gets resolved for you. You can also try logging it with Activision.

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Joining friends on Warzone 2