Helldivers 2 Message Board  

So was playing solo using the trainer, and had a guy on my friends list join me. I quit as quickly as I could. I have my stuff set to friends only but there isn't a way to make it invite only it seems, and being offline on Steam doesn't change in game status either.

Am I missing a way to turn off having friends join, or is it just how it is and I'm gonna have to figure out when he isn't playing to play? I don't want to remove him as we do play together a lot, but I also want to be able to use the trainer.

I quit as fast as I could, I don't think he loaded in yet so I'm not sure if he saw anything, I was using the health and ammo, and running solo on a crazy difficulty might have been a giveaway if he saw that. I take it I'd catch a ban if he reported it, but would him joining spark something to have it looked at, even if he doesn't?

We have no way of knowing any of this.

best,
Cal

I don't think you can block friends from joining and I seriously doubt that you would see a ban if they did as GameGuard is completely disabled using our trainer, but we have no way of knowing what the devs can/are tracking. We haven't had a single person from about 100,000 people using our trainer that has received a ban. But we still maintain that the trainer is USE AT YOUR OWN RISK and should ONLY be used SOLO so you did the right thing by disconnecting.