Some of you, like me, have probably been seeing that all of your Uplay friends in Ghost Recon Future Soldier appear to be "Offline" when they aren't. This means you can't play coop, guerilla, or mulitplayer with them. I went searching around the Ubisoft forums and here's the fix:

1) When you see that someone has sent you a friend request, do NOT accept the friend request from uplay.com or from the Uplay launcher. Open up the game, and on the main menu, click My Friends. Click invitations, and accept them from there.

2) If you are already friends with someone and you have this problem, unfriend them and complete step 1.

Just to be clear: IF YOU SEE A FRIEND INVITATION, ONLY ACCEPT IT FROM IN-GAME. This is a temperary workaround. Hopefully it will be fixed soon!

Since Future Soldier revolves around Uplay, it would be good if everyone posted their Uplay usernames somewhere on their profiles. Also, leave a post on this page or a comment on this announcement with your username. That way we can friend each other.

A developer who worked on the original (yes, the 2001) Ghost Recon game is now working with a small staff on a game called Ground Branch. It's a tactical shooter, but focuses on extreme realism. Click the link for details, and pladge if you can!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/670743543/ground-branch

I've decided that for the most convenient way of voice chat, and for the best performance and ease of use, we should use Steam Voice. This may not be permanent, we'll probably just try this out and see if there are any problems. Other options, such as Ventrilo, would require setting up a server, but we may try them if Steam Voice isn't the best.

http://futuresoldierteam.forums-free.com/steam-voice-t8.html