Hi Elrond, to my understanding bot commanders for captain were never supposed to be part of the release (there are some files about it - but it will crash the server if used).
Are you still having issues connecting? The global master server outage affecting TW has since resolved, so everyone should be able to connect now.
The problem is actually bigger / worse than this, due to the way that official standalone servers operate for their gold / xp system, even if we had official standalone servers - we'd still have issues with gold.
I had also tried verifying my game cache and uninstalling and reinstalling the game. My GPU drivers were all up to date. I ended up giving up on it though, and was pleasantly surprised when the update after full release fixed it for me.
Ah yes - I wasn't sure if this was the case or not as like you've said - we haven't got access to it for OC, thanks for clarifying. I had just been speaking to the official dedicated servers outside of matchmaking.
Were you able to connect okay? It should appear in the server list after a refresh - it can take a bit to populate though, around say 2 minutes.
You can earn loot / gold for cosmetics by being on any official server. You can just join one and it will be given for simply being on the server.
The loot system for is broken anyway, you get it for being on an official server (regardless of participation). There is no reward-based system for loot.
Why? People are already doing this on official servers.
There's also another person reporting the same thing in the multiplayer bugs section: https://forums.taleworlds.com/index...ways-crashes-if-9-players-on-one-team.454676/