The short version: Realms support on the Switch seems to be broken. We've not had a single play session that worked as expected.
The longer version: Loading the list of realms? Unreliable, sometimes failing constantly until we kill and restart the game.
Connecting to the realm? Unreliable. Sometimes we're stuck at a screen with a loading throbber and no other UI elements, forcing us to kill the game to be able to play again. Other times it repeatedly times out when trying to join the realm. Sometimes it'll join on the second or third try, other times we have to kill the game to get it to join.
Playing in the realm? Unreliable. In most play sessions we experience an issue where the UI is replaced with the loading throbber. We can move freely around the realm, other players see us move, but we are unable to interact with the realm. As long as the throbber is up, we are unable to bring up any menus. Occasionally it goes away after a while, but most often we have to kill and restart the game.
We've had only one play session where, once joined to the realm, we were able to play without interruption, but even this session involved multiple attempts to join to the session, including multiple restarts of the game.
Sure.
The short version:
Realms support on the Switch seems to be broken.
We've not had a single play session that worked as expected.
The longer version:
Loading the list of realms? Unreliable, sometimes failing constantly until we kill and restart the game.
Connecting to the realm? Unreliable. Sometimes we're stuck at a screen with a loading throbber and no other UI elements, forcing us to kill the game to be able to play again. Other times it repeatedly times out when trying to join the realm. Sometimes it'll join on the second or third try, other times we have to kill the game to get it to join.
Playing in the realm? Unreliable. In most play sessions we experience an issue where the UI is replaced with the loading throbber. We can move freely around the realm, other players see us move, but we are unable to interact with the realm. As long as the throbber is up, we are unable to bring up any menus. Occasionally it goes away after a while, but most often we have to kill and restart the game.
We've had only one play session where, once joined to the realm, we were able to play without interruption, but even this session involved multiple attempts to join to the session, including multiple restarts of the game.
Thank you