Just want to say straight off the bat that I am enjoying the hell out of this game, such a worthwhile purchase in my eyes. The story is giving me the vibe like Breaking Bad of "how can this get any worse for Max?" and I'm finding the multiplayer to be quite the time consumer for me.

But I can't for the life of me understand why I can't join other crew members in a game just by selecting them from the crew list. I can report them, add them as a friend or view their profile but not join a session in progress or join their lobby at the next possible chance.

Yes, sure I could send other duders from the crew a friend request but I'd find it a little weird getting friend requests from someone I didn't know

I hope it's a feature that could get patched in or be added on to one of the DLC's as I'm hoping this multiplayer will get quite the following and I'd love to shoot dodge all over the place with some fellow Bombers.

Any one else noticed this lacking feature?

You have to first create a Social Club account to join a crew through their website. Otherwise only a crew leader can invite you in-game.

https://socialclub.rockstargames.com/

@Lebensbaum: I'm already part of the Giant Bomb Crew that we have. But whilst in the multiplayer menu I'd like to connect with other GBSQ members who are playing (get more XP, start feuds etc) Hope they can do something about it and thanks for replying.

@chrismcblack: Oh whoops, sorry about that, must've misread your post.

I usually pull up the full crew list from the lobby interface and see if anyone's joinable by viewing their profile, or else I just send out an invite to anyone with an idle "in Multiplayer" status. You'd like some indicator within the menu if they're joinable and an option to join without viewing profile, if I'm understanding correctly now.

@Lebensbaum: Hit the nail on the head my friend