At the end of the mission The Void’s Edge, there is a section that requires players to stand on up to 3 charging pads to send one or two players up to the top floor to destroy the shard powering the gate. This mechanic is fine when it works as it forces some amount of teamwork, even if it’s only fleeting. However, the key phrase there is “when it works”.
I was just in a mission where two other players, Miko and Orendi, and myself, Oscar Mike, reached the gate before the boss fight and were unable to continue normally. Under normal circumstances, the game would adjust for there being less than four players by reducing the number of charging pads required. During this mission, there was no such adjustment. We reached the gate and the game required us three to stand on the three charging pads, while a non-existent fourth player goes up to destroy the shard.
Luckily there are ways around having to use the jump pad. Characters with dashes like Montana and ISIC can dash up there, characters with leaps like El Dragon and Attikus can leap up there, Benedict is Benedict, or anybody with a ranged AoE of damage can attack the shard from afar.
In our case, I was able to lob an incendiary grenade over the gate and have it explode near enough to the shard to leave the incendiary AoE in a position where it could damage and destroy the shard. Thus allowing us to continue on the mission.
I believe this issue was caused by some players disconnecting at the start of the game and the game not recognizing that there were fewer players playing. We had one player disconnect as we were loading into the character select menu, after selecting the mission. We had another player disconnect as we finished choosing our characters, before the intro cutscene. Though I can’t be sure, as it could be caused by any number of things.
I now have a video of the issue with the jump pad. Included is an attempt to see if having a player quit and rejoin would fix the issue, as well as how you can solve the issue as Oscar Mike. Selected talents include incendiary grenades and increased frag grenade radius.