I cant send a game invite to my buddie nor can he send me one. Im getting really fed up with this online shit that never is easy or works. Any ideas. We both get into the "Easy" lobby on the EA servers and we are "friends" as far as live is concerned, but the godamn "invite" is just not highlited like the rest of the options.

follow my simple rule, if its anything to do with EA dont be surprised if there is a problem with it. Ive got Battlefield 2 i have constant connection problems & some times can't hear other people in game. All my other (non EA) games are fine

while in any of the game lobbies wether a friend of mine was in the lobby or anyone else, i couldnt send an invite/challenge to anyone at all, the only way i could get a game going was a quick match

We got it working. You have to set up an unranked match. We were just trying to use the lobbies(silly us, note sarcasam).