Potential Co-op Mode

[Hunter XLR8]

The question is basically in the title. Is there a potential for a co-op mode for the main campaign? I know you could technically play a hot seat game by assigning some of your mechs to friends to play but I was more interested in the prospect of an online co-op feature.

It doesn’t have to change anything story wise and if it wasn’t drop in/out that’d be fine with me.

 

[shadojak]

I'll say it...

In sucess, all things are possible.

 

[Chaon]

It’s one of those things that Mitch likes the idea of but at the moment they are not putting time into developing it.

So it will be something they might look at once the game has been released and they have some time to relax and just sit around talking.

 

[ThatGuyMontag]

So the answer you'd get from Mitch here is his legendary catchphrase "In success, all things are possible." Co-op is unfortunately off the table for this game, it was ruled out in a dev Q&A fairly early on, but it's a highly requested feature that's going to be high up on the list of things to put into any follow up.

And trust me, this game is going to be so hugely well received success is inevitable. It's already the best Battletech computer game out there just on the back of an early draft skirmish mode, and it's only going to get better once we see the campaign this beautiful bunch of bastards have put together. It's going to win all the awards, replace X-Com 2 as the tactical turn-based game of choice for the hoi polloi, save the world from alien invasion and be named world dictator till the heat death of the universe by a unanimous vote of all the peoples of the world.

You can take that as the gospel truth. I mean, I backed this game within minutes of finding out about it, so I'm clearly not biased at all.

 

[Prussian Havoc]

Since the Kickstarter HBS has spoken of their hope to stand up a BATTLETECH Live Support Team (LST)... AFTER... the game was complete and sufficiently refined, "polished."

The first order of business for this LST was to be Skirmish Coop gameplay against the AI. To the best of my knowledge HBS never spoke of extending these hopes to include Coop Solo-Campaign gameplay. Additional Maps and additional PGI-Mech Data-derived Mechs were also hoped for items of work for the LST once Skirmish Coop had been worked.

Unfortunately Update 47 delayed a number of Kickstarter BATTLETECH elements. It is my estimation that HBS would focus on these delayed elements first, leaving even the question of standing up an LST or not for future consideration.

 

[Vanu Kaos]

Skirmish Coop gameplay against the AI.

You say the nicest things, PH!

 

[KnightCole]

Coop doesnt seem like it would be to impossible to add. Just add another set of turns for the player side. IDK, split the player team in half. Kinda like shogun 2 coop....PLayer 1, PLayer 2, AI....

Coops for this game might be cool, so long, I guess, as you dont get a schmuck for a teammate.

 

[Dragoon354]

Co-Op will hopefully make it in the game in the long run but as long as we have multiplayer and I can crush my friends then all is right with the world.

 

[Jackofallpots]

MW5 is gonna be coop, so if you don't get your big stompy robit coop one way you can get it the other

 

[KnightCole]

MW5 is gonna be coop, so if you don't get your big stompy robit coop one way you can get it the other

I dont have as high hopes for PGI's MW5 for some reason. I feel as though MWO should honestly have just added PVE/coop to their existing game. Hell, they added AI, got it to fire, the only thing left to do there would be make to basically add the option to play vs AI on all the existing game modes. Make it pay 40% of a normal game and voila, PVE in MWO.

 

[KnightCole]

I dont have as high hopes for PGI's MW5 for some reason. I feel as though MWO should honestly have just added PVE/coop to their existing game. Hell, they added AI, got it to fire, the only thing left to do there would be to both make it move and basically add the option to play vs AI on all the existing game modes. Make it pay 40% of a normal game and voila, PVE in MWO.

That faction war or w/e its called, would be great for PVE. AI defending, players attacking. PLayers get their intial mech and 1 respawn, AI get 48 mechs. PLayers can capture repair bays or something, and thats that.

Edit: oops, wrong button...shoulda hit edit not reply....oh boy..literally talking to myself....