Multiplayer with friends

[Albireo20]

So I have a question, if I play with my friends and we start a campaign together, lets say Friend A is the host, we play to a certain point and then I can't play for a few days, but my friends want to continue the campaign, what happens if I later on join the campaign again, except for the obvious they are further ahead in the story.

So will they while I'm not playing use my original character as a companion or will that one not be available to them and if so will I still get experience points etc. while I'm not online so if I join lets say a week later and they are lvl 8, am I still level 3 (just an example). In that regard the "rules" to Multiplayer weren't super clear to me.

[Kirb]

The characters are locked to the host's save, so if you are away for a week and he keeps playing, you'll be coming back to wherever -They- left off as opposed to where you left off.

I wouldn't recommend this unless he has a ton of notes saved to catch you up on the five levels of events that you missed. Or if you're okay with missing swathes of the game. Imo, you should have SP saves for yourself and MP saves for friends.

EDIT: To clarify, I mean they should make their own singleplayer campaigns if they're going to play without you and switch to a multiplayer story when you're playing with them or you'll be left in the dust more or less narratively.

[Albireo20]

Ah thanks for clarifying. But that is no Problem, I will have my SP save and the other game is with 2 Friends but those two will play the whole story together most likely and would not want to start another savegame right away if I can't play for example.

But I want to play with them so I just play when I can with them and if that means I miss out on some stuff in their run that is totally fine by me for full on story I have my SP run, it was just important for me if I would not be able to play for whatever reason and want to jump back in if my character might be to weak to still play with them because it might not level with them while I don't play. But if that is not the case there is no problem.

[Erke]

Do we miss out on npc companion stories if played coop?

[Albireo20]

Originally posted by Erke:

Do we miss out on npc companion stories if played coop?

So far I did not feel like that, you can talk to all companions and get to know them better, some story parts of them trigger, like I had a specific one with Gale or Wyll and the other players can watch your dialogue sometimes the attitude of the companions also changes depending on who of you speaks with them because of your background, class etc.

[MASTERCHIEF]

Originally posted by Erke:

Do we miss out on npc companion stories if played coop?

not exactly. if your friend plays as the companion. he makes the choice and it may not be the normal arc. no romance with your friend's origin character though. you will not be able to interact with your friend's origin character like in a single-player. and your friend takes up one slot which cant be replaced. so you are stuck with only 2 story companions ( you might miss out on some comments and stuff) assuming you only have one person joining your game.

[Reventón]

what happens if my friend wants to do the campaign normally and i want to do an evil playthrough? will we be able to progress our own way in the same game or do we need to basically get on the same page when playing together?