Multiplayer AI officers

[Naewyng]

So I have only a couple of friends that play this game, and I usually play with just one of them.

What is stopping the game from allowing AI officers to fill the empty slots? Like have me, my friend, and 3 AI officers?

Some people said that it's because "the AI would be confused as to who gives orders"... simple fix: only allow one player (the lead) to give orders.
Somebody else said that the AI would treat the player like an enemy, but why? It could just as easily treat the other players just like a normal player.

So what is the actual reason we can't have AI officers in multiplayer?

The reason I think this is necessary, is because the game doesn't scale AT ALL, so good luck doing carriers of the vines in 2 players...

[Kisama]

scaling isn't the problem on higher difficulty. Getting all of the arrests without taking too much damage over the whole run is the hard part. (Also the inevitable bugged out AI ruining your mission at 14/15 kills with an auto lock on bug).

I've been doing the missions one at a time solo S rank and am at 13/18. I'm sure duo Carriers would be fine.

Virtually all of my Solo S ranks end the same way: I have 3-4 body parts red-dark red from doing the entire mission solo and catching the odd stray, then the enemy that has been screaming at me but only repositioning when I close in inevitably shoots me through a wall/door and one taps the last of my hp.

The rest of the "virtually" is taken up by missing shotgun shots and dying of my own doing.

I was actually thinking about how to do the ironman without your AI dying and all I came up with is replacing my non lethal shotgun with a lethal shotgun and blowing away anyone who gives me the slightest resistance.


However, I agree that AI + coop should be a thing. The way it should work is that at 2 players specifically, teach player should control one team. First player gets blue team, Second player gets red. This would be insanely fun as an ironman mode. It would also alleviate some of the ammo issues.
I like that in SP I can load my AI up with wedges and stuff like that, and save gas/ammo for my own guy.

[WhiskeyDuck]

The game desperately needs this, there is a mod that allows it but it's not perfect.