Multiple Carriers for Co-op? (Hopeful future addition proposal)

[Capt. Latrios]

As the subject line says, I'm basically just hoping in future that we might be able to get multiple carriers for a team in future, because while I do like playing the game with friends, one or two of them has a particular method of operating the carrier that clashes with my own.

The suggested solution of 'Working out who's "in charge"' aside, I think it would be nice in general to be able to have a second (or more) carriers as an option for additional players in co-op, perhaps for ones who want to take on a particular role, like dedicating all their drones to air superiority and the other to land, as an example.

Plus on the purely aesthetic side of it, it would just be nice to be able to do particular things to help distinguish the two carriers, like giving them individual names along the hull, or simple paintjobs.
Getting between carriers for whatever reason could presumably have either some teleport function like the game currently has for the bridge, or some small craft of some sort.

I'm sure someone somewhere would take issue with game balance but with both I and my friend being terrible at the game (and it not having the best learning curve), I don't really care what high-skilled players think is 'too easy'.

I know there's a way to get a second carrier into the game via save editing, but that has all kinds of hurdles and issues with it that would be nice to not have to worry about (Like logistics barges loading all of the supplied goods onto whichever carrier ordered it first, regardless of which one ordered it.

I mean, theoretically that could be simply solved by having both ships share inventories, but that's an issue for another time.

And while there are many other much more absurd and impractical additions I'd love to ask about (such as much larger gunboat classes for escort ships like destroyers and larger), this one is the main one I wish to become a thing first and foremost if at all possible.

So is this possible in future? I'm hopeful that it does end up becoming a thing, but y'know, can't have everything.

But still, fingers crossed

[th0ma5]

I requested carrier teams feature on the official tracker when the game first came out. A 2 carriers vs 2 carriers game would be cool because it would extend the coop nature of the game beyond the one carrier you are in. Coordinating what islands to attack simultaneously or join forces attacking an enemy carrier etc.

[Capt. Latrios]

That would be nice, just a pity they haven't mentioned anything like that otherwise. I've had the game since launch myself, but never really looked into the official tracker...I'm basically just slightly less terrible than I was back then.

[CarboniteIV]

Knowing what I know about game design, adding more carriers would add significant additional load on the engine itself, leading to bugs and other issues. I'm not sure it's an easy thing to just drop in. Most devs are nervous about bugs popping up in established games, for fear of angry players tanking their review ratings unfairly.

[Capt. Latrios]

Given that you can already have up to four carriers in the game in the form of other teams, it really doesn't seem that hard. I'm after co-op against AI carriers specifically, not three whole teams of double carriers

[CarboniteIV]

Originally posted by Capt. Latrios:

Given that you can already have up to four carriers in the game in the form of other teams, it really doesn't seem that hard. I'm after co-op against AI carriers specifically, not three whole teams of double carriers

Oh, well certainly, that seems easy. I did think you were talking about 'more' carriers than what is currently possible.

[Capt. Latrios]

Originally posted by CarboniteIV:

Originally posted by Capt. Latrios:

Given that you can already have up to four carriers in the game in the form of other teams, it really doesn't seem that hard. I'm after co-op against AI carriers specifically, not three whole teams of double carriers

Oh, well certainly, that seems easy. I did think you were talking about 'more' carriers than what is currently possible.

I can certainly understand where that assumption would come from. But my friend and I already struggle against one carrier, hence the desire for multiple carriers per team At least for the players as an option because it would allow us to coordinate better... plus if you see Rimmy's video on the game pre-launch, there's only so many jobs a full game can do on a single carrier, and there's not enough spots for all 16 at once, so it'd make sense.

[Naviss]

After playing single player since the start, I really don't need crew, However I would love to see my friends who join a game with me have their own carriers and be on the same team.

Should be a option. To crew a fellow carrier or spawn one of your own with a team.

[Darloth]

You can save edit additional carriers onto one team and the game is almost fine with it. Not entirely fine, the logistics stuff can get a bit confused sometimes, barges will happily pick up items ordered by either of the carriers and deliver them to other carriers... but with a bit of communication about who wants what delivered where, it works!

[Capt. Latrios]

Originally posted by Darloth:

You can save edit additional carriers onto one team and the game is almost fine with it. Not entirely fine, the logistics stuff can get a bit confused sometimes, barges will happily pick up items ordered by either of the carriers and deliver them to other carriers... but with a bit of communication about who wants what delivered where, it works!

Looks like someone didn't read the whole post properly