Multiplayer?

[Calandiel]

Pretty much the only reason why I've personally stopped playing Distant Worlds was the fact that the game had no multiplayer.
Is this one going to be different? I tend to play games of this kind with friends and I'd love to share something this grand with them.

[ZumZoom]

I think Erik mentioned on the stream that there will be MP, just didn't go into details.

[Krisscut]

Yes he mentionned that the game was build in a way that it would be possible in the future (maybe). But it will not be there at release.

[DaViSFiT]

For me a 2 Player Coop Multiplayer would be perfect. I dont need special game mods, super fast mode, special rules. This is all in Stellaris and dont make it any better. Just a friend to help me to control everything. Of even with 2 races it would be ok.

[Calandiel]

Originally posted by DaViSFiT:

For me a 2 Player Coop Multiplayer would be perfect. I dont need special game mods, super fast mode, special rules. This is all in Stellaris and dont make it any better. Just a friend to help me to control everything. Of even with 2 races it would be ok.

I dunno, different strokes for different folks. The only reason why I personally clocked more hours in Stellaris than in Distant Worlds is because I could actually play against friends in it.

Originally posted by ZumZoom:

I think Erik mentioned on the stream that there will be MP, just didn't go into details.

Originally posted by Krisscut:

Yes he mentionned that the game was build in a way that it would be possible in the future (maybe). But it will not be there at release.

That sounds promising. Thanks for letting me know ^-^

[PyroMancer]

Originally posted by Calandiel:

I dunno, different strokes for different folks. The only reason why I personally clocked more hours in Stellaris than in Distant Worlds is because I could actually play against friends in it.

As much as I like DW I too find myself playing Stellaris a lot more primarily because it's MP. In so many games I tend to run the numbers and find a few optimal strategies which I settle into and when I don't use them I feel like I'm intentionally undermining myself. This is in large part due to AI being fairly predictable in it's behavior combines with curtain bonus combinations tending to be the best.

Where as when playing with friends you can't always be sure what they will do, Also we try out different mods all the time which spices things up as they can drastically change which paths of optimal and lead to needing to explore new setups.

I've tried talking up DW to my friends but ultimately most only wanna play MP so they have no interest in the game. But I think it would be great to play a game with them. It would be great to play as Pirate faction while others are main empires. It would be a bit like playing CK2 where one person is a simple Lord and another in King. So the players aren't at same level working for same goal but could still help each other out or move against them.

[Soccer]

To me multiplayer is also the main decion point to get or not get DW2. Otherwise it looks fine so far :)

[Jorroo]

same , no multiplayer , no buy ... sorry , real pity

[easytarget]

Yeah, same here only I'll not buy it if the dev wastes even 5 minutes on MP.

[JSHALO2025]

Multiplayer +1

[Calandiel]

Originally posted by Medicus:

Multiplayer should be in it. And as a coder told me that is no even so hard to make.

You can't just say "multiplayer is not even so hard to make" without knowing in detail how the game in question works under the hood

[ltkrogoth]

Multiplayer (Coop - playing together one empire) please

[Ignition]

Multiplayer coop is fundamental in any strategy game for me.

[VizardAlpha]

+1