Will be multiplayer on release date?

[Major.Baker]

Simple question hehe, really looking foward to this game

[Mr. Goose]

No, the devs plan to add it in at a later date

[Forsaken Falcon]

welp they just lost myself and 3 other friends buying it on launch day =x were all currently playing 1 co op lately =x this blows =x

[GeneralGamePlaying]

Fair enough, if you only buy coop, so be it, for the moment.

Multiplayer or coop can't just be "added" for the general case. It's a lot of extra work for an uncertain outcome at higher maintenance cost.

[Maledictam]

Game looks pretty cool, but our group also only plays multiplayer games of this type, these days. In for 4 if multiplayer is ever added and the game comes out in good shape.

That being said, we may still buy one copy to share if it turns out that it is a good bit above the average game of this genre. Best of luck to the devs.

[Jeo Nugu]

I'm VERY happy there will be no multiplayer at launch. Too many devs out there bending over and giving in to multiplayer crybabies for games that were NEVER designed or intended for anything but single player. So sick of it.

[Shralla]

Originally posted by Jeo Nugu:

I'm VERY happy there will be no multiplayer at launch. Too many devs out there bending over and giving in to multiplayer crybabies for games that were NEVER designed or intended for anything but single player. So sick of it.

Except that this game is intended to have multiplayer. They openly said it wouldn't be in at launch but they were intending to add it later. So this whole comment is off base.

[Saint_Aint]

Originally posted by Forsaken Falcon:

welp they just lost myself and 3 other friends buying it on launch day =x were all currently playing 1 co op lately =x this blows =x

Most multiplayer games launched on steam, start as single player. I see many players (not you) bring up the fact that "factorio has multiplayer, so why don't you", type statements when asking why a particular game isn't MP.

Like this game, factorio didn't launch MP. Their devs even said, it's not as easy as adding a few lines of code. Most developers state that they want the core game finished before tackling the rats nest of code that is MP.

If the devs for this game said they intend to add MP, expect it to be after the core game is finished.

[Orv Williams]

Coop was the biggest draw for myself and friends to the original Salt. I was excited at the upcoming Sept 20th release date until I stumbled across information that multiplayer isn't included at launch and perhaps won't be added at all.
I am greatly disappointed.
Regrettably, I won't purchase Salt 2 unless and until such time as it includes multiplayer coop.

[WillieSea]

I know this is an MP thread, but looking at the arguments, I could just as easily say the year salt 1 took to implement MP could have better been used to implement real weather and enemy ships and cannon. Even NPC crew.

[Dipperly]

Originally posted by GeneralGamePlaying:

Fair enough, if you only buy coop, so be it, for the moment.

Multiplayer or coop can't just be "added" for the general case. It's a lot of extra work for an uncertain outcome at higher maintenance cost.

If its coop the way most of these games are, there is no extra maintenance cost since there is no need for them doing the hosting. It is extra work tho for sure and every patch might break things for coop that might not happen with sp, that for sure.

[Andy Nord]

Loved the first game!
Will buy Salt 2 when there is co-op.

[Pricefield7x7]

Originally posted by Jeo Nugu:

I'm VERY happy there will be no multiplayer at launch. Too many devs out there bending over and giving in to multiplayer crybabies for games that were NEVER designed or intended for anything but single player. So sick of it.

say you don't have friends without saying you don't have friends

[MadDawg2552]

Everyone saying "multiplayer added later is better" is wrong. Multiplayer should be the FIRST thing added so you can integrate it with the new systems as you go. Adding multiplayer at the end just makes it more difficult and time consuming.

If something you've added early just doesn't work with multiplayer and you can't find a workaround, you have to redesign that entire feature or remove it entirely.

[avadream]

Multiplayer will start as coöp and become PvP.
The playerbase will demand this and the devs will surrender and deliver IMO.

Reacting on a review, my hopes are that the fighting part STAYS simple, the islands become MORE diverse and the grind will become LESS.

[WillieSea]

Have the developers actually said it would become PVP? They were against that in Salt 1, and I have not seen anything about that being done for Salt 2.

Unless you are a developer, with experience, simply saying making coop from the beginning would be easier may not be the case at all. getting the game in a state that money inflow happens (early access) can ensure you have the funds to incorporate coop later. Making a game coop from the beginning is very expensive and time consuming and I would venture a guess that indie developers cannot afford to do that from the start.