FE:LH will NOT be getting Multiplayer

[Vhaeraun Baen're]

Fromt tonights dev update:

Originally posted by Frogboy:

Multiplayer
We have a lot of requests for this. Here’s the basic issue. The tactical battle system in the Elemental games was not written in a way that allows for multiplayer. All the actions in it happen within its own box. The short version is that all the tactical battle stuff would have to be rewritten, from scratch, to have the tactical battles happen in multiplayer and that’s just not going to happen. That would be extremely expensive for us. It’s not that we don’t think there should be multiplayer. It’s just a cost/benefit ratio (not just in terms of dollars but in terms of human assets that would have to be taken from other projects). It’s not something I’m happy about either.

sorry folks. no one is more upset by this than me.

[Rusty]

Makes sense, my games go for hundreds of seasons, and each fght i have, will always go for a few turns. I can't imagine the length of time it would take to finish one single game. Especially when the other player might just get bored with the game. Thats my opinion at least.

[Vhaeraun Baen're]

I don't think anyone can argue the idea of playing with random people on the internet wouldn't work most of the time, but there are a lot of people wanting to play with friends/family where long games wouldnt be an issue

[Chucky Tosser]

Perhaps in the next version of this game hotseat at the least would be very fun as i could take 2 or 3 of my favorite sov's and go up against the worst mix of enemies to fight for victory! :) Combined battles would be great too, ie, my army merges with my ally's army to start the siege of a big city, maybe they can increase size of armies at a later date too for bigger, more intense battles for a level 5 capital or something.

[Atomized]

Hotseat is always fun, add controller support so you can steam big mode on your TV and play on the couch with friends!

[JiveTurkey]

How about just a battle mode? Gladius on the original Xbox didn't have anything more than that but it really added to the replay. Let people make their own army, then decide on the resource limit before the match.

[Cantung]

it is what it is.
Multi-player is a different thing.
Its not like there are not enough multi-player games out there to keep everyone happy.

I personally dont see why this game needs to be crammed into an over done multi-player mold. it's fine like this, and needs continued developement in this genre, And support from us the fans also.

No multi player please just put resourses into good quality up-dates and contant.
Then you have a classic winner !. !!! :))

[Jonesy]

Originally posted by Cantung:

it is what it is.
Multi-player is a different thing.
Its not like there are not enough multi-player games out there to keep everyone happy.

I personally dont see why this game needs to be crammed into an over done multi-player mold. it's fine like this, and needs continued developement in this genre, And support from us the fans also.

No multi player please just put resourses into good quality up-dates and contant.
Then you have a classic winner !. !!! :))

+1 to this I've already voiced my point in other threads about this not every game has to have mutiplayer tacked on for the sake of having it, if its not build with it in the first place leave it alone and make a great single player experience that we can enjoy for many years to come.

[Atomized]

We can still dream and give ideas cant' we? whats the point of having a stick this far up your ass? Also I assumed by "next version" he meant next game. seems there was some miscommunication.

[athelasloraiel]

MP as hotseat even in tactical battle shouldnt be a problem for coding...just stop AI and arrange that player gives new set of orders...but, next game probably will have it since a tonne of people asked for it...

[Vhaeraun Baen're]

Originally posted by Cantung:

it is what it is.
Multi-player is a different thing.
Its not like there are not enough multi-player games out there to keep everyone happy.

hate this argument against MP in FE. there is no other MP game like FE. We want MP in FE, not other MP games. comprende?


this doesnt need to be an argument anymore anyways. its already said an done that its not getting MP

[ZarethKnyght]

Originally posted by Atomized:

We can still dream and give ideas cant' we? whats the point of having a stick this far up your ass? Also I assumed by "next version" he meant next game. seems there was some miscommunication.

No one said anything about your idea being bad. So what's with the "stick up the ***" comment for? There's no need to resort to insults just because someone doesn't agree with your opinion.

[Atomized]

It wasn't about insulting you, it's the fact you clearly want to have a bad attitude towards the situation and clearly hate fun.

[Scynix]

This kind of game is just plain better with multiplayer. It baffles me they would have designed it originally without considering that. Somehow I doubt what he says is true at all, as he could have made the same argument against multiplayer previously and did not.

[Tripitaka]

When stardock took feeback on this, most people said they wanted mp but only if it was consigned to it's own subforum which would then be completely ignored.

The problem is mp tends to be the most vocal 'community' out of all proportion, and without doubt there would be petitions, rants and whines for "balance" and a steamlined/faster game etc which does not fit with the vision for this game (it's not simply civ with elfs... there are tons of mods for that).

If all you wanted was exactly the same game as it is now only with mp, you aren't going to find anyone who disagrees.

-- This was just to explain why mp wasn't designed in from the beginning. The idea was to build a sp game, leaving mp as an option if there was demand (seems they screwed that up).

[trueman56]

" This was just to explain why mp wasn't designed in from the beginning. The idea was to build a sp game, leaving mp as an option if there was demand (seems they screwed that up)."

This is the opinion of 齊天大聖. It was never stated as a Stardock Plan.

It does seem true the MP people are more vocal. Maybe there will be a new game called FE-MP in the future, but it can not be the same game.