Multiplayer question

[enu]

Can someone give an extensive multiplayer review, what you can and can not do together?
Im on the verge of buying but want to play with my partner, I cant get a grasp on what we can do though

[Rhyagelle]

I was just about to ask the same thing! I'm hearing conflicting things on the multiplayer. I wanna buy it for myself and a family member so we can play together, but the answers aren't clear at ALL.

[enu]

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

I was just about to ask the same thing! I'm hearing conflicting things on the multiplayer. I wanna buy it for myself and a family member so we can play together, but the answers aren't clear at ALL.

Its really really cryptic

[8964]

Can we pwn noobs and spawn camp?

[tsuki-chan ~]

Same question with the addition of if there are ping issues if you want to play with friends from different regions/continents.

[sivyan]

You can join your friends island or have them join yours but you ultimately both still have your own island you go back to at the end of a session.

You can do puzzles/races together, trade, have your own house on their island you can decorate and loot their ressources which are not shared so one of you will be missing out (theres currently a bug where it looks like certain items are duplicated for both of you but they'll be removed from the guests inventory at the end of the session). You can't advance quests together.

[Rhyagelle]

Originally posted by sivyan:

You can join your friends island or have them join yours but you ultimately both still have your own island you go back to at the end of a session.

You can do puzzles/races together, trade, have your own house on their island you can decorate and loot their ressources which are not shared so one of you will be missing out (theres currently a bug where it looks like certain items are duplicated for both of you but they'll be removed from the guests inventory at the end of the session). You can't advance quests together.

"cant advance quests together"

ooof. a bug, or by design?

[Planchette]

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

Originally posted by sivyan:

You can join your friends island or have them join yours but you ultimately both still have your own island you go back to at the end of a session.

You can do puzzles/races together, trade, have your own house on their island you can decorate and loot their ressources which are not shared so one of you will be missing out (theres currently a bug where it looks like certain items are duplicated for both of you but they'll be removed from the guests inventory at the end of the session). You can't advance quests together.

"cant advance quests together"

ooof. a bug, or by design?

The host can do quests but the visitor won't be able to actively participate and the visitors progress for quests won't save as the quests are for the hosts world.

Also

Visitor aren't able to recruit companions to follow them around/buff them, but the host can for themselves (the buff/skill isn't shared among the players)

Visitor will have access to areas/tools/stamina the host has access to,
- so if someone just started they could join me and have 6 stamina bars, pickaxe, diving and all areas I have unlocked while in my world
- but if I visit them I lose my stamina/tools to match them and I can only access the areas they have unlocked

There is multiplayer quests/friendship levels that will give you access to new emotes and skills. These quests lock how many you can complete per week tho (the reset is monday). These rewards include abilities like shared pickup (which is great for not stealing eachothers resources) and better mobility while together

[Rhyagelle]

Originally posted by Planchette:

Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

"cant advance quests together"

ooof. a bug, or by design?

The host can do quests but the visitor won't be able to actively participate and the visitors progress for quests won't save as the quests are for the hosts world.

Also

Visitor aren't able to recruit companions to follow them around/buff them, but the host can for themselves (the buff/skill isn't shared among the players)

Visitor will have access to areas/tools/stamina the host has access to,
- so if someone just started they could join me and have 6 stamina bars, pickaxe, diving and all areas I have unlocked while in my world
- but if I visit them I lose my stamina/tools to match them and I can only access the areas they have unlocked

There is multiplayer quests/friendship levels that will give you access to new emotes and skills. These quests lock how many you can complete per week tho (the reset is monday). These rewards include abilities like shared pickup (which is great for not stealing eachothers resources) and better mobility while together

Thank you, this is a fantastic explanation of the MP in the game. It's really silly they designed MP this way. Animal Crossing Switch all over again lol

[elymbmx]

Do not buy this game!