How to coop a campaign?

[Anilexis]

How to coop a campaign? Not a module. Is it single player only???

[Draconusx]

The story campaign is fully coop, but you have to get through the initial dream sequence at the beginning. Once you and the others joining your game have done that they can join your game.

In the 'Story Lobby' after you've selected your character you just need to set the options to "Friends" or "Public" and the folks will be able to join your game. Friends option is limited to your Steam friends list. You can use the in-game browser to find games or if playing with friends you can use the Steam overlay to join a friends game once they have launched the game.

[DocCovington]

What if you invite a player whose character is already further ahead in the story (or behind)? How does the story co-op work then?

[Draconusx]

The story progress is saved on the hosts computer. So if they have gone up to say level 10 and you are only at level 6 it will be where you are in the story if they join your game, or if you join theirs it will be much further along.

The creatures in the game scale with the average party level so your level 6 might find it really tough until you get a couple extra levels closer to the level 10 if you join their game, but if they join your game it won't be so bad for you. Reason being is that the NPC companions that tagalong with you are only able to be brought in and controlled by the host (in story mode...in custom campaigns each player can bring in their own story NPC tagalongs if they wish to fill up the party - total is still 4 PCs including AI). So if you host the average party level would be about 7 whereas if you joined a level 10 group the average level would be about 9.

But back to the story progression, that is saved only on the hosts save game, while the joiners will save their individual character levels when they leave but their story progress will not have changed since the last time they played single-player or hosted their own game.

[DocCovington]

Okay, I was hoping it would be that way. :) Goodie!

One last question: If a character who's ahead of me in the story joins my game, will they be able to do the quests again? (I reckon the answer is yes, since quest progress is stored in the save game not with the character.)

[Gilandilas]

This i have not tried but given that you can redo the main storyline yourself I do not think he would be "flagged" and unable to do them on your team as well.

The only thing you "permanently" get from completing quests are steam awards some of which you need to unlock your companion skill trees which are quite interesting (why is there no paladin one devs?).

[Draconusx]

Yes they should be able to do the quests again with you. :)

[DocCovington]

What do you mean by "you can redo the main story yourself"? You mean replay it with the same character? Uhm, when you click on "New game" it says your char is going to lose all equipment and level progress...

Originally posted by Draconusx:

Yes they should be able to do the quests again with you. :)

Thanks. :)

[Draconusx]

I think they meant if you select new you'd start the campaign over, I don't think you'll loose your levels or equipment though...but I have not tested that theory.

[DocCovington]

Originally posted by Draconusx:

I think they meant if you select new you'd start the campaign over, I don't think you'll loose your levels or equipment though...but I have not tested that theory.

It says so (i.e., warns you) when you select the character and click "New game". ;)

[Draconusx]

Hmm..ok good to know then. But I probably wouldn't have done it anyway except by accident as I can't see myself starting the campaign over again with the same character...I'd create a new one if I was going to do that.

[Unsupervised Medic]

Nice, 2017 and this info helps! Thanks Forum Mod!
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