ARENA PvP?

[Tim From HR]

I love the game so far but I wish battlemode had arena pvp. I don't care too much about playing as the demons, killing them as the slayer in battlemode is cool, but I don't think I'm gonna que up as a demon ever. Anyone else want arena PvP?

[P0LYBiUS]

YES! I was expecting the same modes in this game as in Doom 2016, but all we get so far is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ battlemode...

There probably won't be any deathmatch style modes in multiplayer.
And here's the reason why:
Bethesda’s global senior VP spoke to Shacknews to explain why deathmatch won’t be featuring in Doom Eternal. He explained that deathmatch in Doom 2016 didn’t fit with the rest of the game.

"It felt really disconnected from the base game that everybody loved.” Going on to say, "Whether you're playing by yourself or with others, we want it to feel like you're all playing the same game." That's as opposed to, "I'm a badass demon slayer in single-player, but when I go over to multiplayer, there are no demons, and it's just deathmatch."

YES BUT YOU'VE BEEN KILLING ALL DEMONS THROUGH THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN!
Would it hurt with something else?!


The worst part is we don't even get the choice. They could clear this up by making a poll, and ask people if they care about deathmatch or if they agree with the above statement.

I think MANY people want deathmatch. The game is everything Doom 2016 was, but faster.
It plays much more fluently, and would be much better for Deathmatch than Doom 2016.


There are not a lot of people playing battlemode already. It takes a long time for me to find a game as it is. And in a month or so, it might be completely empty since it's the only mode there is. And it sucks.

[Tim From HR]

It's a shame it doesn't have deathmatch. It would certainly fit the fast paced nature of the game. And stuff like the ember skin is really cool but who cares unless you can show it off all the time in something like deathmatch. I feel like battlemode is gonna die pretty quick without it. Campaign on the other hand, TOP NOTCH stuff right there.

[Crosswind]

I suspect the reason they didn't include any other multiplayer modes in this game is because they desperately want you to turn to Quake Champions for that instead. Technically it is what you're asking for after all.

[|<[]-ę]

We want real multiplayer... the one we grew up in 90s... Not what was in D16.
I played battlemode and it is so bad... What a waste of time. Gimmick mode.
I think Bethesda will not allow for it because it's too competitive for QC and there you have item shop. So yeah... I'm expecting to be disappointed.

[Tim From HR]

Do people even play that game still? I remember it wasn't anything special. I could be wrong tho. Doom Eternal is just so much better and could have an awesome multiplayer.

Originally posted by The Crowing:

I suspect the reason they didn't include any other multiplayer modes in this game is because they desperately want you to turn to Quake Champions for that instead. Technically it is what you're asking for after all.

[Crosswind]

Originally posted by Tim From HR:

Do people even play that game still? I remember it wasn't anything special. I could be wrong tho. Doom Eternal is just so much better and could have an awesome multiplayer.

No, it's pretty damn dead and was never very big or popular to begin with. Which is why they obviously want to it survive instead of putting out a competing product against themselves. Seeing as how it's a free to play game trying to sell you premium skins and other such nonsense, you can probably figure out why they would be more interested in keeping that afloat than making another similar multiplayer game they can't monetize as much.

[Tim From HR]

Originally posted by The Crowing:

Originally posted by Tim From HR:

Do people even play that game still? I remember it wasn't anything special. I could be wrong tho. Doom Eternal is just so much better and could have an awesome multiplayer.

No, it's pretty damn dead and was never very big or popular to begin with. Which is why they obviously want to it survive instead of putting out a competing product against themselves. Seeing as how it's a free to play game trying to sell you premium skins and other such nonsense, you can probably figure out why they would be more interested in keeping that afloat than making another similar multiplayer game they can't monetize as much.

If it's so dead the smart thing would be to support Dooms online. I wouldn't mind some paid cosmetics and what not. So long as it's not too invasive.

[❀❀ V ❀❀]

Originally posted by The Crowing:

I suspect the reason they didn't include any other multiplayer modes in this game is because they desperately want you to turn to Quake Champions for that instead. Technically it is what you're asking for after all.

the actual reason is because not enough people played Doom 2016 MP for them to put any resources into it. The monster hunt mode was the more popular mode and got spun off into Battle Mode.

[#CuteFaceJay]

Like just a standard DM/TDM would be nice.