Shark Vs Shark game mode?

[Yuumi]

well it would be a nice addition since alot of people like playing sharks in depth

just a suggestion

[Phantom Stranger]

I still believe that people eliminated from the battle royale should play sharks, it would really up the ante and make the matches shorter which would foster more game time for everyone. There is probably fear that the sharks would be too overwhelming but it does seem like the current AI sharks in the beta were VERY uninspiring. They literally swam straight toward me without dashing or increasing their speed.

I think they will have a ton of work ahead of them in EA. There is just a ton of potential here that could be tapped and right now the gameplay is a little slow.

[jetical]

yep, shark vs sharks could be great, as well as players becomig sharks, another thought i had could be literally a mutator mode, as i hide in seek, omg hide and seek would be so much fun, one shark vs scavening humams, when the human dies they become sharks and hunt down other sharks.

[BrownSheep]

Originally posted by jetical:

yep, shark vs sharks could be great, as well as players becomig sharks, another thought i had could be literally a mutator mode, as i hide in seek, omg hide and seek would be so much fun, one shark vs scavening humams, when the human dies they become sharks and hunt down other sharks.

This was pretty much what they initially planned for Depth to be back in 2012. I've been following them since their initial announcement and they've evolved the game a ton since. I think the best course of action would be to allow eliminated players to become sharks and attack the remaining players, instead of spectating. This could speed up the game a lot and make the sharks' presence all that more intimidating. They already have awesome game mechanics for shark players so it shouldn't be a huge undertaking (from what I know, which is admittedly very little.)

As far as this hide-and-seek game-mode goes, I think it would be amazing but it should be implemented in Depth itself, not their new "Aquatic Royale" game.

And man, I sure can't wait for Depth VR. Underwater games are my absolute favorite, it's unfortunate that Depth and Subnautica are the only two games that have really shown their potential.

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Originally posted by ScornfulEpex:

Yeah it's a good concept idea, however I think if this was the case a lot of players would just idle around or die purposely to become a shark. It would take away a lot of the competitiveness of the battle royale. Perhaps keep anything related to competitive/ranked/leaderboards as the 100 man diver royale. The becoming a shark after death thing could potentially be a separate game mode with no rankings.

agree!

Maybe in some event. Otherwise, even if they create two modes, they would split the community and the game would lose the purpose of BR, because it would not reach the top of players in one match (some of the players would be in another mode), perhaps leading the game to be like Fractured Lands, with a great proposal (i liked), but with matches between 10 to 15 (maximum and rarely 20 players).

Last Tide for me, which has Depth, brings a very interesting proposal and probably I go buy (I love BR games), but if LT bring shark mode, that is in events, not to harm the life of this game and bring dynamism to LT, eventually.

[BroadsideRenegade]

If I got to be a shark on death, I'd honestly just find a way to die in the beggining.

[Left 4 Sharkbait]

Originally posted by ScornfulEpex:

Yeah it's a good concept idea, however I think if this was the case a lot of players would just idle around or die purposely to become a shark. It would take away a lot of the competitiveness of the battle royale. Perhaps keep anything related to competitive/ranked/leaderboards as the 100 man diver royale. The becoming a shark after death thing could potentially be a separate game mode with no rankings.

I certainly agree..


But maybe they could prevent this with some form of anti-idle system, or maybe once there were a certain number of players then player sharks would be enabled for say.. the last 50 or 25 players, and maybe they add a reward of some sort for getting withing a certain bracket, like ranking up or something, and the earlier you die, the less you get.

In summary, I think that they could perhaps find a way to better prevent suicide to become a shark, If you so badly want to be a shark, just play regular depth rather than drain the competition from this gamemode, the purpose that players sharks would serve is to make the gameplay more fast and intense, not just to be a shark.

[Gambit]

Originally posted by ScornfulEpex:

Yeah it's a good concept idea, however I think if this was the case a lot of players would just idle around or die purposely to become a shark. It would take away a lot of the competitiveness of the battle royale. Perhaps keep anything related to competitive/ranked/leaderboards as the 100 man diver royale. The becoming a shark after death thing could potentially be a separate game mode with no rankings.

this like he said It would take away a lot of the competitiveness of the battle royale.

[ʟᴊᴏɴʜᴊᴀʀᴛᴀ]

Originally posted by Gambit:

Originally posted by ScornfulEpex:

Yeah it's a good concept idea, however I think if this was the case a lot of players would just idle around or die purposely to become a shark. It would take away a lot of the competitiveness of the battle royale. Perhaps keep anything related to competitive/ranked/leaderboards as the 100 man diver royale. The becoming a shark after death thing could potentially be a separate game mode with no rankings.

this like he said It would take away a lot of the competitiveness of the battle royale.

Or people could just play Depth.

[Left 4 Sharkbait]

Well think about it, you play to win the game, and if you die, you don't win, so becoming a shark on purpose would basically sink your own ship.

[Vahnkiljoy]

The sharks aren't supposed to be intelligent I think, they are there to waste ammo and give your position away, from both shooting and the shark going towards you.

[BarnacleFilms]

Originally posted by Vahnkiljoy:

The sharks aren't supposed to be intelligent I think, they are there to waste ammo and give your position away, from both shooting and the shark going towards you.

The sharks in this game are more like just giant, aggressive sharks, not super-powered sharks protecting some cursed treasure like in Depth.

[Vahnkiljoy]

Player controlled sharks would utterly ruin this game, I don't see how or why people keep asking for it, can they not think of the implications for balance this would throw everywhere?

There is ALREADY a diver vs shark pvp game, it's called depth, go play that, this is a diver v diver battle royale game.

[Samurai]

Originally posted by Hoarmûrath of Dír:

I still believe that people eliminated from the battle royale should play sharks, it would really up the ante and make the matches shorter which would foster more game time for everyone. There is probably fear that the sharks would be too overwhelming but it does seem like the current AI sharks in the beta were VERY uninspiring. They literally swam straight toward me without dashing or increasing their speed.

I think they will have a ton of work ahead of them in EA. There is just a ton of potential here that could be tapped and right now the gameplay is a little slow.

+1 it would be a different take on BR game and it would actually work for the setting.

[BarnacleFilms]

You know, it could work if you had to have a certain amount of kills to die and become a shark. Like maybe 5 kills so there aren’t too many player sharks.

[Samurai]

Originally posted by Ljonhjarta:

Originally posted by Gambit:

this like he said It would take away a lot of the competitiveness of the battle royale.

Or people could just play Depth.

which is dead llol