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2/20/2013 8:21:23 PM
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Thoughts on Competitive Multiplayer

Before I start I will be sure to say this information is 100% speculative. No one has announced what multiplayer will be like but I just wanted to share an idea I had that I hope Bungie looks into for competitive ideas. We already know that they plan to do instanced co-operative sessions in which you and friends may be exploring various areas and happen upon randomly matched network players. I think it would be worth looking into considering an idea like this for the competitive gameplay too. Why not have a persistent battlefield (say roughly the size of Forge World - but logically connected so that people can traverse the whole area) in which groups of friends join. You could maintain radio communication by "linking" to your friends before entering the area. In the area it would basically be a FFA with optional cooperation. You could also optionally link up communications with other people (provided you both some how decide not to kill each other). The area could also possibly contain enemies and all kills/assists/combat medals could be counted toward online currency. A big problem with this idea would be what happens upon death. To make it interesting you might have death result in removal from the area at which point you are forced to wait on the rest of your friends to die and rejoin you. This would result in a constant flow of new players into a given area and provide meaningful incentives for cooperative play (semi-perma death usually does that). I still expect there to be a form of competition that we've all grown accustomed to in some sense. Matchmade respawning combat is just too fun. But I don't expect it will be exactly the same. We will be after all building a unique player in this universe so even if the multiplayer is matchmade I would expect no-less than to be able to take this player I've spent so long crafting into the games to see what it is made of. But they're also going to a lot of trouble to generate this instanced networking of players to seamlessly create unique encounters. So all I'm saying is if they have the technology it would be nice to see them use it for both cooperative and counter-operative encounters. Thoughts on the idea? Other things you would like to see?

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  • My theory is that on that screen where you choose where to go (The city, strike, raid, etc) you'll be able to choose a multiplayer option that brings you to a playlist similar to halo where you can choose your deathmatch/slayer or ctf, etc. Something like that is really important, especially these days. And we all know Bungie can do it well.

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  • Maybe something like WoW where you enter into a battleground type thing and get matched against other players that are around your level.

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