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Multicrewing a vessel

Nov 22, 2004 TCoops link
Some of the most fun I ever had in online games was multicrewing a vessel. Anybody who's played Planetside, ww2 online, or Allegience knows what im talking about. Some ships (or vehicles) could carry two or more players. Typically a pilot and a gunner position. Sometimes even a bombadier.

Multicrewing special ships like bomber or capital ships would be fun. And single pilots who manage to kill one of these ships doesnt just get one kill.. dont forget that : )

Would it be fair, two or more players against one? Well, the kind of ships that would be multicrew would be fairly large and not very manoevrable... so considering that they are sitting ducks otherwise, the multicrew would balance things out.

But would your vessel be useless if you cannot find crew for the other positions? not necessarily. The turrets could be manned by yourself by jumping positions manually. Or there could be an option for autoturreting (which is functional, but typically very average aiming to be fair).

Ive seen one or two suggestions like this before, but nothing too recent.. Thought it was worth bringing up. For those who have played games supporting this feature - we can tell you it does indeed work very nicely. And its really fun for the type of gamer who likes teamwork.
Nov 22, 2004 thginkrej link
Okay, normally I would go along with a redundant thread, but this time, I have to say "Go look it up using search."

This is a dead-horse topic, especially in recent days and weeks. And there are more specific and thorough posts on the subject.

And it doesn't really require "support" any more.. it's in their long-term plans, so it's going to happen just as soon as they get it working. If you have new ideas pertaining to cap/multi ships, then of course, post new threads or reply to older ones.