An alternative MP mode

[Ripley]

slow reader or just slow?

[Neverfate]

Should you have paid any attention to my posts, etc. in the past week, you would've known I'm currently moderating the forums from a mobile phone, so it gets tiresome to read longer texts. Thanks for the sarcasm though. <.<

[Mustafuck]

Thank you all very much for having read It, and glad to hear you enjoyed It. Actually, It,s quite a comforting feeling to hear from you all being that positive at this, and any effort becomes just a matter of fun when you like something, meaning this there is no actual effort for me.

hey if you were 2 choose witch side/ class would you be?

Given that I don,t like the team play or being relying on my mates, I guess It would be better for the sake of the people playing this game that I don,t play It. Every unit has a too important role in the team; I couldn,t even play as giger alien, or the runner, or the private if playing with marines, just because even these units have lots of important support roles for their respective teams, and they are supposed to be the most "independent" units in the game.

Anyway, I have to say that the runner alien would definitely appeal me. The giger alien, no matter It actually fits my tastes and way of playing, because in the end you gotta play alone with It, is also a very important support unit in the game, meaning this I should not be It too

Even the marine team should be pretty interesting to play..., the differences between units are so huge (for being humans) that every time you change role, the experience should be completely new.

but the marines are pretty much screwd in the second round, and what about the marines AI, the aliens can get them why not them

It,s not that they are screwed in the second assault, It,s just that the marine team has achieved less frags/XP than the alien team in the first round, and they have lost on their duty..., to prevent the praetorian molting into a queen. That,s why things get more ugly for the marines in the second round, because they have lost the first one, and now they gotta face a queen instead of a prae, and the hive has reached Its maximum efficiency in combat, thanks to the queen. you know what I mean, It,s obvious that the second round is harder for the marines..., they have failed before, but still can win if they kill the queen. furthermore, I,d dare say that, instead of being harder than before for the marines, It,s even funnier because now the co-op play will reach Its maximum height if the marines want to win the match.

The second round is not timed, and It will last until the queen, or the whole marine team are finished. If the marines have won the first round, there is no second assault then, and the marines definitely win.

I can,t think on any AI thingy for the marine team if I tell you the truth. As I said on the first post, feel free to add things you think they might fit in this MP mode, and discussing about balance would be good too.

[Pred Killer]

This game is just going to be awesome, I just know it.

[Neverfate]

Originally Posted by Ash

This game is just going to be awesome, I just know it.

Eh? And why are you saying that here?

An opinion on Musta's ideas would be more helpful.

[Pred Killer]

I mean Aliens: Colonial Marines is going to be awesome. It would be cool if in Multiplayer you could customize your character with an option between like your armor type, and the option to play as a Human, or Xenomorph.

[Kid_killa619]

to help the marines, if its deployable, how about the marines gotta kill aliens to earn points for sentry turrets? that might help balance it

[Mustafuck]

Originally Posted by Kid_killa619

to help the marines, if its deployable, how about the marines gotta kill aliens to earn points for sentry turrets? that might help balance it

that might work if there were a tech marine available.

I had thought on this, but eventually I didn,t add It because of:

- There is nothing to hack or to set on this mode but mines or infested walls.

- I wanted to keep the "roles interwined" of both android and runner more or less balanced; I had thought on the sergeant being able to repair the droid, like the medic can revive marines, but I didn,t add It in the end.

- I wanted to avoid camping, for both teams. The game is meant to be played with both teams working together through a huge indoor map, some player like the droid could split of the team to places some mines here and there, and to screw a little the radar of the runner if possible too, but if he does, then marine team can not see the giger player for example, among other things.

[Pred Killer]

Yes there would need to be somebody to repair them if they get damaged, say, maybe like by "acid"?

[Mother]

Since the acid simply erases all it touches, repairing is going to be difficult. You can't repair that which doesn't exist.