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[LPPrince]

A lot of work for little gain. If EA Access were to release the 'MP' demo 3-4 weeks early then it'd be worth it.

 

Nah, that seems a bit much in my opinion. A little taste a few days early makes sense. A few we...

 

...actually nah, that makes sense too. I retract my first sentence.

[Zyree]

Sadly, I am not Batman, but if you play on PC, I'd be happy to play with you.

BioWare's MP community tends to be far more positive and enthusiastic than the main forums might suggest. The vast majority of people are friendly and laid back, and I've never had anyone give me grief in multiplayer.

 

I completely appreciate the offers, and who knows, if DAI does have MP, I might take you up on them (I generally play on PC but occasionally play on xbox too). I imagine it would be better to play with friendly people but I think you should also be aware about how horrible I generally am at games... Haha, I play because I enjoy games, not because I'm good at them

[Eelectrica]

Serious enquiry:

If there is a multiplayer.
and it definienough for me. y doesn't hold back single player.

Is there anyone here who would actually not buy and play DAI simply because the MP existed and was on the disk/download?

My inquisitivors edition has been pre-ordered for a while now and nothing will change that.
if MP is there I'll take look and make my own mind up as to what to do with it.
We've had repeated assurances any MP components in future BioWare games won't be required to affect SP outcomes and that's enough for me.

[Grayvisions]

I can't imagine someone NOT buying the game just because of MP provided content isn't withheld for the sake of MP. That would be silly. But if there were MP, I personally would ignore it, both out of preference and principle. I have my deluxe addition pre-ordered and ready to go, and the campaign is the only thing that interests me. That's not just DAI, that's every game. I own nearly every HoMM game, both Borderlands, SR, MvC3 and SSF4, and I've never gone online for any of those games. EVER. Not my thing. Pure, solo, PvE gameplay, that is the only thing that interests me. 

[Eelectrica]

I certainly hope that there is MP and that it 'does' impact the SP part of the game.  That was the one thing missing from ME3 (aside from the ending aspect of course, which largely got removed anyway) , everything we did in MP had no impact on SP.  I want to be able to win gold, items, whatever, that I can use in the SP aspect of the game.  For example, maybe the most powerful weapon in the game requires crafting to create, and one of the ingredients can only be found in the MP portion of the game.  That would be really awesome.  I love MP and I'll play it even if it is completely separate, but I want them to be seamlessly intertwined, I want my success at MP to have a positive effect in the SP portion of the game in some way, big or small (preferably big, but small at a minimum) .

That would be a huge mistake and the outcry would make the ME3 ending debacle seem like a whisper in comparison.
if MP is there the only reason to play is because you enjoy it. Not because it's required.
What you described makes it a requirement.

[Iakus]

Indeed.

 

The ME3 ending (and no I don't want to discuss it any more) was either a dumb decision or a bug or a mistake.

Either way, BioWare would need to be living under the Bone Pit for two years to not know the different views on that one.

 

If MP is announced, I expect the first 3 questions will be:

1. Is anything in the single player game held back by not playing multiplayer?
2. Really?
3. Really, really? 

So for this question in a hypothetical thread anyway, may I ask:

 

If there is a multiplayer.and it definitely doesn't hold back single player.

Is there anyone here who would actually not buy and play DAI simply because the MP existed and was on the disk/download? 

 

Just asking...

Can't honestly say I wouldn't buy ever.  

 

However, it would be a POWERFUL incentive not to buy right away.  Simply because a can't trust their word that it wouldn't hold back single player.  I chose to trust before and that trust did not pay off.  

[ElitePinecone]

I don't think the EA Access demo is MP. Why would you need to transfer a save file for MP?

 

Again, it *wasn't* Cameron who mentioned a save state - it was the journalist.

 

There is no transferring of a save state involved, regardless. The demo saves local data to your Xbox, and if you buy the game it just reuses that data.

 

It could easily record information about multiplayer unlocks and experience that transfers over to the full game.

[cronshaw]

Sadly, I am not Batman, but if you play on PC, I'd be happy to play with you.

BioWare's MP community tends to be far more positive and enthusiastic than the main forums might suggest. The vast majority of people are friendly and laid back, and I've never had anyone give me grief in multiplayer.

I had a very similar experience on the PS3
And I was quite apprehensive about playing any multiplayer games
But I got into ME3's MP demo and I was hooked

[Sidney]

That would be a huge mistake and the outcry would make the ME3 ending debacle seem like a whisper in comparison.
if MP is there the only reason to play is because you enjoy it. Not because it's required.
What you described makes it a requirement.

 

 

Truthfully so what? If it is a part of the game then so be it. Again, lots of things people might not like are part of the game. Because it is "MP" people have somehow convinced themselves it isn't part of the game but plenty of non-essential things technically aren't needed to finish the game but you will be badly hurt by not doing. Don't run dungeons with the intent to murder every living thing....missing XP. Rightly hate all crafting, sorry miss out of powerful weapons. Don't want to explore for boring and generic encounters - miss quests, loot, crafting materials etc.....at this point I really hope they do throw some SP benefits from MP just to watch the caterwauling that ensues.

[spinachdiaper]

Best and Worst case scenarios:

DAY ONE DLC!

MULTIPLAYER!

MICROTRANSACTIONS!

EUPHEMISMS FOR DRAGON ANATOMY!

[dreamgazer]

Yes, their "big announcement" will be the reveal of their microtransaction menu. 

[DragonKingReborn]

Serious enquiry:

 

If there is a multiplayer.

and it definitely doesn't hold back single player.

 

Is there anyone here who would actually not buy and play DAI simply because the MP existed and was on the disk/download? 

 

Not buy it ever...?  No.  What I have seen looks too good/interesting/exciting and I'll even get the graphics card Jessica mentioned (R290, I think) in order to make it look super pretty.

 

Pre-Order....?  Yeah, MP would definitely stop that.  Largely because - even if they say it - we won't know it doesn't hold SP back until after release and people have had the chance to play it.  I would love to take the developers who take time out of their day to engage with us here at their word, but even Allan admitted he didn't know if Alistair was in the game a while back, "Big game is big" were his words (of course, we now know he is in, or at least can be, but there you have it).

 

Shortly after release, or after first/second price drop?  That will depend on how everything unfolds following release.
 

[pallascedar]

Can't honestly say I wouldn't buy ever.  

 

However, it would be a POWERFUL incentive not to buy right away.  Simply because a can't trust their word that it wouldn't hold back single player.  I chose to trust before and that trust did not pay off.  

 

I think you can more or less trust them because games generally operate with a budget. From my understanding of ME3 the MP had its own separate budget that acted independently of the single player budget.

 

I'd assume that DA:I would operate similarly. If there is MP it would largely be developed by a separate team and would be a result of a larger over project budget in general, which is budget that wouldn't have been allocated had the MP not been created.

 

I fail to see in any way why it makes sense to not buy the game. Haven't they already said the preparedness part of ME3 was a mistake? I'm pretty sure they won't do that again. If MP effects the single player game it will more than likely be in aesthetic ways.

 

I guess one could argue that they should have taken that extra budget and made it part of the SP game, but that argument feels a little bit asinine to me. People could say that about any feature they didn't like (and I guess they do.) But games aren't, and shouldn't be, designed just to appeal to one person.

[Maria Caliban]

I think you can more or less trust them because games generally operate with a budget.

I'm not sure if you've been following this thread or have read Iakus' post but... NO.

He is not going to trust BioWare.

BioWare poisoned his great dane, stuck it in the woodchipper, served it to him as chili, and is now offering to puppy-sit for him again.

[dreamgazer]

I'm not sure if you've been following this thread or have read Iakus' post but... NO.

He is not going to trust BioWare.

BioWare poisoned his great dane, stuck it in the woodchipper, served it to him as chili, and is now offering to puppy-sit for him again.

 

[Morroian]

I agree, BW cant do PvP, we learned that from Swtor. Story=good, PvE=good, PvP=Hell No.

 

Casual PvP is fine in swtor, huttball is the best PvP map in any game the other maps are also pretty good  certainly better than other recent mmos with instanced pvp like GW2 and Wildstar.

[ElitePinecone]

It was in the article I read. You know the one that broke the story. If it was wrong info someone from the DA team would have cleared it up. 

 

 

They don't comment on rumours and speculation.

 

Where is the article you read?

[Mecha Elf]

The keep maybe?

[Xerxes52]

I'm hoping for a release date for the Keep.

[Just_Call_Joe]

      I'm not really a fan of multiplayer games, but I really enjoyed it in Mass Effect 3! I didn't play it that long, but for the time that I did; I really had a good time. If the big surprise it multiplayer, then I'll be happy to learn more about it seeing how much fun I had with Mass Effect 3. 

[Eelectrica]

Truthfully so what? If it is a part of the game then so be it. Again, lots of things people might not like are part of the game. Because it is "MP" people have somehow convinced themselves it isn't part of the game but plenty of non-essential things technically aren't needed to finish the game but you will be badly hurt by not doing. Don't run dungeons with the intent to murder every living thing....missing XP. Rightly hate all crafting, sorry miss out of powerful weapons. Don't want to explore for boring and generic encounters - miss quests, loot, crafting materials etc.....at this point I really hope they do throw some SP benefits from MP just to watch the caterwauling that ensues.

No. Firstly, MP and SP are two separate entities. Someone choosing to to miss out on some gear by not exploring the crafting system is one thing.

Locking someone out of SP gear because they choose to game at their own pace and not play in a multiplayer environment is something else entirely.

 

I'm pretty sure failure is not an option for BioWare on this one. You really think ticking a lot of their fans off 3 months out from release (Less when this big announcement comes) by saying that to fully experience is the SP game, they'll also have to take part in Multiplay is a brilliant idea? Especially after saying on several occasions that they won't be making the same mistake twice. Yeah that'll win back trust. Wow what an amazingly brilliant way to win fans back.

 

I'm at worse neutral on the multiplay side, fully supportive if it's offered in a unique way. If they do a copy of ME3's MP, which I put more than my fair share of hours into, I'm not interested this time around, and shouldn't have put myself through it so I can unlock something in my Singleplayer game.

 

Sure multiplay gamers get there rewards - which they use in their multiplayer game. If I craft a +10 sword of dragonslaying in my singleplayer game, I sure as hell don't expect it to be available in a multiplayer game.