Was just brainstorming and i think this is a pretty good idea. Thought id get some input.

Skyrim multiplayer:

So basicly there are classes that you make. Within class creation, you can select 7 main skills that start at a higher level, 1 stone (thief, mage, ext) and 10 items (armor, wepons, spellbook, ext) though the starter items will be pretty basic. You can also use an item slot for a basic enchantment. You also get 5 free starter lvls, wich u can use on trees and magic/health/stamina ups. This will be what you spawn with.

Within the playfield their is alch ingrediants, fishies, ore deposits, and monsters/bandits/ext. There are 2 teams that start on either side. They each have a base with a store that ranges from basic to advanced items. Each item is priced acordingly. There are also alch, cook, and enchant stations in there, along with a team chest were team mates can deposit items for points, or withdraw for use.

During play, you kill the monsters and enemy payers for points and gold. You can also loot bodies for there items. Once you earn enough gold, you can go back to base and buy better equip from the store. When you die you lose all your gained items and half your gold. You respawn with your clases basic equipment. While waiting to respawn, you can swith to a diferent class. Once a team reaches a score limit they win!

Edit: you dont lose skill lvl ups or skill tree improvements on death, but they do reset after game.


Feedback and ideas plz

Fact is though, if they create a MP mode they would have to rewrite tons of code and re-balance many things. I mean, how would cells work in game? if a player goes into a Dungeon then the game loads this cell and unloads the world so to speak... meaning the two players would have to stick side by side constantly. I just cannot see it ever working.

To spend time working/adding an MP mode would take time and resources away from adding more content to the single player.

During play, you kill the monsters and enemy payers

Nobody said it was not possible, it would require major changes though and this WOULD take time and resources that would otherwise be spent on single player content. Go play two worlds 2 if you fancy a bit of co-op.

No beth should make the MMO if they are going to have one otherwise someone would screw something up and how does adding a extra person to do the exact same thing you are doing now by yourself take away? All that would need to be done is say make the easy difficulty medium when playing co-op and so forth and then master could have something higher that just can't be done in single player.

Maybe a "free-roam" type style MP like in RDR

it would take away development time from other (important) aspects of the game, it is not just adding a single extra person (which would be boring) it would be codeing in actions that the second could do and could not do (cant have your "friend" go around killing quest givers could you?), and things that would give a reason to have another person (makeing a dungeon imossible to do alone, which wuld ruin single player). and beth needs to focus on TES and fallout games, no an mmo

Maybe a "free-roam" type style MP like in RDR

Just have the other player function like a follower (just without being AI controlled). And add a way to kick your "friend" out of the game. Besides. There are already unkillable NPCs. :s

Sorry but any TES game made have never had multiplayer in mind, at any level, at any point in development...it just wont work

then they can take it a step further and try to implement co-op into the main story mode with quests and such.

That's one of the things people are afraid of (ruining the game). I get what you're saying, but that would require designing around the idea, which would result in compromises being made to the single player game. It should not go beyond just letting you and a friend play together.

Shows how much you know about TES, because there was a multiplayer game called Battlespire.

http://www.elderscrolls.com/battlespire/

As for the original posters comment, I would love to see a multiplayer adaptation made of Skyrim. One where there was a client/server model and that you could designate another computer as the server and you and your friends log on as clients.

Beth is one of the last bastions of good single-player RPGs. Keep it that way. Plenty of other companies making MMO's

YES! No.
Acctually in another game that wouldn't be bad.
Edit: acctually idk this idea has Potential...