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Subject: Potential Idea for a new multiplayer mode

Alright so I was playing with some buddies last night and we started talking how it might be cool to have a new multiplayer option called Squad or something like that. This is how it works:

There are four slots in each "squad". Each one of your friends is assigned a position within that squad, sorta like a permanent roster. When all four of you are online together, you have the option of entering "squad multiplayer" in which you and your 3 friends play another group of 4 guys, all part of a different squad. Now the fun part is that because players are assigned permanent positions, so you cant swap members in and out, every game your "squad" plays against another "squad" counts in some sorta of ranking system like it does in arena, it keeps track of your "squads" wins and losses, and even keeps track of you each individual members kills,deaths,medals, etc. You would of course earn credits, with a bonus for winning a "squad" game. You could start multiple "squads" with multiple friends, however you could only ever start one "squad" with the exact same team and the "squad" can not be changed once it is started.

Your position within the Squad, either leader, 2,3,or 4 is automatically updated based on your KDR, so for instance in the example below Sentinel is currently last cause his KDR is the worst, but if he performs well, he can move up to Leader

.

So it would look like this:

Squad Name: Spartan Snipers
Roster

(Position Within Squad/screen name)

Spartan Sniper Leader:Trinity
Spartan 2: xxtrailxx
Spartan 3: ShortStop
Spartan 4: Sentinel


I can think of so many other cool features you could add:

Instead of a promotional thing for KDR's within the squad you could assign each person a slot on the squad, and in true military fashion, they are each assigned different weapons and abilities as a starting point. Lets say your boy Sentinel is a wicked sniper, he goes in the 4 spot which is automatically gives him the Sniper rifle, a Magnum and the invisibility armor as his starting weapons. Lets say you (Trinity) are a beast with a DMR, you get the first position of leader which default weapons are DMR, Magnum, and Sprint. Because these are locked, both teams would have a guy start with a Sniper rifle, Magnum and Invisibility armor cause both teams have a guy in the 4 spot, or everyone couuld just start with the same weapons. Your team could even get a credit bonus for your "specialist" having a higher KDR than their "specialist" so if your sniper has a higher KDR with the primary weapon than the other teams sniper with the same primary weapon, you get some sort of bonus and you could even have different bonus levels for different weapons or specilties, ie snipers have a higher bonus that DMR's cause they are hard to get kills with etc.

So, honest reactions to this idea, cool, badass, retarded, interesting, I mean WE play this game, maybe its time to take control of a franchise we love and start making some suggestions that make OUR game better.

So let me know what you think of my idea, and if you have any other game mode ideas etc, let me have it!

Thanks guys,

Brushviper3636

It would work for SWAT, Slayer, and all the other subtypes of game and it would keep track of individual and team success


[Edited on 12.01.2011 3:21 AM PST]

  • 12.01.2011 3:14 AM PDT

would be kinda funny but problem is u can only ever play it if all ur friends are on from the squad and feel like playing it
the idea is nice though, would love to play it

  • 12.01.2011 3:40 AM PDT

so its basically slayer + ranking + perm teams?

eh.

  • 12.01.2011 6:26 AM PDT

The Song Of Nephilim

Xenoblade <3

Sorry, but that will not happen.

  • 12.01.2011 6:31 AM PDT