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[TheArisen]

Generally speaking most people want or would at least try a PvE story mode but the question remains on how to do it. Something to keep in mind is this needs to be profitable for PGI. So, here are the ideas that I've come across.

1. Campaign packs. A campaign with approximately 10 to 20 missions likely focused on one faction per campaign.

2. Episodic packs. Purchase individual missions. Could be standalone or part of a bigger campaign.

3. Port older game's campaign to MWO. Possibly use players as enemies.

If you have other ideas on how to approach this please share.

There are a few other concerns. First off is PGI has never created a game with a PvE campaign. Secondly PGI already has MWO to work on, would they even have the resources to do a proper PvE campaign?

Possibly they could contract another company or they'd need to hire a sizeable number of people to work on the PvE mode. Obviously there could be some crossover from MWO but they'd need to expand to cover the needs & finish the project.

With these thoughts I ask that you vote in the poll & consider how to implement a story mode & how much you'd be willing to pay assuming a decent or fair quality.

Edit to fix poll.

Edited by TheArisen, 13 November 2016 - 12:08 PM.

[ScorpionNinja]

cute idea and its good to have HOPE for something like this, but the Truth is . . . MWO will never ever, ever have anything even close to this as long as PGI is at the helm!

maybe if a bigger more well known gaming company would buy MWO out, then put together a better team to get this game truly where it should be after all this time . . .

[TheArisen]

ScorpionNinja, on 08 November 2016 - 07:53 PM, said:

cute idea and its good to have HOPE for something like this, but the Truth is . . . MWO will never ever, ever have anything even close to this as long as PGI is at the helm!

maybe if a bigger more well known gaming company would buy MWO out, then put together a better team to get this game truly where it should be after all this time . . .

Well as long we keep pushing for it there's hope.

I don't think a larger company would buy the rights currently. Perhaps after Battletech launches & if it's successful. I think it's more likely Pgi will try to take it on themselves by hiring a sort of "PvE division" or contracting a company to do it for them.

[TheArisen]

I made a poll asking if people want Solaris or PvE.
http://mwomercs.com/...r-solaris-mode/

[B L O O D W I T C H]

poll is broken.
Can't vote no for pve without telling how much i would pay for pve.

[Johnny Z]

Hey good topic.

[TheArisen]

Toha Heavy Industries, on 12 November 2016 - 12:56 PM, said:

poll is broken.
Can't vote no for pve without telling how much i would pay for pve.

Fixed

[zeyzak]

Depends on the details of the PvE really. Fully scripted missions with non-playable units like infantry and tanks would be worth a lot more than straight forward Player vs. AI skirmish type missions.

Making an AI to replace dropped players and allow players vs. ai co-op as an alternative to player vs. player would be a great starting point in any case.

[TheArisen]

zeyzak, on 13 November 2016 - 02:37 AM, said:

Depends on the details of the PvE really. Fully scripted missions with non-playable units like infantry and tanks would be worth a lot more than straight forward Player vs. AI skirmish type missions.

Making an AI to replace dropped players and allow players vs. ai co-op as an alternative to player vs. player would be a great starting point in any case.

For this poll I was thinking of scripted missions but I'll add another option.

zeyzak, on 13 November 2016 - 02:37 AM, said:

Depends on the details of the PvE really. Fully scripted missions with non-playable units like infantry and tanks would be worth a lot more than straight forward Player vs. AI skirmish type missions.

Making an AI to replace dropped players and allow players vs. ai co-op as an alternative to player vs. player would be a great starting point in any case.

Tbh, a survival mode or something like it should be added for free unless it's playable offline.