# Some concerns/questions/suggestions about multiplayer

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/some-concerns-questions-suggestions-about-multiplayer/29637>\
**Category:** Suggestions\
**Tags:** multiplayer\_suggest\
**Created:** [April 10, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/some-concerns-questions-suggestions-about-multiplayer/29637 "2017-04-10T11:28:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![deeredman1991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@deeredman1991](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/deeredman1991)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/some-concerns-questions-suggestions-about-multiplayer/29637/1 "2017-04-10T11:28:40Z")

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So I am watching the dev streams, (I try to watch every episode but I like to binge watch them in large chunks for several days at a time and so I do not watch them live) and I am hearing talk about how multiplayer -~=might=~- end up being limited to trading between singleplayer settlements.

While this is a feature I would =love= to see implemented along side actual multiplayer; I am a little concerned about this as I don’t really consider that to be _true_ multiplayer (i.e. How pokemon for the GBA was not multiplayer even if you had a GBA link cable, or how a game including high scores is not multiplayer.) That gameplay, in my opinion, falls into a category of “massively singleplayer” games like Spore, Farmville, or No Man’s Sky.

The issue I believe the devs had talked about was “What happens when one of the players aren’t online.” To that; I believe Civ5 handles it very well. When you start up a multiplayer session that is already in progress, the players choose their respective virtual “chairs” and continue to play, if one of them isn’t online (I find that usually doesn’t happen when playing with friends, and if it does, it usually isn’t a problem anyway) then that person is controlled by A.I.

Basically I am just wondering if I will be able to have my hearthlings place a block, and my friend’s hearthlings also place a block, on the same map, and together we can build a settlement to defend off enemies or is stonehearth headed in a massively singleplayer direction?

(As a side note, I would like to say that; this isn’t meant as an attack on the game, or the dev team, I am just looking to express my concerns while also looking to see if these concerns are even warranted to begin with.)

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**Author:** ![BrunoSupremo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/brunosupremo/32/54819_2.png) [@BrunoSupremo](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/BrunoSupremo)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/some-concerns-questions-suggestions-about-multiplayer/29637/2 "2017-04-10T12:32:58Z")

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I agree with you. It does not need to be anything fancy, just a good enough a.i. that can keep everyone alive in autopilot. Probably enemies should avoid offline players.

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**Author:** ![deeredman1991](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@deeredman1991](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/deeredman1991)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/some-concerns-questions-suggestions-about-multiplayer/29637/3 "2017-04-10T13:10:11Z")

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Or, if they REALLY don’t want to write an A.I. just don’t let the game start until all the players are online.

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**Author:** ![TheMagicOne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/themagicone/32/62045_2.png) [@TheMagicOne](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/TheMagicOne)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/some-concerns-questions-suggestions-about-multiplayer/29637/4 "2017-04-10T14:12:18Z")

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IMO, there are two options for multiplayer.

One being the coop survival, building in the same town and the other one being neighbours. If one DC’s, a AI should come in and keep on building the town. I think CIV indeed does a good job of this. 🙂

Hope that they will come with multiplayer this year though. Kinda getting used to everything now, would like to see something new. (as in a new gameplay feature)

Cheers!

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**Author:** ![Creairis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@Creairis](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Creairis)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/some-concerns-questions-suggestions-about-multiplayer/29637/5 "2017-04-10T14:52:10Z")

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I porpose two options of multiplayer:  
FIRST - would be co-op like **TheMagickOne** sugested

SECOND - could be versus where two players would need to eliminate each others ALL hearhlings.  
Of course mobs should will attack both players with the same frequency and strenght equal to player.  
🙂