02-14-2014, 03:56 PM
Damn, when I read that they were working on an "exciting new multiplayer" feature, I thought it might actually be a revamp of SP Mission handling, so that it would automatically download any required mods, as I've been saying for ages that forcing users to manually find and download any needed mods results in a lot of people not playing (or designing) missions that need mods, which is a real shame considering the hard work people put into developing them.
Steam Workshop is great for distributing missions and makes people notice and play them but although BIS have been saying they're looking at a way for mods to be automatically downloaded with it, I just don't think it's possible and even if it was, players need to launch A3 with the required mods which is a pain as you don't necessarily know what mission you want to play and thus what mods you'll need when launching it.
PwS does now handle SP missions and automatic mod downloading for them but there's not many missions available on it as everyone's using Steam Workshop, which is understandable as it's the official method and has a lot of advantages, not least visibility.
Anyhoo, that's my bugbear
Another thing that might have been OK is a sort of Commander role, where one player doesn't control a soldier but just has screens of intelligence (radars, etc) and can organise support, supply drops and so on and direct the squads on the ground but this DLC just sounds lame and I wish BIS would spend their time on improving the interface (access gear in briefing screen perhaps) and fixing things that need fixing rather than adding new features that aren't really needed.
Steam Workshop is great for distributing missions and makes people notice and play them but although BIS have been saying they're looking at a way for mods to be automatically downloaded with it, I just don't think it's possible and even if it was, players need to launch A3 with the required mods which is a pain as you don't necessarily know what mission you want to play and thus what mods you'll need when launching it.
PwS does now handle SP missions and automatic mod downloading for them but there's not many missions available on it as everyone's using Steam Workshop, which is understandable as it's the official method and has a lot of advantages, not least visibility.
Anyhoo, that's my bugbear
Another thing that might have been OK is a sort of Commander role, where one player doesn't control a soldier but just has screens of intelligence (radars, etc) and can organise support, supply drops and so on and direct the squads on the ground but this DLC just sounds lame and I wish BIS would spend their time on improving the interface (access gear in briefing screen perhaps) and fixing things that need fixing rather than adding new features that aren't really needed.