Multiplayer/PvP portal idea for the next game
As seen on Justin Wiebe’s Twitter feed and copied to the GW2 forums from there, splitting the playerbase up too much means some game modes and platforms lack players. He was asked questions about why...
Forum Discussion
This concept is very interesting and not something I have considered much in the past. This could be because I mainly play Turf Takeover and popular modes like that, however I can see why modes that are less popular would be greatly affected by this point. More modes equal less players in each mode would be the general basis of things, even in the popular game modes but it would have less of an impact there.
About having the modes split up, I would not be greatly satisfied with this change personally, although I can see why this change could be effective. There will be more full lobbies due to less game modes to pick from, which will divide the amount of players between each game mode, with the added bonus of getting more experience in all of the game modes, including the ones you would not normally play. It would help if you had the option to vote for the next map and game mode, so you have more chances to play in your favourite game modes and hopefully with your desired mode, but if this was the case, there should be a limit on how frequently you can do this, otherwise you may just keep voting for the same map and game mode and other players will not have a chance to vote. If a vote system like this was added, you could vote once a day, but pay to permanently be able to vote more than once a day.
The biggest remedy to this split issue is the cross play, along with cross platform progression. The player base will be brought together and players should almost never have an issue getting into any mode, at least in the scheme of things. Assuming the game will be available on the PC Computer version, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, this will theoretically quadruple the player base (improve the player base by 4x) as none of the shooters have cross play or cross platform progression currently. In theory, all the modes could be available seperately if cross play was implemented, because the player base would be so much higher. I would hope not to have to play through a random mixed mode at all times hoping to play in my favourite modes, although if this was the case, it would at least effectively deal with the split issues.
These are just my thoughts though!
