Please enable multiplayer scenario play!

[Gort]

I play multiplayer exclusively, and I'm a bit sick and tired of missing features! The map pack DLC I bought added a total of ONE new map type that was enabled for multiplayer, the DLCs adding new civs had half of their content missing (the scenario they came with) if you play multiplayer.

AI civilisations don't offer deals in multiplayer. Unless you approach them, the only diplomatic option they consider is, "Do I go to war this turn?".

I can't even add more civilisations to a multiplayer game - you're stuck at the default for the world size!

Multiplayer also badly needs a feature for taking turns one at a time while at war. Since it's simultaneous turns, you end up with people waiting to declare war until 5 seconds before the turn timer is up, people running over your great generals because if you want to move them or the unit they're stacked with there's no option but to leave them undefended for a split second, and people hovering over the "heal to full" promotion while you hit their units with archers, and the minute it looks like they're gonna die, POW! Full health unit again.

Multiplayer needs some serious love, but I'd settle just for having the same features single player has. It boggles my mind that they've implemented it in this way - surely the simplest implementation of multiplayer would be to just have the exact same game as singleplayer but with more than one player? Why is it this stunted feature-incomplete appendage?

 

[KillingMeSoftly]

Yeah, it's a shame how lame the multiplayer aspect of Civ5 has turned out. I rarely play by myself and often team up with my friends.

The fact the AI is so docile is a disappointment, but there are many bigger let-downs as well. I'd absolutely love to be able to play scenarios with my friends, including mods. Hell, it would be great if we could enjoy an Earth map! Or have the option to start teams together, on maps other than Four Corners.

We've all bought the map packs as well, yet the only map added to multiplayer was Amazon. What's the deal? It sucks that we can't play these better maps!

Multiplayer can be so much better. It had many more options in Civ4, I'm sad it so bland and weak now. I share your frustration about Multiplayer being much more watered down than Singleplayer. It sucks. I hope the G&K changes this, but I've not really heard any hints that they've done anything to improve the multiplayer experience.

 

[Gucumatz]

Yeah, it's a shame how lame the multiplayer aspect of Civ5 has turned out. I rarely play by myself and often team up with my friends.

The fact the AI is so docile is a disappointment, but there are many bigger let-downs as well. I'd absolutely love to be able to play scenarios with my friends, including mods. Hell, it would be great if we could enjoy an Earth map! Or have the option to start teams together, on maps other than Four Corners.

We've all bought the map packs as well, yet the only map added to multiplayer was Amazon. What's the deal? It sucks that we can't play these better maps!

Multiplayer can be so much better. It had many more options in Civ4, I'm sad it so bland and weak now. I share your frustration about Multiplayer being much more watered down than Singleplayer. It sucks. I hope the G&K changes this, but I've not really heard any hints that they've done anything to improve the multiplayer experience.

Yea I admit I am honestly dissapointed in certain aspects of multi as well. The limits of DLCs (Like how everyone must have a DLC to play it or Ancient Wonders of the World can be enabled but 80% of the time they won't appear due to bad programing [you can still join an Ancient Wonders game without the DLC but it disables it for everyone then]), lack of scenarios, AI being dumber in multi, stability still being a huge issue, maps from DLCs other than the Amazons not appearing, etc.

You aren't the only one who wishes they would fix a lot of multiplayer. Civ 5 is a game that actually fits multiplayer well on the premise with its combat, city style, etc. Yet there are a lot of problems with it.

As for Gods and Kings Intrigue is not possible. And who knows how buggy the switch will be from vanilla to G & K multiplayer initially.

 

[KM]

.After reading the new info on G&K smokey skies id really like to see a possibility to play that one in multiplayer..... A whole new type of ffa. 5 players and u need to be top 1 in 3 out of 5 categories for 5 turns. Imagine whens omeone indeed gets 3 out of 5. the remaining 4 players will try trashing him or her and he ll have to witstand an ongoing crazy asult for 5 turns. That would be hillerious.

I agree multiplayer got issues, but I dont really care about the AI issues since one of the big reasons to play MP is do not have to play the stupid AI. Just play only vs real people and AI wont be a problem....

 

[Atlas627]

The OP makes some excellent points that, for once, I have to agree with 100%. There are so many things wrong with the game, and I usually point out all the ones that are right. And there are SO many more that are right than are wrong.

But these issues are just plain stupid. How have they not been fixed yet?! Like seriously, why can't I add more players than the map size? That's got to be, like, 1 person spending 1 day working on it to get it done. If they gave us access to the code, I'm sure a modder could fix it in a few hours tops.

And no mods in Multiplayer? Can't be that hard to check the modded files (base game files can be assumed to be normal, as Steam checks those every once in awhile) and determine if they are the same.

And you can't even run Scenarios (official mods) in multiplayer? C'mon, guys. If all you did is copy-paste the Civ4 multiplayer code and modify it to fit with the Civ5 singleplayer code, why couldn't you at LEAST make mp singleplayer but worse? Right now it isn't even the full game...

And we don't even have an OPTION to run consecutive turns online? I can understand not having the luxury of turning off simultaneous turns in the middle of a game, that would be annoying to program. But from the start?

Okay, that's my one CiV rant. The rest of the game is still excellent. But this is pretty ridiculous.

 

[Atlas627]

Which reminds me. Why on earth can't I play hotseat with mods?

 

[Gedemon]

Which reminds me. Why on earth can't I play hotseat with mods?

Well, you can : http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=458569

But the question remains in the form of "Why on earth didn't they allow it in the base game ?"

 

[Atlas627]

Well, you can : http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=458569

But the question remains in the form of "Why on earth didn't they allow it in the base game ?"

Impressive! I don't think I'll be using it though, as G&K will be coming out soon and any games I start with my friends or against myself will be abandoned anyway...

 

[Horace]

I play multiplayer exclusively, and I'm a bit sick and tired of missing features! The map pack DLC I bought added a total of ONE new map type that was enabled for multiplayer, the DLCs adding new civs had half of their content missing (the scenario they came with) if you play multiplayer.

AI civilisations don't offer deals in multiplayer. Unless you approach them, the only diplomatic option they consider is, "Do I go to war this turn?".

I can't even add more civilisations to a multiplayer game - you're stuck at the default for the world size!

Multiplayer also badly needs a feature for taking turns one at a time while at war.

You really just hit the nail on the head as far as what I want to see. Personally I will hold off buying G&K straight away since I still feel burnt from the original release - until I see at least some of the above has been implemented.