Hello my first time on this forum. I was just wanting to state that could co-op be a good potential as a DLC pack? It doesn't have to be where you travel in open world but like fighting in an arena with a buddy and there character. It could also take place in a totally different world like shivering isles. What do you think?

I don't know, it can't be tacked on

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I'd rather it be the former than latter. And even though there are absolute zero intentions for Bethesda to make ES a multiplayer game I think that co-op would be fun.

They have already said that there will be no co-op/multiplayer in Skyrim. There is, however, a multiplayer discussion for TES in the general forums.

I would love a fully featured drop-in/drop-out co-op so me and my fiance could go adventuring together. We play games like WoW and LoTRO together and it would be all sorts of cool to play Skyrim cooperatively. I don't see it happening anytime soon though...Unfortunately.

A while ago I thought it'd be kinda neat if there was a super-dungeon that was the sole place where co-op took place. Mostly because it was done before in Battlespire. It'd probably solve everyone's desires for multiplayer without ruining the single player game.

Honestly, I don;t think it's a horrible idea. But I wouldn't want to play a split screen in a first person view. This game is based on first person. I think if it were to be co-op it would have to work with like Xbox Live (Like internet co-op) so you wouldn't have to split the screen.

Btw welcome! :thumbsup:

There was some talk about it in early dev (co-op) but has been confirmed not to be in the game.
Your right, Co-op would add extra replay value and help fans of the game come together (it better have split-screen, mercs 2 got me with the online only crap)

It could work like Saints Row 2, where some1 can just join your world and what they do wont affect much; only you can control to do quest and they can only kill hostile creatures so they don't kill essential people, (there are some jerks out there who would love to ruin your game).

I don't like co-op .

For Skyrim even for a DLC its not that easy to add an entirely new system in a already existing game. Fallout 4 though would be fine especially since FO4 will be the first beth game on next gen consoles. So it will be a win win for bethesda to see what they need to do to optimize it for TES VI and if the fan base even likes it in the first place.

Lol yea let them kill the mudcrabs while we get the dragons :biggrin:

Maybe, when the consoles and PC could offer more possibilities of gameplay, and could be implemented without the risk of ruin the experience of the player, that would be possible in The Elder Scrolls series, i think the multiplayer could come in the next generations of consoles, and probably, in the next elder scrolls.

Since I'm confident that Skyrim will NOT have co-op, I don't think it could be a bad idea for future ES games if done well. I know that Skyrim will be my favorite Elder Scrolls game anyway considering the setting and new system + potential mods, so I'm not worried about future ES games having a feature I do not care about. So yeah, go for it!

I think co-op could work IF it is done like Two Worlds, the first one, not Two Worlds Two.

if you don't know, your essentialy dropped into the world at level one with beginer gear based on your class. The game world looks like the single player game world but there is no storyline, you simply wander around killing things and leveling with your friends. There are little fetch quests littered around the place and shops for selling and purchasing equipment. And that's it, you and your friend(s) just explored and killed monsters and bandits. If it is similar in style to this then it could work. In no way should a co-op partner enter the singleplayer game.

Well that's what I think.

Well, traditionally the Elder Scrolls games gamesas produces are strictly single player, and Skyrim no exception. And even if they were interested in it (which they are not, I am pretty sure), it would be a great deal of work to do co-op, so I can't see them pouring that effort into a DLC.

But that aside, welcome to the forums.

I'd say four-player online co-op among friends is the one thing that would make ES games perfect. Honestly, I'd be playing Morrowind right now if I could play it with my brothers, and not even worrying about Skyrim until November 11th.

Well, traditionally the Elder Scrolls is the embodiment of change. Change and Permanency. Each game changes very much. So many things get axed, nerfed, streamlined, added, made more interesting and revolutionized. People may fear the Greymarch of the Elder Scrolls series, but when it comes, the change is *usually* well received. I'm sure if Co-Op is added, there would be riots before the game came out, but when it comes out, people would be warm to the idea and embrace it. It happens in every series. Of course, the only reasonable limit would be co-op. I wouldn't dare want this game becoming online or multiplayer.

welcome to the forums, http://images.uesp.net//c/c4/Fishystick.jpg

regarding your suggestion, its never going to happen, because bethesda has been pretty blunt with their answer towards multiplayer in TES.

they strive their hardest to make the best single player games they can, multiplayer would actually ruin what the games are meant to be, and their quality would drop.

its better to have a great single player game than a mediocre multiplayer game.

it would be especially bad if they just tacked multiplayer on like that in DLC, because it would likely not work out very well.

to reiterate, multiplayer will never exist in the elder scrolls.

personally, im glad TES is a single player series, i can have my own fun at my own pace, without worrying about others ruining my world.

enjoy the forums! :nod:

No no no no no no no no no no no
This is a game with a single player story. You can't have 2 dragonborn. Not much of a crisis if there's 2 of them, is it? TES is a strictly single player series, and will never change. If it changes, you can bet I will never buy another Bethesda game as long as I live. As would others.

I can just see the forums now...

"Why Co-Op will kill TES."

"Looks like TESVI is CoD"

"Guess I'll be playing Two Worlds 3 this Winter" :biggrin:

Honestly, Bethesda should have has the resources to make both a single player experience on par with and beyond previous entries as well as a satisfying co-op experience. They're a big company, one area doesn't have to detract from the other.

Don't like co-op? Don't use it.

Though I can't imagine why you wouldn't. Running around in an RPG with a couple friends is just plain old fun.

Most ES fans would rather play alone. It depicts our lonely and independent personalities (gross generalization but yeah).

Who is to say that the future TES game can't include Co-Op? The PC always has a companion, what would be wrong with a companion who actually enjoys your presence? The only reason something won't change ever, is because it's dead. You're assuming Co-Op is a blight upon the series, a scourge, a plague. There are hordes of people who would enjoy at least a 2 player co-op. I guess it's the idea of doing it together. Husband and Wife. Brother and Sister. Room mate and Room mate. I say if you are wary of the idea, at least still be open to it. Don't assume it will be crammed in just to have it labeled on the box as Co-op. The day a TES game has co op, I'm sure it will be handled delicately because gamers such as yourself are sensitive about it, and would not wish to fail you.



I consider myself a recluse, a loner. By choice, mind you. However, I do not wish things to be of the detriment of others.

To each their own, I guess.

I loathe all companions, be they AI or real. They can't perform to my expectations, so I don't take any.

Additional: Companions just get in the way, which is why I never take any.