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Originally Posted by McHub532
What if there was a multiplayer option that allowed up to 58 people to 'play' in one(1) submarine?
Captain, XO, Navigator, 2 helmsmen (2 more off duty), cook, diesel mechanic (maybe 4 assistants), 4 forward torpedo men (4 off duty), 4 aft torpedo men (4 off duty), etc, etc.
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The problem I see with this is that there's one captain. There's one XO. There's one navigator, etc.
What if both of those helmsmen want to play at the same time? Do they fight over the rudder? What if neither one is online? Who steers?
Sixteen torpedo men... What do they do when the tubes are full? Do you really expect 16 online players to sit and twiddle their virtual thumbs until the one captain decides to fire a torpedo?
It sounds great because every one is thinking "I'm gonna be the captain, and everyone else is gonna follow my orders!" That model of gameplay wouldn't last too long. Everyone would be fighting over who gets to be captain, one person is going to be it, and everyone else will leave to find another sub to be captain on.
End result? 58 different subs, each with one captain, and no other crew.