Anyone in a Multiplayer farm, can play on their multiplayer farm at any time

[zoemczoekins]

Hi! Would love if there could be an option for Multiplayer, that allows all people present to play on the farm when they want to, even if the host is not there. This would be good for friends who want to build a farm together but live in different time zones so can't always make the time to play at the same time :)

 

[MogBeoulve]

Logistically, how would this work? Would you email the save file back and forth?

 

[nahte]

But that kinda defeats the purpose of playing multiplayer. The point is to play together, at that point just play your own save, respectfully.

 

[Kurachi84]

Like caring for their farm when the other's unavailable and such?
Seems like a good idea.
Maybe the saves could be updated when the other goes on that server again.

It being an option would also help, so both/all can decide if they want it like that or not.
That must be done at creation, of course.

There's just an issue of trust, though, as some who may not be trustworthy, could use that to do bad stuff to the farm, when no one's looking.
But that's the risk of choosing such way to play multiplayer, then.

i don't know if it's possible or doable from the team's perspective, but it'd be nice for some who'd lose their host for a while or forever(people could stop playing it suddenly).

This is just my thoughts, i don't play multiplayer, so i just thought about how it'd look like, and what good reasons there are to have such option.

 

[nahte]

I feel that it would be disrupt the natural flow of progression. Imagine logging on and you see your friend has completed the community center. You're not even playing the game anymore, you're just there. There will also be conflicts, like events and birthdays, if your friend plays without you and moves past a birthday, you'll have to wait a year to give a gift, or maybe you need the stardrop from the fall grange display, and your friend goes alone, you'll have to wait until next year to get certain items. Once again, play your own save.