id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	resolution	keywords	cc	phab_field
4435	multiplayer co-op	wtamb		"This feature request has been seen in the forum in 2015 but no ticket for it seem to exist.

What ?

Cooperative/collaborative multiplayer : several players to control a single color.
As players setup a multiplayer game, they choose the same color and they collaboratively control a single color. The feature exists in AoE2 and PA (Planetary Annihilation) :
!http://steamcommunity.com/app/221380/discussions/0/828933456006180647/

Why ?

Does allow to empower communication/cooperation/collaboration of different duties to human players. 
For example one person starts building the economy/science, a second one micro manages the people in the city and builds houses/defense and a third one may start exploring or even fighting enemies with a small army right at the beginning. 

Challenges

 * the system needs to handle what to do if it gets orders to e.g. move the  same unit to two different places, maybe at the same time : a solution would be last come, first served (LCFS)  just like in AoE2. You can have a lot of fun distracting other allied  players but it's also fun communicating what tasks are done by whom.  Playing seriously requires a good communication and may give an  advantage to a single player. A bad team may distract itself and would  fail against a single player. This feature is a different addition to  diversity of the gameplay into a ""social interaction"" direction.



Nice to have :

 * As 0AD games can get a little bit longer it would also be great so a player can leave the game any time, leaving his/her tasks to the remaining players. This would also be great so someone can start cooking while the others keep playing



Warning:

 * This feature is not for several players to belong to the same faction but for several human players to control the very same color."	enhancement	new	Should Have	Backlog	Network		multiplayer co-op