SP style lightsaber duels in MP..an idea

[Yodas mum]

I thought I saw that the reason raven didnt use the SP system of combat for MP is because the network code overhead was too large. I assume all the extra clashes, combos and smoothness would take up too much network traffic in an all out 32 - 16 player match, but most duel servers are set at max players of about 4-6, with only 2 of those using sabers at the time.

 

The solution could be that raven patch in the SP aspect of dueling in MP for the duel gametype and restrict the server size to a max of 5 or so players. Car games use a lot of network code and most of those games also restrict the size of multiplayer games to 8 or even 4 people at once.

 

I dont know too much about the extra network code used by the SP system and whether or not its too much even for a 1v1 only server, but even if there was an option for LANs where the speeds/bandwidth should not be a problem.