Multi-player Questions:
Mechanics
Is there taunting?
V-Odekar: There are three taunts in MP, that you can perform using the d-pad.
Will there be ranking online?
V-Odekar: Yup. Both indivduals and gangs have their own rankings. Each mode has it's own leaderboard.
How many teams can play at once?
V-Odekar: You can only have 2 teams at a time. However, at the beginning of the game we randomly assign each team one of 4 gangs from SR single player.
When playing online is there AI walking around the city streets?
V-Odekar: The only AI we have in MP is in the co-op modes and for that we only have enemy AI, no civillians or pedestrians.
How many times does it take you to kill someone with a pistol whip to the back of the head online?
V-Odekar: Approx. 3 to 4 times.
Is there a sniper rifle available online? If so is there any idication to where you're getting shot from?(Will you show up on the radar or anything like that)
V-Odekar: Yes there are sniper rifles. In MP we use hit indicators to show where you are getting shot from.
What determines how much money you make from an online match?
V-Odekar: You always make some base money after every match. If you or your team wins you make more and you get bonus cash for killing 5 people with out dying, 10 people and if you never die during a match.
Can you car jack someone online?
V-Odekar: No. We decided that would be too frustrating.
In some multiplayer videos the player just appeared in the car as opposed to opening it. Is this in the final game? And if so, why?
V-Odekar: For the speed at which MP games are played it seemed too slow to have the player open and close the door like in SP.
How do you buy customization items online?
V-JH: You earn "SR money" for playing online and you can use this money to buy customization items for your online character. Some of these items are prettty expensive.
Gangs
Will we be able to boot betrayers or will we have to vote to kick team killers and suiciders in multiplayer?
V-Odekar: The host of a lobby can kick people from the lobby if he doesn't want to play with them. Right now there's no way to kick people in game. You can however rate people through the X-Box 360 Dashboard and if you rate them negativley then you won't get matched with them anymore.
When playing Multiplayer gang wars online, does your gang get a color selected by the computer for your outfits or are you able to chose your own gang colors?
V-JH: You are free to choose you gang colors, but members have to make sure they wear them.
Can clans create a custom clan car that depends on their wealth and would only be used in clan matches?
V-Odekar: No, sorry. Nice idea, though.
Game Types
How many multiplayer maps will there be?
V-JH: The game will ship with eleven MP levels. More will be coming as downloadable content.
Does the time of day change in Multiplayer?
V-Odekar: No. It remains static, though in a custom match you can choose what time of day to play in.
Are there any new multiplayer gametypes planned for the future?
V-Odekar: Not at this time.
Can co-op be done on the same xbox 360?
V-Odekar: No, you can only do co-op over live or with syslink. You can't do it on the same box. The co-op levels are designed to just do the mission you are given. You can't roam freely through the city.
About how long is an average game of blinged out ride take to complete?
V-Odekar: About 15-20 minutes
Is Demo Derby a mode online?
V-Odekar: Sorry, there's no Demo Derby online and at this point we are not planning on adding any new modes to the game.
Matchmaking
When the host is choosing the options for a match, what limits are put on the vehicle section? Could you pick any vehicle from singleplayer or is it categorized into different groups?
V-Odekar: We picked a smaller subset of all the vehicles that you can get in single player.
Can you match up online line like 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1, 6 vs 3 etc?
V-Odekar: Not in match making, but you can setup a custom match in a lobby and do this.
Hw custom can you make a match? Can you choose which weapons, vehicles, explosives, levels etc..
V-Odekar: Yup. You can choose all of these things.
Will you be able to create a match if you wanted to just play with some friends in a deathmatch instead of random people?
V-Odekar: Yup.
How is the online setup? Like is there going to be a custom list where we can see all the servers? Or something like matchmaking?
V-JH V-Odekar: Matchmaking. Pretty much exactly like H2.
There's no server list. We use a match making system similar to that of Halo 2. Additionally a player can setup a lobby and allow his friends to join the lobby and then play a game with just themselves or match make with other players.
Our lobby is pretty cool actually cause when you join the lobby you start out in a warehouse and you can run around and shoot each other while you are waiting for other people to join. The host can also make custom changes to the modes and levels before the game begins.
If you want to play team games do you HAVE to make a clan or can you go play with random people?
V-Odekar: Nope. You can matchmake into team games by yourself, with your friends, or with your gang.
Is it separate from playing with clans then playing with random people? I don't want to join a game and everyone on my team doesn't know each other while everyone on the opposite team are in a clan togeather.
V-Odekar: There are gang matches in which only gangs can participate. However, you and your buddies (gang or otherwise) can matchmake together in non-gang match.
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