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    Does anyone see For Honor as a potential e-sport?

    "E-sport" may too high of a mark; a game probably has to be insanely popular to get a functional "league" going. (I don't follow e-sports very closely; go easy on me.) Still, I'm at least interested in the possibility of For Honor developing a dedicated competitive community. I'd love it to grow a significant Twitch presence, for instance. During yesterday's E3 coverage, I even remember at least a few journalists discussing how well For Honor could do on Twitch.

    If the developers could shed light on whether For Honor is at all intended for this competitive scene, that would be fantastic. Though of course, they can only disclose so much.

    So to the prospective players, do you see signs of what I'm talking about in For Honor? One user made a comparison to MOBAs in another thread, which I'd noticed too. Obviously the gameplay and aesthetic are significantly different, but the use of AI units, small team sizes, Feats and control points is at least somewhat evocative of MOBAs. Though maybe there's a more appropriate comparison I'm not multiplayer-savvy enough to know.

    Obviously nothing's been said to this effect, but I'd also love the inclusion of a 1v1 duel arena, possibly with the ability to adjust parameters (health, damage, etc.) so as to extend duel durations. Maybe really good AI Heroes in a practice mode too.
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    Originally Posted by Serdones Go to original post
    "E-sport" may too high of a mark; a game probably has to be insanely popular to get a functional "league" going. (I don't follow e-sports very closely; go easy on me.) Still, I'm at least interested in the possibility of For Honor developing a dedicated competitive community. I'd love it to grow a significant Twitch presence, for instance. During yesterday's E3 coverage, I even remember at least a few journalists discussing how well For Honor could do on Twitch.

    If the developers could shed light on whether For Honor is at all intended for this competitive scene, that would be fantastic. Though of course, they can only disclose so much.

    So to the prospective players, do you see signs of what I'm talking about in For Honor? One user made a comparison to MOBAs in another thread, which I'd noticed too. Obviously the gameplay and aesthetic are significantly different, but the use of AI units, small team sizes, Feats and control points is at least somewhat evocative of MOBAs. Though maybe there's a more appropriate comparison I'm not multiplayer-savvy enough to know.

    Obviously nothing's been said to this effect, but I'd also love the inclusion of a 1v1 duel arena, possibly with the ability to adjust parameters (health, damage, etc.) so as to extend duel durations. Maybe really good AI Heroes in a practice mode too.
    I actually do feel this game call pull off well as a "E-Sport" it might actually be one that i'd be interested to actually compete in rather than watch like I do LoL.

    Also I think that it has the potential to do extremely well with the Twitch as those journalists discussed, Twitch could in all make this game blow up and becomes a hit if it comes out as a whole and not broken. I really like the idea of For Honor and i'm not the only person who thinks it was the most exciting thing at E3 so far, we have all these other titles but something new and innovative was needed and who knows, if For Honor does well we could see a new market genre of games like it.

    We've seen one Game Mode (Dominion Mode) and a little bit of the action but until I see more than we'll never know what the end product will be like I'm hoping at least four game modes at most six we also don't know if there are rounds in a match for like Dominion mode or anything else.

    It's been called a MOBA but there really isn't a set genre for it and I like that.
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    Its a whole new Genre, and gameplay wise it has the possibility to be part of the E-sport, but first lets see what the other gameplay modes are. I am hoping for some 1vs1 modes, so that you can rotate with friends or maybe use it for when there are draws in the match. Off course it depends on the game mode, since the current game mode Dominion has already put in place for it.
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    This video mentions some of the other modes available in For Honor.

    http://www.ign.com/videos/2015/06/16...we-know-so-far

    It's super great that we're getting a pretty thorough suite of game modes, especially when so many multiplayer games are abandoning couch-up. Nothing explicitly feeds into the whole e-sport discussion, but being able to play matches entirely with bots is really promising. Fighters in particular benefit a ton from training with bots. It allows them to "go to the lab" and practice combos and figure out mechanics. This video doesn't necessarily promise a straight-up training mode, but at least we know you can do bot matches at all. And being able to play splitscreen with a friend can also be a huge help if you want to practice and analyze. Again, such a thorough suite of game modes should do wonders for the game's longevity and playerbase.
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    i hope that the split screen offers 1vs1 fights, this way i can have a little competition with friends. Or even train together with them to improve our skills.
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    On the subject of duel mode: It doesn't seem to me that the major emphasis in this game is its teamplay, but rather individual skill. That's not to say teamplay isn't important, but I'd say it's a pretty safe bet - in light of how proud they are of AoB - that a duel mode is a given. I'd be very surprised if this isn't in the game tbh.

    As for e-sports: Similar games, such as Chivalry, Mount & Blade, War of the Roses, etc, all have/had a very dedicated competitive scene - especially Chivalry and Mount & Blade. These competitive scenes are fairly small, however, and are nowhere near the size of that of a MOBA or FPS. That being said, there have been no game like this made by as big of a developer as Ubisoft before, so who knows?

    For the record, I don't think this game can be classed as a MOBA just because it has minions, objectives and small team sizes. A MOBA game usually entails lanes, a focus on specific heroes and their roles in a composition, gold to buy items, leveling up to get new skills, destroying the opposition's base, etc. A MOBA game would be league of legends, Dota, Heroes of Newerth and Smite; a person who wants to watch MOBA e-sports will generally not find what they're looking for in a game like For Honor, I don't think.
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    i agree, if anything this is more of an hack and slasher then an MOBA.
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    Interesting question Looking forward to know what you guys think!
    For us, eSports is not something we claim, but something we gain, with the support from the community and competitive players. You guys will probably decide when the game comes out.
    Cheers
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    Interesting question Looking forward to know what you guys think!
    For us, eSports is not something we claim, but something we gain, with the support from the community and competitive players. You guys will probably decide when the game comes out.
    Cheers
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    Originally Posted by SpaceElephant Go to original post
    Interesting question Looking forward to know what you guys think!
    For us, eSports is not something we claim, but something we gain, with the support from the community and competitive players. You guys will probably decide when the game comes out.
    Cheers
    The only thing the community needs to make this happen is Private Matches with some customization features!
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    I agree, maybe put in a spectator mode so that people can stream the match that way and commentate on it.
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