Factions MP

Factions is the name given to the online multiplayer mode in The Last of Us.

Overview

"Strength in numbers, Survival of the fittest."

Decades after the initial Cordyceps outbreak, and the decimation of the population, if you're not infected, then you're left fighting for scraps to survive. Unfortunately for you, there are many others like you fighting for the same limited resources, no matter the cost. However, banding together with other survivors gives you the strength in numbers and a better chance of survival. The best and only way to survive is to take the lives of those that seek to take yours. Whether you side with the Fireflies or the Hunters means little. What matters is how hard you try to keep your clan healthy and strong by securing supplies and making it back alive.

Clan

Whilst playing multiplayer matches, players lead a clan of survivors through the world over 12 weeks. Each match played counts as one day, and gives the players opportunities to gather supplies (referred to as "Jimmies" by FireFlies) to fuel the clans progress and growth. At the start of every game, you will be told the target amount of supplies that are needed to keep the clan healthy. Any extra supplies over the amount needed will be used to entice more survivors to join your clan.

Strength in numbers.

Randomly, events will occur that will threaten your people, such as bandit attacks or infections. Clan leaders need to accomplish one task out of a list such as achieve 10 downs over 3 games or kill X enemies with Y weapon. By getting the highest tier of these events, you can minimize the damage done. You may also receive a recruitment event, which will increase the size of your clan by a fixed percent depending on how high a tier of challenge you complete. As more events occur, the challenge of the tiers increases, adding more pressure as the 12 weeks draw on. 

In matches, players gather supplies to feed and heal the clan. If the necessary amount of supplies isn't met, survivors will begin to go hungry or get ill and die. Survivors can be healed by meeting the target amount of supplies during each "day".

Facebook Connectivity

Clans can be linked to your Facebook account, allowing your survivors to represent your friends list and profile pictures.  At the end of attacking events, you may be asked to choose between 3 friends to "live". The friend that you don't choose will die. This is purely cosmetic and does not change the gameplay or effects of events or days. Whilst in lobbies or parties, you might see messages of your friends doing activities in the game, such as reinforcing barricades or tending to gardens. These messages reflect how your clan is doing, so if people in your clan are hungry, the messages will inform you.

Maps

• Checkpoint
• Lakeside
• Bill's Town
• University
• High School
• Downtown
• The Dam

Classes

Within the "Gear Up" menu you can edit and view classes that are used in battle. You have access to 4 Custom Loadouts, as well as 4 pre-made custom sets. These pre-made sets often contain Skills and weapons that are unusable at your level, allowing you to try them out.

The 4 pre-made classes are:

• Assault
  • Small Firearm: Shorty
  • Large Firearm: Burst Rifle
  • Survival Skill 1: Brawler 1
  • Survival Skill 2: Marathon Runner 1
  • Survival Skill 3: Explosion Expert
  • Survival Skill 4: N/A
  • Purchasable: Assault Rifle
• Sniper
  • Small Firearm: Revolver
  • Large Firearm: Hunting Rifle
  • Survival Skill 1: Sharpshooter 2 
  • Survival Skill 2: N/A
  • Survival Skill 3: N/A
  • Survival Skill 4: N/A
  • Purchasable: Military Sniper
• Support
  • Small Firearm: Revolver
  • Large Firearm: N/A
  • Survival Skill 1: Crafter 2
  • Survival Skill 2: First Aid Training 2
  • Survival Skill 3: Hawk-eyed 1
  • Survival Skill 4: N/A
  • Purchasable: N/A
• Stealth
  • Small Firearm: Silenced 9MM
  • Large Firearm: Bow
  • Survival Skill 1: Covert Training 2
  • Survival Skill 2: Strategist 1
  • Survival Skill 3: N/A
  • Survival Skill 4: N/A
  • Purchasable: N/A

Every class has 10 loadout points to start out with, and each weapon and survival skill uses up these points. With continued leveling-up, you can unlock more loadout points. Up to the max of 13 points.

Basic Weapons

Small Firearms:

• 9mm (0 loadout points) level 2 (2 loadout points)

• Revolver (0 loadout points)

• Shorty - handheld pistol shotgun (1'''' loadout points) level 2 (3'''' loadout points) [375] points to unlock

Large firearms:

• Semi-auto Rifle - (2'''' loadout points) level 2 (4'''' loadout points)

• Burst Rifle - 3-shot burst firearm (2 loadout points) level 2 (4'''' loadout points) [1375]

• Hunting Rifle - bolt-action sniper rifle with 2 levels of zoom; 2 shots to the body or one to the head to down (2'''' loadout points) level 2 (4'''' loadout points)

• Bow - silent weapon that does not expose you to radar when fired (3'''' loadout points) [3400]

In-Game Currencies

Scrap

Scrap acts as the in-game currency that acts as match specific points to purchase ammo, upgrades, armour and weapons. Scrap can be earned by doing various actions in games.

• Downed Opponent = 100
• Execution = 50
• Special Execution = 75
• Assist =50
• Marked Opponent = 15
• Revive = 100
• Craft item = 30
• Molotov Kill = 50
• Bomb Kill = 50
• Shiv Kill = 75
• Marked target killed = 25
• Gift handed to a teammate = 100
• Heal a teammate = 20/2s (First-Aid Training 2) - 40/2s (First-Aid Training 3)

Additional scrap can be earned by using skill boosters to increase scrap earned such as Collector and Reviver. Scrap does NOT carry over games, but does carry over between lives, so saving up for armor is oftentimes better than buying unnecessary ammunition.

Supplies

Supplies are the main currency needed to sustain your clan in multi-player and changes based on the number of survivors within your clan. Supplies can be gained in game, by collecting bottled containers from the bodies of executed opponents, or by collecting scrap (50 scrap = 1 supplies).  Supplies cannot be spent during rounds, or traded for commodities. Supplies that are left on the ground after executions do not despawn on Supply Raid and will appear on the radar until you pick them up, but do despawn after every round of Survivors.

Health

In-game, each character has 5 bars of health that is non-regenerating. There are many ways to heal.  One method, available to those with first aid training level 2 or 3, is to heal your teammates.  Another method to heal is to craft a med kit. When utilizing it, you are vulnerable to your foes. You can, however, still move while healing yourself. The time it takes to heal varies on how much damage you have suffered. One block of health means a short healing period, while more damage means more time to heal. There's also predetermined spots across each map where health packs are placed. You can also get healed if you hit someone with a melee weapon if you have Brawler 2+ or if you get a headshot with Sharpshooter 2+.

Crafting

In matches, you are able to craft 6 unique items. Like healing, this occurs in real-time, and you are vulnerable while crafting. Unlike healing, you cannot move while you are crafting, and frequently, your character calls out (s)he is crafting and exclaims when (s)he is done, so this actions may expose your position to your foes. You can craft melee upgrades (if you have a melee weapon), a shiv, a health kit, a Molotov cocktail, a shrapnel bomb, or a smoke bomb. 

To craft each item, you will need the following: 

• A melee upgrade requires binding and a blade

• A shiv requires binding and a blade.

• A health kit requires rag, alcohol and a binding

• A Molotov requires binding, alcohol, and a rag.

• A shrapnel bomb requires explosive, sugar, and a blade. 
• A smoke bomb requires explosive and sugar.  

The item at the top of the d-pad radial is a gift which can only be obtained through the Crafter skill.

Survival Skills

Pistol Auto-Zoom 1 - Zoom in while aiming a 9mm or Revolver (1 loadout point)

Pistol Auto-Zoom 2 - Zoom in further wile aiming a 9mm or Revolver (2 loadout points)

Explosion Expert 1 -The radius of your explosives is 25% greater (1 loadout point)

Explosion Expert 2 - The radius of your explosives is 50% greater (3 loadout points)

Reviver 1 - Revive fallen teammates 25% faster and with 20 more health (1 loadout point)

Reviver 2 - Revive fallen teammates 45% faster, revive them with 25 more health. and get 25% more Parts from revives (3 loadout points)

Reviver 3 - Revive fallen teammates 55% faster, revive them with30 more health. and get 50% more Parts from revives  (4 loadout points)

Brawler 1 - Craft modded weapons in half the time and they have an additional hit (2 loadout points)

Brawler 2 - Craft modded weapons in half the time and they have an additional hit, and gain 10 health back with each melee hit. (3 loadout points)

Covert Training 1 - Start with a shiv when you spawn (2 loadout points)

Covert Training 2 - You won't show up in the enemy's listen mode when crouch walking and start with a shiv on each spawn  (4 loadout points)

Covert Training 3 - You can't be marked, won't show up in the enemy's listen mode when crouch walking and start with a shiv when you spawn. (5 loadout points)

Sharp Ears 1 - The listen mode meter regenerates 10% faster and you can listen for 10% longer (2 loadout points) [250 points to unlock]

Sharp Ears 2 - Enter listen mode more quickly, the meter regenerates 20% faster, and stay in listen mode 20% longer. (3 loadout points)

Strategist 1 - Know when you've been marked (2 loadout points)

Strategist 2 - Know when you've been marked and see nearby enemies on the radar. (4 loadout points)

Strategist 3 - Know when you've been marked and see nearby enemies on the radar, and can choose an ally to respawn on. You will be able to respawn several seconds early. (5 loadout points)

Hawk-eyed 1 - Marking a foe lasts 3 seconds longer. Aim at an enemy and click R3 to mark (2 loadout points)

Hawk-eyed 2 - Marks last 3 seconds longer and marked enemies glow. Aim at an enemy and click R3 (3 loadout points)

Hawk-eyed 3 - Marks last 3 seconds longer, marked enemies glow, and enemies within a short distance of your target are also marked. Aim at an enemy and click R3 (4 loadout points)

Crafter 1 - Craft items 75% faster (2 loadout points)

Crafter 2 - Craft items 75% faster and for every 3 items you craft, you will receive a giftbox. Equip this giftbox using the up d-pad and you can give it to an ally. They will receive a random item, including molotovs, shivs, bombs, or smoke bombs. (4 loadout points)

Crafter 3 - Craft items 75% faster and for every 2 items you craft, you will receive a giftbox. Equip this giftbox using the up d-pad and you can give it to an ally. They will receive a random item, including molotovs, shivs, bombs, or smoke bombs. (5 loadout points)

First-Aid Training 1 - Use med kits 75% faster. (2 loadout points)

First-Aid Training 2 - Use med kits 75% faster and can heal injured teammates. When looking at an injured teammate, you can hold X to slowly heal them. 10 health every 2 seconds. (4 loadout points)

First-Aid Training 3 - Use med kits 75% faster and can heal injured teammates. When looking at an injured teammate, you can hold X to slowly heal them. 20 health every 2 seconds (6 loadout point)

Sharpshooter 1 - Scope sway is reduced by 25% and damage wobble reduced by 20% (2 loadout points)

Sharpshooter 2 - Scope sway is reduced by 37% and damage wobble reduced by 35%. Get 15 health back for each headshot. (4 loadout points)

Sharpshooter 3 - Scope sway is reduced by 50% and damage wobble reduced by 65%. Get 25 health back for each headshot. (5 loadout points)

Marathon Runner 1 - Sprint for 15% longer and sprint regenerates 15% faster (1 loadout point)

Marathon Runner 2 - Sprint for 30% longer and sprint regenerates 30% faster (3 loadout points)

Collector 1 - Increase the number of parts you earn by 10% (3 loadout points) [375 points to unlock]

Collector 2 - Increase the number of parts you earn by 20% (5 loadout points)

Special Executions

Special executions give extra points, and a more personal goodbye.

After you deal enough damage to an enemy, they become incapacitated and crawl around the ground without the ability to fight. During this time you can press Triangle over them to perform a special execution. These usually last around 3 seconds, and give 50 extra parts. Animations include punching the foe twice with one final wound-up punch, turning their head over and shooting them point-blank with your small or large firearm, and stomping on a foe's head with one more stomp.

If a teammate downs an enemy, you may preform a special execution on him for points and supplies and vice versa. Both players gain supply and ammunition from the one kill this way, giving extra rewards for teamwork among teams to maximize supply gained.

In-Game Store

When you earn a certain number of parts in a match, you can use it to purchase more ammunition for your gun, or potentially buy a better weapon or armor if that option has been assigned in your Loadout. These are instantaneous purchases. It seems that with continued crafting of the same item, its cost continues to increase. It seems that in Survivor mode, since it is round-based, some of the items' costs return to their respective original prices. 

9MM Ammo - 5 rounds [150 parts]

9MM Upgrade Level 1 - Upgrade reload speed, rate of fire, clip size, starting ammo, and accuracy and decrease recoil [300]

9MM Upgrade Level 2 - Upgrade reload speed, rate of fire, clip size, starting ammo, and accuracy and decrease recoil [500]

Revolver Ammo - 4 rounds [220, it seems to increase by 10 subsequently]

Revolver Upgrade Level 1 - Upgrade reload speed, rate of fire, clip size, starting ammo, and accuracy and decrease recoil [300]

Revolver Upgrade Level 2 - Upgrade reload speed, rate of fire, clip size, starting ammo, and accuracy and decrease recoil [500]

Hunting Rifle Ammo - 3 rounds [220]

Hunting Rifle Upgrade Level 1 - Upgrade reload speed, rate of fire, starting ammo, accuracy, and decrease recoil [400]

Hunting Rifle Upgrade Level 2 - Upgrade reload speed, rate of fire, starting ammo, accuracy, and decrease recoil, also allows for a second level of zoom (press X whilst aiming) [800]

Semi-Auto Rifle Ammo -4 rounds [220]

Semi-Auto Rifle Upgrade Level 1 - Upgrade reload speed, rate of fire, clip size, starting ammo, accuracy, and decrease recoil [400]

Semi-Auto Rifle Upgrade Level 2 - Upgrade reload speed, rate of fire, clip size, starting ammo, and accuracy and decrease recoil [800]

Armor - provides a vest and helmet, but breaks after much use [450, then 500 second use; with the one-time booster Cheaper Armor, the original cost drops to 335]

El Diablo - Handgun that comes with a scope, press X while aiming to zoom in (N/A) [N/A] {150 supplies to unlock}

Assault Rifle - Military grade rifle with a high rate of fire (N/A) [N/A] {900 supplies to unlock}

Shotgun - (3) [N/A]

Military Sniper - Semi-automatic rifle, press X while aiming to enter the second degree of zoom (N/A) [N/A] {6900}

Flamethrower - (N/A) [300 parts] {4750}

Machete - (N/A) [N/A] {2625}

Listen Mode

Multiplayer will have Listen Mode, but it will be limited to a few seconds, but using the "Sharp Ears" perk can increase the duration and reduce its cooldown time.

Enemies using the "Covert Training" perk level 2 & 3 will not show up during Listen Mode whilst crouch walking.

Gameplay Modes

Supply Raid

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Supply Raid on "Lakeside"

Supply stashes are usually out in the open and dangerous to approach without teammates, however it contains supplies vital for your team's success and the overall health of your clan. All while being met by an enemy team, fighting for the very same supplies. Each team gets twenty collective lives and whichever team runs out of lives first loses.

Survivors

Survival is the key and teamwork is an optional factor. You must eliminate everyone else until you are left standing at the end of the match. It is a best of seven rounds format and supplies go to the team that wins four of seven rounds by having the last man or woman standing. There's no respawning, but you can buy weapons and ammo between rounds and anything you buy will carry over into the next round, crafted items and materials picked up however will not.

"Survival Pack" Pre-Order Bonus

• Bonus Experience Points
• Multiplayer Melee Attack Booster
• In Game Currency for Multiplayer Characters
• Special Customizable Items for Multiplayer
• Bonus Skins for Joel & Ellie (available once singleplayer is completed)

Notes

• It has a currency system based on resources.
• Characters are customizable with helmets, masks, hats, gestures, and a sort of facial construction.
• It has a unique perk system called Survival Skills.
• It features clans that are composed of AI and other players.
• Two multiplayer packs have been confirmed.
• Default classes exist as well as the ability to create your own.
• Many in-game events are random.
• You're rewarded clan members for doing well in missions.
• Players can craft in real-time, as in single player.
• If two players try to revive a player at the same time, the speed of the revival will be doubled.

Gallery

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Videos

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References

• http://www.vg247.com/2013/06/03/the-last-of-us-multiplayer-details-ripped-from-demo-files-rumour/
• http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2013/06/03/the-last-of-us-multiplayer-modes-played-and-tested/