"The Airship" among us - our hopes and expectations for 2021 and the new map

 "The Airship" among us - our hopes and expectations for 2021 and the new map

Account system and friends list

This element was briefly mentioned by the team at Innersloth late last year, but has not yet been introduced.

 "The Airship" among us - our hopes and expectations for 2021 and the new map

Our account system would be great, especially considering how primitive the server system is today. To join the game, all you have to do is select an area, and double-click the lobby you want to join. However, due to the enormous traffic of players, the hallways that at first glance seem to contain available slots can be filled within seconds. Since these hallways are not updated in real time, finding a game with a slot to join can be very annoying, especially if you are playing with friends.

The account system and our friends list will help us solve these problems by allowing you to create groups with your friends and open lounges with them easily and simply. Furthermore, it will also help the problem of moderation by allowing hackers and cheaters to be blocked so they can't join your servers. Although this system won't do much to eliminate high-end players, it at least gives you a way to avoid them altogether.

New roles

Many players were asking for new assignments to add a little variety to the game, and Innersloth acknowledged it, at least based on what they mentioned in the tweet above. However - and don't hate us to say that - what if what the game needs is not tasks, but new roles?

Our impression is that the fun in the game between us does not come from tasks like this - these are just mini-games designed to temporarily distract the player from the main aspect of the game; In all honesty, we don't think these tasks should be "fun", but things you can do quickly to get back to the game guess who is the killer.

While having new tasks will certainly add some modernity to the game, the new roles will create more complex interactions between players, and fun events are likely to occur in each game. Even if they implement the new map with 100% unique tasks, it will only take two weeks before they lose their charm. At the same time, the new roles will have greater strength to survive, especially if they appropriately complement the current Crewman-Imposter dynamic.

Larger lobbies for the new map

While standard matches of 10 players for current maps can become very intense, it is rumored that the Map Blimp in Between Us is larger than the rest. Given how big Polus is, it's very difficult to imagine a bigger map. However, if the new map turns out to be the biggest yet, one of the things we'd like to see will be larger pressure groups.

Imagine this: You and your friends create a lobby for a session between us. Once everyone is in, the lobby opens so others can join. Suddenly, a torrent of more than 10 players entered your lobby. You are now ready to play between us with your friends and a group of strangers in the lobby featuring 20 or even 30 players - everything is fine in the world.

Apart from jokes, playing games with more players has a lot of potential to spend quality time in between us. Of course, that's only if you're lucky and find people playing hard and not trolls. But of course, that's the purpose of the list of accounts and friends that we mentioned above, right?

More creative cosmetic objects

The cosmetics you can buy from us currently consist of hats, costumes and pets, which are basically everything you need to make your personality look unique. After all, there are limits to things that you can change to your character who wears a space suit permanently, without completely changing his appearance and violating the game design philosophy.

However, although the team offers a good amount of cosmetics in between us, we would like to see more attractive designs, including collaboration. Due to the high traffic and popularity of games like these, it would be amazing to see collaboration with other titles and inspiration from other common trends, similar to what Fortnite does with its skins and gestures. What if we get costumes based on famous movies? We would like to chase anyone else while wearing a T-800 uniform!

What are your expectations among us this year? Apart from The Airship, what other shapes and items would you like to see in the popular game?