Board Thread:Metal Gear Solid V/@comment-79.10.218.64-20141103172213/@comment-25366375-20141105114951

I personally think that buddies having permadeath should be optional, considering the emphasis on the game's story and how easy it'll be to lose story arcs to poor planning/gameplay.

That aside, my guess is that Ocelot was being considered as a buddy before Kojima Productions decided that buddy deaths would be permanent. It seems highly unlikely that they'll have a single exception to a rule for the sake of it being cool to bring Ocelot along.

I'm still holding out hope for a system like Peace Walker. I know it's already been confirmed that you can't bring any old Diamond Dogs soldier along, but I think it'd be awesome joining a friend's game as one of your own DD soldier similar to the missions in PW where you weren't able to play as Snake. Any CO-OPs type of multiplayer would have me losing my shit, because the buddy system is just BEGGING for it. Pretty sure they said we can look around friends' Mother Bases while not infiltrating them, so it stands to reason we can hitch a ride in their chopper and go out on a mission. This is just something I really want to see, and baseless conjecture unfortunately. I doubt we'll see this mechanic. If we do though, I hope we can be a soldier other than Snake. More than one Snake looked stupid in PW, and it was weird enough in the Mother Base infiltration to see two Snakes as well.

We know Quiet and D.D. will be support buddies, but I can't wait to find out who else we'll find along the way! (seriously hoping for that multiplayer though, damn, man)