I've been quiet for a while because every time I start to write a reply I get very annoyed.
I like things that are neat and orderly. I like game design that is well considered and balanced (aliens get something, humans get something to counteract it). Considering how small this community is, I appreciated that we could have discussions about the future of the game. The biggest problem was camping and there was a lot of discussion about ways to fix it. Not a single one of them was implemented. So imagine my surprise when I log in one day and see massive changes to *fundamental* aspects of this game: no basilisk, no poison, no trappers, wraith which was poorly thought out. All of this because they were supposedly "annoying" and "useless". Then, when people started to complain, we get even dumber ideas like a cashless society and removing basic aliens because they will be "useless as soon as their advanced variants are unlocked". Triple grenades which can practically wipe out the alien base. And lets not forget the tweak to the credit system which could leave you at S2 for 20 minutes (no helmet against adv mara, fun!) and then practically skip S3 and S4.
These changes prove to me the devs don't really know what they are doing. They talk amongst themselves, remove gameplay features that were thoroughly tested by the original Tremulous devs, and then literally ruin the game. The forum topic about everyone's age really opened my eyes to the fact that there are bunch of kids running this server which, while impressive, isn't very encouraging.
So, combine my high ping with my distaste for the "shaken not stirred" approach, I switched to Enemy Territory. Good day sir.
I said good day.
I like things that are neat and orderly. I like game design that is well considered and balanced (aliens get something, humans get something to counteract it). Considering how small this community is, I appreciated that we could have discussions about the future of the game. The biggest problem was camping and there was a lot of discussion about ways to fix it. Not a single one of them was implemented. So imagine my surprise when I log in one day and see massive changes to *fundamental* aspects of this game: no basilisk, no poison, no trappers, wraith which was poorly thought out. All of this because they were supposedly "annoying" and "useless". Then, when people started to complain, we get even dumber ideas like a cashless society and removing basic aliens because they will be "useless as soon as their advanced variants are unlocked". Triple grenades which can practically wipe out the alien base. And lets not forget the tweak to the credit system which could leave you at S2 for 20 minutes (no helmet against adv mara, fun!) and then practically skip S3 and S4.
These changes prove to me the devs don't really know what they are doing. They talk amongst themselves, remove gameplay features that were thoroughly tested by the original Tremulous devs, and then literally ruin the game. The forum topic about everyone's age really opened my eyes to the fact that there are bunch of kids running this server which, while impressive, isn't very encouraging.
So, combine my high ping with my distaste for the "shaken not stirred" approach, I switched to Enemy Territory. Good day sir.
I said good day.