Battle islands

Mushnator · 2004-05-20, 08:53 PM

Infantry only combat? Smaller continents? Sounds like a step in a good direction.

If you want to reach me ingame, I think I know where I will be.

1024 · 2004-05-20, 09:13 PM

i was hoping for something better than new conts. =\

Mushnator · 2004-05-20, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by 1024

i was hoping for something better than new conts. =\

*Sigh* Beggers can't be choosers I guess. =/

Duffman · 2004-05-20, 10:05 PM

UMm its just not new conts its a whole new game they are making. Dont judge this yet

buttfour9567 · 2004-05-20, 10:18 PM

ya im lookin forward to this like a mutha f***a....just its gonna be about 3 months til all this can happen

Piuslxix · 2004-05-20, 11:05 PM

Yeah, doesn't sound too bad... but what about all this advertising on PSU? It sucks!

Duffman · 2004-05-20, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by Piuslxix

Yeah, doesn't sound too bad... but what about all this advertising on PSU? It sucks!

maybe you should have contributed then????

asshat

Cryptica · 2004-05-21, 12:31 AM

I think the news was great. I cant wait for the new conts.

xmodum · 2004-05-21, 02:10 AM

Stfu Cryptica!
Anyways, I think this will be great.

GraniteRok · 2004-05-21, 04:52 AM

I'm hoping they add a map reference grid with the cont/battle islands change...

Particularly handy I believe to non squad leaders

Firefly · 2004-05-21, 09:29 AM

Smaller continents sucks. So what, a bunch of crybabies can't find a target. Look for a fucking hotspot maybe? I like the continents the way they are. I think they're too small as it is, but I put up with it. I could deal with MORE continents that are smaller, though.

Anyway, who gives a shit about new continents? We've been asking for an expansion that doesn't suck. Like naval or space. You want more diversity? Try a subsurface underwater battle where you're not just grabbing a base. Not some lame-ass dork island.

We've been asking for things that already suck and already exist to get fixed. Like bases. Who builds a base with a back door that any shmoe with a REK can break into? Where's this vaunted "blast door that hacks from within"? Where's these raising and lowering blast walls in the courtyard entrances (like drawbridges almost)? It's easier to redesign a base or add something that doesn't swallow so much sweaty donkey nut like a Phalanx turret. Something that actually defends and doesn't die to a Decimator round.

Redesign the bases first, make them more defendable- people have been screaming about THAT forever. Devs say "We want defenders to actually have a hope" (see in-development)... well friggin prove it. Don't give us some retarded rehash of our favorite continents. If I wanted the fucking Fruit Medley, I'd get the fucking Fruit Medly. Now I want my game fixed- not have my attention diverted by suckier, smaller continents where my FPS will drop to absolute SHIT and I'll lag so bad I can see the Revolution as it happens instead of reading about it 200+ years later.

Cryptica · 2004-05-21, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by xmodum

Stfu Cryptica!
Anyways, I think this will be great.

Damnit man, won't you stop bitching? You're worse than a little kid that got his favorite toy taken away.

Cryptica · 2004-05-21, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by Firefly

Smaller continents sucks. So what, a bunch of crybabies can't find a target. Look for a fucking hotspot maybe? I like the continents the way they are. I think they're too small as it is, but I put up with it. I could deal with MORE continents that are smaller, though.

I dont think the current conts are getting smaller, though. I'm pretty sure they're keeping the current conts about the same SIZE, just re-working the layout, etc..The new continents are going to be totally new, and they will be smaller. At least, I think this is how it went, I didn't catch all of the announcement.

Firefly · 2004-05-21, 10:34 AM

I read the thread. CriticalMass said they're replacing the old continents. Whether it happens slowly, gradually over time, or all in one, I don't care.

Okay- cut away unused portions of land. Well shit, why don't we just make a football field and slap some bases in the end zone. We'll make it like Stratego or Checkers, eh?

I don't know about you, but I use the little islands off the coast of Esamir. I can set up an AMS on that tiny chunk of land. I go across the water from the Warpgate to Wele on Cyssor- it beats traveling around South America just-cuz there was no Panama Canal. That little island on Amerish? That peninsula on Ceryshen? The ones you think no one ever goes to?

I go there. I find a high art of tactical implementation in "honey spots" like these. And on more than a dozen occasions, those simple out-of-the-way spots have led to victory for my empire. Just because it's not along the road from Anu to Seth doesn't mean someone doesn't use it.

SilverLord · 2004-05-21, 11:09 AM

They have already stated that they will be redesigning the base layouts and such, along with captiol buildings.