Recent changes' discussion (archived by Narko)

[Lanttu]

Hello,

You can find all ND changes here

Recently, I got rather few people which are complaining over some topics.

Mainly the following :

1-The fact that we added news maps and we are not using standard ET maps


Here's what is being said :
->You are not using the 6 default ET maps from the default campaign anymore, that's boring

->Server is not NoDownload anymore, it's YesDownload

->You are using new maps, I cba learning them and it makes quests leave

1. Actually, yes, we are using the 6 default ET maps from default campaign, we tried to set the map cycle so, that every 2nd map would be a campaign map (as Nirv obviously already stated later in the post)

2. Yeah, server isn't NoDownload anymore, but the truth is, it hasn't been NoDownload in a long time. Most of you who played on the server already in the past months, already downloaded these maps, so whats the issue? You guys don't have to download it anymore ?

3. They're actually old maps, but yes, perhaps new to NoDownload server, or new to the guys who never ventured outside of NoDownload servers. All of them are really simple to learn, even for me, "Transmitter" (which I've never played until recently) only took me playing it twice to understand the objective, the rest of the maps we're already familiar for me from years back. The excuse of "I've never played it, therefore I wont bother learning it" is so lame, literally takes playing these maps 1-3 times to understand the maps fully (it's not rocket science guys )
(PS. If you're really stubborn about not learning these new maps, there's always Vote Next Map)

2) Antirush

Current Antirush settings

The antirush system is now set on :
Between 5 and 10 mins (depending of the map)

It's mainly to present rushing. (no shit sherlock)
For example when Dejo and Lanttu are winning 5 maps in a row within 2 minutes, guests are leaving (true fact, lanttu wins again).
So now we have to wait minimum 5 minutes and enjoy the map for quite a bit before it ends.

As Nirv said, Me, Dejo & Tuksi used to (and loved to) rush all the maps. (Lanttu. Wins Again!) tsöhöhöhöh But there was a downside to this. EVERYTIME we did this, guests and even members would complain about this, and eventually leave the server, leaving us to play vs bots or leave the server aswell. Nothing positive ever came out of the outcome of playing a map in literally 45-90 seconds.

With the current changes, we average 12+ guests & members online daily for a few hours, its definetly gotten better then what it used to be, and no doubt thanks to these changes.

Even though, there are couple of ways to bypass the antirush (sadly)
I give my green light to !splat the players who are bypassing the antirush.