Future plans for Empires

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  1. Trickster

    Trickster Retired Developer

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    Plans for the Future of Empires

    Today, I'll be telling you a little about what's going to be happening in the near future.

    After our next small patch, we'll be focusing on the "Scout overhaul". All efforts will be directed towards making Scout a viable teamwork oriented class. His weaponry will be re-tuned, as well as new ones added. So, without further ado, I present you:

    MOTHER FUCKING SHOTGUNS

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    These bad boys will allow the Scout to get really up close and personal with the enemy, before pasting him against a wall (in a non-sexual manner).

    Scout hide and sabotage will also be completely changed, with hide becoming more of a TF2-spy-like timed usage invisibility. On top of this, there are plans to redo most of the Scout skills to focus them more towards team support, with reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance skills planned.

    This is an old image, but it does show the WIP of how the new Scout hide should work out ingame.

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    In addition to the scout update, the plan is to introduce more official maps, as well as the usual assortment of small additions. We also have a huge list of achievements (courtesy of D.D.D Destroyer) which we can begin adding, should we get the time.

    Finally, I need to emphasise again that we're still hugely short of coders, and may struggle to achieve the implementation of above without some support over the coming months. If you know anyone with experience who may be able to assist, please point them our way.

    Empires has hopefully turned a corner now, and with the recent clan match, as well as the huge activity rise over this Easter break, things are looking positive for the first time in a long time. Expect 2.42 relatively soon, containing a few small balance and bug fixes.

    I'll see you all in-game.
     
  2. Cad

    Cad Member

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    But the blimpz, what about the blimpz? Heard you got them textured and animated, where are they?
     
  3. Devourawr

    Devourawr Member

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    post so i can critique in depth then edit later and be near the top

    EDIT: I hate it. Please be an April Fools joke.
     
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  4. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    I was tempted to take this post serious until this line.

    HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!
     
  5. flasche

    flasche Member Staff Member Moderator

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    if its an april fools joke its april fools cynicism - those changes would be great ...
     
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  6. Silk

    Silk Mapper

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    Usually i don't trust anything today, but Trickster said the same thing a few days ago.

    Don't know what to believe
     
  7. LordDz_2

    LordDz_2 Strange things happens here

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    Foolsception.
     
  8. Ikalx

    Ikalx Member

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    The joke is it's not a joke :D
     
  9. McGyver

    McGyver Experimental Pedagogue

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    Or maybe that is the joke, that you think it's a joke that it's not a joke.
     
  10. D.D.D. Destroyer

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    I don't give a single shit about what this is, but you screwed over my name. You forgot a dot.
     
  11. Devourawr

    Devourawr Member

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    Speaking of your D's, I always mentally think of it as Dirty Dark Dick Destroyer. What does it actually stand for?
     
  12. D.D.D. Destroyer

    D.D.D. Destroyer Member Staff Member Moderator

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    Dirty Dark Dick...wut. I do have almost black hair I don't wash often enough, but I'm a rather nice person.

    It came up when I was looking for a nickname, just plain Destroyer seemed generic. It had to have some meaning back then, but it's lost to the depths of time. Don't judge me, I was like 8/9.
     
  13. LordDz_2

    LordDz_2 Strange things happens here

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    At least it's better than my first game name.
    HARDGAMERDZ REPORTING IN.

    With hardgamerdz@hotmail as email. Yeeeaaah.
     
  14. Grantrithor

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    Sounds like "Hard Gay Merrrdsssz" when I read it.

    For some reason, I feel like this is a super april fools joke, like, it's an april fools joke that it is an april fools joke. I don't even know what to think anymore.
     
  15. Candles

    Candles CAPTAIN CANDLES, DUN DUN DUN, DUN DUN DUN DUN.

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    Superb!
     
  16. Empty

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    April fools response this year was pretty crap :(

    Only like 15 posts? Man that sucks.

    I remember last years we hit like 5 or 6 pages. I was happy with that one.
    Oh well, it's a nicely done post, could be a bit more polished tbh, looks rushed which gives it away.

    I'd really like it to be true though. Scouts an awesome class but this is just a pipedream (how'd you do the predator scout thingo? Gmod?)

    Also what game are those shotguns from? They seem familiar. Tineye isn'y giving me any results.
     
  17. Freaknovich

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    Really hoping this is a troll post. Not sure how I feel about shotguns, seems like will either be too strong or too weak. Also the glass shader (though it does look nicer) will make you too easily visible, making the hide skill kinda useless. Either way, I'm not entirely against these changes but I think they should be given some more thought.
     
  18. Silk

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    On the other hand, if you don't need to prone to be hidden, you could just run around with a shotgun being less easy to spot than rifleman but equally as deadly
     
  19. Empty

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    implying shotguns would even be close to the effectiveness of a rifle in empires.

    Seriously the only times I've ever wanted a shotgun is district and when raiding a barracks.

    The shotguns would have to be damn fucking good to even compare to a rifle, even at close range the NFAR and BEHR are fucking ridiculous, 4-5 shots to kill a target with that ridiculously good accuracy and rate of fire. Shotguns have their work cut out for them.

    (doesn't mean I wouldn't use them though, shotgun inside a sabotaged barracks would be horrific, also it'd make scouts hiding and sabotaging shit a bit more of a threat when discovered.)
     
  20. WalMartGreeter

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    I do enjoy the fact that every April Fools, a lot of effort is made to make creative and actual good ideas to spice up the mod. The next 364 days are spent sitting down with their thumbs up their asses.

    Also, a lot of base/ref combat is actually close-combat. Shotty would be nice when I need to leave my vehicle (especially during APC/jeep rushes to the enemy side). Spawn camping is a third reason :P
     
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