guys, start a new topic for this. this is the changelog topic, something unregistered people may read to see whats been added. for them to maybe find this argument would give the impression of a community at arms. a friend of mine already told me hes not getting empires yesterday because he saw this thread and gave him the impression of a hate filled community.
Some more suggestions for the Press page: Get rid of the "Emp_" from the map names. It just doesn't look good. Re-order the sections: Code Improvements Gameplay Changes Squad System Maps Eye Candy More screenshots of everything: Scout Sabotage (show the progress bar) Squad leader aura and abilities Updated Maps Death Icons Spectator interface SourceTV etc.
eye candy including rotating vehicle wheels and dust trails behind vehicles, more kill icons, extensive balancing.
I will be away for most of the weekend, but if you post all your suggestions here I'll try to update it to a near final state on Sunday/Monday Please post excellent screenshots of those features.
I'll try to get some decent screenies for you over the weekend. If I get to play at all, that is. Oh, and when I said to get rid of the "Emp_" prefix, I didn't mean renaming the actual map filenames, I was just talking about referring to them on the page. I mean have you ever heard any CSS'ers refer to Dust as "de_dust" or Italy as "cs_italy"?
personally - just personally not looking at any other games, I think it looks and feels a bit of an outdated method. thats just my personal feeling
just prefix the maps based on the map type. it would be nice for people like me that cant match names to maps to know what the hell is being played on the server.
de are bomb maps (destruction?), cs are hostage maps, and as is the un-official (the bastards removed it) assassination (VIP escort)