Due to the recent demands for updates, I think one of these threads is needed again. Times have changed, the developers have more to deal with these days. "Megel is going to graduate school. I'm about to start college to get a degree for myself. We all have bills to pay and food to buy. Empires is not a source of income, and we've all already put 5 years of our lives into it. What more do you people want?" Krenzo posted that earlier today. For everyone, the answer to this should be "nothing." Instead we should be thankful. The developers have poured countless hours of their personal time into this mod, hours of theirs lives they will never get back, so that they could create something for others to enjoy. And they have done an amazing job. So me first. Thank you, all of you, for the best fucking game to ever exist! I have over $200 of unopened games sitting in a corner, and that is not going to change as long as a single populated Empires server exists (and hell, that pile's only going to grow).
they certainly set a milestone for other mods to compete with, congrats empires! they truly have been a long lasting dedecated team so once more HERE HERE!
to de' donato-machine! if its required, ill donate 20, maybe 30 cents to the cause! Empires is easily worth that, and more. But seriously, Cheers guys. I've spent so many fun hours in this game, more than any other, (apart from timesplitters when i was a kid). Its worth at least £60. (from me, and everyone who's played it.)
from the ~2 tb of games i have played this mod is in the top 5 of all times. thank you very much for all the fun ive had and will have with it.
I only play empires, solitair, puzzle quest and hopefully some good new adventures if the god of gaming has mercy upon us Empires is that what i ever wanted from the Battlefield series.
What the hell... GIVE ME! Please? And yea, Empires is damn good! But it got a backside.. I almost can't play anything other than multiplayer nowdays.
Here here! But does this mean they're stopping? Nonetheless, it's the best mod ever, a toast to Krenzo and the team!
Crap... It would take me 5 years to get a cool mod done like Empires?... :[ Anyway, thank you for stealing my life. :p This game is nice and I like it.
^_^ Love the game, love messing with the scripts, love shooting down really dumb suggestions. All the things I love doing wrapped up into an awesome rts/fps. Thank You.
Its not a suck up thread. Based on what I have seen, with all the demands, if I was a dev I would feel like they were ungrateful pricks.
very great mod, but krenzo, if you are truly leaving, igve others acess to the resources so that we may kep updates alive. and i also agree, i would be willing to pay a lot to play empires. (~$50-100) i would also pay to play other mods, but this is one of the best. my top contenders are empires and sourceforts. the actual teamwork is better in suorceforts, but empires is better to start with. i do wish that some of the empires weapons wer in sourceforts.
We shouldn't really seem as ungrateful pricks, but if this is where Empires ends then (which I was not aware of) I guess Krenzo has his degree in the bag. Just show this bad boy to them and the lecturers will wet themselves. That is, assuming it's a programming degree. Anyways, Empires will carry on with or without Krenzo or Megal, just someone needs to step up to the plate and start coding again. Empires has pretty much turned into a community effort (as in some community people wish they could contribute and others actually do), so it can be left. From what I understand, if Krenzo and Megel are doing that thing where a Spartan mother gets her child taken away from here to become a king, then now is definately the time to do it. If not, and I'm just rambling then I'll just leave it as another thanks.
I think he's going for a diploma in the medieval theology of north-east Burgundy could be mistaken for.
*facepalm* Their not leaving, the point of the quote was that he is busy, as are other devs. With 2.0 releasing November 30th, 2007, followed by 2.1 January 1st, 2008, a chunk of the community read that as the norm; monthly updates. People have been harassing the devs for new features and releases and such, so I thought it would be a good idea to bring this to everyones attention. The devs have put so much into this mod so we can enjoy it, stop begging for more and just be happy. More will come, it will just take longer.