We need to get Empires to lift off!

Hey guys I've been playing Empires for maybe a year and I only find 5 servers max. So my question is with a mod this fun WHERE IS THE PEOPLE? How can we get people to download this mod and play it?

 

Mods generally have a hard time to attract players nowadays, one can only hope for the steam release of Empires.

 

True, even I'm surprised that this is a mod for the Valve engine it seems like an entirely new game

 

I don't want a steam release.

It's so depressing to play on ELS server.

You tell this guy to do something, he goes to shoot an apc from a scout rifle.

Imagining this multiplied by x100 is fatally depressing.

 

banneliban ban ban ban banelinan ban ban tralallaa..a..
+ a tutorial just like smashball would be nice, no need of coding for that.

 

i am currently working on a NF weapon cache bunker tutorial map

but hammer is being a jackass because of 3d vieuw field spazzing out once every 5 mins

 

Mmm...the ELC server? I find them just like regular newbies. Once we get those tutorial videos out and some other stuff done, it should drop off sharply.

 

Thing is, empires should be accessible without any need for "Learning Servers" and tutorial videos.

 

Wut he sed

 

I already suggested a Tutorial mode (show ingame hints).
http://forums.empiresmod.com/showthread.php?t=9398

 

That is what I say:

http://board.games4thecommunity.co.uk/index.php?topic=219.0

Apart from that, an active PR team that goes around makes it publics. Get gama magazines to make reviews and incldue it on the their DvDs, get game sites to review it online, promote it on mod sites, put videos of it into video sites and so on.

 

as long as it isnt, then a earning server should be the answer

 

Empires will always need tuts and newb servers because of the depth of the gameplay. Games like CS:S are easy. Games like Empires and L4D are hard(er).

 

So, how would you do that Chris? Omni? :confused:

 

in game hints are ETA'd for 2.25. As are tutorials. Trust me, it'll be fine to get steamworks once they're ready.

 

Change the game a lot and alienate all the people on the forum.

 

Lol. Any ideas short of that? :p

 

playing empires right off is kinda like playing an a CAL - I CS server. all that happens is that you get your ass raped multiple times, and possibly after an hour and a half of gameplay you might get an accidental kill from a lucky grenade that hit someone with 1 health.

Then in another hour and a half you might get luckier and kill someone from the other team.

 

No, I used to play in CAL with a small team and after one of them told me about empires I just went on the server and rofleman'd. I killed a lotta people but I was so pissed off at how I couldn't kill a tank.

Then I learned to switch weapons to sticky grenades .

 

Chris wants CSS with tanks.