How come there aren't many players?

[FreaK367]

Originally Posted by Iggy

It also doesn't help that a couple of the more popular servers have altered the last patch to their own versions.

In my opinion that is one of the first things to address, I've been playing a long time and I know most of the public community, and up to 2.43 I was on most days playing on whatever server was available, I remember taking a year off though when I was banned from OT, for a year, but once that was over I became a regular OT player. Anyway, after 2.43 I played for about a month, enjoying the new features until I noticed the custom changes to 2.43 on different servers, not suble changes, but replacing grenades, removing things completely and drastically changing certain things, like the Overpressure on Talos I 'think' it was, became super powerful.

After that, it felt like when going between servers that I was playing completely different versions of the game, one of the turning points for me was when I first went on a server that I didn't know had been altered, and I went to throw a slow grenade near me on Startec I believe and I ended up throwing a mirv, not just a mirv, but a super powered mirv... I wasn't pleased, and I ended up completely losing interest in playing because of the lack of consistency. And since around that time I have turned on FF once and I played for an hour, infact I turn on Steam itself about once every 1 - 2 months. And I used to be on the forum daily, but now it's more like once a month just to see what's going on, if that.

I really want to become a regular player again because I miss the game and I miss the community moreso, chatting in game was half of the fun, good banter, but I can't play a game and enjoy it if all of the popular servers change the version around to their liking. I don't want to go to a different server and need to adjust my playing style or tactics because grenades have been changed or certain so-so features have become super powerful. Especially on a game so small.

I hope it can be fixed, user-side changes are fine, like skins, sounds and such, but server-side changes to core gameplay are a big no-no. It shouldn't be physically aloud.

[BinaryLife]

I agree that t causes a huge problem when servers are playing different versions of the game. How do you get used to the changes when you don't have a chance to play with them? Right now it is frequent that a server only has players for a short time and then what? You finally get the gist of the slow shield only to have the last server remaining only offer a mirv, or nothing. That gets you killed and makes you frustrated. Also makes you look like a newb and if that server has jerks playing on it then they start ragging on you.

It is a difficult problem to fix however. These servers are owned by these players. They have a right to play them how they choose. An appeal to them, an explanation of the consequences is all. But it can't be a whiny bunch of crap. It has to be a serious concern.

[Bully]

Originally Posted by FreaK367

I ended up throwing a mirv, not just a mirv, but a super powered mirv...

Utter luxury.. i miss those days