(21 Jul 15, 06:32PM)Luc@s Wrote:I feel like that mentality is one of the main issues in this game. Maybe it's just a difference of philosophies, but I believe that by making the game more suitable for serious "competition" (by restricting maps ever since 1.1) you repel the casual pub gamers (of which a certain percentage eventually become competitive players). First it was the map creation restrictions, but now you want to restrict map/mode combinations, which I feel is just doing the same thing once again. Hopefully that does not happen, because I can't see how that won't kill off the game for good.(21 Jul 15, 06:08PM)Z3R0 Wrote: It's just not a good idea to add restrictions to trivial things when there's absolutely no need. I'm trying to say I want to make changes here and the only person that seems to be disagreeing is a dev. (I understand the others aren't active enough to hound down changes to NostalgiaCube)There is a need. If you want competition you need to define standards - map/mode combinations are some of those. Just like every single tournament have a restricted map pool...
There will be competition regardless of the standards. I do not understand how you can encourage competition by limiting the possibilities for players on how to play the game; I feel like it's the opposite. The pool of casual players greatly reduces (just like it has happened in the last years) because the game possibilities have been reduced, and naturally AssaultCube does not attract as many people now. By adding restrictions, you reduce the number of casual gamers that like AC and keep playing the game, and thus lessen the general influx of new players to the game.
Bring back the nature of the game from the 1.0.4 era. The endless map possibilities gave the game a very unique gameplay that is not found in many other FPS's. It's also imperative to note that most of the game (I'd say at least 90%) is played in pubs, and not in an competitive environment. It's not like we will begin playing Ezjemville 3v3 ctf games in tournaments the moment restrictions are lifted (although I have no issues with that :)), it didn't happen in 1.0.4 and won't happen now. Let people play however they want in pubs, because if the competitive scene is your concern, I assure you that it won't be harmed, rather, you will have then more players joining it later on.