I'm just back for a few weeks now and I played 4.84 and 4.85 for a while. So for me it was quite a fresh start. Keeping that in mind -here is my List:
Within the mod:
- Put the story 80 years in the Future.
- Remove Gallic space (the map is way too big for 50-100 people).
- Unite the Hispanic faction to start some really new events.
- Push the History of the Colonial Republic to a point when the regain strength and become a "global player".
- Remove the war between Liberty and Rheinland. Let them stay united against Hispanic/Colonials.
=> The map would be smaller, therefor more player-player interaction.
Outside the game:
1. Installing:
- I'm really sorry but the affords made to explain how to proper install the game itself and the software needed for play it properly is poor as best.
- I had to read and search a lot. And I had to find the geek in me to understand what was optional and what was necessary. You can't catch new players with such a struggle. Not everyone wants to spend that much time just to understand how things work and what software you need in order to succeed in the game. In my case that was Launchpad, Swag-Pack, FL-Companion and most AMD-users might need some FPS-stabilizer as well.
- I would gladly help to create a post where everything is explained step by step with it's pros and cons. Maybe there should be a "Pack" one can download which contains all the good things the community created?!
2. Creation/development of the game:
- Create polls for some small and the big steps (not for every step) to give the community a direct connection into the game.
- There should be a small group of people who try to advertise the game and create attention. But AFTER the changes were made and 5.0 is out Message: Disoc is back! We kept the good stuff and pushed beyond!"
Benz
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Animated signatures are really annoying while reading posts.
But this is just my humble opinion.
Message: Disoc is back! We kept the good stuff and pushed beyond!"