Forged Alliance Forever

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-09-15T23:05:52+02:00

So, what happened with this?

Statistics: Posted by Aulex — 15 Sep 2014, 23:05

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-26T22:40:20+02:00

Some other old games I remember very well were FFA games I joined in. I was usually the worst player, or certainly not the best, but because I managed to keep myself contained to one corner (it were 4 player FFA games) of the map in an non-threatening manner, I eventually was alive with just one opponent. At that point I had the weapons to overwhelm the enemy, who most likely was also weakened from the attack that killed the third person.

The rule: when you're in a FFA, always keep tabs on everyone, and be afraid of the weakest opponent.

Statistics: Posted by Plasma_Wolf — 26 Aug 2014, 22:40

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-26T22:00:55+02:00

No way you cast this replay TA! the scar is still open!

Statistics: Posted by Lu_Xun_17 — 26 Aug 2014, 22:00

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-26T21:21:02+02:00

Plasma_Wolf wrote:
I think we should have one featured replay cast from every patch. My nomination for one of the patches I can't remember (my guess would be FA 3598 or 3599): Lu_Xun's "worst shame of my life" replay The battle on Winter Duel that took ages, in which Lu_Xun thought it would be a good idea to finish the game with a mavor.

Yes, I thought of mentioning this just because I read that Lu_Xun was the last one to post in this "memory lane" thread

I think I have this replay, I will cast it.

We need a good way to promote and make people aware of this series of patches, which is a great idea.

Statistics: Posted by SeraphimLeftNut — 26 Aug 2014, 21:21

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-26T20:59:29+02:00

I think we should have one featured replay cast from every patch. My nomination for one of the patches I can't remember (my guess would be FA 3598 or 3599): Lu_Xun's "worst shame of my life" replay The battle on Winter Duel that took ages, in which Lu_Xun thought it would be a good idea to finish the game with a mavor.

Yes, I thought of mentioning this just because I read that Lu_Xun was the last one to post in this "memory lane" thread

Statistics: Posted by Plasma_Wolf — 26 Aug 2014, 20:59

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-26T19:55:18+02:00

hahaha i love the idea!

We need a specific ranked for this mod

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Statistics: Posted by Lu_Xun_17 — 26 Aug 2014, 19:55

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-26T10:13:55+02:00

Here is one example:

http://forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?t=11126

(Imagine the drama such a patch would cause in FAF )

If you used supcom wiki, this patch is missing in the list i.e. I don't know how many more are missing, or what version numbers they had, or if there are changelogs. GPG did often post only very..basic changelogs, if at all, and only gave more detailed later when people requested it. I don't really remember though.

Statistics: Posted by Zock — 26 Aug 2014, 10:13

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-25T18:57:56+02:00

Zock wrote:
I thought vanilla had more patches (like one every month), but memory might fail me.

Maybe the changelogs are incomplete, but it's mostly "fixed sound issues, fixed minimap, fixed AI,....".

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 25 Aug 2014, 18:57

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-25T18:22:22+02:00

I was able to think back then and not rely on tactics or muscle memory

Statistics: Posted by rockoe10 — 25 Aug 2014, 18:22

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-25T17:30:23+02:00

I thought vanilla had more patches (like one every month), but memory might fail me.

Will this be only for "FA Forever" gamemode, or for ranked games too though? Edit: I can't read. Nevermind.

Looking forward to see what people think about the actual experimental T4 units too. And the slowwwww units and projectiles, giving so much more time for strategy! (even when its only the strategy of how to best place your massfabs)

And heavy nuke assist

Statistics: Posted by Zock — 25 Aug 2014, 17:30

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-25T14:23:57+02:00

Zock wrote:
This is a really cool idea.

massfabs will be even better than they were in vanilla, there were no templates back then, limiting efficiency and adding a lot of risk.

Maybe it would be cool to split October into half release patch, and half the-patch-before mercies? The second half would be actually fun to play, because lots of issues were solved, and game was not again ruined by the mercy patch.

Same for november, split into the patch before rocketbots, when mercies and other things were fixed, and game was more balanced and fun to play, before showing how GPG screwed everything with the rocketbots. (and they realized they couldn't follow their plan to keep vanilla and FA being the same game that you can play together if two people have only one)

Maybe a bit too complicated, and not just showing how broken the game was sometimes, but also showing how it was compared to now when it was not broken by a new big change.

the released balance & the one pre-mercy were almost the same.

Also, the aeon ACU rapid fire upgrade was OP as hell in team game

Statistics: Posted by Ze_PilOt — 25 Aug 2014, 14:23

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-25T13:27:53+02:00

Oh my I remember the massfab farms and the rangebot kiting. I remember losing a game on Blasted Rock where I had three start locations and the other guy built a monkeylord because I wasn't shielding and farming properly. Much turtle. Very eco. Such gg. Wow.

What patch number is the Vanilla that is available in the lobby right now?

Statistics: Posted by Sir Prize — 25 Aug 2014, 13:27

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-25T13:11:52+02:00

This is a really cool idea.

massfabs will be even better than they were in vanilla, there were no templates back then, limiting efficiency and adding a lot of risk.

Maybe it would be cool to split October into half release patch, and half the-patch-before mercies? The second half would be actually fun to play, because lots of issues were solved, and game was not again ruined by the mercy patch.

Same for november, split into the patch before rocketbots, when mercies and other things were fixed, and game was more balanced and fun to play, before showing how GPG screwed everything with the rocketbots. (and they realized they couldn't follow their plan to keep vanilla and FA being the same game that you can play together if two people have only one)

Maybe a bit too complicated, and not just showing how broken the game was sometimes, but also showing how it was compared to now when it was not broken by a new big change.

Statistics: Posted by Zock — 25 Aug 2014, 13:11

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-25T12:27:04+02:00

This is a cool idea. I do remember oldschool vanilla, but it's been such a long time I wouldn't know where to start.

I'm already looking forward to sera regen field.

JeeVeS wrote:
This sounds pretty sweet... I never got to experience anything before 36xx. Mass fabs are gg?

Nah, they just allowed you to efficiently produce, therefore alloweing turtle strategies to be much more viable. FA changed that to make map control more important.

Statistics: Posted by Col_Walter_Kurtz — 25 Aug 2014, 12:27

Re: A Trip Down Memory Lane

2014-08-25T09:23:10+02:00

This sounds pretty sweet... I never got to experience anything before 36xx. Mass fabs are gg?

Statistics: Posted by JeeVeS — 25 Aug 2014, 09:23