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Well there's a problem with editing original maps.

We don't want to change the original game content (if possible).

And even if we did do that (and there have been attempts), there will always be people who think it's wrong. It's a lose-lose situation.


But the custom maps can be changed as much as they need to be (as long as we have the original creator's blessing).


Ideas are always welcome, and a lot of us are constantly reading through all of them, but there is only so much that can be done and only so many people with limited amount of time to do it.

You're in the wrong topic right?

the idea is of change but stay whit the 2 options available.... like radio tower orginal and radio tower 2...

This won't work because people will just whore the original version and ignore the modified version. Then they'll complain about the useless download size.

Did anybody else realize what happened when we disallowed SF being forceclassed on servers? They moved to Pipeline SF.

This won't work because people will just whore the original version and ignore the modified version. Then they'll complain about the useless download size.

Did anybody else realize what happened when we disallowed SF being forceclassed on servers? They moved to Pipeline SF.

at least it balanced the game a little bit since they wont have 2 203s anymore, so I still see it as a good thing.

Hackers like you destroy the game pit, don't point at me if its you to blaim. You were part of assist when u started ur bs ingame. Also funny that you banned me with no proof for a flashhack; remember? You had the power,  and you abused them to the max! So funny when you talk about admin abuse...
But hey i like the tactics ur trying to pull. Sadly we all know what happened with good old pit.

And about ur serious note, i do the same as you, only i know how to do it and kill without the use of any programs.
And you was for sure really frustrated all this time of that i and the rest who killed you, otherwise you didnt do what you did, so you can stop the mumbling about that.
Facts are there, ur just a bad loser.

As Killa said earlier, this post annoys me, but just for one reason as i am concerned.
You guys always whine and dime about the same damn situation and either oppose
changes or rather do nothing about it 

THE WHINING

More maps should be played if we want to attract more players.

Continue playing the 3 maps and sit back, watch the game die.

From time to time there's a miraculous server that plays some original maps

MY ANALYSIS

The ability for everyone to put a server online (own or leased) killed the duck.
"Too much choice killed the choice" as they say in the business world.

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Redundancy over the total number of servers is not the problem.
The only way to make people play other maps would either be that assist
only displays online servers with the same map for a day, or a limited number of
servers with rotating maps, so everyone would be forced to play 7 different maps every week.

In the ideal AA there should be 10 servers, all official ones

having only official servers might work.

CONTRADICTIONS

Forcing people to do something is considered a dictatorship and in no uncertain terms will kill AA 2 faster than any thing else

I would love to see players forced

THE FACTS

Here's it's like, the more servers you have, the more power you have over the game.

THE MYTHS

As for server admin abuse, we definitely realize it, there's just not much we can do about it.
They bought the server, they can control who goes on it. It's always been that way for any game.
There's no other way around that. If we start punishing server owners, nobody will buy servers and players might leave.

What if it's a clan server and we have an entire clan leave the game?
We don't need to lose any more players.

having only official servers might work, if we had the resources for that.

THE RESIGNATION

I should have said 'utopic' AA in order for you to understand I know it's not gonna happen

CONCLUSION

Although so many technical changes have been made by devs, the numbers don't lie.
The amount of active players is ridiculous compared to the number of total assist downloads.
When this game started, everyone was forced to play on official army servers.
Soon, better players got tired to get mixed up with noobs and early cheaters and started
clan / private servers, claiming the security playing there would be greater as they administered
their servers directly. As time passed, Army official servers emptied gradually.
More and more clan servers appeared, admins got technically better and gained popularity
inside the community because of the way they handled things. But soon many lost control
as we know and some soon appeared as dictators because of their banning policies.
After 14 years, things are different. Assist has the best AC ever and a very competent dev team,
so we can have today what we never had before : Official cheatproof Army servers with the best
admins around.

Brand new organization - Measures :

- Start over from scratch.
- Create a specified small number of Official Assist Servers (OAS)
matching the current number of active players.
- Only those OAS would be listed in Assist.
- Define a new set of policy rules for private server owners.
- All existing private server admins / owners should give them up and donate to assist instead.
In return, selected ones would become "Assist admins" and play with a brand new logo next to
their names. Means they would finance the new framework and get a leading position inside of
the Assist organistaion.
- Concerning purely private servers, the right for them to be listed in assist should be gradually granted
just as players need to do training before they are able to play, but based on other criterias :
If the number of players should eventually rise exponantially again one day, they would
play an adjusting
role and get listed in Assist for a limited amount of time for example.

Much more neccessary measures involved would need further discussions.
Therefore : Time has come for Assist to retake control of the whole fucking project
as if the army had just launched version 1.0 of the game.
Doing nothing in fear of losing what is not there would be a great mistake and
all could be lost in the end. Think about it, but do it fast.

Just my 2 pennies.

I really appreciate you liked my analysis teddy 
I really put some effort in this because my 6th sense makes me worry about all of us since a few weeks.
Something drastically new must be done, fast, otherwise... 

PS : I agree, the progressive way appears to be the most appropriate one, under the condition
that we start fresh new with 10-20 listed OAS servers only and gradually list additional private servers
on a defined pace so the baby can grow healthy again