Coming back to FVF... well... trying to
Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:42 am
I've been drifting in and out of FVF for the last few months but I'm nowhere near as active as I used to be. Ive played many online games since but nothing's quite the same as FVF.
However, the main reasons I don't come back as often as I used to are twofold.
1] It's too bloody hard. Gunter, I know you're the main admin guy but seriously, it's become ridiculous! God knows how many XPs you've given some of the monsters but playing enjoyment comes through not dying every five seconds the further you get into the levels. I've noticed on the few times that I've logged in that the server is always empty. I'm wondering whether this is because of the difficulty. I don't buy the "it's Gunter's, he can do what he likes" argument that I read in another thread, since the server is nothing without its players and its players have deserted it. It would be good to get things back to the level they were at a few years ago. I'm not having a go at you Gunter, just trying to figure out what's going on!
2] This is a far lesser gripe and nothing to do with the server, but Vista. Vista doesn't seem to be able to run GLQuake, or anything apart from Winquake. This makes Quake look very dated since it's the only engine that will work in Vista. If anyone knows of another that works in Vista, please let me know.
However, the main reasons I don't come back as often as I used to are twofold.
1] It's too bloody hard. Gunter, I know you're the main admin guy but seriously, it's become ridiculous! God knows how many XPs you've given some of the monsters but playing enjoyment comes through not dying every five seconds the further you get into the levels. I've noticed on the few times that I've logged in that the server is always empty. I'm wondering whether this is because of the difficulty. I don't buy the "it's Gunter's, he can do what he likes" argument that I read in another thread, since the server is nothing without its players and its players have deserted it. It would be good to get things back to the level they were at a few years ago. I'm not having a go at you Gunter, just trying to figure out what's going on!
2] This is a far lesser gripe and nothing to do with the server, but Vista. Vista doesn't seem to be able to run GLQuake, or anything apart from Winquake. This makes Quake look very dated since it's the only engine that will work in Vista. If anyone knows of another that works in Vista, please let me know.