OpenRA

Over the past few months I have been testing modified maps in which the England’s $250 British Spy is replaced by a support power ‘Sniper Drop’ which paradrops two snipers onto the map. The maps also have the Phase Transport and Mobile Gap Generator swapped between England and France. These ch...

I don't think this would change much one way or the other. Just keep in mind without shocktroopers shooting over walls we woudn't have this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDiAlK2P7Lo

A lesser concern, but still a troubling one, is the lack of standardization of the maps. There is no standard map size, spawn distance, starting resources, total number of ore mines, etc. Wouldn’t standardization limit the possibilities as opposed to aid in adding variety? First revision of Month...

Would a map pool picked my me be different? Of course it would. But honestly I think this season’s map pool is an improvement compared to last season’s, and I really can’t blame SoScared for not using maps that were chiefly being circulated among just the competitive players in the offseason. ...

In defense of SoScared this map pool is a big improvement from the S2 pool. Sans Patches I can see an argument for each of the other maps being considered a 'Tournament Caliber' map. (I wouldn't agree with each argument, i.e. I'm not a fan at all of Dual Cold Front, but there are enough players that...

30 minute+ game but decent players, and extremely close until the last second. https://www.gamereplays.org/openra/replays.php?game=92&show=details&id=317656 There's a couple custom rules you might want to read up on if you cast that one; should be in the briefing. If you want to see the snipers in ...

Maybe lowering the price of both the longbow and the mig would encourage their use. The Mig is certainly a situational unit at the moment. I do enjoy using them but it's highly dependent on the map and the enemies artillery count. I think nothing else is needed at the moment; the extra cell of visi...

@anjew : What I was trying to get at from my list of points is that there is no solution that leaves us without complainers. There are quite possibly a few more people who would complain about historical accuracy than complain about OpenRA moving further away from Red Alert, but making changes over...

I actually wasn’t kidding when I said add it to the FAQ. The Reddit Polandball community does the same thing for the hordes of people who feel the need to point out Poland is drawn upside down. http://i.imgur.com/LEXKLjf.png#shelf-tutorial I could do a much more eloquent write-up for the FAQ page ...

I guess if the RAGL map pool isn't decided yet I'll do some last minute lobbying for some maps by Kazu: Shadow Fiend Roadkings Pitfight KME These maps all exhibit qualities I was promoting in my map design thread: http://www.sleipnirstuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=82&t=19923 Kazu has really shown hi...

In OpenRA's lore not only did Albert Einstein kill Time-Hitler, but Soviet aerospace engineer Mikhail Mil became angry with Stalin for being a big meanie, and defected to the Allies with the designs for the Hind. All you have to do is write ‘Why do Allies have the Hind? It is a Soviet weapon!’ i...

Rexxy wrote: ↑ To prove this lets have a look at the current most popular maps, I'll use Smittys list for his favorite maps as a start.

I have a disciple! Wooooooooo!

Player retention My recruit division had five players drop out before the end of the season. Recruit beta had six. I was done by week 8 because 4 of my last five opponents quit. Most of the dropouts in alpha happened after the halfway point. Instead of being energized by the off week, players just ...

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I don't necessarily agree with everything in this mod, but the rocket soldier change definitely seems reasonable. It makes no sense to me that rocket blobs have that much DPS. Yes, they are supposed to be a hard counter to tanks, but right now they straight up evaporate everything except infantry -...