Or should we just plan that no more Official Maps will come and play other games instead?
It’s starting to get boring playing the same 6 maps, but if 6 more we released, I would still play this game for the next 6 months at least.
And no I don’t play the unofficial maps, because the servers I play on, only run official maps.
I could suggest you play on servers hosting custom maps in that case, but until server admins incorporate them into 3-map only Campaigns, I know I won’t be playing them either, so it’s the 6 official maps only for me too at the moment.
As a matter of interest, does anyone know of any UK / European servers running custom maps that AREN’T 6-10 map Campaigns.
There’s more of a chance for a sequel to ET that’ll be sold in stores than an official map pack coming out.
though there is no chance of an official splash damage mappack, i do hope there will be (an) official-ised, or multi-league approved mappack(s).
By releasing the mapping tools, spash damage made it quite obvious to the community to take it on from there. so i think this is the only way to expand the number of maps for a larger crowd.
I dont play custom maps. It can be fun allright. but when their not in leagues/ladders/cups… Playing these maps is useless to me.
If all competetive players reasons like this it will be just like in RtCW, where practically no custom maps are played in leagues. :bored:
If all competetive players reasons like this it will be just like in RtCW, where practically no custom maps are played in leagues. :bored:[/quote]
Very true, sadly. RTCW is dying and yet they insist on playing the same few standard “war” maps. I’d love to play some of these custom maps, some of them look to be great quality work, but I won’t play on servers running Campaigns with more than 3 maps in them. Those sort of servers are for XP whores and don’t appeal to me in the slightest.
I was hoping they would release new maps…I prefer official maps to custom anyday, too many bugs.
-Abraxas
I guess I just have to wait for Call of Duty, to get some new online action on the Internet 
It’s not like the official ET maps are completely bug free and balanced. :blah:
Several mappers worked with the RTCW community to make tournament editions of their maps, and there’s lots of great, high quality, custom maps. How balanced they are for competetive play is difficult to say because people rather play mp_beach one more time than try new maps. :disgust:
I think the best is yet to come for ET, and I’m really looking forward to releases from for example Damocles and Hummer.
well why dont you make an official mappack yourself? and talk to all ladders about it to make sure they accept it? thats the only way something is gonna happen. splashdamage did enough. its up to us now to arrange stuff. if you only want new maps to come to you without arranging anything and “thretening” here that you will no longer play unless they do so than i think et is better off without you…
Why not just make a little contest…and mappers can submit their maps…and splashD can take out the maps they think is good…??
that would help them pretty much…
but…my personal opinion…is that the six maps can be played for even longer…lol…i still play RTCW beach…STILL a great map…Along with the other “original” RTCW maps… i didnt like GOTY…felt like we were drowning in maps…
When u can find ur way around…then ure “done” with that map…nonooonoo 
the maps must be analyzed…and u must find the best sniper positions…etc etc…and THAT imo…can take for ever… (developing new ways to approach objectives, sniper positions, mining…i could go on)
thats my opinion…
If all competetive players reasons like this it will be just like in RtCW, where practically no custom maps are played in leagues. :bored:[/quote]
noooo m8ey… you misunderstand me… :bored:
lemme explain…
I have an Unreal tournament background, ut Assault to be exact.
Since ut’s assaultmode was declared a failure by epic, no extra official maps then the original 6 (i believe) were released.
Though there was quite some people loving it and wanting to play wars. thats when the leagues started to take on the best maps as league approved maps… and voila…there were about 6 maps more.
My point is : there’s only six maps… but theres quite a large community PLUS a set of mapping tools. why not help ourselves?
so why not pick a number of the best custom maps and declare them official enough to be part of a league/ladder or cup.
Hell, i would love to play some new maps… but i sure dont wanna play every new map that hits the servers.
The contest sounds like a good idea. That could work well if the developers want to put in the time to test it. Or leave it to the general public, I just need more maps, tahts all.
-Abraxas
There are undoubtedly a few more beta maps collecting dust in the id archives from the doomed single player game. (Seriously doubt there were only 6 levels in the single player game) (Most MP developers base their mp levels on the original sp levels) If somehow we could convince id or splash damage to possibly release these betas to the more experienced mappers in the community, we could have a truly complete game. As it stands now, it just seems incomplete with only 6 maps to play. 
One of the splash folks mentioned that there were 3 or 4 more maps which were not completed in time for the game…
Ahh, here’s the thread
http://www.splashdamage.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1744&highlight=campaign+finish
In another post, sock says that it is up to activision if they get released.
We’re running a single objective custom map test server. the maps change around alot depending on what is liked and disliked.
our current rotation: Resurrection, tank_beta, ammodepot, mcassino, nachteinbruch, temple2, rhine2, and sandheli.
server Ip: =XD=Customz 207.218.248.117:22002
the first 5 maps are the best custom maps by the best mappers in the community. rivrstyx, marco, drakir, etc. the last map is the test map which most likely just came out on www.rtcwfiles.com. Theres also a map coming soon from menzel. menzel made such maps for rtcw as tundra foo fighter and the awsome normandy breakout. the server pings 60-100 in most of the U.S. for anyone with broadband.
anyway…can you really expect much more from splashdamage after they just gave us a FREE game? and an awsome game at that. I’ll take the custom maps anyday. People think theyll be full of bugs just cause theyre made by the community? I bet most of the mappers in the community have spent just as much time on mapping and coding as the professionals. my 2 cents
