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11-27-2022, 03:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-27-2022, 03:12 PM by Divey. Edited 3 times in total.)
Not commented on FL and only lurked the forums once in a blue moon, most likely if I've been notified by someone to read a particular thread but I thought I'd leave my thoughts. I thought I'd just leave and not comment again and let people get on with things but I thought maybe some people would be interested in my thoughts and opinions on the current climate. A lot of people won't respect my opinion and that's fine but I'm leaving it here for people who do.
When I first left I was impressed by the sheer amount of updates and also people who played when they came out, some were planned while I were still owner, some were not. I was a bit apprehensive of the economy rework but it seemed to have worked out alright from what I've heard and as for the acquisition of the LL gamemode that was a really good win for FL and I'm glad FL has taken on board some of LLs former members.
In terms of the somewhat negative reception of the 'rewind' so to speak with the last update, if I had stayed I would have absolutely wanted for us to go back to v2d and change the weapons back but clearly that hasn't worked.
In this latest update I am glad to see a temporary shut down, having a set start up date would be very good for hype whenever one can be available (I'm not talking ASAP like some have mentioned, I expect it to take it a few months) but in terms of the plans I am very nervous, I'm glad to see some motivation is still held in the team and I'm glad that Conn is believing in the teams vision but also I think for FL to survive it needs to go to further extremities than most would think to go beyond. Reworking certain aspects of the gamemode sounds good but, I really think the gamemode is just dead.
We entertained the idea of swapping gamemodes many times, whether it be one from scratch, or editing another one - but at this point I think we should ditch the current gamemode and swap. What to? This is the controversial part - DarkRP.
I'm not in the loop with whats going on within the team and I moved on for a reason but I really think you need to do a full swap to the DarkRP gamemode, I'm not sure if there's one standard one or different options but I think it is a must at this point.
Why do I think this? Well - nowadays, whether or not people say GMod is a dying game or not, lets just say it's not for now - no one can argue that it certainly isn't a game growing in interest. Most people who open up GMod simply play the most basic gamemodes, TTT & DarkRP, maybe prop hunt too? Although that's become popular in more mainstream games now. The reality is we do not have the playerbase to a) go far enough the server listing with a custom gamemode and b) no one really tries other gamemodes anymore anyway.
Regardless of FL, if I were to play GMod now it would only be for the gamemodes I've listed. Alongside this, in previous plans outsourcing was something mentioned - but as we all know the current GM is a mess and so I assume that is still the case. The dev team while good don't have the motivation to start big updates and finish them. Swapping to DarkRP would make it very easy to just go onto GModstore and add updates. I know this may not be extremely popular with people, but imagine FL with a steady stream of updates that don't even take that much man power to add. There would need to be balancing to still try and maintain the 'FL feel', but I think it is possible. Fearless is not built on the back of CityRP, it's built on the amazing building tools and the community itself, we don't need to stick to a awful gamemode to keep Fearless being Fearless.
This idea could be terrible, people may disagree or agree with me on this - but it's worth a shot, because what does FL have left in terms of options at this point? Moving to a different game could be an option but I think it's too late for this. Regardless of what people think I'm excited to see if anyone has anything to say about my thoughts.
Best of luck to all involved in moving forward and thank you
When I first left I was impressed by the sheer amount of updates and also people who played when they came out, some were planned while I were still owner, some were not. I was a bit apprehensive of the economy rework but it seemed to have worked out alright from what I've heard and as for the acquisition of the LL gamemode that was a really good win for FL and I'm glad FL has taken on board some of LLs former members.
In terms of the somewhat negative reception of the 'rewind' so to speak with the last update, if I had stayed I would have absolutely wanted for us to go back to v2d and change the weapons back but clearly that hasn't worked.
In this latest update I am glad to see a temporary shut down, having a set start up date would be very good for hype whenever one can be available (I'm not talking ASAP like some have mentioned, I expect it to take it a few months) but in terms of the plans I am very nervous, I'm glad to see some motivation is still held in the team and I'm glad that Conn is believing in the teams vision but also I think for FL to survive it needs to go to further extremities than most would think to go beyond. Reworking certain aspects of the gamemode sounds good but, I really think the gamemode is just dead.
We entertained the idea of swapping gamemodes many times, whether it be one from scratch, or editing another one - but at this point I think we should ditch the current gamemode and swap. What to? This is the controversial part - DarkRP.
I'm not in the loop with whats going on within the team and I moved on for a reason but I really think you need to do a full swap to the DarkRP gamemode, I'm not sure if there's one standard one or different options but I think it is a must at this point.
Why do I think this? Well - nowadays, whether or not people say GMod is a dying game or not, lets just say it's not for now - no one can argue that it certainly isn't a game growing in interest. Most people who open up GMod simply play the most basic gamemodes, TTT & DarkRP, maybe prop hunt too? Although that's become popular in more mainstream games now. The reality is we do not have the playerbase to a) go far enough the server listing with a custom gamemode and b) no one really tries other gamemodes anymore anyway.
Regardless of FL, if I were to play GMod now it would only be for the gamemodes I've listed. Alongside this, in previous plans outsourcing was something mentioned - but as we all know the current GM is a mess and so I assume that is still the case. The dev team while good don't have the motivation to start big updates and finish them. Swapping to DarkRP would make it very easy to just go onto GModstore and add updates. I know this may not be extremely popular with people, but imagine FL with a steady stream of updates that don't even take that much man power to add. There would need to be balancing to still try and maintain the 'FL feel', but I think it is possible. Fearless is not built on the back of CityRP, it's built on the amazing building tools and the community itself, we don't need to stick to a awful gamemode to keep Fearless being Fearless.
This idea could be terrible, people may disagree or agree with me on this - but it's worth a shot, because what does FL have left in terms of options at this point? Moving to a different game could be an option but I think it's too late for this. Regardless of what people think I'm excited to see if anyone has anything to say about my thoughts.
Best of luck to all involved in moving forward and thank you
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