Me and my friends are getting the L4D Four Pack: 4 games for the prize of 3, with 10% discount. So that's 32.5% discount in total.
I told them i wouldn't pay more than €35 for something almost the same as L4D1 and imo €50 is just stupid, but thanks to that Four Pack it costs us €33.7 each...
Well for 18 months empires didn't crash even once, but since 2.2 the commander crashes again sometimes. I'm sure it'll get fixed though.
Anyway, some awesome changes here.
I'm close to finishing a dark custom map for empires, and in 2.21 firing guns will light up the environment. I'm eager...
Concerning the mapping I must agree with undertone. I'm no professional mapper but i've been using hammer for long enough to know that AI is just one of many equally important aspects of creating a map. Even if the AI part would be easier in L4D, everything else will still be as timeconsuming as...
But while Blizzard has to pay for their servers for one game, the servers used for steam can be partially paid for with the money valve gets from other producers who paid for the source engine and/or sell their game over steam. Or at least i think.
As Beerdude said, you'll find more experienced players on the clanservers: CW, JPL and BSID (if BSID has servers online by now). Especially around afternoon/evening.
Also, i think the best part of empires is the choices you can make. Which weapons/engine/armor combo to put on your tank (once...
I'm really disappointed in how few people play HL2 mods. I'm actually hoping we can bring new people to the community, rather than stealing/borrowing them from other mods. As it is now every game has, imo, too few players. I think mods like insurgency, empires and eternal silence are different...