ShadowRunner wrote:Just enjoyed a game of AUGMENTATIONS with Dan.
That is the original DXMP. Represented by 3 semi-active clans and one mixed clan.
Mod communities by popularity through years go as this:
0augs - hugely popular before and around the time CS, CSS, CoD, SoF, MoHAA, UrT, etc. Twindling population still exists, mostly beginners.
Altfire - loyal small fanbase and easy enough gameplay to draw other beginners in.
RPGC types - twindling but same as above.
Bowen's, SG, Funline, DXAG communities have died out.
Usually this all would be common sense, but too many people past decade have mistaken 0augs for dxmp whereas even a fool can see that altfire and tactical has new weapons from other games. It is not dxmp, it is a mod, and popular for reasons CoD and BF sell extremely well even today. Much like UT and Quake communities are still around, a game as complex as DXMP can still be played.
I encourage everybody to get acquainted with the true depth of classic dxmp before it completely dies out. In a week DXMP celebrates its 13th birthday, its never too late.
The fact that true CTDM is not hosted just speaks for the poor health of the game, the developers did a decent job balancing the game for ATDM though, and BTDM just represents a casual non-rpg experience.
True auged experience rewards player for gathering all pickups, staying out of sight at the right times (stealth), setting up traps. These are all things that top skilled augers do, not some theoretical nonsense. A beginner that only knows CSS or 0augs will unfortunately slip fast by just doing circles with his rifle and getting outgunned or outtricked. You have to move and know the map well.
) entered map when half the time passed out.
