And for all those who are disappointed: you might want to help on the openSoldat Project in order to create mods you would like to play.

When I first heard about Link-Dead and read some about it, I thought it would work like soldat and team fortress 2 mixed together with a much slower pace and more tactical approach.
But it would still be playable like soldat where you choose your class and do get shit done. And it would be a massive multiplayer where many players with their classes would play together and cooperate to defeat the enemy or win.

As for taking this to a more RTS with the player count reduced dramatically and making it function in a way like Cortex Command… I say it will work I think and it might be fun as a slow paced tactical squad command unit where you might be able to control separate units which would be bloody awesome.

I really love this concept and have been simulating this in Cortex Command in its own way. Where you have this large base you must infiltrate and you have a team of specialized or not specialized units that you command and switch between like a squad and move them further into the base like a game of D&D
against the base defenses and its guards. Giving one unit some command to “make him do this and go there” while you switch to another unit and manually control him while the AI handles the other one. Its really fun, has massive gameplay fun and vast replayability factor.

Because you’re working so hard on this project, I know it will be something cool, but as said, unless gameplay that is more like Soldat is an option for someone like me, I don’t know how interested I will be in it.

However, I fucking hate rts’s. I don’t mind a shooter with some strategy or even a team strategy game, but 1vs1 where the player controls several bots or whatever at a time, isn’t my cup of tea. This is my personal feeling as I prefer a game that is more closer to Soldat. I don’t care if the action is slower – I want a game with stealth. I knew that L-D would involve strategy – but was hoping like I said – that that would be team strategy, where the whole team communicates and works together to gain their objective. Some times I just want to go into a server and “lone wolf”. I’m still helping my team, but not strategizing with them, instead I’m just taking care of enemies and business my own way.

If this is what you want.. go for it. But please PLEASE make the game and engine flexible enough that we can have more Soldat-like 8vs8 or even 16vs16 games of deathmatch, ctf and tactical assault game modes are possible.

Also, you should be playing games – every day. Why? Because it’s not just gameplay aspects that are important, such as physics, weapons, etc. It’s also player personalities.. how many campers are there in such and such game mode. How do players play in R/S in Soldat vs default mode? Why is ARMA 2 still too much for even the average hard core gamer?

If you aren’t playing games and start distancing yourself from these arenas, even though you are making a game that you know YOU are going to like, I feel the less and less you are going to know how your intended L-D players are going to like your game.

My two cents, take it or leave it. And yes, you will still get your beer when you finish this game.