Savage 1 & Savage 2 Community

We're going to be implementing a bunch of already written engine features and optimizations in the next couple weeks that should improve your Savage 2 experience.

Hey guys - I just wanted to give you all a heads up that we are putting up a patch this Monday (maybe Tuesday depending on how things go) that will fix a lot of stuff in the game.

After that Kyle will be teaming up with G (our core engine programmer) to port a bunch of features and optimizations to the Sav 2 exe. This should stabilize and increase performance while also giving us a few more options with the renderer (reflection, refraction, & bloom).

While that is going on we will be pushing our $5,000.00 cash Kick Off Tournament for our new tournament system located at http://tournaments.savage2clans.com as well as handling any imbalances with small patches.

When Kyle finishes wth the engine stuff we will be implementing a new Community & Clan Panel into the game that will make managing friends and clans in Savage 2 much easier. We really want to socialize the game more and get the competitive clan scene rolling.

Anyways, I just wanted to update everyone on what is going on. Thank you for your support of the game and hope you are all enjoying it.

We are concerned about Savage 2's current single game mode having a very limited fan base due to only have pub activity in a game that requires so much coordination and team work to really enjoy the experience.

That said, Savage 2 still has some very unique and fun aspects with melee-action-based, skill-based, fantasy game. We believe we can significantly grow the community by having a new "core" game mode comprised of 3 map types. These maps would not have a commander nor would they have siege. Hellbourne would be obtainable for souls earned during the match.

1.) Round Based Team Deathmatch (ala Counter Strike): rb_mapname: This mode starts each player with gold and a loadout where you choose your unit and items (slightly different pricing) and the round is over when one team is killed. Everyone respawns for the next round.

2.) Capture Point Team Deathmatch: cp_mapname: This mode is very traditional in capturing scar locations around the map. When all points are controlled that team wins. When a player dies they respawn after a very short timer.

3.) Fortress Defense Team Deathmatch: fd_mapname: This mode has a team beseiging a fortress and a team defending the fortress. The defending teams spawns and exists the fortress wall and attempts to push back the advancing team and defending "weak points" in the wall while the advancing team attempts to break through any one of these attackable points in the fortress. The defending team has a minor respawn time where the advancing team has an instant respawn.

These game modes would be the default server list, would not be ranked or tracked and would allow all server operators the opportunity to host and control the server. This would make the current game mode the "Official Ranked Competition Commander Mode" or something along those lines and would be the secondary tab on the server list and the mode used in competitive matches (clan and tournaments).

What I'm looking for is some very constructive feedback associated with our thoughts and poll results from the community.