Things not to match Age of M

[Xentelian]

Autoqueue - personally hate it, but if it is to be a feature it needs to be more responsive than that other game or at least have green blips on minimap (sucks the more military buildings you have to keep track of) If gaming gets any more user friendly might as well watch Gladiator movie repeatedly instead.

Balance - all civs in same "age" should have equal chance for victory.

(variety keeps things interesting, but how can it go hand in hand with balance?)

Smurfing - very tough but how can this be near eliminated?

Is there an FAQ of what will be similar and what will be different from that other gaming company's home centre idea, etc

[Wijitmaker]

Welcome to the forums!

You can check out our FAQ here:

http://www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/page.php?p=1696

I wouldn't get your hopes up about any "super fancy" design ideas though. At the core, we are creating a traditional RTS game in the same vein as AoK, C&C, etc... with a few a few elements of strategy that will be unique to our game.

Autoque - I've had many a heated discussion about this However without going into the debate we are looking to make it as a game option that you could toggle on or off when you set up your multiplayer game.

Balance - Should be the #1 goal of every RTS with its assortments of civs/factions. We are going to do our best in this too. Some civs will benifit certain styles of play (rushing, booming, etc...), but 2 players who knows how to utilize the civ they are playing would be a challenging game for both (of course someone will win eventually).

Smurfing - Unfortunately, as we are all students making this game for free as a hobby we currently don't have the funds to set up dedicated match making service for games such as the zone. It is something we would like to do, but its not feasible at the moment. As it stands right now, there really isn't an advantage to smurf as you are just setting up games by IP.