The words of a true Scholar, Damon 12.
Okay, I think we need to do a VW3 Release and put it on Steam as recommended by Ryankill. Here's where I start modifying his scenario though. Player Customization needs to be a thing, Population upgrades (bought or free) need purged. This will make my favorite race either useless, OP, or broken, so hear me out. Population Reinforcement Cap needs to be a player decision for either Map Designers, Players setting up Lobby, or Both with a "Map Recommended Pop" by designer with lobby creator over-ride.
The most demoralizing thing you can do as a new player is join a huge 8 player FFA and realize you lose because you're capped at 20, and some guy can reinforce at 3x your level. I truly feel this is why Vortex Wars failed. So for the Steam Reboot, race bonus' are important for sure. For the sake of game balance, bonus' and reinforcements CANNOT be premium items.
Races = Great Premium or Freemium items.
EXP and Shard Drop bonus = Great Premium Bonus.
Do not make inherent game balance mechanics premium or you WILL lose a stable player base for the long haul. (Hence us here now)
I never even got to the point of buying all the upgrades, cause after level 21 most of the players I could actually fight >reasonably< on large maps were already gone...
On steam, fullscreen is obviously a main priority. As for the name on release, I would go with;
"Vortex Wars: Reloaded"
"Vortex Wars: Definitive Edition"
"Vortex Wars" -Full Edition
"Vort3x Wars"
"Vortex Wars: Final Rift"
When it goes up on Steam, I think the Steam forums need to be setup to accommodate clans or traffic for them redirected here ASAP, and clans should be ready in-game upon release. Team Games need to be setup where all allies are green, you're blue, and enemies are Red (Yellow for Color Blind Mode)
I'm not sure if it'd be easy, but a full Color-blind mode may be a nice addition now that I mention it. Would that be doable?
https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/133078/what-colors-to-choose-for-colorblind-peopleThat's all for my ramblings. I have more ideas, but I'm sure this is already too much