community feelings

While a general idea is taken from Nexuiz, the majority of ppl behind Xonotic want to make it attractive to new player, reduce learning curve in many of gameplay aspects and reduce unbalance between veteran players and average players.

Is this something Xonotic should really be aiming for? After all Xonotic is not an AAA gaming title and really serves a niche community of gamers. I wholly disagree with the statement "Xonotic is not Nexuiz 3.0" because it has the same code, same community, same image and very similar gameplay. So far the only place Xonotic differs from Nexuiz in is name.

Anyone saying "Xonotic is shit, Nexuiz was so much better" does not understand the concept of development and should play Nexuiz until Xonotic final release. Weapons and balance is something I expect will change constantly up until release (and beyond), so while everyone is entitled to their opinion, it would be more productive to get involved with real ideas about how to make Xonotic a balanced, competitive and fun game.

Hmm, I was going to say how a lot of people had their high expectations dashed when the 0.1 alpha came out, but then I realised not only that the release was indeed an alpha but that it was also something that the community wanted to show off Xonotic (at least afaict). There's a lot of things to fix before Xonotic 1.0 comes out, but balance and physics is probably the most important because it's what will differentiate it from Nexuiz, and without good balance/physics most current Nexuiz players will be reluctant to get behind Xonotic.