Just in case you need a short a concise list to take to KZ4 meetings.
In no particular order:
I. Spawn system - TSPs made the game worst because the first team to capture them suddenly has a huge advantage over the other. Yes, its possible to take a TSP back from the other team, but you need a set of players working closely together. In public games you almost never have that as its just a bunch of random players put together, so once the spawn is gone, good luck trying to get it back on your own. In KZ2, with spawn nades, no matter how bad your faction was, you could always boost out of base and drop a spawn somewhere on the map and break any base rape. Also, spawn nades gave another layer of tactics to the game. Depending on where the spawns were dropped, the games were always slightly different, even public games. KZ3 games are always the same from start to finish: get the spawns (always in the same spot), trash the other team by trapping them inside their base.
The problems with spawn nades can be easily fixed with this: remove the smoke and allow enemy tacts to shoot them off (if they can find them). The first fixes the spawn rape abuse, the second the dropping the spawn right on top of the objective.
II. Ranked custom rooms/match making/server lists - First, match making has never worked up to today. I still get dropped into a 2vs10 room into the '10' side. I have no idea why that is, it just happens still. Secondly, custom rooms presented many different combinations that were quite different to play. Sniper rooms, pistols-only, small 4v4 huge 32P and so on. It gave the game variety so you could play all night long and not get bored. Now its the same over and over again. Server lists allowed you to pick exactly want you wanted to play.
III. Class balance - you need to tone it down. Marksman is way overpowered with its mix of invisibility and close-combat weapons, tact is overpowered with its recon, medic with its gun-on-wings which is more accurate than the player itself playing the class. The only recomendation I have is to put it back the way it was in KZ2 because it really was nearly perfect. That's all I have to say on it.
IV. Clan system and clan leaderboards - I just hope you have enough time to implement it in KZ4. I don't believe even GG thinks what we have in KZ3 is any improvement over KZ2. I believe that when it came down to the wire they had to cut corners and the clan system was obviously axed. So, please, bring it back in KZ4.
V. Maps - I imagine that making a map as detailed as KZ2/3 must take a lot longer than a MWx map, but still guys, we really need more map variety. OPs was a really nice addition to the series, if it only had more than three maps.
VI. Career and weapons - the career in KZ2 was better with the ribbons because it took longer to get the perks meaning they were also more rewarding. In KZ3, I can put together a new account with everything that matters in two-three nighs playing tops. Also, add some bling to the weapons and more variety so that there's always something more to unlock even if it doesn't change much. Keep the game interesting for longer.
VII. Support the game longer. In KZ2 and KZ3 GG supported the game up until it was running fine and then they dropped from the forums altogether. It would be nice if they kept their presence even after most major bugs are fixed and the game is in cruise control. Better even if ever so often they released something (USEFUL, not a patch for dual-vision or whatever the last patch was called), made more official tournaments (even if there's no prizes involved) and so on.
Hmm, okay that's it for now, I'll post more as I remember them.
