Well, I tend to show up late to the parties time after time. I guess you could say that I prefer seeing how the thing pans out before I throw in my two cents - though with inflation and the economy I think it's down to a penny and a half.

Anyways. Uranium - I understand your frustration. Believe me, there's nothing worse than falling into monotony with a game you love and enjoy. I think that when people read your posts they mistook your desire to mix things up on the TG server as a symptom of falling into that monotony I just spoke of. It may be the incorrect assessment, but it seems to be the case. Miscommunication happens, my friend - just don't let it send your blood pressure skyrocketing... high blood pressure is best saved for viewing expensive medical bills or attorneys.

There's a classic saying - you will catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. To that end, I think that if we work on it, we can build up community consensus for some changes to be made - or at least, get admins like Gloop hard at work on the issue. For example, I bet that if you set up a poll in the forums about what people would like to see more of in the 2142 servers, you'd probably get a good idea right there. Some may want to see Titan maps again, some may want to see more armor, and some may want to see Frosty Friday returned (hint hint, Lorax!). I'll go ahead and fire up a poll, if you'd like.

Now, I will admit that there are times when I find the Conquest server a dry and boring place. Sometimes it seems to me that I've seen every trick in the book done. But then something comes along and surprises me. Or I get a flash of inspiration. Have you seen where the squads I've been leading lately on defense at Camp Gib have wound up? Back wall of Toll Station. I discovered that setting up two or three people with Ganz HMGs to cover the wall and ground corridors could make a mess of people. I just started developing it last week - was hoping to keep it a secret until I refined it a bit. Sometimes the game reminds me of chess - you may have 16 basic moves that are always made in the game, but the combination of those basic moves makes the game interesting. I love chess for that reason, and I sometimes look on the battlefield as a game of chess and try to use those basic moves in ways that my counterparts on the other side are not expecting. Sometimes a buggy dash up Camp Gib achieves a breakthrough - sometimes it does not. No two battlefields ever wind up exactly the same.

Like I said, I understand where you're coming from. You're among friends here - never forget that.