Major Changes: New AoS vs. Classic AoS

[Voxel1ty]

This is something I just posted on the new, official forums. I thought it would be useful to share this here as well.

I have yet to see a straight, side-by-side comparison between the classic AoS and the new AoS so I'll just start listing what I know so far and maybe the community can help me flesh it out. If anyone sees anything I've missed, feel free to post below.

The point of this thread isn't to start an argument about which is better, although I have no problem with civil and intelligent discussion. The point is rather to orient old AoS players on the differences in the new AoS and to serve as a base point for future discussions on game changes, future development possibilities and the game in general.

Ace of Spades 1.0

General/Gameplay
-costs $9.99 (USD)
-system requirements increased from classic version
-player name is user's Steam name (Steam name can be changed via player's Steam profile)
-user created mod packs to alter weapon, player and game textures or sounds not officially supported yet
-no player admins/mods
-players cannot be votekicked
-new 8-bit style music & sound effects
-graphics style enhanced/updated from the original
-health can be restored by health boxes, dropped at various, stationary points on the map
-weapon/item ammo can be restored by supply boxes, dropped at various, stationary points the map
-health/ammo boxes are usually next to each other at various points on the map
-decreased/almost non-existent fall damage, players can fall from greater height without being hurt
-player death causes an explosive grave marker to spawn at player's location, detonate 3 seconds later and cause
a grenade-like explosion

Classes/Weapons
-4 classes: Commando (Minigun/RPG), Marksman (Sniper), Rocketeer (SMG), Miner (Shotgun)
-no hip-fire crosshairs for sniper rifle and drill gun
-each class has access to a melee weapon/digging tool, primary weapon, secondary weapon (or item), equipment (explosive item or turret)
-headshots do additional damage
-headshot from sniper rifle isn't instant kill on a player with full health

Building/Digging/Physics
-players have access to spade, pickaxe or super spade depending on class. each with different speed/digging radius
-digging tools do not have secondary digging modes
-each class starts with 50 block points.
-each class has a different max number of block points.
-each class has access to a basic building block (costs 10 points) and 3 class dependent structures by default that vary in cost
-Blocks can be resupplied by digging only
-removing all connecting supporting blocks from a structure causes it to fall
-blocks destroyable with shovel or by gunfire
-blocks are not color customizable. blocks placed are team colors.

Game Modes
-added Ranked & UnRanked Matches, KDR/Points in Ranked matches count towards Global Leaderboards (which don't appear to completely functioning atm)
-No User Created modes
-Modes: Diamond, Team Deathmatch, Demolition, Multi-hill, Zombies

Maps
-servers hosted by Jagex, no player hosted servers
-no player moddable servers
-Standard Maps: Dragon Island, Bran Castle, London, Lunar Base (decreased gravity), Mayan Jungle, Spooky Mansion
-No User Created Maps
-No Randomly Generated Maps

Ace of Spades 0.75/76

General/Gameplay
-game is free to download/play
-minimal system requirements
-users can change player name by editing ini file
-user created mod packs can alter weapon, player and game textures or sounds
-griefers/suspected hackers/anyone you don't like can be votekicked (depending on server)
-player admins/mods (depending on server)
-minimal graphics style
-minimal basic sound effects (can be changed with user mods)
-health/blocks/ammo can be restored/resupplied at tent by the player's base
-standard fall damage

Classes/Weapons
-3 classes: Shotgun, Sniper, SMG
-all weapons have hip-fire crosshairs
-no secondary weapon/pistol
-all classes have access to basic block, shovel and grenade
-headshots do additional damage
-headshot with a sniper rifle is an instant kill

Building/Digging/Physics
-all players have access to basic spade, with primary single-block dig or a slower triple block dig
-players start with 50 basic blocks. Players have a max of 50 blocks.
-Blocks can be resupplied at tent or by digging.
-removing all connecting supporting blocks from a structure causes it to fall
-blocks destroyable with shovel or by gunfire
-blocks are color customizable in-game, you can also pick the same color as another block by right clicking while looking at a block
-some structures such as bunkers/bridges can be built automatically with user-created map mods

Game Modes
-Modes: Team Deathmatch, CTF, 1CTF, Arena, Tug of War, Zombies, Tower of Babel, iRPG, User Created

Maps
-player hosted servers
-player moddable servers
-User Created Maps
-Randomly Generated Maps
-Popular Maps: Pyspades, Castle Wars, Island, Bridge Wars, Hallway

[USABxBOOYO]

You forgot a lot of things, such as the fact that 0.75/0.76 does not have high system requirements, is free, servers are hosted by players, server-side modifications are possible, cheaters/griefers are multitudinous, and has hip-fire crosshairs.

Also, you cannot change the color of a block you place in 1.0, it is always the color of your team.

[Voxel1ty]

You forgot a lot of things, such as the fact that 0.75/0.76 does not have high system requirements, is free, servers are hosted by players, server-side modifications are possible, cheaters/griefers are multitudinous, and has hip-fire crosshairs.

Also, you cannot change the color of a block you place in 1.0, it is always the color of your team.

Okay, well yeah the "free" part is obvious...uh...obviously. I wouldn't call that "feature" though. Cheaters are prevalent in any game of course. Good catch on the hip-fire thing. I believe I mentioned user-created maps, meaning to include mods but I'll clarify that and I'll add a few of these and a couple others that just occurred to me.

It's actually no hip-fire crosshairs for pistol, sniper and drill gun.

[Voxel1ty]

Okay, updated again.