Some of the features in Excess include:
-An entirely new race, the Guardians of Kadesh.
-Improved game balance.
-Numerous additional units for ARM and CORE.
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About(pertaining to original 2006 release.):
Vohvelieläin wrote:I always disliked how in OTA (and any other RTS on market) instead of thinking when, where and what units one should have, one found himself thinking more about how to get the resources needed for those said units.
Another thing i disliked was seeing my 400 Rockos obliterated by a single Orcone.
And what i really hated was how most units, especially the lower level ones, were actually useless; even if not during the first minutes then atleast later in the game.
So...
I've had this TA mod project, so far referred to as TA:Excess, going on in all silence for a while. Adding third race, balancing out the game (seemingly in a manner no one has though before) and making everything (especially the low level stuff) a lot more aggressive are the main points of my mod.
The word "excess" really says it all; all too much of resources, units and firepower. Low level units have been totally boosted, making them more than just bates, while super units are no longer unnaturally superior but just plain big, resulting in combined forces of small units bearing the brunt of fighting, leaving more special operations for more specialized units and big units being virtually useless without solid support of massed light units (as it should be!).
Naturally not all like my way of thinking, but who cares? It just works so well and is fun to play (again, this is completely subjective).
Most of the work on the mod is already done (unless i once and again invent some new perverse changes; ones such as Raiders and Reapers shooting with lasers ) and this new race is also quite complete.
Note: This is a beta, there are bound to be numerous bugs. Please post comments and suggestions here or in #excess.
Credits: http://download668.mediafire.com/sdon5n ... redits.txt
