If I gave the impression I thought overwhelming players with endless new different maps was a good idea, I apologize. I simply would favor a system in which maybe two or three new or unplayed for a while maps are added to the schedule for each season, so that we could work towards a system of rotating through 20-30 good maps, rather than seeing lakeside, viaduct, badwater, gullywash, and swiftwater be played half a dozen seasons in a row. This is the type of system I personally would be fond of. It was an error on my part to say that re-occuring maps discourages new strategies, however I don't see why non-inordinate implementation of different maps couldn't offer the same advocacy for "changing strats".

Quite frankly, I don't have nearly the experience you do to argue against or for the relevance of consistency and teamwork. I just wouldn't mind some less conservative diversity.

Kind of disappointed. But I guess everyone likes doing the same things they like over and over again.

Borneo swapping with Barnblitz doesn't seem like a good idea.
Steel, thank god.
No granary is great.
I didn't see the issue with Ashville (although many complained about it), and I don't see what's really changing by replacing it with coalplant, so I guess it doesn't really matter.

Oh well. I shouldn't complain because its not in the general best interest, but I personally would love to see a fresh variety of maps. As much as I love Lakeside, Gravelpit, Upward, Process, Swiftwater, Viaduct, Gullywash, and Badwater, I really would like to see different/new maps played or bring back other HL custom/stock maps. There's something fun about adapting play to a setting you've never experienced, but unless you're brand new to highlander, I can't imagine many of these locations offering any new experiences.

I digress, as teamwork is the bread and butter of highlander that keeps me interested.

Get framerate and get back into competitive.

Thank you so much. I've been looking for a hud like this for ages. I'll do some testing and tell you if I have any problems. Much appreciated~

Definitely a buff that will hurt the game more than help it, especially in highlander. I honestly can't speak about its position in 6's and frankly I don't see why it wouldn't be banned, seeing as most competitive leagues have a variety of banned unlocks.

Pre-buff, the diamondback wasn't a bad weapon, in fact it could be an incredibly cheap one if you played your cards right. Throughout the last highlander season, I found it surely had its times. On ashville and viaduct, it was incredibly effective and catered to a play style of shutting down the enemy team's engineer and sniper, which is rather advantageous on those types of koth maps. The only real problem with the diamondback pre-buff was that it was the most situational of the revolvers, and was difficult to predict when it would really shine.

Now, this buff just dumbs down the game even more. Obtaining crits through destroying buildings in addition to backstabs is just outright ridiculous. The original point of the gun is now lost because I don't see why anyone would choose it for getting crits from destroying buildings, when they could just play the way they normally play and get bonus crits. For a gun-heavy dr spy, this gun probably wont be useful at all, but to the spies who already use their gun less then their knife and often only after a stab, its just a straight up upgrade. It requires no extra work, no thought, just boom, crit. Viperstriker explained the likely situation rather well. I just don't see how this is a sidegrade to the stock revolver anymore. You could have already been dealing the same damage with an ambassador, while actually proving you earned the damage. Why this, valve.

Feels like a similar situation to the short circuit, a weapon that was already outright awesome at times, and rewarded the user for playing smart in a balanced manner, that has now been turned into a mindless piece of crap. This is all based on weapon equip percentages mind you. The issue isn't the weapons, the problem is the majority of the community doesn't like to try weapons that don't come easy right away and have to make them adjust their play style. Sorry for ranting.

Mac Issue

Alright, sounds good. I'll be testing this out for some scrims tonight. The stock font doesn't bother me too much either. Thanks a ton!

This one looks like just what I was looking for, have you had any troubles with its "up to date-ness", or diguises showing accurate class pictures/new 3d class model (can't remember the name atm, forgive me)?

Due to incompatibility with the new update, and several elements (specifically spy disguises) that have been broken for months now, I am finally acknowledging I really need a new hud. I have been using the Garm3n Q-M Variant for ages, and would like a new hud thats relatively similar.

Mainly, I'd like a minimal scheme, with text display of health and ammo relatively close to the center of the screen. Wasn't really sure where to look and was feeling a tad overwhelmed with choices, so I was hoping to see what kind of results I could get here. Thanks!

Screenshots of old hud:
http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/633043075552165894/32DB4AE31B2CB2A6C411E116194E314C4CDE08B7/
http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/630790563209527646/AFCA0F9694A462DAF616A1B9CFFF99E394BA534E/

I definitely think overheating is a big part of the issue, and judging from the feedback I have been getting, it seems that I am going to be opening my lappy up this weekend doing some cleaning up...

And the specs:
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 Processor
8gb 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Goood tips thank you, I will be trying some stuff out this weekend to test what works.

yep

Thanks, I will switch to that one.

I used to but I find no fps difference between dirt low and max.

Good idea, I will try this this weekend, maybe it can be something I get in a routine of doing once a month.

I haven't and from my knowledge neither of those are compatible with mac.