Nux, I think what you mean by the mara slowness is some very early Phase 1 or 2 version from ages ago. Correct me if I'm wrong. It has been fixed since long time. As I said, the first phases were utterly horrible. Play the most recent ones, they're very enjoyable.
You might be right there. It's true I haven't tried it recently, and I guess I was just disillusioned to the prospect of the devs making changes I agreed with / enjoyed after trying and failing to like their changes for as long as I did.
I'll give the new stuff try a ASAP.
In other news, it's good to see the thread has got back on track despite our best efforts!
Well it's five weeks since I made that post and I've been playing GPP exclusively throughout that time. I adjusted to it and have been getting top score frequently (if that's important to you). I got the impression that this a version of tremulous I could live with and enjoyed the player-base that haunts it.
A few minutes ago I tried 1.1 for the first time since 5 weeks ago.
I loved it. Absolutely loved it. It felt like a huge weight had been lifted (as they say). I felt free! I suppose I'll never know if it's just that I'm biased to the trem I've played for years. I just know that with all the delays they've added to actions in GPP, they've have ruined the fun in a way that going back to 1.1 has truly made me appreciate.
I really want to be where the good players are, but I have to tell you I'm really feeling like flipping GPP off right now.