The most successful mod has got to be DC for 1942, and it bucks the trend described earlier in this thread (though maybe the author only meant to apply that to BF2/2142 mods). In any case, I'll tell you why I don't play this mod much, but I'm REALLY looking foward to new maps.

First, let me say that I ONLY bought 2142 to play this mod. I've never played vanilla 2142 and probably never will. I LOVED GC on 1942, and Pirates, and IS82, and of course DC. But all those mods had maps that were, I dunno...more fun than the maps offered up by FS. Don't get me wrong, FS looks GREAT. The weapons are cool, the vehicles are good. And I love just looking around the maps, but the game is just...dare I say boring? I've honestly been yearning for the old GC maps lately, as a direct result of playing this mod.

I'm no gaming expert, so I can't say, "Oh, you need more of that, and more of this". I'm just a casual player, but after all was said and done and the eye candy wore off, it just wasn't much fun to play. I'm sorry I can't give you more constructive critcism, but there it is.

I also acknowledge that this is a first release, and honestly, it's not fair to judge a mod based on R1. I can't wait to see what you guys come up with, both in terms of new maps and fixing the existing maps.

PS. the only "ask" I will throw out is this: the slavish attachment to realism and "why would the rebs do that, with this, etc." only results in fun for the hardcore gamer. Most people don't care about that crap (of course, it ain't their mod, now is it?), and just want to play with the cool toys. So, more cool toys, and less worry about whether this would have really taken place at this particular point in time that never existed with these people that aren't real in this fantasy world that's completely made up to begin with. It's not Star Trek, it's Star Wars. No one else cares.