OK...
I for one dislike gun spar.
I had a cheap wep that was amazing.
Basing? lol
And I do think Zone had FFA Deathmatch from release, or it was released thereafter, because that's all I remember doing, and still have fun doing that whenever I log on.

Of course it's all based on opinion. However, Zone was a dream game for me from release. There were few ignorant players, staff was shaky from the start, but when Tash took over everything gradually got better.