tl;dr you seem to lack information. Tileset is not being made by the GFX members and the problem with the current tileset is that players dislike it. Chelterrar and Gunderak are both managers. New GMAPs have been made because players also disliked them and Tashkin decided to make a new one. That way players don't get bored of using the same everytime.
Your spear jokes are bad. Good job with the alien set GFX, sadly your idea hasn't been used.
No idea what you mean with the hoverbikes, but the diagonal frames have to be made by GFX designers, not gani artists. Coders can use a turn script, but it would look bad and won't work from every view.
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If zone is now outsourcing graphics to paid artists, there isn't a point in keeping a GFX team. Why? Because if this "paid artist" is as "godly" as you *imply*, no "unpaid gfx artist" will be capable of matching the quality. Since the devs are paying outsider artists to do the big graphic overhaul, they are beyond desperate to revamp the server. With that said, they won't be dumb and allow for poor graphics to be uploaded post graphic overhaul. That means, they will have to continue outsourcing and paying the outy artist because heshe is getting paid and therefore capable of churning out godly pixel art. Post graphic overhaul, only capable artists will be permitted to keep up with the paid artist. If thats the case, why does zone still have a graphics team at all? Best nuke the current team and wait until the overhaul is complete and host hirings afterwards.
Do you do everything players want you to do?
Players will get tired of any gmap regardless of what arrangement its in. What matters is the content within. The gmap is essentially a massive hallway, and hallways are $@#& when they don't lead anywhere. All you're doing is twisting the hallway is some absurd directions and making a maze out of it without even considering where the start or exit will be.
Spear me the lecture, I've got other things to do.
Thanks, alien knife is considered my trashier creations. Have you seen the dark individual pixels along the sharp blades? Fail. But thanks. Also, cant unsee so sorry.
Hoverbikes were never meant to be mounts. I was never asked if they could be used in such a way. If I would have known they were ti become mounts, then yes, I would have made diagonal sprites from scratch to make it a smoother vehicle.
Thank you for reading the entirety of my post, I appreciate your time.