The Ultimate Compstomp rebalance mod is unique. It stays with the original Dark Crusade units, and it doesn't mess with the research tree at all. If you learn to play the plain vanilla Dark Crusade or the 2.1 AI Skirmish Mod, then you'll be right at home with the Ultimate Compstomp and the AI Skirmish Mod combination -- that's why I always preferred the AI Skirmish mod over DoWPro or even DoWXP, as long as the AI Skirmish Mod was balanced properly. I liked the AI Skirmish Mod alone, by itself, as long as it was properly balanced.
DoWXP adds new units and resizes them and messes with the original Relic, and messing with the original Relic stuff used to be taboo around here. DoWXP might even move around the research to accommodate all the new stuff. A lot more change is 'fair game' in DoWXP.
DoWPro messes with and rearranges the research tree, and is not the least bit familiar to someone who is versed or steeped in the Relic Original or the AI Skirmish Mod. And, DCPro isn't ready yet, as far as I know. And, DoWPro was a disappoitment in Skirmish Mode, because as Korbah told me, it was designed and meant for online human vs human play, and not the offline skirmish mode play that I was looking for.
Each one fills a niche or a need.
For those of us who were converted by Thud to cherish the idea of not messing with the Relic original units or the Relic research, like I was, the Ultimate Compstomp is a breath of fresh air -- a pure rebalance of the AI Skirmish Mod only, with no additional units and no switching around of the research tree.
If you are looking for a rebalance that doesn't mess with Relic's research tree and doesn't add new units and doesn't change the size of everything and stays true to the Relic Original just like the AI Skirmish Mod stays true to the Relic Original, then you are looking for the Ultimate Compstomp Rebalance Mod.
There's room enough for all three, and more. Each fills a specific need or desire, and each has its own unique purpose and audience. I just know that there are some people here, converted or determined to stay with the Relic DC Original as much as possible, and they will be right at home with the Ultimate Compstomp Rebalance if they give it a try.
Enough said.
Edited by ThetaOrion, 02 January 2007 - 12:44 AM.