Ok this isn't totally a Game Improvement or Suggestion (a lil bit suggestion) but more of a Rant - (no rant section).
One of the BIGGEST reasons I play Soldat and not many other games is because of it's lack of need for high graphic quality/RAM-useage/HDD space used/Speed this makes this game unique unlike all the new games out there which require the biggest HDD, the ton of GHZ of speed or the ton of RAM. Because of this, this game is a extremely good choice for people who have 'ancient' computers and really CBF getting a better one - (also i'm real poor, Hurraaaa!!!). So, what i'm saying Soldat is the best game for people with old computers. The best thing about Soldat is the internet play, it really isn't Soldat without the internet. This all worked out until 1.5 BattlEye.
I know it's for the good of the motherland and that BattlEye prevents cheaters from using their hacks. Yeah well for every anti-cheat there's always an anti-anti-cheat. You don't exactly see servers with no hackers in it all the time, there's always a guy in there that can get passed the new updates with their subtle yet annoying aim-bot hacks. So what, the new BE may temporarily stop cheaters from using hacks in servers, they'll come back in 2 months or so and cheat just like they did back in 1.4.2, there really is no way of stopping hacks.
So Yes, you have temporarily killed of hackers, and Yes you have stopped people with older OS's from playing soldat. In the end it doesn't really match up because the sole reason for BE is to KILL cheaters, but it really only can go so far.
I'm not saying BE is useless, and i'm not judging it (because I really don't know how it works :S) but i'm saying can we atleast make online soldat usable for the older Os's (98 and 2000 - not completely sure about 2000). Us old school computers are still out here and still wanting to play
So anyway my suggestion is...
Can we get a BE that is compatible with the older OS's or use the old BE that was used for 1.4.2.
Because I really can't play Age of Empires 2 for THAT long.
And i'm not going back to Runescape.