Been here since 2011. Amazing how much of a caring developer you are. Those new features look fantastic but I'll be honest, its going to be sad to see the old game go. All of the "problems" that you pointed out are all things that are apart of the game for me. (except the history function!) Maybe I'm just a stubborn old player and the game is ingrained in me. I want the game and Fizzer to be successful but I'm just afraid the game will turn to a more user friendly, easy, interface happy, game. I like the "cold" graphics and interface we have now and not the nice bright and colorful interface as displayed. I just don't want this to become an app for iphone kids while the PC players get left behind. Maybe I'm just a dick.

Not trying to be disrespectful, great work and happy 2017.

The speed boost in history will be amazing. Will keyboard controls (a,z,etc) still work? THey're a huge part of the game for me.

It's looking great, Fizzer!

I like the idea of allowing people to improve warlight and also integrating these features a lot!

Userscripts and clots would work well, but they aren't easy enough to access for everyone so integrating stuff directly to the game seems essential.

Will there be an AMA anytime soon?

it looks good,
I remember when this site ran on Silverlight,that was crazy slow, but the best part is that the mobil devices can get the full options.
cant wait

Fizzer, allow the viewing of messages and chat from blacklisted players on mobile!

Blacklisting is a useless tool in my opinion

I'm kinda concerned about a couple things. But the overall feel of it will make it worth it. I think as long as I can access profiles/ladders/ forum from the new Unity app, I won't care.

This is amazing! Does this mean we can make 3D maps?? I'm really excited for this update. Unity is a really powerful engine that can do amazing things. Surely this game can only improve. The mods idea is really cool too.

So how will modding work and what languages will be supported?

seems cool will there be a system to transfer old maps
and will all old information be saved(forms games users etc.)

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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

My quick comments :)

1. That 3D map view looks amazing. PLEASE make it a toggleable option ;) (Also, as @NinjaNic, does this mean 3D maps are possible?) Take a 'hill' and it is actually higher up :D
2. Take your time in doing this. Use this chance to go over everything. Like, include text size options and other accessibility. Oh, and integrate translation options in the code? If mods are added, make it be easy to mod, and maybe even translate the site through mods. :)
3. something somthing immediate roadmap! The PP was great :D
4. MODS! Like, CUSTOM AI's. More importantly then anything, don't rush it. It needs to be well made, else coders don't bother.

Looks real slick. Keep up the good work, Fizzer!

I love Unity, I played several games on Unity and this would be a great improvement
At the moment, my schockwave on Chrome does not always work.
I hope the players can build 3D maps with the new Unity platform and hopefully now Unity is faster that we can use more space (more than 2 MB) to upload a map, not for more territories but for a 3D map (I think 3D maps will need more MB).
I was thinking of a round sphere Earth map (like google Earth) instead of flat map we're playing now.

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In game currency. Yes. Yes please. That would be more useful for diplos than diplomacy rules themselves.

Fizzer, allow the viewing of messages and chat from blacklisted players on mobile!

^^^!!!!! Please, this will help a lot.

Love how mobile will be getting an upgrade, another flaw on mobile I dislike(especially with the numerous amount of diplomacy games) is a way to make it so that you can ctrl+select territory on mobile, or a way to view a selected territory on mobile.

will keyboard commands for history still be available after the update?

Will keyboard controls (a,z,etc) still work?

Yep! In fact, they're already implemented since I use them myself.

The super small buttons at the top-left corner look awful and are too small on the demo video

That probably more has to do with that I recorded it with my full monitor's resolution but then it got shrunk to show on YouTube. The same thing would happen in today's client.

Are Sockets coming out of the beta when Unity comes?

Yep, the Unity client will always attempt to use sockets by default.

Will the switch to Unity be mandatory?

I'll try to keep the Flash client around as long as I can. I'd only remove it if I was forced to or if it become a major inconvenience.

All of the "problems" that you pointed out are all things that are apart of the game for me. (except the history function!)

The mobile app crashing is a part of the game for you? Flash not running in your browser anymore is part of the game?

Will there be an AMA anytime soon?

I hope to stream later today.

Does this mean we can make 3D maps?

I've thought about it. The engine can display 3d maps, but we'd still have to make a system for map makers to define the third dimension. SVG is a 2d format so it's not really suitable. And I'm not sure there'd be that much benefit if the players of the map still always view it from the top-down.

The mobile app does crash a lot, and NEVER allows you to load chat, history without crashing.

Amazing!!! Keep up the good work Fizzer, I look forward to 2017's treasures.

Like I said, I know the future of the game is more important. I am talking about the new interface and features you've added. I enjoy things like checking the map in the settings to see what connects, clicking on a neutral territory and having nothing happen, etc. I don't know why your giving backlash. I know the game needs to move on, I'm simply going to be nostalgic is all..