I'm giving this a healthy bump because I'm starting to lose patience with this issue. It's been my biggest issue with the mod since I started playing it in December of 2008.
Lets say that you start shooting someone, aiming at the floor and moving up. You are going to get the limb shot first which is 1/4 a head shot, as your shots continue to hit, they do no damage because the other player is immune for a short while, thus letting him place a well timed shot to your face.
THIS IS DISTURBING. Why does this occur? Why aren't my shots giving damage? Why do they get this special invulnerability period? I have never heard of such a situation like that.
I'm not trying to add salt to any wounds, but I have SIX friends on Steam who refuse to play this mod because of the "hitboxes."
For those of you who aren't having any issues, that's great. But it seems to be folks associated with the mod that are claiming no issues (well, besides VC) -- and I'm not insinuating you guys are "trying to cover up" something. My guess is you've been at it so long, you've kinda adjusted to the issue.
I am so grateful that all of you (who've put countless hours in this mod) have dedicated your free time to making a game for thousands to enjoy but I feel this one glaring issue is really hurting the mod.
Literally 3 weeks ago, there were over a hundred people playing at the same time. Obviously, it was due to the new patch. But I think the sharp decline is largely contributed to the hitboxes. I'm basing this off of friends who downloaded the new Version under the impression that the hitboxes were "fixed" but found that they were still having the same issue.
There are other mods that will NEVER come as close to GE:S in terms of visual polish and team dedication. Hell, you guys are Top 5 on MODDB. But other mediocre mods like ZPS are beating GES's playerbase by the hundreds. Not bashing ZPS or its Devs -- that mod was excellent back in the day but has severely fallen off in terms of dedication and actual in-game content.
Anyway, I'm starting to sound like a whiney-fanboy-"know-it-all" -- and I'm not trying to at all. I just want to voice my concern because I know that so many of you have dedicated so much time to this mod for it to be so bare in terms of playerbase.