Some more comments based on gameplay and chats with others on the server:
1. All 4 levels is OK, but is it possible to do this via XP rather than levels themselves? Key issues are that bots will remain at 4 stars, which makes them annoying with arty spam / mortar spam etc. Also, some people do enjoy doing a !resetmyxp and starting from scratch (I was actually kind of enjoying starting again for a while there!). I wonder if we can just set in the etpub config a way to have the required xp set which then gives all stars (or we set a command so mods can easily give it out etc) and that might help in this area?
2. Medic is not just nerfed, but basically no incentive to play with a 10 second pack pickup. 5 is probably worth trying to see how this goes, but 10 is quite large considering we have 15 / 25 second spawn times. An alternative could be to allow a pack pickup but really nerfing the charge time so you can't run and pack repeatedly. A good idea thrown out that would probably require a code change is that once you kill a player you should be able to pick up packs instantly. Since you have "won the fight" it helps you get back to normal before fighting others. I think this is a cool idea, but need to see if it exists or not as it is.
3. Engy is pretty OP now that you insta 4 stars in that they can pop off rnades very rapidly, have a flak jacket and can mine with no recourse. I think we should trial the team mine stepping again for a longer period to see how this pans out. There was a lot of QQ initially, but I think it is worth playing out for longer to see how this affects gameplay. Another cool idea was thrown out around dynamic mines so that while 12 might be available, only a single engy could use 4, allowing a fair use of mines. Pretty neat but again would need to look at how to do this in code. Similar idea was thrown out of being able to assign a dynamic amount of mines, such as x per player on a team or something, which again could be cool but needs code.
4. Since there are no levels now to climb and fops has 4 stars, might as well remove the mine spotting ability that they have back to nothing again.
Cheers