Well, mostly talking about Quoth, and mostly about rocketeer. While AD follows the same color patterns for additional ranks, the colors are applied in a more subtle way, which is already an improvement.

My problem with rocketeer is his zombie-like vocalizations inherited from the grunt. It makes him look much less intelligent than enforcers, which makes it strange that he's been allowed to carry such an advanced piece of weaponry.

It only really makes sense when he blows up himself.

Also, the grunt model is pretty ugly (which again only applies to Quoth) and should be contained instead of being allowed to reproduce. 

Are there new monsters planed for AD 1.5? 

Btw Sock, I enjoyed that Sin level you did back in 1999 lol 

Yes 

Currently, the option to turn off shell casings and shotgun projectiles are lumped together.

Would it be possible to separate the two so I can turn off shell casings but keep projectiles?

:} 

Are there new monsters planed for AD 1.5?
A couple, not many. I was planning to add a bunch of extra water monsters, but they were Hexen models and water combat in Quake is just not fun. So I decided to spent my time adding new bosses for other peoples maps instead!

I enjoyed that Sin level you did back in 1999!
I can't believe its 17 years ago I made that map, I had such a blast making that map at the time. It was essentially a Quake map with locked colour key doors and entity scripting. How time flies!

Would it be possible to separate the two so I can turn off shell casings but keep projectiles?
Yes, new impulse command and server bitflag option added. 

At least add some spawnflag on monster_fish that makes it faster and more damaging. Slightly modified/partially recolored skin if possible. 

I did create two different sizes of fish and a couple of extra skins for variety reasons. I also added a wetsuit powerup so players can fight / explore underwater for longer periods. Just need some good underwater maps, maybe something for a negke project! :) 

I still think something like a Gill Beast from Blood would work well for underwater combat 

So no new water monsters at all?? 

That's better than no water monsters. :) 

More features for AD 1.5 update:

* New entity keys on any item/monster/func/trigger to only spawn if nightmare skill or coop is active when the map is loaded.
* Backpacks dropped by monsters or players will stay around permanently if coop is active.
* Player backpacks can now drop Keys or Runes.
* Triggers will send centerprint messages to all clients if coop active.
* Monsters will no longer rapidly switch player targets in coop, but will be on a timer instead. So monsters will stick to one target for longer.

If anyone has more coop suggestions please let me know and a big thank you to negke for all his help so far with coop gameplay ideas.

Also new HD weapons and church stuff! 

how many more maps will drop for the next release? 

Monsters will no longer rapidly switch player targets in coop, but will be on a timer instead. So monsters will stick to one target for longer.
They should probably do the same when infighting is concerned (if they aren't already), like they do in Doom. 

how far away is 1.5 sock?

I might finally be able to play again soon and want to start with AD but if 1.5 is around the corner, may as well wait some more. 

@Shamblernaut, I am hoping for 5-6 maps for the 1.5 update. 3 are remakes and 3 are brand new.

@dwere, I did add the infighting target lock feature to 1.42, but it was something that had to be enabled with entity keys. There is an example of the system in ad_test6 behind the healing pool with the Shadow Axe which is between the knight/crossbow arena's.

@nitin, good question and I don't have a good answer because lots of problems have occurred with map schedules. At the moment everything has slipped and I cannot confirm when its going to be released exactly. 

Noticed that you have different bbox sizes defined in monsters.qc, I thought Fitz, DP, and Quakespasm all defaulted to the nearest bbox size of either Hull 1 or Hull 2? Unless there is a setting I don't know about.

Excited about 1.5.

Just played through a few levels with my little brother-in-law. Last week my wife and I played through the entirety of swampy on coop...there was a point where the button by the lightning gun elevator didn't reset though after we died so I taught her how to noclip...BIG MISTAKE!! It sorta snowballed from there. She didnt want to go off noclip for the rest of the level and hovered around me while we fought through the rest of it.

Lots of fun!! Thanks AD team. 

I've noticed what seems to be another typo (unless it's a wordplay from the author) in the AD startmap: Hanger 16 should read Hangar 16.

BTW, if Sean Campbell's around: is this a reference to Megadeth's Hangar 18? 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangar_18_%28film%29 

Oh, I had no idea the song by Megadeth was inspired by a movie, I've never heard about this. I gotta watch this some time. Thanks for the info, Pyro. 

Is there a way to ramp up the speed of the projectile shotty pellets? I find them a little slow as they are. Same goes for the crossbow knight's bolts, they're too easy to evade. 

No, but impulse 130 switches back to the old shotgun behavior. 

Yeah, but me likey the pellet shotty! Umm... Sock? Is it possible to add this feature to 1.5? 

So 1.5 is already coming and you guys are working on stuff professionally with tight schedule. I was wondering if it is possible to share free concept art about quake cteatures, who would like to look at it. Does the team consist many artists yet modelers already, is there room to get inspirations by other's concept art if it is good enough? 

Quake creatures* sorry I am on phone and typing.