Is it too late to get into this game?

Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 04:31 AMNosliw

Think what you want, but there's a reason why CS has been a very long lasting and successful competitive game, and why COH2 has never been

Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 09:35 AMKatitof

Yeah, FPS being one of most popular and easiest to get into genre of all times...

I know shitty FPS games that lasted for years, while pretty fun RTS games died within a month of release(grey goo anyone?).

Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2016, 17:49 PMKatitof

Its never to late to join.

And you're not looking for a game for a long time because there is few players, but because last patch relic has changed matchmaking algorithm, so it now looks longer to find opponent of your skill instead of quicker games, but big skill difference between players.

First 10 games are placement games, you'll be matched against both, noobs and pros to evaluate your skill.

You end up where you really should be after about 20 games.

So you pretty much have to go through newbie period, like everyone before you.
It gets harder if you just played comp stomps as people play completely different way in mp.

Takes time to get used to and if you don't enjoy 1v1, try 2v2.

Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 04:48 AMNosliw

Yes but CSGO is an esport and COH2 is not, for the reasons I stated earlier, that CSGO combines complex team strategy with balance... doesn't matter that they're different genres.

Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 13:34 PMvietnamabc

Grey Goo was awesome. New faction got introduced for free, dev actually play the game and not the circus that is currently COH2. Too bad there were so few players and it was kinda overshadowed by SC2.

Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 13:36 PMStormless

I'm actually impressed by this Katitof

Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 09:35 AMKatitof

Yeah, FPS being one of most popular and easiest to get into genre of all times...

I know shitty FPS games that lasted for years, while pretty fun RTS games died within a month of release(grey goo anyone?).

Jump back to quoted post10 Apr 2016, 15:25 PMCartoonVillain

Bleh, this game is apparently way too complex for me. Despite my terrible stats I still get matched against people that roflstomp me. The same thing happens over and over again, I start out well, then the enemy gets back into the game through superior tactics and wins. My initial impression seems to hold: you either were here from the beginning or you're fodder.

Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 04:31 AMNosliw

Think what you want, but there's a reason why CS has been a very long lasting and successful competitive game, and why COH2 has never been

Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 09:35 AMKatitof

Yeah, FPS being one of most popular and easiest to get into genre of all times...

I know shitty FPS games that lasted for years, while pretty fun RTS games died within a month of release(grey goo anyone?).

Jump back to quoted post11 Apr 2016, 16:31 PMBlalord

Grey Goo ? Fun ?

It was an unfinished game, launched with no replays, poorly optimized, with horrible servers problems, drop hack was so easy to to that ladder was hilarous, all this for 60 Euros

If a game die, thats for reasons.

Jump back to quoted post10 Apr 2016, 17:20 PMCartoonVillain

I think it's time I tried some other factions. Ostheer just doesn't seem to fit my playstyle.

Jump back to quoted post29 Mar 2016, 11:55 AMHighfiveeeee

Wehrmacht is IMO currently the hardest faction to play as you have to micro your units very well. There is no possibility of a blob of doom as it is with OKW/USF and the tanks are very cost intensive along with teching and building the buildings.

Wehr (I prefer calling it Ostheer) has by far the hardest time against some Allied strategies (e.g. British Hardcore Emplacements) and the metagame revolves all around the pay2win commanders. The ones you get for free are simply not good. There is not a single commander that is nearly as good as the premium ones.

Jump back to quoted post10 Apr 2016, 15:25 PMCartoonVillain

Bleh, this game is apparently way too complex for me. Despite my terrible stats I still get matched against people that roflstomp me. The same thing happens over and over again, I start out well, then the enemy gets back into the game through superior tactics and wins. My initial impression seems to hold: you either were here from the beginning or you're fodder.

I’ve explained here how (someone who works at Blizzard informed me) that during testing of Starcraft 2 there was a joke setting speed. Yet, this became the ‘default speed’ of the game to the surprise of many there. We can only speculate as to why Starcraft 2 is so fast. Perhaps it is to make the game more ‘exciting’ for e-sports? Maybe it is related to Dustin Browder who got much acclaim at designing Red Alert 2 to have fast gameplay compared to the slow as molasses Tiberian Sun. Either way, Starcraft 2 is MUCH MUCH faster than Starcraft 1. The game is very stressful as a result.

In the video for the Closed Video for Legacy of the Void (a fitting name to the end of the Starcraft 2 trilogy: a legacy of nothingness), the announcer speaks of ‘exciting ways to make the game even more fast paced for more micro opportunities’!

The comments are amazing. Let’s take a look:

The NUMBER ONE upvoted comment says:

I think Blizzard misses the point when intentionally making units or unit responses “more micro intensive”

Micro is going to happen regardless. Rather than build a fun game with potential for exploitation, they give us a game with a very high-end ceiling that requires an extreme amount of mechanics to be adept at. The result is that more casual gamers have scared away from the game.

SC:BW wasn’t designed to be more micro-intensive, it just worked out that way.
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