Profile of elchino7

It's still the only one that let's you get field defenses as well as 1919s, Priest and ToT are just mroe valuable in larger teamgame modes than in smaller ones, the Halftrack is the only bad thing on it.

Priest it's just a regular unit. Not good nor Suxton bad.

RIP infantry commander. CalliOP com removed it from the game.

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IDEALLY yes. But all the pro RTS players are playing on games which ACTUALLY requires a certain skill APM barrier in order to be effective. Someone with sub 50 APM probably couldn't escape from gold/platinum league on SC2. Here he can easily make it to top50 with proper decision making.

There's a matter of min max as well. A pro who plays for money will probably go for every single small edge he can get, either through mechanics or equipment (hardware). Even if it's something as small as 0.1%. For us, the rest of the "peasants", that 0.1% or 1% edge might not be worth the effort, as focusing on improving on some other area might prove to be more effective.

"Competition is all about giving yourself every possible advantage. If one control scheme gives you even a slight edge over another, and you're trying to be a competitive player, it would be foolish not to learn and practice it."

It would be foolish to not try it, but not to not learn it. Different players, different styles. Limitations exists as well. People like to copy what PROs do, but they should eventually learn that not everything that "PROs" do work at all skill levels.

For example: what's your opinion on tactical map vs minimap ?

I know how to use current defenses just fine, I don't need pointers. I just think the game would be better if there was less risk associated with defenses. The defender takes time and effort that they could be doing something else just to have those turned against them the moment they go away from the position. I just think the game would be better if sandbags where all naturally one sided and there was less risk for them.

You can always ghost sandbags in front of them

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How is your hand not free on using the whole set of hotkeys, if all the buttons are at the access of your left hand.

You are using examples were WASD still applies. WASD is not to replace minimap/tactmap/control group camera control, it's about replacing MOUSE SCROLLING through either using sidescrolling or using the middle mouse button.