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Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2015, 20:01 PM=]H[= Tennessee88

So it terms of sportsmanship (for large games since this isn't an issue in 1v1 & 2v2) is this frowned upon when y'all play?

Jump back to quoted post13 Mar 2015, 13:13 PMRMMLz

Blah Blah Blah. Are you a Soviet fanboy or something?

Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2015, 21:46 PMLosttruppen

Aside from some of the other points established in this thread, I feel like the steep learning curve and unforgiving gameplay of RTS', especially those made by Relic are the main reason most people won't stay and play.

I definitely was turned off of vCoH after only a few online matches and resigned myself to compstomps and the fantastic campaigns the first game offered. The same thing happened when DoW2 first launched, and until Chaos Rising came out and I forced myself to play through loss after loss I never fully enjoyed the online scene in RTS'.

These games take a substantial amount of trial and error to find out the nuances and techniques that are required to gain competency and confidence in your play. Your average gamer is not going to jump into multiplayer and suffer harsh losses and still have the desire to sit through 20-40minutes of games and replays, or go online to read about how to improve on their mistakes.

Having said all this, while this game has it's flaws(in design and application) I'm still happy to see it receive success both financially and in terms of increased playerbase. Most games lose players over time, but a jump of 2000 average players in it's second year is somewhat impressive considering the massive amount of flak it has received for (unfounded imo) pay to win allegations and the Russian boycott for the campaign.

Jump back to quoted post9 Mar 2015, 09:19 AMCelticsREP

Anything which has the ability to reward Vet levels for a price should never ever ever ever be in RTS games. The Elite Troops Doctrine is bad enough, we dont want OKW having a better version of something which is already a big middle finger to balance

I'm sure Axis players would love to have a KT that won games single handedly at the 25-30 min mark.