new players?

[dwarfighter]

I've been creating quite a few threads here, but that's because I have a lot of questions. Hope that's not illegal yet.

Q: How on earth do I play this game online as a newbie?

The community so far has been uninterested in playing with a "noob", as you would no doubt call me. I don't get many answers to a "1v1 newbie anyone?" call, and even if I do, the host does not set a password, so the game is immediately overtaken by server regulars and I'm the one to blame for our team's loss. Extremely frustrating and very disappointing.

There's this option: play with an IRL friend on password-protected maps. This seems to work nicely, and playing with my friend was actually the reason I got into BNE, but you can't always stay online at the same time. So if there's any other way to play with less War-crafty people, I'd really love to hear about it. Otherwise it just doesn't make any sense.

P.S.- if you sense the "lower back pain" in this post and it amuses/angers you - please don't bother answering. I'm just looking for advice from people who would be kind enough to give it.

[mousEtopher]

This has been an ongoing problem. new players do come in fairly regularly but they get banned a lot because there's such a huge learning curve & having a new player badly unbalances the teams, and they end up leaving quickly before they have a chance to meet other new players they can game with so there's never many around at the same time.

We do have a thread where you can leave your information & contact other new players: http://forum.war2.ru/index.php/topic,2304.0.html

We also have a Discord server (text&voice chat, can be used in your browser or has an app to download) that is frequented mostly by lower level/casual players: http://en.war2.ru/discord

Certain players will sometimes let you join their games or try to give you advice to improve - me, Babyshark, Igognito, Yamon (only if he's in the right mood), ~ToRa~ sometimes, Harrywangs, Ywfn (both helped me when I was still very bad, but might not help a brand new player)

Tora & I talked about scheduling a couple sessions per week where we would host new player-friendly matches for 1-2 hrs. The plan kind of fizzled but if we could get a group of newbs together who are playing consistently I'd be willing to do this.

I've also considered making a new player section of the forum & a new player channel at the server so it's easier for them to find one another. would something like that be helpful to you?

[RipE[Eur0]]

welCUM! new and active n nice ppl like u r always welcomed to the community.

the game itself is one of the oldest multiplayer games. quake war2 etc started all the shit. the player base iz very very unstable and arrogant. u just have to deal with it. u wont get playing with the old folks without being nice and just take the shit in the beginning. u just have to take it, deal with it, only way. u will get in, eventually. gl hf :]]

[~ToRa~]

Another suggestion I will say is to 1st complete both single player campaigns without using cheats before attempting to play with the online community.
This should give you enough skill to adequately play some games with the online community.

[dwarfighter]

MousEtopher, yeah, that new channel you mentioned would be really awesome. I feel there are many casual players propelled solely by their love for the game itself, with no desire to play competitively. I for one just want to share the game with a like-minded individual and have my little casual fun

RipE[Eur0], I see. Thank you for the introduction!

~ToRa~, I did that. Several times. It's not that hard, I've mostly played it for the story and completed all the campaigns more or less with ease. But this

This should give you enough skill to adequately play some games with the online community

...is simply not true.

[~ToRa~]

Did you beat beyond the dark portal to?

[RipE[Eur0]]

ps. i guess u r a rusky! i must say u speak amazingly good english for a soviet boi. ;]]


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[dwarfighter]

~ToRa~ Only the human campaign. Didn't get around to the orc one.

RipE[Eur0], careful there, lest you anger the ancient Spirit of Indiscriminate and Ruthless Commie Might.

[RipE[Eur0]]

there is a famous saying here in da artic circle:
one Finn = 10 ruskies.
the fact still holds.

fuk u slov.
only a socialist is too dumb to believe in that retarded shit.

[dwarfighter]

Jokes are not your strong suit, I reckon?

Let me just casually finnish this discussion since it does not contribute to the community in any sensible way. Have a nice day.

[Winchester]

~ToRa~ Only the human campaign. Didn't get around to the orc one.

Well, 99% of players play Orc, and you probably will too as you start getting better at the game, play the orc campaign + expansion to master to get better at lusting at least

[dwarfighter]

Winchester - that makes sense, thanks. But I'm not sure there's anything important I don't know about lusting at this point - lust your ogres quickly before the attack, do the damage, run if owerpowered or if lust runs out. Probably some other situational things to take care of. I mean, playing a campaign (where you have to achieve mission-specific goals and take special care of your heroes to avoid insta-losing) probably won't be as helpful as just mashing game after game against computer (and eventually human) opponents on GoW (since everyone seems to play on that map). If I'm totally wrong, though, feel free to correct me.

Regarding orcs - I'm really not sure I'll get to that point. I mostly play humans and that's not going to change because I'd win more in pro matches if I went orc. I'd just stay on the level I'm comfortable at. Besides, I've seen people play humans and out-produce the enemy, and it made me think that perhaps humans are just misunderstood by the majority. Sure, ogre strikeforces are great. But healing (as a means of saving money on knights) and blizzard (as a means of crippling enemy mining) seem like decent powers if applied correctly.

[O4L]

If you are able to host then host your own games bro. Have patience for people to come, and if not lets start working towards getting your hosting fixed. A lot of newbies out there just like you wanting to start out, just need the hosts.

[RipE[Eur0]]

go to gulag man ;]]

just humour man.

ill fin"n"ish my greatness. Finland is superior compared to CCCP sorry, soviet union, sorry Putinland,  sorry i mean Russia.


sorry. humour. ;:]]

[dwarfighter]

XuRnT, thank you for your reply!
Yes, I'll have to figure that IP issue out someday.