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Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-27T01:48:15+02:00

Today was a much better day, I had a winning streak of 9 wins in a row until it was cut short by Naleen on High Noon. Spam is very effective when coupled with my probing playstyle, I'm forever pushing for a gap or undefended mexes and it works well.

My playstyle falls short where the meta gets thrown on its head and spam is ineffectual, such as on High noon. I have so much to learn. I need to start having secondary strategies in place for dealing with games that bog down due to terrain, spam being useless or my spam being brought to a halt (although the latter rarely happens if I get my eco right). And I need to learn to be more careful with my com. I've lost many a game because I leave it exposed, and some very very close calls where I only have a handful of hp left and managed my escape. I still underestimate how quickly an initially small threat (like one or two torpedo bombers ferinstance) can rapidly escalate and bring a sudden end to the party.

I need to learn how to contest air, it is something I always neglect, often deliberately if I have a gut feel that the resources would be better spent on more spam. Be that as it may, I also feel that the attention span for it is a bridge too far, although it might balance out if I have less spam on the field.

This game is wonderfully multi-faceted, it is a programming feat that brings tears to my eyes, fills my heart with joy and it is a thing of beauty.

BUILD_MORE_MANTIS

Statistics: Posted by RocketRooster — 27 Apr 2017, 01:48

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-16T00:13:02+02:00

RocketRooster wrote:
Have you ever had a day where you did not win one single bloody game? Not a 1v1, not a team game. Nada.

That was my day today. A torrid bloody day. Granted, I did not get much sleep the last two nights (yes, I'm hooked) and my head was thick and fuzzy and T2 was somehow just a bridge too far. I played like an absolute dolt.

And my ping was beautiful... :bang:

yes indeed, this game can do that to you, i found that I got like that when trying too hard

take a bit of a break, think about it, watch the replays back and come back better to it

Statistics: Posted by partymarty81 — 16 Apr 2017, 00:13

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-15T21:10:26+02:00

Have you ever had a day where you did not win one single bloody game? Not a 1v1, not a team game. Nada.

That was my day today. A torrid bloody day. Granted, I did not get much sleep the last two nights (yes, I'm hooked) and my head was thick and fuzzy and T2 was somehow just a bridge too far. I played like an absolute dolt.

And my ping was beautiful... :bang:

Statistics: Posted by RocketRooster — 15 Apr 2017, 21:10

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-15T07:51:15+02:00

RocketRooster wrote:
Aaaaaand.... pride comes before the fall.

Roanoke... I thought I had it in the bag. Basically expanded all over without any serious opposition, I had a whole bunch of T2 shipyards cranking out killy stuff. Next thing I know, there is a ravager on my island, with a UEF comm with TML. I lasted less than 20 seconds and it was game over.

I've lost two on there myself recently, one where opponent t2 navy rushed and got out super quick destroyer, another where I couldn't deal with zui spam

That's a map that stretches me to the limit!

Statistics: Posted by partymarty81 — 15 Apr 2017, 07:51

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-15T01:13:03+02:00

Aaaaaand.... pride comes before the fall.

Roanoke... I thought I had it in the bag. Basically expanded all over without any serious opposition, I had a whole bunch of T2 shipyards cranking out killy stuff. Next thing I know, there is a ravager on my island, with a UEF comm with TML. I lasted less than 20 seconds and it was game over.

Statistics: Posted by RocketRooster — 15 Apr 2017, 01:13

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-15T00:37:31+02:00

tatsu wrote:
RocketRooster wrote:Another noob question. The client is taking longer and longer to connect to the game lobby - and I've noticed that the chat lobby is becoming more and more populated as people go online. Are the two connected in any way and is this symptom normal?
Thanks!

they might loading the list of players could take time but normally that only happens once the client is up. try the beta client Downlord made. it's in every way better in my opinion and you'll get to enjoy achievements! (which I drew!)

I'll give it a try. I wasn't sure what it was all about.

I' am enjoying this a great deal. I've started ladder, and the first few games were terrible (as I was told to expect) - I got my butt whipped like a sub in a dungeon.

Once the system started placing me 'proper', I have not lost a game. In fact, I have outclassed my opponents, who were way worse than me (and very timid). I suppose this is to be expected until I reach my natural rating at which point I'll start having trouble. Does anybody know how long this will take?

Statistics: Posted by RocketRooster — 15 Apr 2017, 00:37

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-14T22:08:19+02:00

RocketRooster wrote:
Another noob question. The client is taking longer and longer to connect to the game lobby - and I've noticed that the chat lobby is becoming more and more populated as people go online. Are the two connected in any way and is this symptom normal?
Thanks!

they might loading the list of players could take time but normally that only happens once the client is up. try the beta client Downlord made. it's in every way better in my opinion and you'll get to enjoy achievements! (which I drew!)

Statistics: Posted by tatsu — 14 Apr 2017, 22:08

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-14T12:51:41+02:00

Thanks, lads. I'd figured out that it was a P2P issue, particularly when trying to connect to 1v1s and I just could not establish a connection to the host. It was my luck that I had tried a bunch of 1v1s in a row and had this problem.

I seem to have very high pings to peers in Russia as well for some reason. And the connection upgrade did not yield the expected latency improvement - I had to leave a number of games because of very bad lag. When it's good, it's decent - mid 200s or thereabouts and very playable.

I had a tonne of fun, and only managed to get back home at 4AM. It's been years since I did that sort of thing.

Marty, I will definitely look out for you - I have kept an eye on your thread with interest.

Biass, the winter duel games were enjoyable, and I would have lost anyway, except perhaps for the second one, where my early jester play very very nearly had his com in the middle. I smelled blood, got cocky with my own com and it was gg against his spam past the bottleneck (we were both stuck in each other's halves). It would have been lovely to have pulled off the win but that ship has sailed. The fact if the matter is, he is better than me and rating isn't as important to me as to him. Strokes for folks.

GodKingXerxes kindly spent a lot of time and effort showing me the ropes on some core ladder maps, with BO and whatnot. It is very hard to master without extended practice.

It's also revealed an aspect of the game that I am still deciding how I feel about. That is, the importance of BO and early reclaim on smaller maps. If you stuff it up, it's gg, and that strikes a discord with me in terms of where I find enjoyment from this game. Xerxes placed it into lovely perspective with the dry admonition: "Welcome to ladder!"

Statistics: Posted by RocketRooster — 14 Apr 2017, 12:51

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-14T05:34:06+02:00

RocketRooster wrote:
But... then I'm kept honest by royally seeing my arse 6-love against DarkMatter2015 (1200 rating) on Winter Duel.

if you care, this guy hosts winter duel with a nice bo to farm rating, he won't x against anyone who might be able to beat him

anyways, hope you enjoyed

Statistics: Posted by biass — 14 Apr 2017, 05:34

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-14T03:00:49+02:00

the client always takes the same amount of time for me. about 12 seconds from launch to the hosted games appearing

Statistics: Posted by nine2 — 14 Apr 2017, 03:00

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-14T02:55:07+02:00

RocketRooster wrote:
Another noob question. The client is taking longer and longer to connect to the game lobby - and I've noticed that the chat lobby is becoming more and more populated as people go online. Are the two connected in any way and is this symptom normal?

Thanks!

Hey,

If you refer to taking a long time to connect to a hosted game (with more people in that hosted game when you are joining) then yeah I can confirm it's not just you.
I believe it's firewall related. You still connect, just it takes some time, and the game freezes a little, right?

I have the same problem, in that it takes me longer to connect to any game the more people that are in it already. It's not an actual problem for me, as the time is only a few seconds, but if it's more you might want to see if your firewall is acting up.

Can't imagine the chat numbers doing anything, to either launching the client or joining a game.

Statistics: Posted by Gorton — 14 Apr 2017, 02:55

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-14T00:45:11+02:00

Good luck rooster, add me for some games if you like 1v1!

Statistics: Posted by partymarty81 — 14 Apr 2017, 00:45

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-13T17:49:09+02:00

Another noob question. The client is taking longer and longer to connect to the game lobby - and I've noticed that the chat lobby is becoming more and more populated as people go online. Are the two connected in any way and is this symptom normal?

Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by RocketRooster — 13 Apr 2017, 17:49

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-13T16:56:22+02:00

I had a rematch against DarkMatter, I went first air and nearly won... but got cocky and allowed my com to be whittled down. It was VERY close.

It was a rock/paper/scissors thing, although he still pulled off the win.

Statistics: Posted by RocketRooster — 13 Apr 2017, 16:56

Re: Whoohoo! Gonna be trying my hand at this online FAF mala

2017-04-13T15:34:57+02:00

Either to pad the global rating or to checkout some BO on certain map against live player? And I think that you should refrain from going against 1300 players from get go as they will mostly wipe the floor with you unless you had a go at the game before with good results. If you want to play 1v1 then you should consider ladder games.

Statistics: Posted by Endranii — 13 Apr 2017, 15:34