Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Newbie (SUPCOM 1, FA & 2 Player)

2015-06-29T14:05:31+02:00

Ok sounds good! Toxic people exist everywhere you go ofc but it's the overall vibe I'm after. I would think this game has a better atmosphere since a lot of the players are likely to be 5-10 years older than the moba crowd.

Statistics: Posted by totala — 29 Jun 2015, 14:05

Re: Newbie (SUPCOM 1, FA & 2 Player)

2015-06-29T13:34:24+02:00

1. Noobs outnumber pros > 10 to 1 on faf. If you lose your first 100 games you must be trying to lose, but do expect to lose your first 5-10 games if you play 1v1.
2. General RTS skills will kind of translate, at least the basic ideas that you want to grow your economy ASAP and make units and use them and micro them. The economy of FA and the units of FA are of course different than in Starcraft.
3. MOBA community is way more toxic than faf, but of course you have some toxic players on faf too. Report them to the mods if you see them.

Statistics: Posted by Vee — 29 Jun 2015, 13:34

Questions About the SupCom Scene

2015-06-29T13:02:49+02:00

Background: I got SUPCOM + FA in 2009 but the scene was rapidly dwindling at that point and I never got properly into it. I quit and picked up an RTS again when SC2 came out. Played A LOT of that and got pretty good. Before that I played some Total Annihilation Spring and got out of the beginner games at least. I was never that good though.

Questions:

1) Is the scene really hardcore now? Is there any room for noobs? Beginners only games or something like that?
2) How does starcraft skill translate in your opinion? Does it help at all? I guess what I'm asking is how long did it take you to get decent enough to enjoy this game?
3) Is the community toxic? Please be honest. That's the no.1 reason I don't play e.g. MOBAS (also they kinda suck anyway).

If anyone has the time to answer these I'm grateful. I don't want to invest time into reading all the FAQs and guides and then find out I'm going to get yelled at and have to play a 100 games before I get my first win (this is actual real life in SC Broodwar).

BTW I found out about this site on youtube (GYLE). So a shout out to that guy! I thought this game was long dead.

Statistics: Posted by totala — 29 Jun 2015, 13:02