Forged Alliance Forever

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-27T09:00:27+02:00

The differences between factions are really not that big at your level, just choose one and stick to it for some time.
AEON has to be micro units more. You need to not stall energy because the better units have shields. Without shields theese units are crap.
Cybran has a lot of stealth tech. You can use for your advantage.
Seraphim and UEF are played the most forward.

You need to watch some replays together:
Theese show some build orders and how to Eco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_m53YcP ... F15601899C
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCrWm1LR ... F15601899C

If you play coop just watch one good replay of that map first. So you get an impression of how easy a map can be if you know what to do when.

Statistics: Posted by RoLa — 27 Mar 2014, 09:00

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-20T23:06:13+02:00

But would it still work for normal good games :/ ?

Statistics: Posted by lex116 — 20 Mar 2014, 23:06

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-20T23:04:52+02:00

thx

Statistics: Posted by lex116 — 20 Mar 2014, 23:04

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-20T22:01:45+02:00

lex116 wrote:
That's why I hoped big awesome stompy robots would be awesome for each race to show them off >:D

if you want big awesome stompy robots, then check out Total Mayhem 1.20. It features 200+ new units, including huge robots for all factions in FA.
Should catch your friends attention.
I would post some links with videos to you, but apparantly im not allowed to post links on this forum.
Just google "forged alliance total mayhem" and its the first link.

Statistics: Posted by burnie222 — 20 Mar 2014, 22:01

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-20T06:00:20+02:00

That's why I hoped big awesome stompy robots would be awesome for each race to show them off >:D

Statistics: Posted by lex116 — 20 Mar 2014, 06:00

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-20T03:31:23+02:00

They're partly right in saying that there aren't big differences between the races. Certainly in other games like Starcraft the differences are bigger since you have completely different units for each race. In FA you have roughly the same units, but some races have stronger versions. Usually these differences seem minor at first sight, but as you have more experience you notice that even small differences can make a big difference. The UEF t1 tank may seem to be almost the same as the cybran mantis, but in reality the UEF tank almost always beats the mantis with micro in an 1 vs 1 fight. Then you have the aeon aurora which floats and has big range, which makes for a completely different playstyle. All factions have t1 bombers, but the seraphim & aeon ones are by far the strongest. You have these kind of differences in all tiers t1-t2-t3-t4.

Statistics: Posted by Vee — 20 Mar 2014, 03:31

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-20T02:30:03+02:00

I feel like scale is working against us because it seems to be a little overwhelming, but SupCom falls into this weird area (for me at least) of being almost a-symmetrical, everyone having similar units with similar roles, but as you tech up the differences emerge, I just don't think they get that there are big differences is all

Statistics: Posted by lex116 — 20 Mar 2014, 02:30

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-20T02:22:11+02:00

One of them is a frequent SC:BW and SCII player and I think they don't understand for the most part that there's differences between the races other than cosmetics, they kinda have that "standard" rts style in mind (all these units are the same, racial bonus are just a few tweaks here and there) in a very AoE kind of sense. I thought the two mods I said added a little "pop" kinda making them stand out from each other.

LEX-CLAN we ride together, we die together >:D

Statistics: Posted by lex116 — 20 Mar 2014, 02:22

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-19T20:02:42+02:00

Well that escalated quickly into a Lexathon >.<

Statistics: Posted by ZaZen — 19 Mar 2014, 20:02

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-19T19:59:55+02:00

And it's the same as my last 3 letters, lex musketeers!

Statistics: Posted by Aulex — 19 Mar 2014, 19:59

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-19T19:35:14+02:00

pip wrote:
If you want to have fun with your buddies who are not into Supcom much, better play the coop campaign (Supcom and FA) on FAF, it'll be fun, and they will learn to play the game. You should stay away from mods at the beginning because the game is so complex already, there is no point for newcomers to play mods first.

I tried the vanilla campaign on co-op and couldn't get past the first mission. At 2 players we eventually got overrun by the massive amount of air that gets sent it because of the per-player multiplier, and at 4 we didn't make it past the first gunship rush, which contains about 40 gunships for 4 players.

But to the OP, what did they find unimpressive? I can't think of anything about SupCom that's unimpressive compared to the likes of AoE or even Civ, honestly.

Statistics: Posted by RedX — 19 Mar 2014, 19:35

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-19T18:51:32+02:00

What exactly are they unimpressed about? We'd need to know that to give a recommendation. Compared to other games, FA already has a tremendous number of different units. Mods generally just add more units, so I'm not sure that will solve it. The normal FAF mod is by far better balanced and polished than any of the other mods, to the point that it's the only mod that's viable for competitive play. However, like some foods, it takes some time before you can really appreciate them.

Statistics: Posted by Vee — 19 Mar 2014, 18:51

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-19T18:12:29+02:00

lol that's because it's my name

LEX BUDDIES

Statistics: Posted by lex116 — 19 Mar 2014, 18:12

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-19T18:11:47+02:00

the first three letters of your name are the same as the first three letters of my name :3

Statistics: Posted by lextoc — 19 Mar 2014, 18:11

Re: Need help picking a mod

2014-03-19T18:09:27+02:00

thx :3

I think it's more that they are intimidated by the economy system and don't really relate yet to a specific race, I thought the nomads would be a nice obviously different race to give more options, ya know>?

Statistics: Posted by lex116 — 19 Mar 2014, 18:09