Why did you stop playing FAF regularly?

[Morax]

Yeah but eventually people will realize there is a good set of basics that can be followed everywhere, learn the small differences per each map, and then gain the ability to innovate and become a good player.

Actually i have seen so many players in ladder who reached 1800-1900 and failed to improve. Usually they have very strong BOs for generic land maps but whenever there's slightly unusual map with different meta, they play worse than 1500 We had lots of such kind of maps already in rotations but every time story repeats itself. Generic 10km is awfully dominant meta and for most people learning it = learning the game (then complain about cancer maps and quit game/ladder). Actual good players that can innovate and play different maps wont appear anymore.

Forgot to add we need to stop being so pessimistic and up our training game whether you are very skilled or unskilled at the game. Chances are, if you've been around for a year or more you can probably teach someone something, know when you are no longer able to teach beyond a level, and refer someone else. I normally send people to Nexus, turin, ZLO, Zock, Kalvirox, etc, etc when I can no longer offer help as I'm still learning myself.

[Blodir]

People with high amount of games will have a rough build order figured out for every map anyways and gain an immense advantage that way over people with less experience

Yeah but eventually people will realize there is a good set of basics that can be followed everywhere, learn the small differences per each map, and then gain the ability to innovate and become a good player.

The small map pool restricts the development of players and that irks me beyond belief as we are in desperate need of people to stop being crap at this game.

You have not yet learned this set of basics yourself as far as I am aware. And considering you are an above average player I would say this is a problem

[Morax]

People with high amount of games will have a rough build order figured out for every map anyways and gain an immense advantage that way over people with less experience

Yeah but eventually people will realize there is a good set of basics that can be followed everywhere, learn the small differences per each map, and then gain the ability to innovate and become a good player.

The small map pool restricts the development of players and that irks me beyond belief as we are in desperate need of people to stop being crap at this game.

You have not yet learned this set of basics yourself as far as I am aware. And considering you are an above average player I would say this is a problem

Yes because you and speed2 have zero patience and judge a book by its cover so you can stfu for all I care.

Thanks for making this thread a troll fest, ass.

[Cheva]

Besides being busy why has no one mentioned one of the strongest themes around?

FEAR

Fear of playing against others for the first time.

Fear of team games where your team harassed you for making a mistake.

Fear of the rating system and how people disrespect you based on a number that causes more harm than good.

Fear of playing others and realizing you are not as good as you thought.

Fear of new maps which expose your flaws as a player.

Fear of team stacks which promote bashing of players.

Fear of the economy system and how they game is played at a higher level.

Fear of seeing new players become better than you.

Fear of aeolus and the criticism it brings when you make a mistake.

Fear of people being better than you even if you lose 100% of the games you don't play.

Chevalier

[Lieutenant Lich]

You can avoid stacked games by quitting the lobby if you see that the host is not planning to balance anything. Don't fear #aeolus, just ignore it when the comments turn from constructive to mean and poorly based insults.

Team behavior could indeed be better, that's true.

Fear of new maps... Well, the more maps you can play and perform about the same, the better you are because you know more environments. Of course, you can create a certain build order that fits all maps of a certain kind

Spoiler: show

Fear of ... how people disrespect you based on a number that causes more harm than good.

Remind your of something, Koopa?

[TheKoopa]

Yes, he means that he hates being hated on for playing bad for his rating.

You spam the forums with your balance ideas

[Voodoo]

FEAR

That is a reason why I love this game. A lot of people are afraid of me.

[BRNKoINSANITY]

Playing the same game too much burned out all the joy I used to have in FA

Everything that is broken

Really strange balance descisions coming down the pipeline that take away a lot of the reason I play this game

Drastic increases in the number of absolutely poisonous people and attitudes

Stepping out of the afore-mentioned cult like atmosphere that surrounds this place (at least from the most vocal people) and looking at it objectively, and not wanting to be a part of it

[nine2]

Plain and simple, state why you are no longer regularly playing FAF.

+1 there are a bunch of mega idiots in the community

[KeyBlue]

Really strange balance descisions coming down the pipeline that take away a lot of the reason I play this game

Could you elaborate on this?

I can't immediatly see how balance affects the reason you play FA, unless you play only 1 strategy (or several) and now that strategy (or all of them) got nerfed to being completely not viable. And you don't like playing any other strategy.

EDIT: Maybe the reason is that you already know almost everything now and you don't want to relearn the way you play?