My thoughts after playing for a few days

[ShadeWraith]

Probably just a rehash of what I have read already unfortunately :( First of matchmaking as per a 1000 other posts, its pointless. After a few days play I have been matched with someone of my level once and someone slightly below once, rest of the time its level 8-10's....some people may find it fun but not for me really...kind of like playing chess against someone when you only have 20 pawns :)

I know you work your way up eventually but unlike a lot of FPS where this system is common..they are normally a 30 plus 30 game where the chances are someone on your side has maxed out weapons...on stw2 its one against one so its a rather silly system to use IMO.

Having to redo your army after every battle is also a pain...bit too much micro management for online play...if I wanted to fiddle with unit stats for hours I would play SP.

Apart from the above its good fun. See what I think after another few days...may stick to hosted battles in the future and try to get someone on my level :)


Wraith

[Magyar Khan]

yup i agree... howl wraith..... :)

due a bug is my avatar resetted and i had to start over again as if i was a new player..... versus a experienced level 10 player its almost impossble to win....

esp units like upgraded monks....

even after reaching level 10 imo the whole gamesystem takes away too much attention from teh abttlefield

like babysitting marching missile users, cooldowns, muskets not having line of sight and so on...... imo such a game shoudl emphasize on reading a battle not on clicking vetted units..... a bit too much hassle....

im sure a lot of people enjoy the fiddling u describe but i dont care...... reading battles is much more fun

[AggonyKing]

actually was kinda fun when I couldn't see water on sea battles. (pre-patch 2) I had to guess all the time about the range of my ships, especially the cannon bunes. That was kinda fun :)

I'm sure you can toggle the line of sight off magy somewhere on the prefs script.

[Graphic]

Everything is on point. But once you reach level 7 it becomes worth it. I'm finally having fun.

Just a note though, find someone (preferably a friend who has the game) to help you get vet units in custom battles. I don't know if that's considered cheap or taboo or what, but I don't care. Its absolutely necessary. You will never get experience for your units when they get slaughtered by other players' vet 9 units, and nine times out of ten the unit selected for promotion to vet status is some crap loan sword or something.

[ShadeWraith]

Hi Magy...long time no see :) If your struggling then there is no hope for me...in some weird way it makes me feel less useless though :) Just had a really close battle..like the old days, so if your evenly matched then the gameplay is great. Im sure when you get to the higher levels it becomes better Im just curious as to why the developers adopted this kind of FPS shooter model of unit unlocks for a strategy game...its a very steep learning curve for new players...even when its a level playing field :)

I've not got a buddy to 'level up' with, seems a bit wrong to me...but seeing as the alternative is regular rape by higher level players and their units I can see the attraction in it :) I'll just keep plugging away...at least Im up to lvl 5 now, the occassional victory keeps my enthusiasm going :)

Wraith

[Graphic]

It would seem wrong to me if matchmaking was nonexistent. That's not my fault. So I decided I wasn't going to lose 80% of my games to a broken system because I can't get anything above 2 or 3 vet. I paid $50, I think I'm entitled to have some fun.