hello again
beeing playing abit more at grandpa, now that spring cleaning is done
yes, i can attest better now !
doing games vs soviets (especially them...), or even vs opthers, i must confess it seems kinda stupid
personally, i dont mind THAT much ( tho i do mind it abit....especially when i just want a nice, boringly easy EF game..>)
reson i dont take it all that personally is cause it promotes aggresive playing....
and since i just loooove the german war machine....fits perfectly
sieg heil ftw
but beeing objective here ....
i m not that far off a begginer myself
and i think alot of new people who may love the gameplay, graphic engine etc, will NOT have the zen patience to get A.S.S. R.A.P.E.D. on easy level 100000 times, before they finally come up with a coherent tactics to turn the odds
and they will give up, which will have the nasty detrimental effect of deterring new people and keepin the playing population low
and no, telling them ,,get a friend and play online'' isnt the answer
the other horrible effect is the encouraging of cheats, especially if the match is human + pc v human + pc (seen it happen )
an even worse effect, is that those fgrustrated begginers who get R.A.P.E.D. on Easy level, will tell others who might want to give this great game a shot, to just give up, as its too frustrating when learning
and they are RIGHT !!!
begginer levels (aka Normal, but mostly Easy ) are akin to a school !
you should play on easy, beat the crap out of the PC, learn what and when to do, then move on to more difficult levels and eventually human opponents, who are obviously, much harder than any A.I. can be
here is where E.F. seems to fail big!
by creating a much too steep learning curve, it effectively shuns off new people ...
no one minds taking a few beatings at first of course, but getting effectively dissemboweled like a pig, 1000 times + by any civ, in Easy, isnt the way to attract new peeps
the Easy level should be like a test crash dummy !
very low opposition, OR if the A.I. makes many units, they should act stupid allmost always, to allow the novice to get the feel of the game
some will say : idiot! do tutorial!
i think we can all agree, a tiny limited tutorial is nothing like real warfare
i believe despite their superb job creating E.F., their devs do NOT have the right to decide to up the difficulty 2 times over --- effectively raising all levels one tier + insane resource boost
once again...i do NOT mind it (
that much...) as germans are aggresive and deadly strikers
but 8 of 10 newbies WILL mind it!
that is the reason why the original A.I. from Relic on Easy, was ....well.....easy
E.F. devs shouldnt assume all should be as pros as they are!
they have no such right !
imagine if at school, in frist grade, the teacher would skip begginer writing and calculus, and go all the way to advanced mathematics
dunno about you...but to any normal first grader, that would be one helluva shock !
and most normal parents would just withdraw their child from one such school !
even if that school provides a free iMac etc etc !
IMO, devs should alter ONLY the Hard version !
after all....dont such pros play Hard versions only ?!
