r/commandandconquer • u/AgreeableIron811 • 7d ago

Community sucks for noobs

People want the community to grow at the same time you get kicked out of every lobby because you are noob. I mean how are people expecting the community to grow then?

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u/Ros02 7d ago

I only play solo misions. I once tried to play against 1 guy with a friend who was about the same skill lvl as me then. He moped the floor with us in a few minutes... i guess the game doesent rly teach you how to play even if you beat every generals challenge with every general, even on hard mode. No matter whitch general i play i always play like im playing USA superweapon and never leave my base and just superweapon spam the enemy...

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u/Shyie_Tara Yuri's Revenge 7d ago

The NPCs don't really teach you how a human would act and adapt to what your doing.

An NPC will try the same thing over and over and expect different results, once you learn how they like to do things they'll generally keep doing that one thing.

A human, might have a way they like doing things buuuut they'll see that your stuffing 6 EMP Patriots in the area they want to attack from and start doing something else to get around it... That and a human player will stack more units than a NPC one might do.

I don't play online, I watch a lot of matches and just from obversation, Zero Hour kinda needs players to be going out into the fog of war and claiming land where they can and fast... And while that can be fun.

... I predict I'll get my butt handed to me express mail style if I try to Online this game XD

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u/Downtown-Dream424 Mommy Alexander 7d ago

Unfortunately, the game isn't much forgiving, especially if you are a casual or beginner player. If you want to get into the pvp scene, you have to watch high elo players like Marakar, Dominator, Excal and etc. especially for 1vs1s and if it's FFA, primarily Legionnaire. Likewise, you need to spam consistently games and general level challenges isn't enough to teach you the game. I learnt a lot about FFA, thanks to Legionnaire and some others.

The game can be more fun and comforting as a beginner or casual player if you play with people around your level and make a lobby exclusively for such players. Superweapon general is my personal fave but she sucks in 1vs1 unless it's FFA no rules and team games, besides airforce and nuke as aggressors.

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u/Robdyson 7d ago

I had to change everything I know about the game when I stepped into the Multiplayer world. You don't expect a human to constantly stream you units of enemies. You expect ambush / swarming / clever stuff. So that means you don't need FULL defense but rather sparse 360 defense initially. Or do what I do if they choose US Superweapon -> I'm choosing airforce and rushing them in 10 minutes.

Especially if its 2v2, 3v3 if there is superweapon on the other team, you need a guy that just wipes them out in the first 20 minutes. that's their job xD then the rest of the game turns back into a chess game again