I've been playing for about 7 days now and got moved to Intermediate 1 last night. Upon logging in, I received a message stating that since I'm now inter, I will be banned for playing on Newbie servers.
I must admit, I feel like a newb, act like a newb, and likely play like one too, and would still benefit from the newb servers. Specifically, commanding. I commanded 2 games on the newbie server, I learned a lot about the game by doing so, and I don't feel there is a better place to do it. Not to mention the respect I earned for what it takes to do so...
1. I can command without a huge expectation from anyone on the server
2. Being a newb myself, I can pass along anything I've learned to the "newer" newbs
3. I can take plenty of time to explore the tech tree without much sacrifice to the gameplay.
I realize I could start my own session, but let's be realistic, I wouldn't be able to accomplish any of the 3 items listed above. Being new, I feel as follows... You start out on the newb zone, command a game or two, grab a fighter or a scout, put around and get a feel for the game. Then all of a sudden poof, you're intermediate. Not much to do other than going a main server game and follow along, without much chance to command without severe bashing, expectation or nagging. Then your a vet, where there is somewhat of an expectation that if you were to comm... you could, but likely can't, hence there aren't many commanders out there in general.
In a nutshell, I realize not everyone *wants* to comm, but if you did, what would you do during this middle era to accomplish climbing the ladder? Thoughts? Is the intermediate restriction a bit though in your opinion?
Much of this came from the fact that I grabbed a bomber 2 days ago in a Main server game, I exiting the base, hit F3 to take a peek at the surroundings, and within 15 seconds I received "holy &%*# who gave the newb the bbr, and poof I was booted from the server. Nice attitude... I mean, I only had 9 base kills the game before?! So, forget commanding, apparently, I can't comm or bomb on a main game, and I can't play on a newb server either. I think an Intermediate only server is going too far. All this in 30 hours of game play!? There is quite a blend of those willing to help/support newbs, and there is also quite a few folks who can't wait to make comments like "i'm so tired of newbs
". Unfortunetly the latter sticks with you more in terms of opinion. I'd recommend this game to anyone who can "Take the beats and still enjoy themselves" to be honest.
