I dislike how everyone says AW is too tough to learn.

Honestly, I don't see how it's tough at all.

I'm no pro, but when I joined I was clueless enough to never use defensive lines and use the strat Tank Gen., had no clue about using order while attacking, I was basically completely a failure, yet I started off the game going 12-8. Why? Because more than 3/4 of this game is common sense. If you honestly can't figure out that tanks on offense and infantry on defense while attacking places that look strong, then I don't see how you could ever learn to play AW.

Wr1tt3n by goodnames679, 27.11.2011 at 18:16

Honestly, I don't see how it's tough at all.

I'm no pro, but when I joined I was clueless enough to never use defensive lines and use the strat Tank Gen., had no clue about using order while attacking, I was basically completely a failure, yet I started off the game going 12-8. Why? Because more than 3/4 of this game is common sense. If you honestly can't figure out that tanks on offense and infantry on defense while attacking places that look strong, then I don't see how you could ever learn to play AW.

Because the only people who still play afterwind are vets or are good, and the newbies get killed easily by them.

I suck, and I'm still going positive...

I agree. There are a few key things missing from the tutorial though.

For example, did you know that you can move troops by clicking on their icons in the recruitment window? I hope I just saved everyone a lot of frustration!

I myself only discovered unit order recently though I still think the way it works is quite weird. I won't go into detail here.

The main reason people find it hard is due to what Gardevoir said. Another I believe is that the tutorial assumes the player has previous knowledge of strategy games and their concepts. Sure, most of the players that come here have played these before though it never hurts to involve the less-experienced players more into how strategy games generally play.

You may have noticed with a lot of commercial titles for instance (such as Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War: Soulstorm) that the tutorial mouseover says "if you haven't played a strategy game before, you should play through this first" or something along those lines. Considering how many people even here think COD is the apogee of developments in gaming, maybe we should educate them better about the basic concepts of strategy games like the need to balance income and spending of your money, types of unit, what factors affect them etcetera.

What's with me and walls of text today...

We should get every new account to make IF their default strat, they would win 100% of the time

Wr1tt3n by Froot, 27.11.2011 at 19:03

We should get every new account to make IF their default strat, they would win 100% of the time

not that hard to beat an IF germany whos rank 0

Wr1tt3n by FaLLenXH3R0ESx, 27.11.2011 at 21:24

Wr1tt3n by Froot, 27.11.2011 at 19:03

We should get every new account to make IF their default strat, they would win 100% of the time

not that hard to beat an IF germany whos rank 0

giving them invincible units sounds fair enough

Wr1tt3n by Froot, 27.11.2011 at 22:10

Wr1tt3n by FaLLenXH3R0ESx, 27.11.2011 at 21:24

Wr1tt3n by Froot, 27.11.2011 at 19:03

We should get every new account to make IF their default strat, they would win 100% of the time

not that hard to beat an IF germany whos rank 0

giving them invincible units sounds fair enough

you're funny, adding units is not fair at all , they can't get special treat just because they are new , they should be taught , but not get points for being new.

Wr1tt3n by xn0ize, 28.11.2011 at 03:44

Wr1tt3n by Froot, 27.11.2011 at 22:10

Wr1tt3n by FaLLenXH3R0ESx, 27.11.2011 at 21:24

Wr1tt3n by Froot, 27.11.2011 at 19:03

We should get every new account to make IF their default strat, they would win 100% of the time

not that hard to beat an IF germany whos rank 0

giving them invincible units sounds fair enough

you're funny, adding units is not fair at all , they can't get special treat just because they are new , they should be taught , but not get points for being new.

are you not following the joke at all? IF = invincible units

IF = good when used by good players who know how the strategy works.
theyre not invincible... not at all.

I would only judge IF if I acually had it.

YGMG (Young Generation Music Group)

Wr1tt3n by Guest, 05.12.2011 at 09:36

IF = good when used by good players who know how the strategy works.
theyre not invincible... not at all.

are you joking? please refer to the IF is overpowered thread in suggestions. otherwise you just sound dumb sry

Wr1tt3n by VAGlNEER 2.0, 06.12.2011 at 00:16

Wr1tt3n by Guest, 05.12.2011 at 09:36

IF = good when used by good players who know how the strategy works.
theyre not invincible... not at all.

are you joking? please refer to the IF is overpowered thread in suggestions. otherwise you just sound dumb sry

I was referring to the guy who said IF = invincible troops. Please get your shit together.

Wr1tt3n by Guest, 06.12.2011 at 02:40

Wr1tt3n by VAGlNEER 2.0, 06.12.2011 at 00:16

Wr1tt3n by Guest, 05.12.2011 at 09:36

IF = good when used by good players who know how the strategy works.
theyre not invincible... not at all.

are you joking? please refer to the IF is overpowered thread in suggestions. otherwise you just sound dumb sry

I was referring to the guy who said IF = invincible troops. Please get your shit together.

They are practically invincible. Read up on the HP system and you'll see why these units are almost invincible