What new players need is a way to identify the tipping points of each game and assess how their action or inaction affected it. Like the "phase to x!!!" situation mentioned earlier. The 5 seconds that decide how the the next 10 minutes will play out.
<!--quoteo(post=2033635:date=Nov 24 2012, 11:03 AM:name=fanatic)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (fanatic @ Nov 24 2012, 11:03 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2033635"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->This entire thread is full of fail. The only thing that will "change" player behaviour into the patterns you want, is more experience playing. Strange notion, isn't it, that you actually have to play the game to learn how to do it properly?
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Unfortunately, even if it makes sense to think about it this way, the skill level difference between new and experienced players will be a constant problem if the sales of the game are also constant.
If the game continues to sell well (as UWE is hoping), there will be a constant stream of noobs on pub servers who don't know what they're doing, on both teams. And unfortunately noobs on the marine team seem to have far higher of a negative impact than noobs on the alien team. So while the noob distribution will be equal between teams, that will cause a constant lack of balanced games on pub servers.
The situation will only fix itself in six months if the game stops selling today.
Maybe sales will drop in six months and most people who aren't serious about playing the game will drop out, and the problem will be less pronounced. But it'll still be there.
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Wait six months and the problem will not be nearly as bad as you perceive it to be now.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Unfortunately, even if it makes sense to think about it this way, the skill level difference between new and experienced players will be a constant problem if the sales of the game are also constant.
If the game continues to sell well (as UWE is hoping), there will be a constant stream of noobs on pub servers who don't know what they're doing, on both teams. And unfortunately noobs on the marine team seem to have far higher of a negative impact than noobs on the alien team. So while the noob distribution will be equal between teams, that will cause a constant lack of balanced games on pub servers.
The situation will only fix itself in six months if the game stops selling today.
Maybe sales will drop in six months and most people who aren't serious about playing the game will drop out, and the problem will be less pronounced. But it'll still be there.
<!--quoteo(post=2033583:date=Nov 24 2012, 09:11 AM:name=fadeoutrazorfen)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (fadeoutrazorfen @ Nov 24 2012, 09:11 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2033583"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVqWyC5ai50" target="_blank">Hitler plays Natural Selection 2</a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
ILOLd. Well done. It's funny because it's true :-) .