Assuming compatibility.... using Quakfx for ao as well as the other more advanced effects then use Reshade for coloring/contrast/bloom/auto exposure would probably be best approach.
Gonna test to see if game functions with both.
(UPDATE):Nah wont work. No existing way I know of to load both. If...
I doubt its possible to learn/get on anything close to equal terms. Been playing for a while and still encounter 4+ people on most servers i have no chance of killing unless I cheese it. (I am a antisocial loser with no possibility of entering a clan or something other.)
For me I stopped playing when:
1: I stopped finding the random shit funny.
2: I spent most of a week doing nothing but trying to learn mb2 dueling before giving up after doing a 1v1 vs a arc around 100 times in a row and getting about 1 kill and 100 deaths.
I had a similiar problem with CSGO...
People just avoid bans and rejoin tking without consequence. Then three people can rage !p me when i kill them accidentally and make me unable to play.