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Hello everyone,
I have been playing this mod for a few months now, under a few different in-game names. I have had a great time playing overall, but the day to day nonsense of *some* of this community has driven me out for now. I have met some really great, respectful, and helpful players. But then again, I have also met some of the biggest you-know-what's I've ever seen. It seems like nine out of ten times I log on and play, I meet some a**hole, get tk'ed, or get hunted down by KaelWindu and the whole GAR. Eventually I end up incredibly mad, and qq like a n00b.
I'll admit usually it is entirely my fault for letting people get to me and getting so mad. I'm not a good player by any standard. In fact, I am probably a pretty terrible player. So, I naturally want to get better at the game, so I can be more competitive and have more fun, right? WRONG! The average veteran of MBII has been around for a number of years, and can recite, from memory, every weapons damage, accuracy, best uses, and so on. He is also (consciously or not) an a**hole to anyone he can easily dispatch. Trying to learn from him without being insulted is like trying to hand-feed a T-rex without losing your arm. Now, it's important to note that not every one is like this, but the nice ones are usually not as verbal as these guys, so they tend to fly under the radar.
The saber combat in this game is a huge selling point. Never has a game captured the feeling of fighting as a Jedi or Sith quite like MBII. Such realism and complexity comes at a high price though. Most noobs suffer due to the steep learning curve of the melee system. I am one such noob. I have tried before to learn and maybe it's just my stupid fingers, but I can't for the life of me, get decent with lightsabers. That's not anyone's fault but mine though. There is however, a problem in the community. There is always a huge lack of help and an over abundance of taunting, name-calling, and unnecessary abuse from the community (in-game more than on the forums). So much in fact, that I am taking a break from this mod. I will undoubtedly be back, as the good times in the game are really special and memorable, but in the end the bad times are so frequent that it's like kicking a dead horse to get the last bits of entertainment out.
Lastly, as happy as I was to hear about the increase of players due to The Force Awakens coming out, I really can't see many of them staying for long. Unless there is a change of mind in the community as a whole, towards helping new players (and no, a video tutorial is simply not enough) I fear this mod will not get the bright future it deserves. I sincerely hope this changes someones mind, and even if it doesn't, it certainly helped me to write it out. I hope to see some change when I come back in a while. Have fun, and git gud everyone.
Sincerely,
A frakin' noob
P.S. I really was banned from AoD in my first month of playing this mod for cussing.
/ragequit_for_now
I have been playing this mod for a few months now, under a few different in-game names. I have had a great time playing overall, but the day to day nonsense of *some* of this community has driven me out for now. I have met some really great, respectful, and helpful players. But then again, I have also met some of the biggest you-know-what's I've ever seen. It seems like nine out of ten times I log on and play, I meet some a**hole, get tk'ed, or get hunted down by KaelWindu and the whole GAR. Eventually I end up incredibly mad, and qq like a n00b.
I'll admit usually it is entirely my fault for letting people get to me and getting so mad. I'm not a good player by any standard. In fact, I am probably a pretty terrible player. So, I naturally want to get better at the game, so I can be more competitive and have more fun, right? WRONG! The average veteran of MBII has been around for a number of years, and can recite, from memory, every weapons damage, accuracy, best uses, and so on. He is also (consciously or not) an a**hole to anyone he can easily dispatch. Trying to learn from him without being insulted is like trying to hand-feed a T-rex without losing your arm. Now, it's important to note that not every one is like this, but the nice ones are usually not as verbal as these guys, so they tend to fly under the radar.
The saber combat in this game is a huge selling point. Never has a game captured the feeling of fighting as a Jedi or Sith quite like MBII. Such realism and complexity comes at a high price though. Most noobs suffer due to the steep learning curve of the melee system. I am one such noob. I have tried before to learn and maybe it's just my stupid fingers, but I can't for the life of me, get decent with lightsabers. That's not anyone's fault but mine though. There is however, a problem in the community. There is always a huge lack of help and an over abundance of taunting, name-calling, and unnecessary abuse from the community (in-game more than on the forums). So much in fact, that I am taking a break from this mod. I will undoubtedly be back, as the good times in the game are really special and memorable, but in the end the bad times are so frequent that it's like kicking a dead horse to get the last bits of entertainment out.
Lastly, as happy as I was to hear about the increase of players due to The Force Awakens coming out, I really can't see many of them staying for long. Unless there is a change of mind in the community as a whole, towards helping new players (and no, a video tutorial is simply not enough) I fear this mod will not get the bright future it deserves. I sincerely hope this changes someones mind, and even if it doesn't, it certainly helped me to write it out. I hope to see some change when I come back in a while. Have fun, and git gud everyone.
Sincerely,
A frakin' noob
P.S. I really was banned from AoD in my first month of playing this mod for cussing.
/ragequit_for_now
