JackBaldy
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chingis_mike said:fetch said:The US Native Warband community is dying and to me it is clear that the reason for this is that the game has such a ridiculously heavy learning curve, that new players get scared away. I almost did.
Bingo. There would have to be far more players and avatar development to streamline expert games from rookie games. For people like me that have real responsibilities in real life, I can't devote a thousand hours to mastering a silly game. Every few weeks I go online for a few games only to find all of the regulars are now that much better than they were 2 weeks ago, and I get further and further behind in skill. There are people that are on here every day it would seem. I can't compete with that, no matter hard I try. Despite how I'm told I should just be having the time of my life getting killed in 30 seconds and then watching a bunch of regulars play for 5 minutes and repeat; this is not fun. When I get a few precious hours to relax and play *I* would actually like to play. How popular would sports be if you had to start out playing against the best players in the world, and just sat on the bench 95% of the time never getting the chance to improve because you are not actually playing?
I understand what you're saying. Mount and Blade: Warband does have a high learning curve, but I think you got a few things mixed up. Play time does not magically equal player skill gained. We're not talking about cRPG where it does actually make you better through skills/attributes and equipment.
Plenty of people play games for long amounts of time, and in the end, they still... suck. I've experienced this in other games. Players that play non-stop, but guess what? They still suck. That's because play time will not automatically and absolutely increase your player skill level. Some people have it, some people don't.
Sure, play time does help a bit (Although not an absolute and it doesn't really hurt either), but lets not pretend that everyone that plays half decently has no life. You can tell yourself that |play time = SkiLLz| if you wish to sleep better at night, but I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that it's false.