It's funny how a piece of software this good is so under appreciated.
The suggestion to mail shot all forum members is a great idea, sharing videos, positive reviews, helping new players this all helps too. We all want to see this game grow and evolve far into the future, because we all want to experience what this dev team can do with this incredible concept , and wage war on other obscure battlefields, for those selfish reasons go forth spread the word.
Well so good is subjective. A 14 year old thinks COD is great. Clearly they have no taste and are insane. But I do not have ADHD. PTSD maybe, but not that one.
These games are fighting other main streams perception of digital combat. Which are all generally pretty wrong on every count. So suddenly you have something that is trying to not be like that and some gamer dude is totally out of their depth. Which is a good thing, or was. With cookie cutter games everywhere and dumbing down of games for retards how do you reach those folks that DO want this sort of thing. If they are even still looking or just gave up. I mean I just look at myself here. I buy fewer and fewer games as I get older. Its not that I do not like games. its that they are freaking horrible. They are often brain dead no challenge waste of time crap. I can think of 2 games that really past my muster as good, entertaining brain games (well in things I like), GT stuff and Kerbal Space program, which really rocks. That is by no means to say that there are not others. But my personal stand outs. I was really impressed with DCS stuff. but then, OMG did I have a run in with a technical issue that turned into a pissing match with one of their goons. Massive turn off. And no sense of humor that guy. What is life like being a flat affect wanker? Or DCS, how to piss off your fans in 3 seconds.
I am still pissed off that Fallout 4, the only main stream thing I was looking forward too, was stupid easy give me. Ended up not finishing it as I became a god of death and no point any more.
So how do you change perceptions of what a game like this should be when folks can not seem to adapt, no not want a challenge, and are fighting years of bias from games that say they are "realistic", but are about as far away as you can get? But for a developer. when your time in the military, oh wait... I mean watching the discovery channel does not conform with other games you have played, your realistic is pretty far away from mine. That is not to say you have to have been in a military, gone to war and all that. You do not. But you need to really spend the time and get "it". And not simply regurgitate command and conquer formula with your ideas on realistic. To not even look at simple stats on like, numbers of rounds expended for number of casualties produced and then turn around and say this that these little soldiers should should hit 99 percent of the time sort of wacko. Or if an FPS, look at manufactures claim of accuracy of a firearm. Then stick in its claimed MOA and that is the accuracy you get in game. which btw, is stuck in a random rest, bolted to table, with cherry picked ammo, and all human factors taken out. Now give it to a private in an army, even a well trained one in a 1st rate army. Then throw in combat. No, he not shooting 1.5 MOA. He is shooting like 4000 MOA. And will expend insane amounts of ammo to produce few to no enemy hit. But you dont get that in even "realistic" FPS games. Even when a developer tries the players revolt. Say crazy crap like this is not realistic. Even when combat vets go, yes it is and its even more forgiving than reality. How do you fight this?
Just random thoughts, sorry.,