Hi all, I'm not sure I'm legit engouh to post here: I really suck at sc, although I love it. I first played when vanilla was released, and a couple of years after FA. Took a long break, and now I'm back, and happy to be.

What is intimidating when returning is that you don't feel part of the community easily, although FAF and the team running it are quite amazing.
Of course, the learning curve is steep, this is a demanding but rewarding game. But when you play a custom game, more guys play to win, and forget about the fun. When you enter a game and say "hi", often enough no one answer... Too bad.
About the game itself, hard to know why 90% of newcomers leave... many of you have good ideas about what could make more stay !
Having played less than 100 games, I would like to have access to a more "structured" lobby: what is a "noob" now ?? is means nothing anymore ! Hard to find a game where your actual rating is representative of what's gonna happen ingame.
Anyway, thanks for the good work, and for keeping sc alive

@amygdala ok sorry didn't know, thanks for your answer

hi there,

since last update, I have the same problem: when in the custom games lobby, I have the same map showing on the right part of the screen (seton here), which is not the map in the left preview
for instance here, whatever game I click onto, I still have seton's image... sometimes, I can't even see the name of players waiting in the lobby, the small square behind the map details is just empty on the right !
never had this before, is there a solution and does it happen to anyone else ??

@ctrl-k thanks for your answer

well for the first two, as I said, it can be a big helper for bad players like me, I understand it may look awkward for peolpe with more practice of supcom

• as it's already been said, having an audio alarm when power stall is about to happen is nice, but also when you overflow mass and/or energy ? could help very bad players like me...

• same when a factory goes idle, and when your acu is really low on hp, like 2 or 3k hp...

• having engies on reclaim prioritizing high value items would also be a great improvement

• I suck at 20x20 maps, so when chosing which custom game to join, having the size of the map displayed could help...

@etfreeman oh it's true, I'm still confused sometimes about that cloak and stealth stuff.. thanks

@thomashiatt thanks

@etfreeman said in about 1v1 ladder and fire beetle:

make stealth field and delete aeon t2 army when he is pushing you, for example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIDYryiuNzw

ok thanks for the vid, but I thought the fb were cloaked ??! I am wrong ?

@thewheelie said in about 1v1 ladder and fire beetle:

Beetles can be used when mixed in big t1/t2 armies. The t1/t2 tanks can tank for the beetles while they get close.

You can also use them as some cheap mid/lategame raiding tool like sniping shields, fabs, clumps of engies, etc.

Beetles are terrible at acu snipes so you shouldnt try to do that. They also get crushed insanely hard by pds

well thanks for your detailled answer
I saw yesterday a youtube vid with jagged appliance was making some good use of fire beetles...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAiyFS-6zuQ

(the 2v2 isis fight)

quite inspiring I must say

ok thanks for your answers guys

I thought that beetle drop on an acu was not effective anymore... I'll still try anyway !

from what you say, I guess I can't use them to break a shielded turtle with a few t2 pd inside ?

hi there,

I wanted to invite a friend of mine to play a 1v1 ladder match, but i'm not sure if that's possible... I only managed to team up with him for a 2v2 ladder... can someone help me out ?

also, playing as a cybran, I'd like to know if there is a tactic to make fire beetles useful ?
I just can't do nothing with them, they get crushed all the time before they hit any target

do you know of some vid or tutorial that explains how to play them, unless they're completely out of the game, due the latest patches...
thanks for your help anyway