• BO advantages can be massive and can be caused through BO whoring or just dumb luck (both players improvise BO, but one happens to get a good BO by chance, or happens to win the rock-paper-scissor mechanics BOs can have in 1v1: aggressive vs greed vs passive)

• "Minor" (non-)interactions like a lab finding an engineer VS missing it, a bomber only barely grazing past ur scout's radar range and proceeding to do game-winning damage, an interceptor losing a 1v1 to another interceptor, a transport only barely (not) landing, or a proxy that went unscouted for a little too long, can cause massive impacts on the game. This makes earlygame sometimes come down to pure luck

I enjoy 1v1 once it gets past minute 5-8 with even odds. Sadly this occurs very rarely and it can be seen from the fact that tons of the semi-competent ladder replays are around 15 minutes in duration (and this is ignoring time added by players continuing to play in a lost position)

@mach said in How come you don't play ladder?:

teamgames provide stability for game to get played to its fuller potential unless you are a pro that can do all of this solo while having fun doing it, it kind of seems you need to have "minimum mastery over the game" to be able to enjoy 1v1, and it seems pretty high

i agree with this too. im ~2k in 1v1 and I can only play close to full potential on 10km. Playing 15km or larger makes me feel like I'm doing a terrible job at everything. It also increases the odds of these minor interactions with potentially massive results that i was talking about earlier.
That's just personal preference though, and i do not suggest removing >10km maps from ladder.

@giebmasse said in Username rules updates:

Are homophobic, racist, political, or otherwise offensive

Can I have a mod statement about IndexLibrorum's use of words in the Discord server? Shouldn't rules regarding homophobia, racism, or otherwise offensive words be consistent in anything FAF-related?

I hear @Strydxr received a warning for a man in a gif lip-reading the n-word. That is, the man supposedly said, or looked like he was saying the n-word in the gif, but the n-word itself was not mentioned anywhere.

Yet... this is okay?

The apostrophes do not remove the meaning from the words.
There's more instances of this, by the way.

Delete this message if you like for whatever reason. Just apprehend your moderators first. I've also not seen or heard anyone but the moderator team complain about renames by the way. Most people think it's pretty funny, so the other changes are just taking away the fun that can be had with renames.

I used to enjoy watching upsets in ladder and seeing if someone had gained a large amount of rating since last checked. I have no idea where between 1700-1900 these two players place. The leagues tell me next to nothing.

I think I heard this change was made to reduce complaints regarding "odd" rating changes, but this just isn't it

Cybran engineers/acus with T3 build suite have the ED4 shield available to them, which can be upgraded to ED5, but either one of them are awful.
Aeon 18k HP 2400 mass
UEF 17k HP 3300 mass
Sera 21k HP 3600 mass
Cybran 16.5k HP 4260 mass (or 13k HP 2460 mass)

This is either way too weak for its mass cost or way too expensive for its shield HP. To keep in line with cybran shielding being weaker (like in T2), I'd suggest making ED5 the main blueprint for T3 buildpower and reducing the build costs for ED5.

this is the simple solution, alternatively you could rework all of cybran shield's phases because as it stands now, upgrading them is a massive scam

Chrono Dampener was nerfed recently, but I don't think it was enough. I couldn't even tell you what was changed about it because it's still broken.

The issue with Chrono is not directly the frequency or duration of the stun, but the fact that the stun will bring units to an immediate standstill. After the stun expires, the unit movement speed will be 0, and it has to reaccelerate to its max speed, which can take a second or two. Sadly at this point the next stun will have hit, bringing the movement speed back down to 0.

So, not only does Chrono stun units, it also significantly slows them down. This makes chrono extremely powerful (basically unkillable) when the ACU is retreating. I believe the best two fixes would be, in order of preference:

• Allow units to keep their momentum after being stunned
• Reduce the frequency, but increase the duration of stuns to allow units to get back to their maximum speed, and maintain it for a longer period of time

lotta text that i aint reading but i very very much prefer the old factory looks, especially HQs
if it is not possible to make them look like that with better shading/animations, then i'd prefer there be no shading/animations and we keep the old models

@TheCodemander I don't think you could've missed my point harder. Well done.

mapgen only 1v1 will just make people bored of mapgen too. after a dozen games u start to realise mapgen isn't all that diverse either

Can a downvote button be implemented?

@h-master I consider Dual Gap an interesting and dynamic map in the sense that many different strategies can lead to victory. As opposed to most other maps, Dual Gap does not have a defined meta. Ask a group of random Dual Gap players their favourite playstyle, and you'll be surprised with the variety in their responses that aren't simply ecoing up. If the players co-operate, they can easily beat the "stale Dual Gap eco meta" with quick T2 air plays into the main bases. Furthermore, strat rush, nuke rush, notha rush and t3 arty rush are examples of more strategies that can be found on Dual Gap. Not only this, but standard land pushes through middle (which can be done in many different ways) have shown to be exceedingly successful, along with attempting to attain naval domination and destroying the turtle bases from the sea.

Compare this to the generic t1/t2 spam + gun ACU gameplay you'll find on the more generally "accepted" teamgame maps, like Wonder, Canis, Hilly Plateau, and Pyramid. You'll find that Dual Gap is infinitely more interesting than whatever else everyone plays.

Not sure where to ask this, but is anyone able to explain why my bricks can't see underwater mex on this map? min ~28-29
https://replay.faforever.com/25024094
They can see them just fine on flooded tabula rasa for example

Just thought this was... particular

Bring back 5x5! (But only some of them)

@magge thank you

The problem might not be a lack of structure, but a lack of perceived accessibility and transparency. If people don't know how to appeal decisions, who to contact, or how moderation decisions are reviewed, then in practice, those systems might as well not exist for them. Saying "you can talk to the board" isn't helpful if that process isn’t clearly laid out, regularly reinforced, or seen as responsive. Similarly, internal oversight only matters if there’s external confidence in it.

Rather than setting up a new committee, it might be more effective to focus on improving the visibility and communication of existing systems. For example:
– Publish anonymized summaries of significant or contentious moderation decisions, including explanations of why a particular ruling was made.
– Share regular moderation activity reports publicly, not just to the board.
– Make escalation procedures clearer and more accessible.
– Consider having someone serve as a liaison or ombudsperson—someone neutral that people can approach with concerns that aren’t suited for the appeal system.

None of this requires changing the authority of the moderation team or creating more bureaucracy. It’s just about showing, clearly and consistently, that the systems already in place are being used fairly and responsibly.

is it tomorrow yet

ACU cosmetics and emotes

Hello please stop flooding the tournament thread

@demonstreamer666 https://forum.faforever.com/topic/9092/2025-spring-invitational-open-qualifier/21

I think especially stealth boats are awful because frigates have great aa so even with a scout stream you'll see very little, and only for a split second.
Here's me unable to see cybran navy even with up to 4 air facs spamming scouts, resulting in the crazy situation where I end up having to use a t3 air scout stream:
https://replay.faforever.com/24700304

At some points you may think "why didn't he go in he had more???" or "why did he allow this fight he had less???"

1. For all I know there's a stealth boat hiding 5 destroyers
2. I can't see what he has in totality which is a very important factor in deciding when to fight, and if opponent decides to shift g his army into you you have a limited time window to react, and that time window can just not exist if you can't see the navy

now compare that to how often i made splash gun or lazer in tmm in the last year!