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Wikd Thots said:
What part of "NO I do not want to hear that mp is the answer" do you people not understand? I HAVE played MP! I know what it is good for. And I plan to play it much more.
But I want to experiment with tactics and things without quitting an mp game as soon as I figure out that it was a bust. Or hear from the experts here "why did you do that"? I've seen some of the comments here and I don't care to play with some people until I have had a chance to experiment some more. The only alternative seems to be to listen to the trashers and do whatever they say is best.
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Sorry to hear you are getting 'trashed' in MP for being noobish. If an expert was to ask me, "Why did you do that?", I wouldn't be offended. The answer is "Because I thought it would work. Did I forget to mention that I'm a noob?"
I've found that the experienced players have been willing to give me good advice. And this is even in a game where I eventually may end up as their opponent. I've also seen experienced players give out strategic advice to other players when a game they are in is being set up.
In my opinion, the AI is already good enough to get an idea whether or not your overall strategy (bless, scales, SC pretender, whatever) is broken or worth a try. And a strategy that is 'worth a try' may still be broken in MP, but there's only one way you are going to find out.
For tactical experiments, I love the Mini_v3.map and have several versions of it now for trying out tactics and simulating battles. You need to play both sides to set up the unit's battle orders correctly, of course. Edi's spreadsheets will give you all the IDs you need to set up any matchup. You can even play a full game hotseat against yourself if there's something you need to test that the Mini map won't do.
When your MP games go 'bust', you might want to just keep playing until you are dead, instead of quitting. The point of the game for me is playing, not winning. If you are expecting to win when you are playing against 8 other human players, then I think you are just setting yourself up to be disappointed.
If there are specific people that you do not have fun playing with, then host your own game. There's nothing wrong with telling someone you'd prefer they did not join your game, if you did not enjoy playing with them in a previous game. Keep looking and I'm sure you will find some people you can have fun playing with!