The entry level requirements for this game just aren't what they used to be where any casual player could enter and have a meaningful experience alongside other players. Now the game and its various servers are dominated by veteran outfits that dictate the flow of the game at everybody else's expense.

With the introduction of A.S.P. (end game upgrades), infantry Implants, construction and outfit specific abilities (the latest being the Bastion orbital vehicle) the devs have continued down a path of dividing veteran players from the general population and the result has been a pathetic capacity to retain players and a decent population. Alienating newer players who suffer on the receiving end of this late game content.

In an effort to try and appease existing veterans to stick around the devs have been introducing more content specifically for them at the expense of newer players. A player without battle Rank 100+ A.S.P. upgrades, implants, vehicle upgrades or access to outfit/construction abilities is just a bug on the windshield for other players that really shouldn't dictate the play as much as they do now, certainly not in such an unfair capacity if this game is to ever have any kind of continued longevity. Some examples of this unfairness include abilities like being able to equip two primary weapons rather than a secondary sidearm, which has further compounding impact with class upgrades like the Infiltrators powerful Stalker cloak which ordinarily limits you to a mere sidearm but can now be played with significantly greater potential.

Add to that the relatively recent force move to DX11 that has performance bottlenecked the game for many players that could previously get much better performance on older machines. This game has the unfortunate engine symptom of locking ones weapons rate of fire to their computers frame rate, should it [RoF] be higher than the frame rate. Previously where i played the game on high i now have to play it on low and still get latency issues that limit my output and this leads to very frustrating infantry dual experiences on top of the existing battle against late game content.

I cannot with good conscience recommend this game to isolated newer players or even either veteran players below BR 80 and/or those who previously played on servers that now have lesser veteran outfit presence than the other factions. Such as NC on Cobalt whose lack of veteran outfits leads them to consistently get farmed. Even if previously i have personally had many good hundreds if not thousands of hours in this game and would have recommended this game at that time; and with the increased population due to pandemic lockdown keeping people online i have to recommend the game in its current state and not what it used to be years ago even in spite of its many other improvements to the base game play.

The entry level requirements for this game just aren't what they used to be where any casual player could enter and have a meaningful experience alongside other players. Now the game and its various servers are dominated by veteran outfits that dictate the flow of the game at everybody else's expense. With the introduction of A.S.P. (end game upgrades), infantry Implants, construction and outfit specific abilities (the latest being the Bastion orbital vehicle) the devs have continued down a path of dividing veteran players from the general population and the result has been a pathetic capacity to retain players and a decent population. Alienating newer players who suffer on the receiving end of this late game content. In an effort to try and appease existing veterans to stick around the devs have been introducing more content specifically for them at the expense of newer players. A player without battle Rank 100+ A.S.P. upgrades, implants, vehicle upgrades or access to outfit/construction abilities is just a bug on the windshield for other players that really shouldn't dictate the play as much as they do now, certainly not in such an unfair capacity if this game is to ever have any kind of continued longevity. Some examples of this unfairness include abilities like being able to equip two primary weapons rather than a secondary sidearm, which has further compounding impact with class upgrades like the Infiltrators powerful Stalker cloak which ordinarily limits you to a mere sidearm but can now be played with significantly greater potential. Add to that the relatively recent force move to DX11 that has performance bottlenecked the game for many players that could previously get much better performance on older machines. This game has the unfortunate engine symptom of locking ones weapons rate of fire to their computers frame rate, should it [RoF] be higher than the frame rate. Previously where i played the game on high i now have to play it on low and still get latency issues that limit my output and this leads to very frustrating infantry dual experiences on top of the existing battle against late game content. I cannot with good conscience recommend this game to isolated newer players or even either veteran players below BR 80 and/or those who previously played on servers that now have lesser veteran outfit presence than the other factions. Such as NC on Cobalt whose lack of veteran outfits leads them to consistently get farmed. Even if previously i have personally had many good hundreds if not thousands of hours in this game and would have recommended this game at that time; and with the increased population due to pandemic lockdown keeping people online i have to recommend the game in its current state and not what it used to be years ago even in spite of its many other improvements to the base game play.