how do i make game interesting?

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I’ll just say it. CM at the moment for me is boring. I remember recently rush to get on after getting home from doing stuff, and pick runner. And years ago, I used to be maining corpsman, runner, ravager and Doctor. But in both instances, I have found myself just not getting on anymore, or at the very least, doubting if I even WANT to get on the game. Some may know me as RA-XX, or more rarely, Candon ‘Fisherman’ Cox, the runner/lurker who dies 6 times in one match from wanting to harass marines too much, or the marine who often picks CL or field doctor.

It’s difficult to pinpoint WHY i feel bored. Maybe it’s the Xeno gameplay, getting outsmarted by a better player, and slowly exhausting myself to the point I’m basically sweating, which I really don’t like. Or maybe it’s the Marine gameplay, mindlessly going into the front, barely shooting my gun if It doesn’t have IFF, in fear of accidentally shooting my teammates, while also trying to multitask communications and positioning myself properly. And for the passive roles like CL or Cargo Tech, I’ve found myself bored, constantly tabbing out or doom scrolling on my phone

Some may suggest “Why not go for a whitelist role”. I could go for Synthetic, but then I’d have to try and figure out a gimmick that can be actually original, separate from the others that distinguish themselves individually. I could go for a fax responder, but then I’d have to grind for hours on roles that I don’t feel passionate about, and will only tire myself out. I could go for Predator, but then I’d have to constantly play passively, out of fear of breaking the Honor Code unknowingly. I guess some of these reasons can just be summed up to laziness and fear of messing up.

CM isn’t for everyone, people come and go. I’ve seen people who were very popular among the community leave out of issues that are out of their hand, or simply just from exhaustion.

As I write this, I’m second guessing myself if I should even post this, and I’m not entirely sure why, I guess just to get this off my chest, as I truly like CM and it’s community, so I hope you understand.

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There is good fun to be had in playing a character you would not normally. IE: quirks you would not typically do, or something fresh.

Try unusual builds.

Get into CIC

try surv

OOC challenges.

There is a few things you can try

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  1. Take a break for a couple of weeks/months
  2. Play with friends/people you like
  3. Try other roles, such as weapons specialist
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This is something, that might work for anyone feeling the same way, about many different things in life.

Ask yourself…

I am having fun? If not, go do something else.

It is that way in life, you could try new things and whatever, but everything needs to come out from you. Perhaps you simply need time, perhaps you need a change of pace. Try other games, enjoy yourself, find something fun. It doesn’t need to be CM exactly. It doesn’t need to be SS13.

Do things you consider fun, not seeking what made you have fun yesterday, but what makes you have fun today.

It happens to me all the time, I play CM religiously for 1-2 months and then, I suddenly stop one day, just for 6 months to a year to go by and I am back again.

It happened to me with many games and hobbies.

Just do what you find fun/love and enjoy yourself. Don’t force yourself into things.

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Take a break.

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Accept that you’ve burned out, and play something else.

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there is no shame in just not playing the game for a while (or in a perfect world, at all)

because, lets face it, we are currently on the downward curve of the server cycle

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now you can either thug it out and wait till the game gets gud (not recommended, might take forever)

or play a game you actually enjoy spending time on :+1:

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play another game

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CM is just a game

Everyone gets bored of games eventually

Take a break

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A fun exercise is to become a page collector (see if you can collect all the rule breaks before being permabanned)

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you stop playing for 2-4 months.

go play foxhole or other milsim

then come back with a new update from devs

i havent played in probably 1-2 weeks now but i still check forums.

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You are winning to much in the game, you gotta start losing, because “losing is funTM”

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379579843_The_Fun_Imperative_During_Learning_A_Neuroscientific_Perspective

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That called metagame

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I was in the same situation until I started playing rifleman. Maybe try that

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All the advice above is excellent

But if you’re still looking to play and hoping to be near the front, I’d recommend trying ftl or sl and using CAS. Then YOU don’t have to worry about ff cause the pilot does the ffshooting for you! And there’s always the rare chance you OB the front, which can be amusing

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Roll MT and embrace the chaos. We need more soldiers in the war against MPs.

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  1. Pick up the Mou-53 shotgun (it has infinite content)
  2. Take binoculars (without this ur awareness is trash)
  3. Take MD if you struggle with lurkers
  4. Practice movement + positioning + spacing, click + keybind accuracy, spatial + situational awareness, game sense + knowledge, teamwork (and other assorted counterplay)

or take a break. This isn’t the type of game you play every day. Things like medical, permadeath, and fob siege are aspects of the game that make it impossible to play bad rounds, since it’s emotionally taxing to deal with. U can ignore it and say its ok but it will eventually catch up and burn u the fuck out if u aren’t mentally prepared for it beforehand.

or put more time in, if you play runner roundstart - ALWAYS fight survs. If u don’t fight survs ur gonna have a much harder time getting good at solo rouny just because the risk vs ppl with actual gear is much higher. As for team rouny, make friends - it’s not the most group awesome role but it relies a lot on others if there’s no solo enemies, and with groups or allies (even simple teamwork just playing around others) makes u 9 times more effective as any caste. Follow lurkers around, follow acid rounys around, they love the support. It’s good to do risky things as rouny, that means your getting better as you make more and more mistakes and get in those situations that you want to get good at and understand and become a better player and have more fun doing the hyper aggressive situations you want to do. It’s hard to be mad at the game and say it’s unfun when u die in a fair way that you can improve on easily, pushing your limits is fun as a result.

Or play acid rouny. It dies less and has more opportunities because of its group-focused playstyle and strengths.

But yeh just take a break. You will come back with a clearer head and if you want to enjoy the game a lot of it is just A) not playing a lot, embracing the roleplay and friends u make or B) learning the game thru trial and error until you get good enough that it’s fun (which isnt as far as you might think, just get a platinum or prime medal in a role/caste and u will see)

But it do depend also on how laggy u are. Lower ping players have an advantage in every way. So it might take a lot longer to get good if u have bad ping.
But its still fun either way its just a fun game

Dont think too hard about it, burnout is everywhere in life and its important to be aware of how u feel about hobbies

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You should post a cryopost and wait like 2 weeks before playing. Worked for me

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As everyone else said, take a break or queue with your friends & decide on discord what fun thing you’ll be doing that round. There’s a bunch of games coming out in the run-up to Christmas and there’ll be big sales.

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Play req, be the devil marines fear but needed.

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