Is this game doomed ?

Heh, I suspected it might be. That makes me rescind most of my complaints regarding the game. The only thing odd, then, is Rovio wanting us to "play as hard as we can" which doesn't sound like a casual game guidance.

Honestly though, I think the biggest problem is that I'm bringing a powergamer mindset to a casual game.

To carry on your boat discussion, I'd map the boats to the traditional gaming categories:

Defender: Tank/Warrior (damage sponge, low damage)
Shooter: Wizard/Archer (fragile, high damage)
Fixer: Healer
Speeder/Enfo: unique to this game but sort of "crowd control" classes like bard/enchanter/etc.

Traditional gaming theory applies. The defender should be out front taking the hits. The shooters and fixers should be clustered behind dealing damage from relative safety. The crowd control classes should be sewing confusion and mayhem among the foe as their capabilities allow.

 

Today I had a match with this dude in my team:

I think that is unfair to play against a MK6 at 1800-1700 Infamy

 

There are way more shooters than other ships from mk1 up unfil 5

 

This game still has so much potential and more and more players are joining every single day.
So I don't think this game is doomed.
Give it time and it'll blossom.
The devs are doing a great job at making this an enjoyable game for all in my opinion.
I think a lot of you just have to stop focusing on the negatives! Sure it's got problems, but they'll be fixed over time.
Just enjoy the game for what it is!
A casual game to play with friends! Win or loose have fun with it

 

If we don't focus on the negatives the game won't be fixed. We have to keep bringing up these problems until they are resolved which will make the game better

 

If you talked to the devs you'd know their working on it, they listen to what we say.
Complaing about something their already trying to fix will only annoy them.
(Sure bring negatives up, but don't focus on them)
The devs work hard. Just give them time to do their work

 

But the Devs don’t tell us what they are working on, they don’t tell us anything at all - that’s where a lot of our frustration comes from - there is zero communication from Rovio except advertisements to spend more money.

 

There is no real way to “coordinate” game play when we cannot communicate in an effective manner with other team mates.

 

Yeah they they could definitely inform us of what their working on.
But I guess they like to surprise us?

 

Hopefully it's a great is surprise...
*Rovio releases 2 new boats*

 

Personally, I’d like to see the agility items - rudder and turret - get their own category so that we don’t have to sacrifice shields and speed for them. Perhaps the creation of an orange item category just for agility items?

 

Then you’ll always be stuck having to play really crappy games.

 

The attitude of “agree to disagree” is what caused Trump to become president of the US. So, I am opposed to that Idea.