Well, I prefer the new system. I had an rank 5 account before, which I deleted out of rage when the new battle system was introduced. (Because the game became very unbalanced at that time). But after the Unit stat tweaking and the new Updates I see no reason why we should go back to the old system. Because people used to the old system can't get used to the new one? Or is it like a nostalgia thing? Back in those days everything was better?
You say that the player wins who has more land now. Yeah, well, that was the same on the old systemm wasn't it? At least that was my expierence. More reinforcements and more money. Thats something that didn't change.
Also it's only partially true. As (mostly) MoS player I defeated many people which had an advantage by land, but lost because I took some unexpected route with the subs/marines, or just because they didn't really have a concept on how to defend, or didn't expect me. Also I lost games while having more land because I was unable to find a way to stop the enemy. Especially Sky Menace turned out to be a pain in the ass for me. (Also playing against learster results in a instant loss for me )
I don't really play defensive, but why would play defensive in this game? How are you going to win? Once you are in a defensive position and the attacker launches wave after wave, you can't do much anymore. It's very hard to be in a defensive position and start a succesfull counterattack.
And please explain how does luck make this game any better? If I attack an enemy I want the chances to win the battle to be fair and not to be based on luck.
Whoever says there is a decreasing number of players seems to play at the wrong time of the day or is just blind. I see a lot of low ranked players and at the right time there are a lot of games up.
When I had my old account (January/February) there has been about 7000 registered players. Now it's 8500. How is it possible when the game became so bad and unfriendly for starters? Also after I deleted my other accound I also had to start from 0. I didn't think it was that hard. Of course you lose a few games as starter, but it's a multiplayer game. You play against more expierenced players as starter and lose, you can't expect anything else. Are you going to rock every Counter Strike, Call of Duty, Starcraft or <Insert Game here> server as a starter? Yeah, right, sure you do.
You have to admit two things: Learster is one of the professional players and maybe you don't handle with your guerrilla. I wonder why players like Lioda, MarcJr, Sificvoid, Gigglin, Learster they don't complain because the new battle system. So i think the new battle system is fine.