What Games Speed Are You Comfortable With

[sphyrth]

In My RA2 games, I max out the game speed (x6). In 0 A.D., I might go with x2. How about you guys?

[causative]

Play normal speed (1x).

There is plenty to pay attention to in 0 A.D. at 1x speed.  If you play on a higher speed, you'll miss out on it.

Good players who choose to boom their economy can reach age III with around 120 population by 12 minutes into the game, starting from low resources without treasures.  If you can't do that yet, then there is still plenty for you to click on and look at, at 1x speed.

Edited July 4, 2016 by causative

[wowgetoffyourcellphone]

1.25x is comfortable speed for me

 1x is realistic but feels slow. More than 1.25x feels too fast and unrealism creeps in.

[niektb]

Normally play at 1x but 0.75x is nicer to me (feels a bit more like the old alphas)

[Alekusu]

0.75x when I try to find new detailed build order in solo games (this is actually my favorite part of RTS)

1.25x to train the above build orders 

1.00x the rest of the time

Edited July 4, 2016 by Alekusu

[sphyrth]

Thanks guys! So basically you guys favor normal or slower-paced games. I'll be adjusting to that now.

[Palaxin]

To be honest I often choose one of the slowest game speeds. I play the game more for optimizations (e.g. winning without losing a single unit) than just for fun and I'm really bad at multitasking. This is also the reason why I don't really play multiplayer (observing is interesting though). It's like a kind of chess where more time to think and react leads to less errors.

0.1x for pure optimization (and unit microing during a huge battle)
0.25x when building up economy
0.5x for late game when everything is set up and no huge threats can be expected

0.75x feels like the most realistic game speed to me
 

Edited July 4, 2016 by Palaxin

[andy5995]

On 7/4/2016 at 5:06 AM, Palaxin said:

To be honest I often choose one of the slowest game speeds. I play the game more for optimizations (e.g. winning without losing a single unit) than just for fun and I'm really bad at multitasking. This is also the reason why I don't really play multiplayer (observing is interesting though). It's like a kind of chess where more time to think and react leads to less errors.[...]

 

I'm not very good at multi-tasking either. At least, not nearly as good as other RTS players. I've only played the game at 1x so far, and have played several multi-player games. I'm 5 (losses) for 5 in 1v1 matches.

[Lion.Kanzen]

0.5x and 0.1x

I starting low in the early.

[jonbaer]

1x when I play solo, and 25-40x when I have 2 AIs going head to head.  Only one thing I wish I could do is swap out the soundtrack during longer form games.

[DanCar]

I like strategic thinking.  I typically play at 0.1x.

[sphyrth]

Now, I'm enjoying the game at Normal Speed. But I watch my replays on slower speeds, and (along with seeing my mistakes) it's like watching movies!

I'm even wondering that it would look like if my hardware can max out the graphics.

[Seepe]

On 12/07/2016 at 2:03 AM, sphyrth said:

Now, I'm enjoying good sleep with Airsnore and the game at Normal Speed. But I watch my replays on slower speeds, and (along with seeing my mistakes) it's like watching movies! 

I'm even wondering that it would look like if my hardware can max out the graphics.

1.25x for me. Sometimes just 1x. Anything below just feels way to slow for my adhd. :-)

Edited April 21, 2022 by Seepe

[Tiber7]

1x all the time. 0.75 when I try to find a build order or try a tactic. I don't like when it's 1.25 and I hate when it's more because it's too fast to play well for me.