Game needs a forced tutorial before allowing you to play multiplayer

I don't know if there should be a FORCED tutorial, but a RECOMMENDED tutorial might be a very good idea.

People build units that they don't know how to use; other people build nothing but energy structures like fusions in their base, and no units.

I just watched a game where a guy built about 7-8 fusions right next to each other surrounded by a forest of windgens. On the other side of the map was his opponent, with a silo loaded with napalm missiles. It was essentially GG for the energy lover for 70% of the game, except for that Mr Silo didn't know how to fire his missile. Eventually when he did, he fired it at some llt's :D

I was in a game where another dude built the most impressive porcy base ever; bristling with turrets, AA, shields and a crowd of riot units. He had about 4 facs and 2 Singus. Problem: It was in a corner, he never fired a single shot at the enemy (unless it was by accident) despite everybody on the team BEGGING him for action, and the kicker: the singus were not even connected to the grid.

I have to agree with the thread starter that some basics on teamplay would be good.

Some things that could be covered:

1) Support the guys that run out to expand. Don't leave them to die alone while you build your fusion reactor
2) ... and WHY are you building a fusion as your first energy structure? Don't build expensive stuff right away.
3) Don't build 2 factories before the 10 minute mark
4) Do build an LLT and a radar next to your fac. That way a single flea won't demolish your base.
5) Connect the energy grid to the guy closest to you
6) BUILD UNITS and ATTACK with them. So what if you lose 20 Glaives? It's a game. You will learn. Don't be scared.
7) If you see lots of air units from different enemy players early, BUILD AA please
8) If you see lots of skirmishers, build riots
9) If the enemy builds lots of porc, build artillery. Unless it's Astran. Just avoid that noob's porc and go round it ;)

Hope I wasn't too pompous. :)

Design a tutorial which is good enough to force on everyone. Do you think you should be immediately thrown into campaign mission 1 on your first launch? Realize that most of what you try to tell people will be completely lost and forgotten. There is no time or capacity for a complicated list of 10 items.

This seems like a case for tighter restrictions on teams matchmaking rather than forced tutorials. Or perhaps a lower maximum MMR range for team creation.

Maybe you should be required to have played some number of games before you can queue for teams MM. Until then you still have the option of coop, 1v1, campaign, or skirmish.

If this is mostly an experience from clusterfun rooms, you get what you get imo.

quote: allow to join matchmaker team's queue after you finish campaign on some level (ex: easy)

finishing campaign takes way too long, just have a short tutorial map with 1 of every unit on the map with cliffs/slopes/water

Starting green in any online multi game u get flamed a few times cuz you have no idea wtf your doing, but hey that kinda makes you learn quicker too.

Maybe on first launch a big button suggesting go learn basics now... but not compulsory, never

I agree that it's frustrating having five allies every game spamming their choice of caretaker, storage, fusion, factories, superweapons, or stingers.

But forced tutorials are baaaaaaad and I believe they're the wrong way of going about it.

I quite enjoyed having the sandbox option when I first started playing, but apparently I'm always the weird one. We could swap in the Beginner AI, as I think the more important aspect of the Sandbox mission was the one-click practice setup. Would that work, or is the whole idea just kinda lame?

matchmaking should kinda of avoid this frustration anyhow for vets. But maybe consider options to place WHR\rank requirements on host battles? - vice versa too, max rank\WHR

This page has a nice gif about line move:
http://www.metalfactions.pt/instructions.html

Maybe we should put this kind of stuff right on the Steam page and the main web page before anything else? Or in a Learn to Play ZK section?