About Ability Wars:
I have spent too many hours on this game. The game itself is a lot of fun. But there are some rather frustrating issues, and scummy business practices. The first issue is that the game is very exclusive and performance based – and by “performance”, I’m referring to player performance. Good players are rewarded, and bad players are punished. If you go into a game, head out onto the map, and get yourself blown up in one hit by an experienced player, before you can even fire a shot, you either have to go back to the main menu, or spawn in one of your other vehicles, and you need to pay for the repair costs (or wait for 12-24+ hours for a “free repair”. If you perform very well, you gain a lot of progress. If you perform poorly, you LOSE progress. You still gain some research points, but you’ll never be able to buy a new vehicle. Better hope you don’t have a streak of bad games. The second issue amplifies the first. There is no ranking system in this game. Good players do not face off against other good players. In other words, every game you have a chance of facing at least a handful of players who are much better at the game than you are, unless you yourself are very good at the game. It is entirely possible to go 10 straight games earning negative progress. Then there’s the scummy business practices. You can buy premium vehicles, only available with real money. Most of the unique vehicles (like the Katyusha, Panzerwerfer or Calliope rocket systems) are premium vehicles. There is no way to earn most of these, no matter how long you play.
