John Stamos

Hello. First and foremost I would like to say I took interest in Arma 2 when steam made some acknowledgments of it months ago. Through some gameplay videos and other screenshots I took heavy interest. I also have about 4 of my friends interested as well. We currently have the demo but there's some issues I don't understand. Let it be known I've been browsing these forums heavily ever since I got the demo. Unfortunately it seems many of the players here were/are heavy involved with Arma 1 and Operation Flashpoint. (Games that I never knew existed up until the release of Arma 2.) This is fine of course because I believe nothing is better than a small tight knit community. Though when browsing the forums I can't seem to find any "new" information regardless of how hard I try. I was reading about different mods and such, like warfare and CTI. I cannot seem to distinguish the 2. I'm not even sure exactly what CTI is, how how do I join the games? Is it a custom mod? Must I download it? Furthermore I find when I join games, (some are more obvious then others, like a TDM or Deathmatch), I'll find I'm just "dumped" into a huge landscape in the middle of nowhere. I can't find a way to type to my team members and no one responds to voice chat, I look at the map only to find some spots where I think I should go, but for all I know everyone could be afk in a corner because I can't get any response. Is it because everyone is so knowledgeable of the game that they just do work like no one's business? or is everyone as new as me and entirely clueless as what's going on? I wish I knew! Please let me reiterate, I enjoy this game entirely. But as a new person there's so many unanswered questions that through the website and extensive forum browsing I can't seem to find answers for. This is my attempt to answer all those questions. Maybe if I make a list of newbie questions, it'll help out anyone else in my position. -What's the multiplayer cap? -What different modes are there with the stock game? -What exactly is this CTI mod, as it seems to be the most popular(?) Is this like the Dota of Arma 2? -Why am I able to see all my enemies on the map when I'm 90% positive that most of them aren't in line of sight? (I realize my teammates can reveal positions as well.) -Is there a way to chat in game via text? -I find this is heavily modded game, sorta like Oblivion. For those who played Oblivion vanilla and remember some of the flaws, there were alot of issues that were fixed via player modifications. Eventually there was a list created that was thought to provide the "best" experience for Oblivion without changing the overall gameplay. Is there a similar list for this game? Mods that shouldn't be played without? Of course when I think up these threads, I tend to forget everything as I'm typing them so I will come back later when I have more questions. I hope you all understand where I'm coming from and don't take this as a negative post. I really enjoy Arma 2 (demo) and my friends do as well, but we just feel so lost right now. It's like trying out an MMO that's been around for 10 years and trying to understand what's going on. It's not newbie friendly! I hope someone can help me with these questions and provide even more information on topics I haven't touched or don't even know about! Thank you in advance I appreciate the opportunity to be able to voice my thoughts on this game.

Ahhhh! Speak english! =] I'm not familiar with Evolution, [insert Fail Here---->]or what WIP means.[/fail] I'm still on the demo don't forget, so I'm not entirely sure if I'd know what you just said if I had the game. I just find the demo to be so fleshed out that it'll give me proper time to adjust before diving in. Like most games that aren't battlefield or call of duty though, I worry that the Demo has more players then the Full version, essentially splitting the community. People who played Frontlines: Fuel of War will know EXACTLY what I mean. They released an updated MP patch for the Demo users before the actual full version users. There were more players on the demo then in the real game, and the community was torn. How's the balance here? But yes, I enjoy the fact it's not an "arcade shooter" like CoD is. That's why I'm here making this thread :) edit: Hah...WIP...work in progress. Wow I'm slow today.