Foxhole's Warden Players Are On Strike!!

During this video I talk about the rumor going around that the Warden faction in Foxhole is on strike.
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[@Shane-ij5dk]

Hi, current solo Warden player here. I have been off and on, getting back into foxhole the last 2 wars. War 116, definite population decrease from prior wars. War 117 currently, we have taken back ground in Stonecradle and Farranac from when I have been on since the war started. I think population is there, and I agree with you, it's a lot of new players. But one monkey brain maybe not smart to push back Colonials. Many monkey brains work together, and great things happen. Cheers to a great video Robert!

[@RobertLovesGames]

It's funny I dropped this video today because the Wardens really are starting to push back! I meant to post this last week when things were not looking good but I was a bit sick last week. Keep pushing Wardens! I always love long wars :D and thanks for the kind words!

[@jabr0n1]

if i’ve heard correctly it was warden pte biomass spamming trenches that saved them in the famous 30/32 comeback

[@cembora4849]

Please dont come back. I break foxhole because severe addiction. I need some time 😅

[@Xavier1822]

I don't know if you've seen the population numbers but there's 3k more wardens then colonials stop complaining and get good

[@jabr0n1]

@@Xavier1822 A. why the toxicity? B. even if wardens have more pop, they are still low ranks vs all collie vets, so must learn before competing, so even if more wardens, still and issue C. where are you pulling this data of 3k more wardens than collies?

[@GrasslandsStudio]

MEANWHILE so many GREAT players just completely drove off the collies in 3 different hexes and changed the war in 30 hours. I want to thank everyone who has pushed through when everything looked bleak! It’s been tough but we’re going strong

[@CrazyMAL1]

As a collie, it's impressive how well you guys are doing with a bunch of new players. Your lines are strong af, like a steel wall of blueberries.

[@patrickismumbojumbo8645]

@@CrazyMAL1teaching new players on the spot has turned into a really fun activity for us lol, we get a kick out of conscripting people we find XD

[@anonymousdolan4862]

I listen to these videos in the shower like a Vietnam war soldier listening to the radio.

[@RobertLovesGames]

LOL! I love it! I need to add the old timey static radio sound to make the immersion even better for you :D

[@anonymousdolan4862]

@@RobertLovesGames I really appreciate your work from here in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait🙏🪖

[@emptyplague]

amen, brother

[@oshel5793]

Yes please! Especially for war updates ​@@RobertLovesGames

[@tiger_senpai4611]

as a warden, i guaranty you that our factions has been weakened lately... so much newbies or maybe lack of vets (wich might have joined collies)

[@bugskees146]

Guarantee*

[@RobertLovesGames]

Time to teach those new players how to play and be nice to them so that they can be vets for the next war :D

[@tiger_senpai4611]

@@bugskees146 oh mb

[@Daffles410]

I took a breakwar this war, but every front is just all newbie and all the vets are doing logistics and facility stuff.. It must be biomass diff for sure.

[@walkerhumphrey181]

Warden partisan here. I've been on break for a while due to work, and I just learned about the economy 5x resource changes. If I come back to my ambushes being worth a fraction of the resources I could have generated in the time it takes to set them up, I might just go on partisan strike

[@RobertLovesGames]

Good partisan work can still be done by taking out things like BT, SHT or tempest cannons in facilities. But if you are talking about partisan work on the roads then yea that does not do as much damage as it use to. It's more of just a thing to annoy the other side right now and make them waste time. I think partisans do need to go on strike. Facility husk did not help them at all.

[@vakhtangi24]

partisans cutting logi delivery was a huge pain in a previous war for wardens

[@louisryan5815]

​@@RobertLovesGamesI kinda wish they just made logistics more enjoyable, with like minigames and stuff, rather than make it super easy

[@bordergore7623]

@@vakhtangi24yeah colonial partisans basically secured the loss of deadlands for their team by cutting logi, but it was a concerted group effort on their part. I remember having to drive past mountains and hills swarming with infantry squads and heavy weapons emplacements that tore through our trucks like butter, but that was largely thanks to a concentrated group effort. A single or couple of partisans would not be able to do as much unless they are apart of a larger, well coordinated group, plain and simple.

[@DrewBlue32]

Nooooo Devs please listen.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Do they ever? lol...Sometimes, sometimes they do but it's very rare ha.

[@majorplothole2620]

@@RobertLovesGames when you look at the list of L.O.G.I.'s demands, and then the big patch that happened right afterwards, a lot of it was addressed, just it was under the radar, and in typical Foxhole Dev fashion, they immediately did something players disliked to overshadow everything they liked about the patch (can't remember what it was, but I do remember trying to defend the devs to my friends and finding it quite difficult to do so in the end.)

[@Dougi233]

So what I am hearing is this is a great time to mass recruit and train as a warden.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Yes!! Train those new players! Help them learn the game and create a positive strong culture for the future wars :D

[@patrickismumbojumbo8645]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@RafaelTechz]

Not only as a warden, at least my regi [UBGE] are getting a big influx of new players, great time to train them.

[@patrickismumbojumbo8645]

Heeey CG member here, I’m glad you found our Reddit post and using the picture lol. Thanks for covering this matter! And have a great day!

[@RobertLovesGames]

Woo! I love me some good propaganda/recruitment art :D And no problem! You have a great day as well!

[@Like_a_Honeybadger]

My take on the Warden Faction and this is my personal opinion. What the Warden Faction experiences is what i believe the Colonial Faction experienced last year. Wardens where winning most wars and Colonial veteran factions slowly stopped playing. Devman gradually buffed the Collie faction more to the point where the Spatha has the quality of a Warden Tank while retaining its cheap spam bonus. Suddenly, Wardens were facing double and triple vetted Spathas that could only be countered by the Noble Widow. This is when the Veteran clans on the Warden side decided to play less. Then a new update came out and the Warden Faction early war stage had all its enjoyment sucked out. Boma is still a fucking pain to deal with, the HAC was made obsolete due to the ATAC becoming a standard AC for the Colonials without a proper counter combined with the weather update just made most Veterans stop playing. Combine that with the atrocious non existent pop balance where the invasion mechanic can be abused to its maximum effect, then it will become a one sided game. Thing is, the Devs have no idea how to tweak the game, they do not listen to both sides of the game and they just follow their gut feeling. Using Vision as a guide to develop the game with an emphasis on the logistics and engineering, but then saying it is a sandbox game when players exploit glitches and bugs that leads to unfun situations that either gets resolved a few wars later or don't get resolved at all. I wouldn't say that the Warden Faction is on strike, it just lacks veteran players that are tired to see their planning, hard work and organization wiped away in a single night. And the new players don't know how to fight veteran players, so they get wiped away the moment they respawn.

[@nosferatu1745]

With over 3k hours in planetside2, the only tool that game had for ever to fix pop balance was a LONG A$$ Q' for the main continent, while a 2nd continent (map) is going on with small fight where the skilled players accert dominance on casuals. To avoid this, people used to join whatever faction was the least full or use their NSO character that its a robot that join the least full faction at any point in time.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Dang! I think I only had like 200 hours. And apparently I left the game before it got a little better. I got bored of just spawn camping factions in their shielded spawn base. That sounds like a fairly good mechanic though! I don't think I was around for that. Thanks for sharing that!

[@loop2743]

Met a new player 3 days ago. Taught him bout the shooting mechanics that he was struggling with and we've made a squad so we can play together. I also find it funny that I've only been playing for 3 months and I'm already teaching new players what I know. XD

[@RobertLovesGames]

That's awesome to hear! Great job teaching new players! Great way to keep the game positive and sustainable! Thank you again!

[@AdmiralVeers85]

My biggest gripe is that Warden emplaced 120 is huge disadvantage compared to the Colonial wheelchairs.

[@RobertLovesGames]

It does seem the way on paper but as someone who has played both sides a lot I prefer the Warden emplaced 120s. It just takes a lot more prep work of course but I feel like if you can create a strong foundation for them they are hard to break through.

[@shoelugs]

​@@RobertLovesGamesOur regi is historically warden but we preferred the push 120mm when we capture one. Now were collie we still prefer the push 120mm. Requires less manpower, can be easily moved forward and backwards together with how the frontline moves. It has a wider spread yes but you move with the front and requires less manpower. Its job is not to destroy buildings but soften defenses for tremolas, tanks, 30mm, or fire to finish the job.

[@politikz7579]

Save for the guaranteed early tech for the wardens, due to the difference in teaching iron and alu

[@hockeybug3831]

@@shoelugsyou also got to take in to account the fact no warden 120 can be stolen once it’s down. It’s also significantly more tanky and has longer range than the wheelchair. Both have their strengths but if we’re going on what’s stronger it’s all dependent on where you need them. On defense the lairat is much stronger than the krodikes as it will 90% of the time be in range of the push120 cause of the 50m difference. If the front isn’t moving at all the more accurate longer range of the emplaced is better. the push 120 generally needs more defenses since it can be easily killed by 1 guy with flask/sticky. yes jt requires less to move but if youre gojng to be moving alot you need people building around the guns consistantly or they are all dead

[@furyofgod3838]

​@@RobertLovesGamesbeing able to move and arty and is more durable than Wardens arty if not placed on bunkers is a win win situation I was warden and now for 2 warsI m currently colli because of the OP stuffs here not even kidding

[@kairosDM666]

I'm taking a semi-break right now. I joined in war 116 (thanks robert), and I loved the euro truck simulator gameplay. This war I tried flatbeds and specially freighters and those are mega fun too!!. Until I got 100% burnout from public stockpile assembly times. It seems to be a clan only mechanic for the private stockpiles time in comparison. Right now I went back to truck and some flatbed logi in rime port (warden side, sorry robert hehe), where the time retrieving crates is bearable, but I'm not touching naval stuff unless that issue is looked, I even made a reddit post with a system based in rank for the public assembly times to still demotivate alts. I actually have a lot of fun in the tresury stealing an artillery piece in a random truck that nobody was even using, gathering whatever shells I manage to find in facilities around and serving as a spotter for a couple of hours with other 3 randoms. Super fun, we actually destroyed a bunker base and hurt a lot the armored cars advance (and commited a war crime shelling like 10 of our own, spotting is kinda hard). But yeah, this war seems kinda like another L and I look forward for 118

[@CannibalCory]

There are "quickpull" stockpiles that people do. You make a reservable stockpile but publish the code on a sign by the seaport/depot. Now you have a stockpile the public can use, but with reservable pull times. The only downside is that there are a lot of greedy small Warden regiments that will loot-goblin these "quickpull" stockpiles and put them into their own. When a big regiment in Callum's Keep published their private codes to try to save the city this past weekend with Collies knocking on the door, instead of all the crates making it to the public, two members (of MMM and JKL) raced each other to steal and transfer as many things out of it into their private stockpiles instead. :(

[@RobertLovesGames]

Good to take breaks from time to time! Glad you enjoyed flatbeds and freighters as well! I focus on those some wars as well because some wars I just love doing navy logi and midline logi task. Public pull times suck!! Devs seriously need to change it some way. I saw that post! I think it's a great idea honestly. Thanks for sharing all that! Treasury sounds like the place to be this war I need to head over there some time!

[@flashwhite]

Civilians are everywhere, but there's some potential gems amongst them.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Agreed! Teach those new players how to play and one day they will be the vets! Lets create a positive community that loves having new players on the battlefield!

[@_runtybeatle36_68]

As a Warden we randomly just pushed the Collies back on three fronts. And yes there is a new influx of new players

[@RobertLovesGames]

I meant to post this video last week when the Wardens were really losing but got sick unfortunately. Glad to see the Wardens are pushing back! Hopefully we can make this an actual war and longer than the last! Keep pushing Wardens and keep teaching new players how to play so they can turn into vets!

[@soomshe]

without knowing faction statistics, it's quite surprising colonials are getting popular if it's the case, most of the time by joining a faction to get into war, it's mostly the warden faction that are at full capacity, from what i've mostly seen

[@RobertLovesGames]

From my experience it goes back and forth. Most new players I meet always say they want to join the side that is losing so they can help them out. Maybe that's why there are more new players on Warden side this time around?

[@MartinoRosso]

Ive joined the game at the end of 116 as a Warden and I quickly learned that this was the shortest war and we got completely fucked over. But still having hope I joined Wardens again on 117 and well, its terrible. Only tiny wins that quickly get overran by collies reclaiming the land. The game brings me no joy as a Warden at this moment, feels completely pointless to be on the front and I am lost in the backlines. I hope for changes soon because as it stands now I cant see myself coming back (I only racked up like 30 hours) I dont want to betray the Wardens because they have a cooler color and I dont want to join my sworn enemy of the Green

[@RobertLovesGames]

Oof! Not the best time for a new player to join honestly if you care about winning or losing. I'm sorry to hear that you feel this way and I definitely understand where you are coming from. Major update should be coming out towards in of October into November. So hopefully we will see some good changes from it! Might honestly be best for you to take a break until then? Give yourself some space so that way you can have a chance at coming back and enjoying the game when both sides are bit more even.

[@CannibalCory]

Try a regiment, one that educates rookies. Playing with people and having people help lift your morale can help ensure you have a reason to log in. And if they teach logistics, you will never feel lost on the backline! :D

[@shadowrealms2676]

Relax, you haven't seen a good war yet. I just hope devs buff wardens a bit and rework the construction part of this game bc it's bad

[@patrickismumbojumbo8645]

Heya homie! I’m sorry to hear you feel this lost. If you’d like, I can send you an invite to my regiment. We’re focusing on building a positive environment for new players to learn the ropes of the game and overall have fun! It’s called Callahan’s Guard or CG for short. Theres no obligations for you to stay or any time requirements, but if you’re looking for a good experience to have, I would recommend it. Let me know if you’re feeling up to it.

[@MartinoRosso]

@@RobertLovesGames that’s what I was planning to do thanks😁

[@racoonnewsnetwork8147]

It seemed like a strike at the start, everywhere felt quieter than a normal war start and then about a week ago (ish) hordes of new guys turned up. Was pretty cool to see

[@RikkiNakesone]

When I want to play more foxhole but i'm not very social, nor very logistically smart. So i just go to a frontline with a single rifle and clip. Will always choose warden...

[@RobertLovesGames]

I like it! Still can be fun! I love to just larp around on fronts. I don't worry about meta guns or anything I just have fun with everyone else on the fronts.

[@CannibalCory]

There is a kernel of truth to this rumor: there are Warden builders that have been earnestly building momentum to create a builder's / engineer's strike. It stems due to because of how awful building was, and the straw that broke the camel's back was the awful dev changes to early components (see: Heavy Oil on Stationary Harvesters) which have eliminated the Warden meta of early concrete, which is about the only way to stop the huge Collie early war advantage due to their infantry kit. So: No early concrete plus many Warden regiments still vacationing on Collie side is why 116 and 117 both look bleak to Wardens in early war. Some degree of that meta is what Wardens are expecting: "Collies always making early gains, can Wardens stem the tide and make a comeback" but now there's even less meta tools available for Wardens.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Really? I haven't heard about this side of it yet! This all makes a lot of sense though with how these war starts have been going. Thanks for sharing that!

[@saintblackwater7213]

3:30 CG made it! Thanks for featuring our ad, stop by any time for a temperature check. We love the new players and foxhole community and strive to give them a good home. :)

[@RobertLovesGames]

Love me some good propaganda! I will make sure to come check you all out when I'm on the Warden side next time!

[@patrickismumbojumbo8645]

Blackwater!!! :D Here’s hoping that post gets even more views lol

[@patrickismumbojumbo8645]

@@RobertLovesGamescome on in, I promise we won’t run you over with a truck on accident :]

[@tady1407]

The developers better take care of the problem of theft within the faction. Yesterday, my unit discovered a huge amount of valuable resources missing from our factory. It was done by people playing for our faction. We can't do anything about it, because they won't talk to us. Such problems are not isolated and are faced by people who lose motivation to play because of it.

[@valberline]

Was it [ASEAN]?

[@tady1407]

@@valberline nope, 40K regiment

[@patrickismumbojumbo8645]

@@tady1407what was their name, and were they Russian? Might be the people my regiment is dealing with (we’re also 40K, but don’t steal and have been having problems with people stealing stuff right out of our factories in Basin)

[@Oryxification]

When I was warden thieves were either Chinee or Russian. The Russians are sheepish when caught and return the stuff, the Chinee triple down on hostility

[@albinhjertstrom1602]

I will also say that a migration of warden regis going colie without the opposite happening. I know CL and Umbra are two large ones that have stay collie for these last two wars. Their future plans are unkown of course but it might not help. I will also mention that the colonial side has seen the same uptick in new players joining all the time, queueing many critical fronts making a few vets rage quit due to it. Theres a lot of small reasons making this rather large river it seems to me.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Yea that does not help. Never good when large clans switch sides honestly. Normally it's just for one war but two is kinda bad. And yes Colonials have had new players as well. I've just heard about new players more from the Warden side recently. I wish vets would rage less against new players. We need to teach new players the game for it to be sustainable.

[@barsomians]

I experienced it in first person. My regiment was loyal warden from war 80 to war 112 we change sides because the regi was kinda dying no motivation to play the game. The leader said "we are playing collie next war" everyone got revived.

[@shoelugs]

Poliu, waifu, and other smaller warden regiments can be seen in collies

[@spencer7k]

@@RobertLovesGamesI think both factions are seeing plenty of new players, it’s just more noticeable on the warden side because vets aren’t around

[@drillboyjenkins5740]

Mfw 117 currently looks like Wardens will make this war long, not short ;)

[@RobertLovesGames]

They are making some good pushes this morning! I hope that they are able to push us back to make this a longer war :D

[@kieranhurst8543]

Pop balance isnt the issue, its the competitive mindset. If all you care about is winning and you get emotional about it, then you will inevitably have strong feelings about losing. Player entitlement is also a problem, so many have such inflated views of themselves and their impact on the war. You can see this on the subreddit or discord where a player you've never heard of writes a 10000 word essay on why they are leaving the game and why everyone should care. It would be funny if this sentiment wasn't actively killing the game and dividing the community.

[@RobertLovesGames]

True! I talked about that in a video not to long ago when talking about low morale in Foxhole. And yes I agree! There are some big egos in Foxhole which I don't really care for most of the time. I hope to be a change in the Foxhole community that focuses more on positive leaders and interactions.

[@mushythemushroomwizard7712]

PLANETSIDE 2!! As an avid Planetside 2 player, for us its the Nanite system "volunteers" and people actively realising the unbalanced amounts and siwtching to alt accounts.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Interesting! I played PS2 a long long time ago and I don't think we had these type of players back then. Glad to hear there is something in place!

[@Latsilae]

I am a new player who joined late war 117. This war I was playing mainly logi and some frontline infantry in the west (Kings Cage & Stonecradle) during the first week of the war. I saw first hand the losses from the Bailie up to Fading Lights, and have been intermittently following the evolution of this front after that. To me, the reason why the Wardens failed so badly here was clear: it was because of the good play of CGC. The regiment was involved in all the major Collie victories up to Fading, and I suspect also up to Buckler. To be sure: up to the battle for Fading Lights, Warden defenses were lackluster. Most BB's were poorly supplied, and those which were, were sitting on all the bmats while defenses were lacking. This was however different at Fading, wherein the frontline defenses were strong, and CGC could not actually break through them. Due to my playing hours, I could see that the western front was basically desolate both from Collie and Warden players. What would usually happen, is that CGC players would start to congregate on the hex and once there was enough players, they would launch a coordinated assault on one of the Warden positions. This was followed by QRF on the Warden side, but this slow response often lead to the frontline positions being lost. Those frontline positions were usually the best supplied, and best built up, so the BB's immediately behind them would be lost in a quick fashion after that. What made this worse was the existence of multiple cliff-passes in Stonecradle. These cliff-passes would usually run along the roads from south to north. They were lightly guarded, because it was harder to get materials up to the cliffs. It was also difficult to defend them, because you couldn't shoot at enemies running along the cliff-side from down on the road. And positioning yourself alone on the cliff against a squad of CGC was suicide. Really, the Warden players never responded well when CGC was using these cliff-sides. Sure, they also used the water in Stonecradle to flank Warden positions, but these never became as serious as the cliff-side attacks. I suspect because it was easier for Warden players to respond because the waterside was accessible all over, while defending the cliff-side meant that you had to find point where you could climb up onto it. This use of cliff-side passes was also what lead to the first really bad loss on the Wardens side in Stonecradle: which was the loss of Fading Lights. As said before: the Wardens had much better defenses at Fading, and even after multiple frontal assaults on two different occasions (when the Collies got to Fading), the Collies could not break through. CGC captured Fading by outflanking it by using the riverside pass between Fading and the northern peninsula. They first captured the Trammel pool relic base with a sneak mammon rush, probably with a supply convoy right behind. I remember clearly that the regional chat was going crazy over the Collie squad moving through this pass. This was during an assault on Fading, so the hex was queued and no outside QRF could get in. Everybody was fighting on the south and western side of Fading, which had been going on for some hours. There was enough people to defend the northern flank, but nobody simply showed up... Maybe this was because there was many newbies like me on the Warden side? Maybe because the northern side required a slow repositioning which people didn't care for? I don't know. After Trammel, Fading was surrounded on three sides with a single road left for supply. This final road was soon cut, when CGC started to use (once again) the cliff-side pass on the north-eastern side of Fading. After this, Fading fell. tldr; the superior coordination of a Collie regiment against slow responding randoms lead to the loss of Kings Cage and Stonecradle in the early war of war 117.

[@ohmyshou1der]

I too am playing the 3d conveyor belt game waiting for the dlc for the good conveyor belt game.

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! I love it!

[@Astrosk1er]

I don’t check FOD or WUH for THREE DAYS

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! Things are getting crazy!

[@sickbozo8152]

changes siege will make : cheaper bomas, argenti buffed, cheaper collie tanks+ buffs.

[@RobertLovesGames]

That would be interesting! I'm excited to see what kind of changes they have in store for the major update.

[@spencer7k]

Maybe the collie standard uniform should have more health than warden too!

[@valyshknee4203]

i am a warden, i havent heard of this yet, i have only heard of the newbies in the warden faction that are causing for major issues, i have seen them myself aswell, quite a lot, its quite annoying and well, i am a huge fan of not buffing any side as war is meant to be unfair, there is no such thing as a fair war, you gotta make up weaknesses with your strengths is what i personally think. but in situations like these i feel like a buff is required, Afterall i dont think the collies like it either that every war will be short if this continues, we all want longer conflicts, and yes i get we pushed people out of callahan's keep and stone cradle, aswell as beat them in the moors, but that is only because of a major coordinated effort between two large arty clans and a couple others with armor, all coordinating on one point. but i personally think the vets being off is because of work, i expect everyone to get back on during the holiday seasons. especially the teen players which will then get back on.

[@RobertLovesGames]

After doing some research I found out that an influx of new players was probably the main cause as well. But someone needs to teach these new players how to play instead of getting frustrated that there are new players playing ya know? The Wardens have started pushing back as of this morning so maybe some new players are starting to learn a thing or two :D Thanks for your thoughts on this!

[@SailorGuy98]

as a solo warden the last war was a pain for my as i did allot of loggie and i only went to the linn of mercy and i saw allot of new people the got people that guide them but allot of new players just didnt care about the things the took then to get shot straight away and drop everything on the front, i tried to explain it but it just didnt work and i always try to help but this was for my the lowest point of the game so i decided to quit the game again for a while and see what will come in the future and dont get my wrond i like the grind and talk to people but the way that war went i dont know if i can enjoy that

[@RobertLovesGames]

Takes a while for new players to learn the value of everything. And some just don't care to learn unfortunately ha. I'm glad to hear that you tried to teach them though! Thanks for doing that! I think it would be good idea to take a break from the game and then possible come back for the major update. Normally everyone comes back for the major update so wars a lot more serious and fun then.

[@SailorGuy98]

@@RobertLovesGames and ofcourse i get that when i started with 3 mates we got allot of help from the community aswell so its only normal to do it the otherway around but what i think maybe could work for the new warden players to start with logi to get to know how much work it is and when you find out and know the basics of that move to the front to learn from people there yes i played alone but when i saw people i joined them as more knowledge is better 1 guy walking to his death. and even i still learn new things every day its normal but a little bit of effort can do allot. and its a well needed break after 55 hours in a week we tried but it just wasnt enough. and keep up the vids love them

[@Tijgernoot420]

I love the new players, im also fairly new since this is my 2nd proper war. But then i take them on a logi run and talk about the game learning them some things left and right. Send a player to WLL cause he was very interested in logistics. This game with all the interactions is so nice that I played over 100 hours within like 3 weeks. Best game ever

[@RobertLovesGames]

Good to hear! Thanks for doing your part in helping new players learn the game! Helps us build a better and more positive community! Thanks for sharing that!

[@HairyHillman]

As a new player who joined after the hype of W115 and joined the Wardens, I can only apologise...

[@RobertLovesGames]

You don't need to apologize at all! Have fun with the game and learn something new every time you get on :D Please don't apologize at all! Just have fun!

[@FaucheurBis]

If you are serious, don't apologies, you did nothing wrong, its a situation with inbalance with strong against weak that is only due to bad luck that you all are on our side. So just keep figthing and lurning so you will become a veteran someday. Cheers.

[@spencer7k]

New players are in no way the problem, it’s the lack of vet players hurting wardens right now. You didn’t push the vets out, the game did

[@stormwell]

Hands up, I've been suckered into playing the Fallout London mod for Fallout 4 but still try to get on Foxhole from time-to-time to do a bit of logi. My regi has been active and giving as good as they get.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Oof I've been there! Watching the Fallout series made me get back into it for while :D Even when I''m on "breaks" from Foxhole I do the same and get on just to do some small logi task. It feels really relaxing.

[@mattgen8525]

Ive been fighting in deadlands and Callahan's passage in war 116 and 117 to me it feels like that the collies have way more logi players in those hexes in recent wars.

[@RobertLovesGames]

I've heard reports of a lot of new players joining the big Colonial logi groups. That could be one of the reasons.

[@Matt_Sequel]

Tbh I switched after 116 because I got fed up with Warden early war. I love the Wardens, but getting crushed because of an imbalance and how easy the Collies have it early war with their equipment absolutely sucks. Logi can be an absolute grind as well, when I took a break to go do infantry I just got railed by all the pros/cheaters and that was even less fun. It was interesting to see a lot of CL going Collie this war too. Maybe it's more of an unofficial "strike".

[@RobertLovesGames]

That's fair honestly. I know a lot of players that feel this way as well. It will be interesting if the devs address this at all in the next major update. And "unofficial strike" might be a better term for it!

[@FaucheurBis]

Hi warden here, I think one of the cause of why we are losing so bad is because colonial are better early and warden mid game. But because colonial push so strong early, some warden may think we already have lost so why joining the fight ? Causing mid game to not have enough player on our side, so we continu loosing ground, so less moral and player... And the snake bit his tail. Tell me what you think of it.

[@RobertLovesGames]

That certainly could be a factor. As I mentioned in some other videos about war 116 we normally don't see that "strong" of pushes early game. Yes Colonials normally have some kind of early game advantage but never anything like war 116 and now what we are kind of seeing in war 117. That tells me that something else is off. I think you are right on the money with your theory honestly. I'm glad to see though that the Wardens are pushing back a bit now though.

[@NoEndingInSight]

Should mention that a lot of people are back in school so the pop inbalance across timezones is probably worse now that play time is more narrow. Also the last update wasn't very impactful for encouraging players to choose this game over other games, on top of the ton of great games coming out. I'm surprised there hasn't been a relic war. That's usually what the devs pull out around this time of year but it feels late.

[@RobertLovesGames]

True! Midterms are coming up soon as well. And agreed the last update was super small so that didn't really bring any vets back as well. And yes a lot of good games are out :D so a lot of things working against Foxhole right now ha.

[@pauldestroyerofworlds9119]

I'm a new player and I'm playing on wardens it's fun my only complaint is that snow sucks

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol what?!? I love the snow! One of the main reasons I joined the Wardens :D Glad you are having fun though!

[@tedivbg3354]

I think the wardens just have low moral.

[@RobertLovesGames]

That's certainly a factor. I made a video on that a while back. Morale is just as much of a resource as anything else in the game for sure.

[@zavengerx]

Robert, did you really use a Discord snip from 2022 to reference people on break? XD I too shall take a couple year break.

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! I didn't look at the date when I did the discord search function!

[@MrBubbles4U]

As a warden player this war (I usually swap each war) I am noticing there are some major map differences compared to the collie map. Collie roads are often straight and paved and wide, while warden roads are rarely straight and wind through mountains. Look at reaching trail and look for the S roads as an example, those are things I have never seen in Collie territory. This makes logistics easier for collies overall, as someone who does a lot of logistics. Meanwhile, wardens have something that Collie territories don't: Ice fields. Ice fields cannot have a bunker shoveled into it, you can erect an outpost and hand-built defenses on it, but that only means that territory can be easily sieged. But there's also a lot of bitter players on the warden side, I have gotten death threats for taking scroop from a field before which is not friendly in the slightest, especially with how common the resource is. I have seen a lot more in-fighting on warden side as well, there is definitely a cultural shift when I play warden, and I feel that may be driving players away.

[@cynderfan2233]

Colonials have more straight roads because a lot of the Colonial backline regions have significant amounts of wide open terrain with few if any natural chokepoints. The only way to seriously protect these regions is massive fortress bunker complexes which are an enormous drain to build and supply. They're also a lot more difficult to defend.

[@vedagi4859]

Taking break still from war 116, with was too short. Everytime i go on break, seems like everyone else does too haha

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! We had a lot of long wars before 116 and normally there is a decline in players before the major update as well so it makes sense :D Enjoy your break!

[@Tuck213]

I heard Warden vets want to try out the OP Spatha on the collie side, but because 116 was so short that Spatha's weren't teched they stuck around for another war. Any truth to that?

[@RobertLovesGames]

I heard that as well. It really sucks because when big clans do switch sides it's normally just for one war. Really sucks when they do it for more than one war because then we get situations like this. Does not happen often though which is nice ha.

[@shoelugs]

Yes as a warden since war 90 my regi went collie to try spatha and enjoy the jeep of collies thats 3 tiers better then drummond. An rpg attachment compared to a 7.92 is not even worth comparing

[@frankuuu4212]

Yup

[@GameKnight00]

Dang, maybe the colonists should go on strike 2?

[@RobertLovesGames]

ha! A war without any soldiers. Now that would be a story to tell :D

[@idaboi8378]

This is literally my first war and I chose wardens lol

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! Again I promise it's not always like this for wars :D But hey at least the Wardens are now pushing back! That's promising!

[@Magnus-we7ch]

The Ducks aprove

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! Duck fly together!

[@LegendaryZA]

We've had an equal influx of new players in colonial too. WLL has been teaching new players non stop, even going so far as making a steam guide to show newbies the basics of logi and then promoting them to driving trains and using the MPF for public. It's been great! Sorry to hear wardens dont like new players, but they are essential for the game; be kind and show them the ropes. And now as a cautionary note: STAY OFF OF THE r/foxholegame SUBREDDIT! Whenever there is a pop "inbalance" the doom posting starts. For several days in a row now players keeping saying X is too overpowered or Y needs a nerf on the winning team. Please dont do this; the game is relatively balanced for asymmetric game. For new players: just login and play, ignore the noise! If you're on Warden try joining 27th or FMAT, and colonial try WLL or T3C for logi! o7

[@RobertLovesGames]

For sure! I've just heard more about new players on the Warden side than the Colonial side the last two wars but yes new players have still been joining both sides. That's awesome to hear about the steam guide! Love it! And yes good tip! This is one of the worst times to be on the subreddit lol.

[@jabr0n1]

i always wonder how foxhole would be if logi was removed altogether, materials and vehicles spawning based off timers

[@RobertLovesGames]

Would be a completely different game for sure. And if that was the case I would have never got into it. Logi is what got me into Foxhole :D It would probably play out more like a battlefield type game.

[@CasperKersten]

The Wardens are still going strong, and all the talk of "vets are on break war" is either copium or it refers to people who have discovered other fun games to enjoy.

[@RobertLovesGames]

I actually meant to post this last week when Wardens were really losing but I was a bit sick. But I'm glad to see they are pushing back in Stonecradle and FC now! Keep going Wardens!

[@joelnarutof10]

I started playing 1 month ago and I avoid going to the front since I feel that all the fronts are very difficult and I constantly die by players who know how to move and use weapons. I have also been in two clans and both clans changed to collies in war 116 and in the course of this war 117

[@RobertLovesGames]

Infantry is hard to figure out at first and it's really frustrating because you die a lot as a new player. I'm at 1,500+ still learning how to do infantry combat. What I like to do though is just be immersed into the battle on the fronts. I don't care about meta weapons or anything like that. I just like to larp and have fun on the fronts.

[@Tyneras]

My favorite is Voting Simulator 2, I mean, Helldivers 2.

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! Love it!

[@nebulace2761]

Wow i havent even started playing the current war yet and colonials are already that far in? Yeesh

[@RobertLovesGames]

Yea it's kind of brutal :/ ha

[@tady1407]

Not for long.

[@brannonpittman6905]

First. Caught it 30 seconds after drop lol

[@RobertLovesGames]

Woo! Nicely done!

[@Grimspear05]

Someone get this man a medal

[@zoltandavid9649]

funny the day you released video log in shows warden is full aka way more on then colie..but newbies numbers are true a lot of newbies all around and lots of vets on break colies too

[@RobertLovesGames]

I meant to post this video last week when the Wardens were really losing but got sick unfortunately. Glad to see the Wardens are pushing back! Hopefully we can make this an actual war and longer than the last! Keep pushing Wardens!

[@zoltandavid9649]

@@RobertLovesGames Probably as i see lots of colies checked out of this war already..maybe some pop come back after tanks. Also just for the record LOGI strike accoplished absolutely nothing dev made no changes whatsoewer and middle of that war logi flowed like nothing happened, and looking at it right now when logi is way worse shape its kinda funny:p (and the way mayority who on that strike no longer playing foxole :/ )

[@64bitrobot]

I've been trapped myself in Conveyer Belts 2 aka satisfactory. I suspect a lot of logi players are.

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! I would guess that as well. And once Factorio drops it's over for all the logi players ha! We might have an unintentional logi strike on our hands!

[@64bitrobot]

@@RobertLovesGames Obviously after we realize this, we demand that they add conveyor belts to facilities.

[@rainman7140]

On warden side sundial coalition is on break so lots of people not playing

[@RobertLovesGames]

Yea I heard reports about that from a few people. Hope the new Warden players have some good teachers out there helping them learn the game right now! Looks like they are doing a good job of pushing the Colonials back finally.

[@meat1590]

COLONIALS CAN'T STOP WINNING BABY 🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣📣

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! Wardens have rallied today! Should be an interesting week!

[@sepehrjc2581]

We got in game strikes before gta6 smh

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! I'm going to be playing GTA6 in a retirement home at this pace.

[@Onibas0824]

Love you robert

[@RobertLovesGames]

[@wesleybowman6358]

What's with the camo on the tank at 2:28 ?

[@RobertLovesGames]

That tank was upgraded through facility! Vetted tank!

[@TimothyLemon1237]

blue man coping

[@RobertLovesGames]

I've played this game long enough to know that both factions always cope when they are losing ;)

[@Anno1990]

I say unbalanced pop see indeed a lot of new players that is always good thing but yesterday I was looking on stats pop was lower 1.3 and then on that peek wardens get one point back and also the last 3 wars I fought only against tramolas and that's was not so fun starten this war positieve but was gone fast and that never happened to me only on the end wenn I see we win or lose I will put lesser time in it

[@RobertLovesGames]

Yea fighting against tremolas sucks! Especially if you spent a lot of time building up a concrete base. Not really fun gameplay so I get it.

[@Goldomnivore]

Definitely recommend space Marines 2 but you can't go wrong with any of the games you listed 7:50

[@RobertLovesGames]

Good to know! I played Factorio a long long time ago. Might be time to dust it off and check it out again!

[@scruffmistergaming9775]

Thanks for making my day also where can i buy fox holes

[@RobertLovesGames]

No problem! Foxhole can be found on steam. Feel free to DM me on discord if you have any questions about the game or if you need help learning anything!

[@meat1590]

Steam????????????

[@scruffmistergaming9775]

@@meat1590 thanks I thought that but hoped it was somewhere else my pc is a potato

[@susangoaway]

noo... the least thing I've expected is a MOBA comparison. The pain. Why would you do that? And I've been monitoring the wars, and noticed how bad wardens are losing. But the 'strike' argument seems stupid.

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol I'm sorry to bring up old wounds! But I find the analogy does fit really well with Foxhole when describing the lanes :D And I agree which is why I took the time to do some research and debunk the strike argument.

[@primefactors888]

if you need a break and you have sensitive military document, then boy I have a game for you

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! Are you talking about papers please? ha

[@SelopianProductions]

ello

[@RobertLovesGames]

Hello there!

[@payyourtaxes2992]

Colonial since 2017 no matter the ups and downs over the years, if your response to new players coming to your faction is to cry about it and go strike as a means to "help" your faction all your doing is hurting the game and causing those new players to switch sides or not come back to the game. Stay on warden I don't want you faction swappers when you take an L.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Agreed. People need to rise up and teach these new players how to play instead of crying about how many low ranks are in their hex. This is not a way to sustain your faction or the game. Thanks for your thoughts on this!

[@Nayrock]

Insanely clickbait video... you didnt even say what they were "wanting" to strike for...

[@RobertLovesGames]

It's almost like you had to watch the video to find out what I was talking about :D

[@Nayrock]

@RobertLovesGames i did, that's how I find out it was clickbait. "Players on on strike!" Later in the video: "there is no strike"

[@1nsaniel]

Hajajajjsjsjshs

[@RobertLovesGames]

:D

[@bugskees146]

Sucks to suck

[@RobertLovesGames]

Savage!

[@dankasscrow6121]

You really should think a second before having a misleading title

[@RobertLovesGames]

I did think about it. And if you watched the video you would understand the title more :D

[@PortsUnknown7783]

"we won't play again until we're guaranteed to win like usual" Wardens

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! Says both factions every time they are losing ;)

[@chickenmann9934]

30/32

[@bigmanlettuce4388]

Robert you are definitely right, please come to Clastria and talk to 420st. We had 4 Warden vet regis try to hold treasury against colonial factions and the story then and now is insane and is the reason behind multiple warden vets taking a break. I will personally take you there. Wanna meet you a again man.

[@RobertLovesGames]

I will try to make my way over there :D You or some of your people should come share your stories in my discord so I can add it to the war 117 recap video once the war is over!

[@morrischen5777]

Don't forget the 30/32 happened when there was a new player spike with some dedicated vet leading them to the great comeback of Warden.

[@MarblesXIII]

Warden Logi here... I'm playing Satisfactory with friends right now... Will return to Foxhole once we finish our run-through...

[@RobertLovesGames]

Nice! Hope you are having fun! Enjoy!

[@Radictor44]

Engineering strike! hmmmmm

[@RobertLovesGames]

People are actually DMing me about that now :D I didn't hear about this before but apparently some builders are thinking about it!

[@ericlizama8552]

I definitely recommend Factorio. It’s like Foxhole Logi, but instead of dumb players getting in the way of everything, it’s just yourself.

[@RobertLovesGames]

I played Factorio a long long long time ago! I should dust it off and play it again!

[@Hapee_v]

Sorry Callahan I’m to busy playing osu can’t defend clahstra for you

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol! We understand! Hope you are having fun on osu :D

[@rebeljay3668]

Hello guys, so I am thinking about buying foxhole but I have a question how good will it run in acer aspire 7 laptop with 16gb ram 4gb vram 1650ti nvidia gpu and 9th gen i5 intel processor , would I be able to run smoothly on low settings.

[@RobertLovesGames]

I'm not great with computers but I always think this site is pretty good about explaining if a game will run or not with computers www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/foxhole/14479 Feel free to DM me on discord if you have any other questions about the game or if you get it and need help learning anything!

[@Captain_Rex14]

Colonial Clan Man. We’ve had a lot of new players recently, and I’d much rather have a lot of new people to my faction than the same old. If the Wardens don’t want them, us Colonials are happy to have them. There is also some drama going on with Logi Civil Wars over Sigil and some 420st collapse, but it all got worked out as far as I know. I’ve been on the losing side of many wars, but I have never given up because we had a losing streak, or didn’t have enough of something. I agree a Logi strike from both Factions is a good move, but one side getting pissy and blaming new players is just sad. Start going out of your way to help them, or recruit them to your Regi and train them. We were all new once, and you can’t get more vets without training the noobs. That’s why no one can get a job irl, and so many companies are going belly up.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Same! I love having new players and teaching them the game! Unfortunately we will always have those negative people that just love to blame others for their problems. And I agree with you! Train these new players and help them learn the game instead of crying about them.

[@CrazyMAL1]

Judging by the amount of arty that the Wardens dropped on us last night in Farranac, they are doing just fine.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Ha! They have made some good gains in the last 24 hours! I meant to post this video last week when the Warden's were really losing but I was kinda sick. Glad to see the Wardens pushing back though!

[@wesleybowman6358]

If you want to cover a new war logistics game , you could try the new Men of War 2 .

[@RobertLovesGames]

Haven't heard of that one yet! I will check it out! Thanks!

[@mivapusa]

I dream of the day Tremolas can no longer erase bunker lines in the span of time it takes QRF to get there

[@RobertLovesGames]

Honestly same! They are brutal!

[@SuperFlatContender]

they arent really on strike its just that they lost really badly and are looking for an excuse

[@RobertLovesGames]

lol fair

[@lelouch_5904]

IT IS SO TRUE I AM NOT GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN WARDEN ANYMORE UNTIL CHANGES HAPEND

[@RobertLovesGames]

WELL SAID! HOLD YOUR GROUND!

[@spicyvt679]

As a bottom i agree with this video. Well said robert

[@RobertLovesGames]

LOL! Thank you spicy. Appreciate it :D

[@jameseddleman6944]

I see a lot of people say they know your channel. You think your channel influenced more people to go collie last time? I pretty much stopped playing cuz 1 guy "Bluesockman" on the Warden side thought it would be cool to shoot his own logi trucks till they stop, making them repair it, then continuing to chase them down again all while screaming like a drunken virgin. Since there is no real reporting system, I see no point in playing a game where depressed losers can f*ck things up like that just enough to not get banned. Also the wardens just sit in world chat CONSTANTLY talking about Femboys, and when I say "for weeks on end" I mean day in and day out. 55 people will sit in a base that is being contested afk for 45 mins. Just looks like a crap game to me now.

[@RobertLovesGames]

Maybe some people! There was another good Foxhole video on KZbin that almost got million views recently I think that helped bring a lot of new players in as well. Oh that sucks! I'm sorry to hear that :/ There is a report system though. You can absolutely report players for griefing like that and they will get banned. Next time if you can find their name in F1 menu and report or take screenshots or videos and you can send them in to report players as well. Let me know if you need help reporting players ever. We don't need these kind of players in the game.

[@jameseddleman6944]

@@RobertLovesGames Thanks I will... yeah when I asked someone that was in this guys group, how to report, he told me that I couldn't and had to talk to the leader or whatever. Fairly sure these two dudes were making logi players rage quit, then they would Wrench the trucks when we leave and take the credit for the work.

[@BC18-18]

BHack in the day wardens outnumbered the collies, now that it's opposite they're stopping ?????????????

[@gonshi9]

Hi, im a solo warden (+ a friend of mine sometimes) in my first war... +80hours already, at first it looked bad but these 2 last days we are taking back quite some ground! Not all hope is lost!

[@gonshi9]

I did buy it in 116 but barely played (only tutorial) because i was at the time changing my old pc that could barely play it to a proper one

[@RobertLovesGames]

Yea! The Wardens are doing a really good job pushing back! Hope that trend can continue through the week! Keep up the good fight!

[@TheTrytix]

As a new player to War 117, and as a trainee for the Warden group, HCNS, without disclosing anything that should remain secret as war 117 is indeed still ongoing, HCNS seem to be having a better time than usual this war, due to a influx of new players, including myself. And considering this is the first time I have even heard of a Warden strike, I too, believe that to be a false rumor or at the very least to be WAY less of a problem than some might think. War 117 has indeed had a bit of a Colonial dominated push, but it seems like we are entering something of a stand-still now maybe. So we'll see where this goes. Here is hoping the war lasts at least a couple extra weeks.

[@bobbyvideoman]

The strike on the warden side is hitting hard, last night I was fighting at stonecradle, Buckler sound. Warden logistics is refusing to supply our city and resorting to team killing anyone who disobeys the order. We still get some supplies every so often from some trucks sneaking in but it’s killing us slowly

[@RobertLovesGames]

Oof! Sorry to hear that :/ It looks as though Wardens are making a decent push back out. Hopefully that trend can continue!

[@bobbyvideoman]

@@RobertLovesGamesThanks, we are fighting hard even with our lack of support down south and making some decent advances 👍

[@ChrisWilliams-rz2op]

I'm just a wo1, Play on and off. I mostly play Frontline logi. I've just noticed an uptick of alts, and guess what. Wardens get alts, colonials do not because of the locking of faction thing. Crates, locked trucks, etc in roads.

[@TarsonTalon]

Bruh I tried to introduce a friend to the game and picked Warden faction, and they tried to sacrifice him to the tech gods by having him climb the scrap node and trying to burn him with a flamethrower. He only escaped because I held them at SMG point. Not cool man. Not cool. When I played, I saw so much skill issue on Warden side I felt that calls about Colonial equipment being overpowered was just an excuse.

[@centric3125]

Last night i was in Farranac. If Wardens were on strike, then they just stopped, because a charging wall of blueberry F.U. came put of Bone Haft, crossed the bridge, smacked the taste out of Scarp of Ambrose, and was summoning tanks and a godawful creeping barrage of arty (1 shell per second on average) on a drive to Jade Cove. Before my connection crapped out because of a lightning storm, i was at the Sickle Hill Conc BB watching the map slowly go dark or go blue. That and They smashed Reach over in Stonecradle and were threatening Buckler with huge numbers. They weren't striking. They were TRAINING.

[@7badcat]

I bought the game and i only have 20 hours. I play warden but honestly i'll just wait a few months because not only when i spawn theres not enough supplies. But the enemy has way more experience. I was with 6 guys who are new, me included. And all of us got killed by a collie with a bayonet. Maybe that collie has the best clip for this war. But for the 6 of us? We just either logged off (like i did) or went to another frontline. That's not including how another time the infantry got destroyed with 3 enemy armored cars while we only had 2 clips for our rifles and freezing to death with no winter clothes. Or how its mostly Warden solo players trying to hold a front unorganized and the Collies not only outnumber us, but they are way more organized in their buldings, logistics and command. I only have 20 hours, im a noob. But I can still tell when a game is fun or not. And I got burned from frustration more than anything. I dont think the game is bad. I just think collies has such a large advantage that it makes it unplayable :p

[@pepethekingprawn3205]

You're telling me we wardens are losing the war? Great! And i thought the worst thing today was that i couldn't manage our public parking lot properl. 2 day newbie. 😅

[@samdumaquis2033]

Warden here in war 2, tough but we did push back successfully recently 😃