Which RTS games are people playing online?

So ever since I started playing Starcraft 2 online I've been wanting to play some other RTS games online as well, but i'm not sure which ones still have a good online community so I wont have to wait for 30 min to find a match. Is there anybody that knows of some that would be worth looking into?

I am playing none and have no advice as to what you or anyone else should play. Sorry.

DeViLzzz

lol this made me laugh. :P Thanks for the reply anyhow. ;)

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I am playing none and have no advice as to what you or anyone else should play. Sorry.

Jedi831

lol this made me laugh. :P Thanks for the reply anyhow. ;)

most people just play SC2 unfourtantly, I can only play my favourites (Company of Heroes, Empire Earth, Age of EMpires, ect) with my friends, not that I would want to play random's anyway.

SC2 and Company of Heroes are all I can think of

dawn of war 2

and now and again you can find someone playing supreme commander 2 or total war: shogun 2

you can play warcraft 3 frozen throne. Active community

I liked playing World in Conflict and R.U.S.E., but I don't know about the community size at the moment. The Men of War series might be also worth checking out.

So it seems that Company of Heroes is the only other game beside SC2 that has a good community then? Which expansions do you guys have for CoH? From what I've seen, Opposing Fronts is the best expansion and Tales of Valor isn't really worth getting...

I play CoH on near daily basis, and when I play (usually at nighttime) there is around 3500 people online. So its not THAT hard to find a game ^^

The base game and OF are well worth the purchace, I have all of them, but never tryied what people usually say (that ToV has all the MP componant in itself) So I would take the safer route and buy CoH + OF.

Its a really good rts game ^^ While I like WiC I must admit I never playied it online (nor C&C3) so no idea how thier online componants are.

I'm really into Dawn of War 2. There's a decent amount of people playing, so you should be able to get matched within a couple of minutes.

Great focus on tactical play and I love the visceral carnage of the combat

Hmm

I don't konw too much about the online. But I have been on an RTS kick myself lately.

I reinstalled Generals and Zero hour (widescreen and camera height tweaks) never really got to enjoy them much, and just incase the new C&C game is a new Generals I want to have beat the first ones competely first. People say its better than I give it credit for, so I am giving it another go! Though I still have to say that I think the Tiberium saga of C&C is still my favorite RTS series.

I am also playing a good bit of Company of Heroes, (which still may have some decent online activity going for it) with all the expansions.

I also want to get the steam version of World in Conflict ( I beat the game but not expansion) I want both again, upgraded rig, CPU and GPU since I beat it first time, figure I can turn up a few things and get better performance, as well as get to play as the Soviets in the expansion. There might be a decent amount of people playing this game online as well.

I have Dawn Of War II I haven't played it yet, got it mainly for a friend who plays on my rig. I will get around to it, just other games I want to play more. I think this would be one with a good amount of online activity.

Starcraft II (I plan on getting it once I build my new rig, haven't even played the first, but I should have atleast 2 campaings to play when I go to play it) This RTS will probably have the most people playing it online. I hear the Matchmaking is horrible for the first like 10 matches, but then it starts to put you against comparable opponents. I guess the system is just getting a feel for you (to know who to match you against) for those first few matches online.

CoH has been, and remains, my most played game by far. Automatching at a peak time will get you a 1v1 matchup within a minute or so; there's normally about 20 people automatching 1v1's and about 10 automatching 2v2's at any one time, and then about 5000 people playing basic (unranked ie noob :P) matches.

1v1's in that game are just so awesome, competetive, and winning a match genuinely feels like you've outwitted your opponent.

As for expansions, all you need is the original IMO. OF added 2 new factions that are regarded by most top players as being either crap or just badly designed factions (encouraging blobbing and bad for game flow) and ToV added some broken units. The two main factions are all you need to have a whale of a time.

Red Alert 3! Im still playing and it has a active community

CoH has been, and remains, my most played game by far. Automatching at a peak time will get you a 1v1 matchup within a minute or so; there's normally about 20 people automatching 1v1's and about 10 automatching 2v2's at any one time, and then about 5000 people playing basic (unranked ie noob :P) matches.

1v1's in that game are just so awesome, competetive, and winning a match genuinely feels like you've outwitted your opponent.

As for expansions, all you need is the original IMO. OF added 2 new factions that are regarded by most top players as being either crap or just badly designed factions (encouraging blobbing and bad for game flow) and ToV added some broken units. The two main factions are all you need to have a whale of a time.

will952

I'm wishing for a CoH 2 with 4-6 factions built in, wouldn't it be nice to get some russian/japanese stuff going on :)
and we noobs just wanna have fun!

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So ever since I started playing Starcraft 2 online I've been wanting to play some other RTS games online as well, but i'm not sure which ones still have a good online community so I wont have to wait for 30 min to find a match. Is there anybody that knows of some that would be worth looking into?

xanax2622

Why did you reply to this topic - dead one for 2 years.

Total War: Shogun 2, Total War: Rome 2, Civilization V, XCOM: Enemy Unknown are the ones I know of and play*.

*Except Rome 2

When you guys suggest Company of Heroes, are you referring to 1 or 2?