I agree so hard that I created an account to reply.
Here's my issue: I'm bored with single player and private servers, I've recently began playing on public servers and I love it and hate it at the same time.
When I play online, I want to jump into the fray (especially because when you play those beginning stages so many times it just gets so monotonous that it makes me quit the game.)
But the beginning stages aren't even that bad compared to older versions of the game - it's also other mechanics as well.
I think the real problem is that there's too many skills and n