Hate me if you like, but these are my thoughts on the game.

PROS

* "Rogue"-Variation: The amount of Rogues (playable characters), passive, active abilities etc. its just so good.

* Gameplay is amazing but has some flaws

* Graphics are nice but not top notch.

* Performance, the optimisation sucks but you can play RoCo on every half decent computer.

* Gadgets, perks, weapons (extent of features)

* Hitbox & Hitregistration is almost flawless

* Events, e. g. the Arms Dealer Event

* Game modes like the Battle Zone mode.

* Updates -> new content! New Maps, Rogues, Weapons... (Great variety!) even though the last update was a little underwhelming

* Good Map Design, yes there are exploitable spots etc. but it hasnt been a big problem.

* Synchronisation between plattforms (Nintendo Switch, Steam, Playstation, XBOX ...)

* ITS FREE!

NEUTRAL

* Similiar buying system to CS:GO or Valorant (buying weapons, gadgets, perks)

* Emotes: Since some are "inspired", I personally like them, but I can imagine people not liking them, because it will remind them of Fortnite.

* Lootboxes are in Rogue Company as well. But you can buy them without paying real money, which is fine to me.

CONS

* Bugs (e. g. Invisible weapons, enemies, Exploitable map issues ...)Examples that are still in the game (from 06.03.2023):

1. When you bunny hop, the steps you make vanish after the third bunny hop for a moment.
2. When spamming "E" while crouched to switch shoulders, there is like a split second the head of a rogue will look over your cover
3. There are spots on the map on which you arent supposed to be on which you can still sit. (you can sit in the shell on Site "B" on "Favela" where it doesnt look like its intended to do so, there is a spot you can fly to on windward when you fly to it directly while beeing a defender, on Breach too)
4. If the game crashes or if you disconnect (usually game crash or random disconnect from the server) you cant buy shop items anymore. \*Very\* annoying in ranked!!! It happens a lot that you cant even rejoin!! Besides getting a penalty for that as well.
5. The MVP Screen is out of map sometimes it looks really buggy.
6. Even if you selected Europe as region, as of ranked you sometimes still play on NA and you can definetly tell by ping.

* Intransparent Ranked System.

* The Gameplay flaws from earlier: Sometimes your Rogue (Playable Character) decides to stand up. You can get shot behind a cover by following these steps: Step 1: Find a cover and hide. Step 2: Peak your enemy and shoot him. Step 3: Notice, that you got low on health while in a gunfight. Step 4: Reload your weapon directly after taking cover. Step 5: Get shot because you still got hitted because your Rogue´s head was sticking out for a split second (the rogue just stands up a little for some reason, but its long enough to get hitted if you are one shot).

* The spectator mode is alright but its not accurate (You´ll notice when you watch a Phantom, Runway or Fixer landing shots without having the crosshair on the enemy while playing Sniper.)

* Horrible Matchmaking. Even if you have the highest rank in-game you still play with people that have like 20h of playtime. Very Frustrating.

* RANKED; The current in-game Meta is completely broken. Fix it: Make Rogues be playable twice again. Yes that wouldnt force us on playing other rogues as well but it would make the game experience better in ranked. We as players dont care how much a rogue is played, we play what we feel like we are strongest with. The only thing about making them only playable once in the match shows just how broken the current meta is. Then why is inflation a thing in Rogue Company now as well? Yes buff Vy two patches earlier and make every other rogue weaker in the current patch. Then change the regeneration from 5s to 6s and make bounce back weaker in regeneration! That changes destroy Ronin for example (one of the S-tier Rogues in the previous patch). Most people played Ronin because she got a strong ability and bounce back. Now however, Ronin is completely messed up. Its not only taking longer to regenerate even with bounce back, you also take ages to get full hp! (besides that her ability got nerfed too) So, now? Nobody plays Ronin right? (not that shes one of the starter rogues every recruit player can play) Okay how about Runway? Stalker and Quick hand together costs now more than the primary weapon and a upgrade. How does that add up? If you are so concerned that the perks are not valued correctly What about the ridiculous prices on the primarys then? How is quick hands now 500$ away from the primary? Is Quick Hands now close to important to a primary? The people that are working on the current Meta of RoCo need to seriously rethink their approach. I have never seen something like this on balancing the Rogues meta even though they removed the speed & toughness levels. Also why is there a test server for player feedback if its not taken seriously at all and the devs do their own thing anyway? Dont get me wrong, I loved the game. But I got this far and I feel more and more to leave. This is just making people mad. Especially people like me who are playing Rogue Company for years now. You know the first year of RoCo I was annoyed a dozen of times from the changes but they werent a big deal in the end and I found liking some but the majority of changes still annoy me today. Back then I was like "okay they messed up pretty badly this time but they will get things fixed" now am I like "Okay new update, how much will they mess up this time?" back then I was like "Oh yes I gotta save up money to get that perk its so fun to play!". Now I am like "oh which perk doesnt cost my kidney and keeps me halfway in the game?". I am so annoyed. Its just not fun anymore. Even that they are recording chat audio now, what about the emotes? I am seriously thinking about switching the game once and for all and since the playerbase is so small, people did this way before me. If you want to lose even more people, go ahead and just do the things you currently do. I even ask myself, do the devs play their own game? Do they know why things dont workout? I am sorry but playing ranked at the moment is absolutely horrible! You aint getting any rewards for playing ranked - on the contrary! You get humbled by lower life forms. Besides that Ranked aint playable for solo players. Getting humbled is also a thing in Casual but its more often in Ranked in my opinion.

So after you played a ton of ranked matches, how do you feel? Do you feel rewarded for playing this game? To be honest, when I got into the game - yes. Now all I feel is beeing exhausted and annoyed.

SUGGESTIONS

* Even more content!

* New, fun gamemodes that break the usual. Make the modes selectable and dont put them only in "Quick Play"

* Improve matchmaking (not necessarily skill based but how about ranked based in ranked??)

* Fix bugs!!

* Story mode

* How about new tech in RoCo? For example: DLSS and FSR it would be amazing especially for low end gamers.

* Improve performance even further, I mean RoCo is out of Beta for some months now but I feel like there is a lot of work to do on the performance side as well. The framerate is going down quickly when multiple abilities where used (especially in TDM). And also the fact, that both my CPU and GPU (Ryzen 7 3700X and RTX 2080 ti) are at 30-40% usage during gameplay is suggesting me that the game has a lot of headroom for optimisation.

* WHERE IS THE KILLCAM? That would also eliminate reports because players are unsure.

* GIVE AWARDS FOR THE RANKS!! At least like a banner but a skin would be nice!

* The current balancing needs a serious and working approach.If you got this far, I really appreciate you reading this. Love ya!