I'm also terrible. I first played in 1997 or something and I never could PK my way out of a paper bag.

And it's definitely true that sometimes I think of coming back and remember that I'd be playing only with veterans and I would probably literally never get a kill. So that's where I agree.

But I don't think there's anything you can change about the game to make that not true. The only thing that will change that is an influx of new players who are as bad as me.

Sadly it's a catch-22. People don't play because there aren't enough players.

I think CF is a unique enough game to be appealing to a sufficient number of people (it probably needs a playerbase of like 600-1000?), but we've had trouble reaching out. There's a Facebook page but only old people use facebook. We need some twitch, youtube and tiktok streamers, not stuff that appeals to other 40 years olds.