Advanced Squad Tactics

"For everyone who didn’t hear it yet: after 2 years of great gaming AST is closed.

First of all I want to thank all members, allies, friends and guests for their contribution to the team and for playing with us. I personally had a very good time. I regret nothing. And I hope we all stay in contact and keep on playing together in the future.

Second I want to talk about the reasons for this step. From the very beginning AST stood for realistic games with highly skilled players. We pushed realism concerning the combat environment and tactics far beyond what’s common in the community. This style lead to a, in my humble opinion, unique, great gaming experience. But it also required more effort and dedication. In fact too much dedication for most players. We knew that from the start.
Of course we could have lowered our standards to attract more players. But that would have destroyed the gaming experience AST stood for.
Now we have sadly reached a point where our members all together can not be active enough to provide said gaming experience. Hence we decided to close this team officially. Such a clear end is in my opinion better than just pretending to be something which is, unfortunately, in fact gone.

I personally have lowered my activity recently mainly because I’m more and more disappointed and frustrated about the “tactical” community as a whole. People use the terms “tactical” and “realistic” so often and in such ways, that they are completely meaningless. But I don’t want to rant here.
For the future I will probably put my focus on other games, maybe the combat flight simulation Falcon BMS which offers a great realistic, cooperative experience and requires less players. However I still might be up for some Swat or Arma now and then. And I’ll keep all servers running as they are, except that I’ll remove all links to AST.

Cya " - Raptor