Beginners (vs. "Premium")

[keybounce]

I can understand that this is a premium game, in general. It looks like it had a lot of dev time to develop and support. It's a popular game, and a draw to the premium service.

But: Beginners, and the beginner corporation

I cannot get a game when I turn on beginner corporations.
Every game I see created has it off.
Sitting there for an hour, with an attempt to make a board with it turned on, I got *zero* people.

This is a game that has a solo play option, and this should be a nice alternative -- give people a chance to play solo with beginner corporation, learn the game, and then go into the real game with real people. But that doesn't work with the "premium" restriction.

I am flat out told that turning beginner off is not recommended.
I cannot get a game with it turned on.

Instead of being able to get into the game community, I am excluded, completely.

What are ways around this? Well, for starters, I'd want to find out why people do not want to join a beginner game.

Is it --
"I don't want my ELO to be ruined with different play values"?
"I don't want to waste time with a beginner"?
"I don't find the beginner option fun"?
"I'm worried a good player will use this for unfair advantage"?

Something else?

1 -- A way to play unranked games (which in general, I think BGA needs)
2 -- Solo games could be "non-premium"
3, 4 -- a way to let new players / very low ELO users use beginner corporation and regular users not

[FrankJones]

I am not a fan of the beginner corporations. I feel as though they were an unnecessary choice by the designers.

Players who have bought a game with the known complexity of Terraforming Mars likely don't need beginner corporations.

Send me a friend invite, and we will play friendly mode, no beginner corporations, and I'll give you whatever advice you want or need while playing.

[xspuipuke]

Agreed. And same - send me a friend request and I’ll set up a friendly game between us, teaching you whatever you want to know.

[dessp7]

beginner corporations just meh, dont even try them. When I was playing my first game, people gave me that advice and I am not regret it. just forget that beginner corps are there in the game

I suggest you , as non premium player, grab that 100 ELO and play arena. Even it is premium game, arena matches are paired automatically, so you are not going to wait too long. And practice there.