Good poker is good poker. Just because we can get away with playing tight standard at micros doesn't mean it's best. Becoming a better player in any game will aid other games. Now is actually the time you WANT to learn to loosen your game. You're playing vs the weakest players in a game you're comfortable. Getting better here will carry over to bigger games in ways you'll be pleased you did.

I am confident I could play like 50/46 at micros and annihilate for a much higher rate than any standard styles, and what I would learn doing that would be more beneficial for bigger games than the other styles. Shit I bet I could do that at .50/1 no sweat. Micro and small stakes players just have no clue how to adjust vs good maniacs, they even adjust incorrectly, and then all become huge fish.

So I'm saying that no matter where you're at or how you're doing, improving your game is improving your game.

As for more specific things, standard is to never open limp and to pretty much always 3bet instead of cold call. Blind steals should be at least 30, but actually the higher the better for the most part. I run at like 50; some much better players run at around 60-70. WSF should be at least 40. It may vary in different games, but I don't think so. 45 is actually then more optimal. latter street AF should be at least 2. That increase comes solely from valuing more thinly. Thin value is a huge part of winrate, and actually one of the easier things to learn. I didn't learn how to value well until around 1/2, but I froth at the idea of how many players at .05/.1 are calling down and stacking off with bad pairs.

And trust me, opening up the game at micros is not hard at all. You can actually be kinda lost postflop and still own. Watch the AEJones vid on Leggopoker where he plays 100% vpip at .5/1. When I did I was amazed at how poorly everybody adjusted to him. They all just tightened up and only played at him when they had huge hands. He prolly could beat that game for like 13ptbb.