What would you do?

[JOACH1M]

If pursay, you were in charge of HTC... What would you do? Would you change anytning or keep it the way it is going as it has made it the last 14+ years?

Just a curious thread, not meant in any flaming manner what so ever.

 

[Nathan60]

well since they are upgrading I would say they are making changes. I think that's the right thing to do as well. Now are these changes enough to intrest new people I cant say.

[Tumor]

Make stick stirring far more sensitive, and G-forces do SOMETHING to the pilot.   Oh, and fire Skuzzy. 

[uptown]

I'd hire someone to make maps. Maps where the terrain, towns and bases wasn't all the same exact layout as every other map. I'd change the way CV groups are....meaning different size groups where the ships move independently of each other. Allow planes like TBMs, SBDs and other torpedo planes to get in close enough to at least have a chance at dropping ord before the ack destroys them. Have factories to bomb that would cut down on the type of planes or GVs in the battle....i.e. Spitfire factories, Tiger tank factories, P51 factories etc.
Add railroad heads that can be built or destroyed to control supplies on small portions of maps. Cut out the 12hr switch rule and cut down on some of these stupid pilot wounds. Reduce ack at fields to make masterbaiters actually fight instead of fly around hoping for a proxy kill. That just promotes crappy cowardly play.

You can make the game pretty with sunsets and real looking water until the cows come home, but if the game itself is boring and routine day in and day out ....well... you'll get what ya got.


Oh, and what Tumor said except for the Skuzzy part 

[Rob52240]

Team up with some computer companies who sell gaming computers.  Bundle aces high and throw in 6 months of free subscription.

[SmokinLoon]

Keep the company as is.  Small is better, imo. That keeps the crew within arms reach of the players. Plus, the owners, operators, antagonists, etc, understand exactly what is going on since their hands are dirty in all things Aces High each and every day.

As far as game changes...

1> Different hardness settings for different OBJ.  The 312 lbs base for so many of the day to day OBJ is a bit over simplified, imo.
2> Change the damage to the HQ so that it is scaled. Currently, it is all or none.  I think there should be some in between damage (no dots, but dar bars available, etc)
3> Ammo and troops damage to should be scaled like the fuel. The "all or none" is a bit much, imo.
4> Mix up the troop carries so that each has its own benefit. Meaning- let the C47 carry 16 troops, the LVT2 12, the M3 and SdKfz/251 carry 10, etc. Keep the capture threshold at 10, but mix it up!
5> Let there be about 4 variations of each map. Meaning- swap out bases long the front so the dynamics change. 

[Lusche]

If pursay, you were in charge of HTC... What would you do?

To answer that, I would have to know first what resources are available to me. Dreams and wishes I have a lot...

[GScholz]

Merge/sell/deal with a bigger game developer with the resources to turn AH into CLOD+AH servers or at least WT+AH servers.

[Someguy63]

To answer that, I would have to know first what resources are available to me. Dreams and wishes I have a lot...

Same here, I couldn't answer without knowing first.

[Max]

Submarines.

[caldera]

The new terrain sure isn't state of the art for 2014, but it will be good enough.


The plane graphics are a different story.  Some of them still look like Playstation1 era graphics.  If they all were on par with the new Yaks, that would be good enough.  After finishing the terrain, I would go full tilt into updating much of the set. 

These all need to be redone, IMO:


F4U
P-38
P-47
P-51
B-17
B-24
Spit
109
190
Ki-84
F4F/FM2
A-20/Boston
SBD
TBM
Tempest
110
163
234
Ju-88
Ki-61
B5N
D3A
Ki-67

[Swoop]

I'd get rid of the early and mid war arenas and then take control of the AvA arena, enable all axis planes on one side, all allied on another and take every base from the 3rd country and assign to the other two.

[Arlo]

Hire Dale and put him in charge.

[Kuhn]

Depends on how much money I want to make. Wanna go public? Can you say War Thunder?    

[Someguy63]

The new terrain sure isn't state of the art for 2014, but it will be good enough.


The plane graphics are a different story.  Some of them still look like Playstation1 era graphics.  If they all were on par with the new Yaks, that would be good enough.  After finishing the terrain, I would go full tilt into updating much of the set. 

These all need to be redone, IMO:


F4U
P-38
P-47
P-51
B-17
B-24
Spit
109
190
Ki-84
F4F/FM2
A-20/Boston
SBD
TBM
Tempest
110
163
234
Ju-88
Ki-61
B5N
D3A
Ki-67

Best to just update the ones from AH1 first, some of these look decent enough to be able to wait a bit longer.