What ya think?
.... I think I haven't flown in three days and have no inclination to do so.
I've officially lost any/all enthusiasm I had for AH...again.
I've quit and come back a number of times over the years. Sometimes for
a lengthy period of time and sometimes not.
Each time I come back, I hope for a spark of enthusiasm, something to fire
my imagination and wind up eventually disappointed.
I understand that the basic premise of Aces High is a flight-sim/game.
What I don't understand is why an operational/strategic system was instituted
which is at its core (downing the HQ) does absolutely nothing but kill off
a great deal of fun for 1/3 or more of the players. The end result being the
gradual but continued decline in the number of players/paying customers.
I have to assume that the powers that be actually play the game on occasion
and thus are fully aware of the situation, but it's the rare day indeed that
there seems to be any communication or input in the forums from them.
Years back, the Late War arena was split into two arenas; each with a cap
on the number of players allowed in. At the time, there were a good number
of actual functioning, old time squadrons in them. Squads which had been
around for years and which held a "Squad Night" at least once per week.
The arena caps disallowed these squadrons from getting together on that
one night. End result: the death of a good number of the old AH squadrons.
The split-arena setup continued for a lengthy amount of time until someone
finally came to the conclusion that it was bad for business. But, the damage
had been done. The pilots of those squadrons and the friendships and comraderie
which had been formed over the years simply blew away.
A good number of folks, myself included keep hoping for change, for some indication
that a new, fun system incorporating a fascinating operational and strategic forumulation
will be or is in the process of being implemented.
I can have fun "furballing", up to a point. But for me, and I'm sure for many other
pilots/customers out there, there simply has to be a goal/objective beyond the
sophmoric and tedious system currently in place.
Jacking up the "hardness" factor, or any other sort of tinkering with the "HQ" of
each country isn't the answer and is only at best a bandaid approach.
Regards, Odd
