Crash: The ct in it's current form is a half hearted attempt to placate the core enthusiasts who have been the traditional supporters of these types of flight sims for the last 8 years or so and is recognized by these same people as woefully inadequate.
I don't know about this hypothesis.
The "core enthusiasts" would seem to be a pretty small group, if this is the case. If you look at the other <ahem> ACM games available, there were pretty huge numbers in some of them. Those guys certainly couldn't be considered "core enthusiasts" in search of <ahem> "realism". Enthusiasts, sure; desperately seeking more "realism"? I am totally unconvinced.
Second reason it's empty is that 95% of all players go to where the crowd is to get into the action the quickest.
So, the theory here is that even if the CT WERE an "adequate" attempt to satisfy the "core enthusiasts" then 95% would still be in the MA right? It's pretty much given that the MA will always provide quicker action than a "perfect" CT, isn't it?
If you shut down the ma and only had an historical arena the vast majority wouldnt complain one bit, they'd simply log in, hop in whatever suited them and was available and find their way to the quickest fight, like they've always done.
So, if we FORCE them into it, they won't complain... but if we give them a CHOICE 95% of them will pick the MA? Because the action is faster?
What does that say Crash? Should the 5% determine the menu is for the other 95%?
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My .02 (and I really don't have a dog in this fight; 99.9% of the "realism" threads and posts in this BBS generate an internal
or a belly laugh for me)
I seriously doubt if you could get even 15 of the CT-desiring "core-enthusiasts" to agree on the 4 most important changes needed _right now_ in the CT to make it "adequate".
If you could and HTC made those changes, I seriously doubt that you'd routinely see more than 50 of the 300+ logged on in there on any given night.
Note, however, that this would be FINE with me. I think everyone should have a chance to play the way they want to play. Bravo to the 50 fi they find what they want. (As long as they don't then get on their high horses and go around telling everyone how uber and elite they are because they fly <cough> "realistically". That would simply be another area of division in the player base that we don't need.)
However, for all the continual noise made about the CT and the various <cough> "realism" issues, I think we must all be honest with ourselves.
The vast majority of the player base just doesn't care about this stuff. They'll play what HTC builds.
So it's good and wonderful and fine to make suggestions and proposals. Let's not pretend, however, that this is anything but a small minority arguing over rather trivial details.
Just my .02. Flame away.
