Originally posted by Steve
Zazen, it's great that you enjoy and find success in your efforts to fly in a way that you term "realistically". I'm glad you found a way to have fun and enjoy striving for certain goals.
But Zazen the point you are missing, and the opposite of the one you are trying to make is: there is no better style of flying than the other.
Your desire for immersion, and how seriously you take your K/D is great for you. But to label other flying styles as unrealistic and "stupid" is downright egocentric.
Look, I'm not trying to rain on your parade. Go ahead and revel in your K/D, I congratulate you in that you are having fun, let the others have fun the way they choose... no need to be critical of others.
The only people I would refer to as stupid are those that choose to fly a particular way then get on this board and piss and moan because they get cherry picked or whatever. That to me is rediculous. I would never presume to tell anyone how to fly, but if you want to fly low, slow, into a horde of enemy don't whine for days because some Rook in a higher P51D comes by a cherry picks you. Which is exactly what that last thread was all about.
It's not so much about revelling in a ratio as it is cultivating an environment that is conducive to bringing about a more multi-faceted experience. It's becoming apparent that this is becoming like that book , "Men are From Mars, Women Are From Venus", where neither side will ever fully understand the other. The reasons people play AH over any other of the hundreds of massively multiplayer games out there are many. Obviously, as far as HTC is concerned that is a good thing as it brings more $ which in turn allow him to develop the product further.
But, as some noted when AW went from hourly to flat rate as more people, who would not ordinarily choose this type of product, do so it does not necessarily enhance the experience. In fact, usually, as we saw with the free trial HTC had a year or so ago (not the 2 week standard one), opening the flood gates actually makes the gaming experience generally worse for everyone, regardless of individual motives for playing. The general purpose of these posts is to remind everyone not to get lazy and let AH devolve into Air Quake, that just happens to involve WW2 genre equipment. It deserves better than that, a little respect and reverence of a bygone era goes a long way.
I would happily pay $29.95/month if it meant people who only play AH to be spoilers, with no other motive for playing than pissin' in other peoples cornflakes, would move on to something else. That is not to say there is no place for the casual part time player, players like gritz, who fly low and get into furballs with no consideration for survival. His motive is still the love of airiel combat. But, if you are just looking to crash parties or get a quick adrenalin fix there are countless hundreds of games that are free play that would serve that end much better.
Zazen
