Originally posted by Eagler
maybe its the flying distances btwn fights
(but capture one base on the IJ mainland and you'll see Peggies and GVs to beat the band ... all suiciding themselves in a complete frenzy to get it back - and they will. You'll also get to see buttloads of Niks rushing over to make a couple of vulch passes before augering or getting shot down by the FM2s that just got stationed there.)
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maybe it the floating ack barges
(Is it an issue of the large fleet versus the "standard" sized one? Or is it something about ships altogether? Pac sets will generally have ships ... unless some severe rationalization is involved. The way ack works in AH is universal. The setting, however, isn't. I'm all for turning ack completely off, if need be - and if it could be done. After all, I've seen as much complaining about framerate loss as anything, maybe more. The manables are fine enough. To make up for the Otto crew dying of mass food poisoning, up the fleet hardness to double MA norm.)
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maybe its the ack huggers once you fly 30 miles to fight unless its 3 to 1 in their favor
(Heh ... once IJ planes fly 30 miles anywhere they're at 25K+. Ninety-nine percent of the time that'll mean they have plenty of alt over their opponents .. well unless all the fleets were sunk again and you have the rare Antarctic bluebird flying north for the summer. Ninety-nine percent of the time, they're Georges. YOU watch 6 to 8 Georges - or hell - 6-8 anything come in at you with 10k alt or more over you and see if YOU don't start double checking for possible safe refuge. Even the rare solo - but actually well flown - high alt IJ plane ... any brand .... can make all below rethink their options. 
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maybe its the japs never really had an airforce as compared to the germans, and its tiring to see >85% of it being niks
(The Niks are there to keep the awesome and deadly F4U at bay. I'm all for it. Ninety percent of the Nik drivers try to fly it like a Zeke .... even when they're facing F6Fs and FM2s. And it seems some A6M5 drivers like to think they're flying at a severe disadvantage even when it's a 1v1 turnfight. That's irony for ya. Seems some of the smartest and best IJ pilots are the dedicated Tony drivers.)
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maybe i suffer from aquaphobia/hydraphobia - all that water, so little land 
(Sounds like a personal problem. )
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maybe its cause im a dweeb but ill take an eto over a pto any week
(Then you'll love the good news about the priority given ETO over PTO in the upcoming TOD. 
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On a personal note.
I see all the extreme gnashing of teeth going on here. I, myself, have supported each and everyone's personal pet favorites here and I'm sure it's no secret what my own preference is. I have, however, had fun practically every night I've ever flown in the CT. Might I pass on my secret?
1: See everything as a challenge. The greater the challenge, the greater the thrill potential when you overcome it ... even accidently.
2: ALLOW yourself to immerse. I don't care if it takes an hour of meditation before logging on to convince yourself that the setup actually could have possibly happened and probably even did in an alternate mirror universe where Kirk was evil yet evil Spock was still painfully logical. If that doesn't work ... go fly the pizza. You'll probably be ready for whatever's running in the CT within less than an hour.
3: ACCEPT that there really is no way to
balance a setup without it involving the exact same planes on both/all sides and a pizza style map.
4: Fly at least one night (or even hour) on the other side to actually gain a
complete perspective. Warning: this can become addictive and your friends that stay "dedicated to their cause" may brand you a "traitor" if they see you do it more than once. Oh .... staff should be required to fly both sides of their setups extensively the first time it runs and perhaps each time they change it's layout.
5: As my old buddy Grits would say .. "Screw balance ... just fly." When them same old feelings creep in and suddenly you start to feel miserable instead of having fun (and I think we all'd like to think that we're here for the latter and not the former) - then take a short break and reassess the situation ... even if it takes logging off to do it.
6: If all else fails .... laugh at everyone else beeching and moaning and suddenly you may become sincere about it. Sometimes laughing first will reveal how funny the situation
really is and put things back to a somewhat reasonable perspective. Then have fun whether you kill her or she kills you.
