Aces High over Warbirds. Why?

[daddog]

The 332nd Flying Mongrels is considering a move to Aces High from their home of Warbirds. Our home for over 2 1/2 years.  

This is not a move we take lightly. For over 3 years I have been flying Warbirds and have a lot of friends there, as many in our squad do. I am not here to bash Warbirds or drag out their problems of late, nor is that what I am looking for. I am interested in comments favoring Aces High over Warbirds, and why you feel that way.

Thanks ahead of time.  

daddog
100th and 301st Squadrons
332nd Flying Mongrels
 

[indian]

I like Aces High over Warbirds

1.The price is far better.
2.I realy like the FM's much better here.
3.The view system here is great you can adjust your view to your likeing no you to the game kinda like a real plane. (seats werent solid in real airplanes)
4.The fuel usage in the arena makes you stay on your toes and you can manualy configure tank usage.
5.The combat seems to be much harder here like maybe the best from everywhere is here.
6.The community is very freindly here everyone can and do help others. Kinda like its our game here not just HTC.
7.The main reason are the planes they just feel better and I personally like the late model planes allthough I will play with the older ones too.


Not to mention that everyday you can see the HTC gang online so when they are late with an update you can go throw lead at them and make them go back to work, except HT himself you throw lead at him you better have company hell whoop you.

Aces High is limited at the moment but growing faster the you can imagine. In less then 4 months we have gone from 4 planes to what we have now. With more to come. H2H of up to 8 players is supposed to be coming (4 to 8 not sure of the number). A half track is on the drawing board to defend the bases. Manu other planes that they wont tell us about yet but some never before modeled.



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Tommy (INDIAN) Toon
  1st Aces High Trainer Crew
Home of The Allied Fighter Wing A.F.W.
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[rosco-]

 Cant say it much better than indian.
The biggest factor for me is the updates, often and substantial. I had a problem a while back and emailed pyro and got a responce back within an hour! Plus the price cant be beat. Also, my connections are better here, at least for me, . All else is irrelevant when your connection sucks.

[Karaya One]

 

Originally posted by daddog:
The 332nd Flying Mongrels is considering a move to Aces High from their home of Warbirds. Our home for over 2 1/2 years.  

This is not a move we take lightly. For over 3 years I have been flying Warbirds and have a lot of friends there, as many in our squad do. I am not here to bash Warbirds or drag out their problems of late, nor is that what I am looking for. I am interested in comments favoring Aces High over Warbirds, and why you feel that way.

Thanks ahead of time.  

daddog
100th and 301st Squadrons
332nd Flying Mongrels
   

Daddog:

The FM rocks and the graphics are wonderful. Once you come to AH, WB will feel like Nintendo.

However, you MUST keep in mind that AH is still being developed. You must be tolerant of incomplete FM's, lack of strategy, limited plane set..etc..

WB is a much more finished product, however AH shows much more promise for the future. Good things come to those who wait.

K1

[Ripsnort]

Indian speaks with no forked tongue!

~Ground graphics are the best
~real 3D clouds you can dog fight in
~Vehicles  coming  very soon, including the
Mark IV  tank and ack wagons.
~New A/C that haven't been modeled in WB's, about 1.5 a month.
~As  Indian pointed out, you want customer service?  This is the place.  I know of no harder workers than HTC, and believe me, I'm the furthest thing from a brown noser, I have a very high work ethic within my life, these guys make mine look silly.

If I had to chose one reason, here it is.

Take  a WB plane up, and try to get it in an inverted  flat-spin.  Can't do it without  having a piece of your airplane gone (shot off).

You can get an AH FM into an inverted  flat spin without being shot up.

If you do transition to AH, expect a FM learning curve for  about 2 weeks....then go  back and fly WB's, you'll see what kind of "arcadish" FM you've  been flying for 3 years.

I personally flew WB's since it was CK (v.87) until November of last year...glad I changed!

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Brian "Ripsnort" Nelson
++JG2++ ~Richthofen~ XO
Aces High Training Corps
JG2 "Richthofen"
       
"Some people are only alive because it is illegal to shoot them."



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[Swager]

Because I fly and die here!!!    

Daddog bring that Flying Mongrels squadron to the Knights and fly with that JG2 squadron.  From what I understand they are one of the best squadrons in AH. (Noticed I said ONE of the best  .  I have to say one of the best because there are some kick-butt squads out there.)

We would compliment each other nicely!!

Or better yet, if some of the Mongrels are on AH have them look up the pilots from JG2 and do some flyin with them.  Rumor has it they always have something brewin!!!  

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Swager
"Damn.....I can't believe I missed that shot!!!"
   
JG2 "Richthofen"

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[Maniac]

Because IEN wont show any pictures of WB 3.0  

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AH : Maniac
WB : -nr-1-

 
   
http://www.rsaf.org/osf/

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[TT]

  I wont go into WB bashing. It provided me with many months of fun. It is really just a matter of preference.

 Why I prefer AH is as follows. When WB current FM was interduced, it was more to solve the stickstirring problem than anything to do with RL flight modeling. When it was first applyed there were many posts on AGW, by real pilots, stating that real planes did not behave like that. Not being a RL pilot I tended to listen to them. I have never seen such a post here at AH. So I think the FM must be close.

  I hate the gunnery in WB. I understand why they changed it though. There were endless posts asking for the early war RPS, the guns aare to strong, ect.. Most people wanted a game that was more forgiving of mistakes. You can screw up, in WB, and get sprayed 2 or 3 times and still rtb. Here if you screw up. You dead.

  A good way to compare them. Is to compare WB ver. 2.5 and DOA.

 The best way is to try it for the two free weeks and decide for yourself.

[Kieren]

And we cannot forget the all-important connectivity. Whatever the differences, AH is hands-down better in the connection department.

It doesn't matter how good the game is if you cannot stay connected to it.  

By the way, you Mongrels like to buff, and you will soon have a Lancaster to try out!

[ra]

1)  AH has better FMs than WB.  After you get used to AH, WB planes handle like Piper Cubs.
2)  If you play a lot, AH is cheaper
3)  WB development is dead in the water.  Look how long V2.75 took, 3.0 just ain't worth waiting for.
4)  Sheep everywhere.

RA

[Westy]

 http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/Forum1/HTML/002011.html

 -W

[Rude]

Hiyas!

The two week free trial will yield the best answer to your question.

You and your men open accts, fly for two weeks and make up your own minds

I flew WB's ever since the CK beta's, and I can tell you as a RL pilot, not only is the FM more realistic(altho not perfect...it is a game)but the entire feel of this sim more closely imitates the real deal.

Get some accts and experience the difference yourselves....Look me up when you get here

Rude CO 13th TAS (Bishops)

Out!

[popeye]

To me AH is like going to the local tavern. The owners are tending bar and know yer name, there's a new "special" every couple of weeks, and the customers are relaxed and having fun.

WB got to be like going to McDonalds during the lunchtime rush. The "sales associates" don't have a clue, the menu hasn't changed in months, and the customers are impatient and getting surly.

 

popeye

[rosco-]

LOL popeye  Thats a good way of putting it  

[funked]

For me:

Good Things about AH vs. WB:
1.  FM's
2.  Graphics
3.  Plentiful Ground Targets  
4.  Bugs Get Fixed Pronto
5.  Price

Bad Things about AH vs. WB:
1.  Icons
2.  Lack of HA
3.  High Fuel Multiplier
4.  Planeset Size
5.  AH Acks Too Strong

I started here because of the price, and came to love how nicely the planes fly, how pretty things look, and how realistically I could move my head around in the cockpit.  Then I was hooked.  


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