Deleted my account

[Eagler]

hehehe

funny thread - thanks for the laughs

ah2 is just the begining, the platform for TOD

bye bye AH1

[Shuckins]

The only problem I've encountered with the new ranging system is that it is possible, under conditions of low visibility, (i.e., low con blending into ground detail) for a con to suddenly reverse and attack you head on before you realize what's happening.  The old ranging system made that easier to spot.

However, this keeps you on your toes.

The spray and pray crowd that like to fly fighters with multiple hizookas are gonna have a difficult time adjusting.  Pinging an enemy con at distances beyond 1k is considerably more difficult...AS IT SHOULD BE!  We've all been in situations where we were trying to extend and had some dweeb fire off half their ammunition load trying to ping off some vital part at distances where they had to use zoom to identify us an aircraft.  (The use of zoom views in an aerial combat sim has never made any sense to me.)

As a result of these changes, I am finding that evasive maneuvers are much more effective than they have been in the past.  Unless the enemy con that jumps me is flown by a better pilot, I now have a real chance of surviving the encounter.  Again, this is AS IT SHOULD BE!

The gameyness is largely gone.  The sim is now more realistic...and it is really not more difficult to play.

[culero]

Yo, Steve. In addition to the screen res tips.....

Look down and to the left. Note the "Z" key.

Use it when yer engaged and about to close to guns range.

culero (old and getting weak of eye, too )

[dazeh]

Originally posted by _Schadenfreude_
Play Il2 AEP for 8 weeks - Ah2 is pretty easy after that.

hit the nail on the head there!

IL2 FB AEP is superb. More beautiful, better gunnery and damage model, supports TrackIr mouse look, has complex engine management and using hyperlobby you can find loads of games.Theres even 24/7 servers running wars, you do a good mission it affects the next one. its great

The only thing it cant touch though is the number of players online in one arena. AH always had the best server for numbers and so always will be easier to use if you like to find a fight quick.

If your thing is playing a bitmore realistically then you either have to wait for the promised TOD or try your hand with IL2 FB AEP.
Theres actually room for both i think,

I'll use AH for dogfighting and IL2 for jabo missions / bombing / flying in realistic manner / scenarios. it works out quite well.

Steve if you play JUST AH you WILL burn out at some point. Its impossible for HTC to please everyone all the time.Take a month off, maybe try IL2 or maybe lock-on, then come back and play AH again.

Ive taken a break ,and had a HD crash and lost all my settings, bought a new joystick (X45) , bought trackIR, played IL2 FB AEP, and now im playing AH2 now its released properly. It has become a novel new game almost and it does look better , flies better and has lots of the best bits kept in from AH whilst updating much that needed it. Ive spread my attention between several games and it has helped me enjoy all of them not get frustrated by just one.

good luck steve.

[SKurj]

Saying that numbers are down and people are leaving appears to be true, but as the word goes out new players and old who have left will return and the numbers will surge back up past the old totals if HT has done his job right.

I've already seen some old players in the arena who had been gone for awhile.

Oops I'm one of them +)

My only beef is the game doesn't seem to have changed quite enough.  It isn't offering much if anything new to learn.  Well the new terrain is just great for gv's, makes it a whole new game in that respect. +)


SKurj

[BUG_EAF322]

I have room for both games

AH2 does have a bigger arena and u can landgrab play in gv's any many more.

Il2 does have smalller maps but there isn't radar so realism is biginning with this.
Than there is a better damage model u really have to shoot the crap out of an nme plane to kill it. But a well places shot might give u some luck at times.

The graphics are awesome and gives a real feeling like ww2 footage, at least i do.

AH2 doesn't make it in graphics but i bet it can do more than u see now.

In Il2 u can expect the nme coming from some direction. In AH they can come from a lot more directons (more fields).

The bigger map and the bigger crowd gives it more dynamic.

When i started to really play Il2 because of the p38 added . I got dissapointed on the fm and gunnery because i was so used to AH.

But after indeed about 8 weeks u get used to it. I now can do multiple kills and land em. Somehow it's an another kind of challenge.

The point is don't give up to early
That's the same as losing.

[Sikboy]

Originally posted by Sooner00
I don't need you to tell me my choices dik!!

Apparantly you did.

-Sik

[beet1e]

Originally posted by Steve
Beet, what do you think about the old icon ranging system from AHI being plugged into AHII for arguments that I've mentioned?

Nothing to add to what the others have said since you asked. The RL pilots of WW2 didn't have ranging software, head up displays etc. They had a gunsight - that was it. The icon/range thing in flight sims is, IMO, a concession to the fact that we are playing a GAME on a computer screen. It is necessary. I tried the Dotbirds experiment and didn't like it. I wouldn't like I|2 if it has no icons at all.

[Sooner00]

No the Thread was "Deleted my account" based on a flight model and damage model that is not as much fun as AH 1. The icon range counter is more realism, its a computer game and if some dont find it as much fun than so be it. Weather I play or not is my choice, and weather AH 2 changes for the better or not is HT's choice. Its base on what each person enjoys or not. On that note if AH 2 remains the same I will Delete my account also. So this play or leave stuff has no place on this thread.

[Sikboy]

Originally posted by Sooner00
Weather I play or not is my choice

Well, there you have it. I'm glad we had this talk.

-Sik

[Sooner00]

Sikboy, for someone that only has flown 3 hrs 8 mins 40 sec. in Tour 53 has no place making comments on this thread.

[Dead Man Flying]

Originally posted by Sooner00
Sikboy, for someone that only has flown 3 hrs 8 mins 40 sec. in Tour 53 has no place making comments on this thread.

Huh?

-- Todd/Leviathn

[Sikboy]

Originally posted by Sooner00
Sikboy, for someone that only has flown 3 hrs 8 mins 40 sec. in Tour 53 has no place making comments on this thread.

I think you're right. I shouldn't have been wasting my time in the Beta arena learning the new system when I could have been racking up quality time in AHI so that I could earn membership in this thread


-Sik

[SlapShot]

Originally posted by Sooner00
No the Thread was "Deleted my account" based on a flight model and damage model that is not as much fun as AH 1. The icon range counter is more realism, its a computer game and if some dont find it as much fun than so be it. Weather I play or not is my choice, and weather AH 2 changes for the better or not is HT's choice. Its base on what each person enjoys or not. On that note if AH 2 remains the same I will Delete my account also. So this play or leave stuff has no place on this thread.

I think that Sikboy's underlying intent was that HT IS NOT going to change it ... he may tweak it ... but he ain't gonna change it.

With that in mind and what you have said above, then you still have the same 2 choices ... play or don't.

I have 18:29:32 hours ... and Levi has 16:46:31 hours ... compared to your 62:41:47 hours ... I hope that qualifies our existence in this thread.

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by Shuckins


The gameyness is largely gone.  The sim is now more realistic...and it is really not more difficult to play.

Excellent observation Shuckins.


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