Cancelling my account

[nopoop]

Nothin more fun then new stuff.

Looking forward to the updates once again.

Been awhile.

[dsrtrat]

Leadgen, don't let the door......

[Karnak]

I just don't understand all this account canceling going on.  The game itself hasn't changed that much.  It seems to me that a lot of people need to get a grip and stop acting like a spoiled four year old told he can't have a toy.

HTC has demonstrated that they continually improve their product.

Anybody here remember AH v1.0?  The people stomping ther feet and storming out would have been agast at what AH 1.0 was and yet it developed into AH v1.11 that they now claim was so much better than AH v2.0.  Further, they're not even giving themselves time to ajust to the changes in AH v2.0.

AH v2.0 is a new engine.  It is going to have bugs.  AH has always had bugs and HTC has always worked to squish them.  The potential for the new engine is vastly better than the old engine and it will develope.


Now, it is your money and your choice and all, but if you do quit, please, no more whiny "AH2 sucks!!!! I quit!!!!!" melodrama on the board please.

[Reschke]

Well if the cost went to $19 a month no one told me and I would most likely have to drop the old account if it did. Just a dollars vs. Time thing for me.

Anyway that isn't what this is about. Its about hearing for over a year that the game was going to require a complete overhaul of the graphics engine in order to move forward with the concepts and ideas that HTC has been working toward and wanting for a while now.

For those of us who have been here a while we have all seen HTC develop and build on existing software in small cycles with aircraft additions and such. Those things are not at a small cost to the overall game itself and many of them were significant improvements.

The idea of people getting ticked about base capture is somewhat silly even if it is the only reason you play the game. The point being that base capture hasn't changed in one single aspect that I have seen except now you really have to know the layout of the new bases and to me that doesn't really count.

So to you LeadGen good luck and we will see ya if we see ya! !

[LeadGen]

Originally posted by Reschke


So to you LeadGen good luck and we will see ya if we see ya! !

Reshke,

Good luck and to you too

[LeadGen]

Originally posted by Karnak
I just don't understand all this account canceling going on.  The game itself hasn't changed that much.  It seems to me that a lot of people need to get a grip and stop acting like a spoiled four year old told he can't have a toy.


Now, it is your money and your choice and all, but if you do quit, please, no more whiny "AH2 sucks!!!! I quit!!!!!" melodrama on the board please.

Karnak, and others..

Look I started this thread to say goodbye to my friends and other people I flew with, using the opportunity to explain to them my personal reasons. IMO the game is no longer as much fun or worth the fee, although I am sure it will eventually get there. If you like the way the game is now, thats great for you and I hope you have fun, seriously.

I didn't ask that anyone agree with or like my personal reasons for leaving, but if you are not a friend or someone I flew with, or at least have something constructive to say, please post on some other thread to someone who gives a dam what you think.

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by LeadGen
Karnak, and others..

Look I started this thread to say goodbye to my friends and other people I flew with, using the opportunity to explain to them my personal reasons. IMO the game is no longer as much fun or worth the fee,  

See now this is the best and most legitimate reaon for leaving.
If something is no longer fun for someone, then it is no longer worth the fee.
And if its no longer fun or worth the fee then yea. Its time to leave. Totally legitimate reason.

Now the ones who say "this or that  needs to be fixed right now  or Im leaving" Well Sorry, I dont feel a bit sympathetic for ya.

Im having problems myself with  wildly unstable framerates and hiccups , And yes I've tried turning down textures, Adjusting the sliders. Adjusting my card itself to performance over detail. Adjusting the sound card Installing new drivers. installing dirX 9.b and almost every other suggestion  I read on the boards
 I've made several posts about this and unless I missed it not once hs anyone form HTC responded to me specificaly with a suggestion.

Am I moaning and throwing a tantrum about it? No
Am I making threats to leave? No
I am sure HTC has bigger fish to fry at the moment and respond to who they can when they can.
What I am doing is  continuing to scan the boards for ideas and continuing to work on my end on my machine  thinking that HTC will work on their end on their software thinking that eventually between them, myself, and the community we will get it all figured out eventually And we will all be one big happy dysfuntional family again.
My next step probably later tonight is to uninstall then reinstall  AHII, My vid card
My sound card, And DirX and see if that does anything.
If it works, Ill post it, if not Ill post that too and see what happens. And in the meantime I'll have what fun I can.
I understand the frustratiuon of some like myself who have been able to install and run any game they buy smooth as silk. Including some that are far more graphic intencive the AHII without so much as a hiccup, burp, belch or squeal and manage to do so withtout tinkering with their settings at all yet have probs with AHII.
I feel the same frustration.
But there are exeptions to every rule
And I am far from ready to stamp my feet, make demands or give ultimatums.
I understand that this is a brand new game. One that probably didnt have nearly the amount of regular beta testers it needed including myself. So HTC could only go with  the input they had and hope to fix everything else as they went along and as the situation arose.
And we as players can only give our feedback in as civil terms as possible and work WITH them to iron things out.
Wont work any other way.

[MOIL]

sling stated:

It was past time for HTC to upgrade the graphics engine and that is what they have done with AH2.

You bumped ur head

[XtrmeJ]

Why do you guys debate his reasons to leave? If he wants to go let him go. Not your decision.

[Panthor]

I feel the same way.   It's got 1 more week for me - if the video performance does not improve I'm gone.  The video freeze/jitter is unacceptable.

AKPanther

[RTDarksun]

Hello again, I was just bidding farewell to LeadGen and stating that I too just didnt like the new AHII. I am so happy alot of you do like it!

But if Someone started a post and it said, "I like AH2 better then AH"

I guarantee you someone would immediatly post, "Well you havent given it a chance" or "Maybe if your pc could handle it" or "no AH2 is way better then AH"...

Thats how the BBs work, ppl make statements, and others who agree or disagree tend to post their opinion.

LeadGen, for every 1 person out there that doesnt like AH2, there are 2-5 who do...and thats ok!

I was completely and totally addicted to this game for over 3 years...and maybe this change was likened to buying a new car...

Yeah I own a 97 Camaro RS, I love this car...but just because the 2002 Camaro is more powerful or more eyecatching than my 97, doesnt mean I neccessarily want to give up my 97 and shell out more money for the 2002. Sure I'd love to have both, but the bottom line is, I like the 97, I am happy with it and until I find something better, I will always have it.

Difference is, my 97 was taken away for whatever reason, and now I have the choice of driving the 2002, I take it for a test drive and guess what...I dont like it compared to my 97. So I guess I will wait until the 2002 is what I want, or until then I will drive my wifes Toyota Camry...

I know, many will come back now and tell me its apples and oranges, but basically, my opinion is mine and I dont find AH2 as fun as AH.

HiTech, if I am wrong about it being 19 a month then I apologize. if it was 10 a month, I still wouldnt play simply because in my opinion, AH was a better and funner game. And when/if the new version is all fixed up, I will come back and try it out...until then, I will drive my wife's Camry

All!

[DREDIOCK]

Originally posted by XtrmeJ
Why do you guys debate his reasons to leave? If he wants to go let him go. Not your decision.

heh, cause you cant just quit.
Ya gotta be paroled:)

[Seagoon]

Actually, I figured that regardless of how bugless the AH2 was a large number of players would end up leaving - I can't imagine HT didn't realize the same thing. I knew they'd leave for a number of reasons:

1) Hardware issues - got to admit this one almost pushed me out as well. The fact that PC h/w is changing so fast now that a card you bought 4 months ago can be classed as "slow" or "obsolete" strikes many people as ridiculous. Can you imagine the uproar if you had to upgrade the engine in your car as often as you have to upgrade your PC in order to play games like AH?

Standardization in this field is badly needed guys, you'd actually make   more  money than if you were constantly taking advantage of the newest bells and whistles (a fact that is proven by the PS2, Xbox, etc.) Not that AH2 didn't need a graphics engine upgrade, but it might  have been a good idea to be a little more conservative in setting the typical specs necessary to play the game.

2) Flight model - As soon as I realized the flight model and gunnery had changed I knew many of the mid-range uber pilots would bail (particularly the spitty and nikki types). Going back to "everyone is a newbie now" isn't going to appeal to many people who enjoy the fact that they have learned a plane(s) fairly well and have gotten extremely comfortable in it. Just the fact that their beloved Spit IX now actually stalls (gasp, horror)was bound to drive many away.

I knew the really upper level uber pilots would stay because they know they'll master the new system as well and be owning truly talentless dweebs like myself again in no time and because they tend to enjoy the challenge.

3) Disappointments: Some, I knew would bail simply because I knew that after years of waiting they'd be disappointed at the end product.

But I also knew that if HT simply perseveres eventually the losses will be made up with new player subscriptions. So hang in there HT. Hey, if I can keep playing sims for 20 years knowing full well that I'll never be any better than Ham the flying chimp no matter how many hours I log, you can fly through the turbulance.

- SEAGOON

[RTSigma]

LeadGen AND Darksun? Noo! Guys come back!

Well I can't really make you guys come back. It's your money, your choice and I respect that. If someone is not happy with what they're paying for on a monthly basis for whatever the reason, then so be it. People shouldn't be like "keep playing it" or "you haven't played it long enough".

to you both, I hope I'll see you guys in the future.

[Callisto]

Originally posted by LeadGen
A quick note to say goodbye to all my friends, and foes..

Aces High II just isn't fun any more, the program clearly wasn't ready to be forced on people, and I just don't enjoy AHII like I did AHI. The icons suck, the trees suck, the frames rates are rediculous unless you reduce your vis range to so close you can't see the enemy firing on you ( GV and PTs). Whats with a 17 frame rate sitting in the tower?? Screen flickering, and yes I downloaded all the new video drivers..I have a very decent computer too not some Emachines piece of crap. Joystick calibration in AHII is a step back from AHI.. and I had hoped too that HT would do something about 2-account cheating bastages by now but they don't seem to care.

I wasn't much of a fighter pilot or a very good bomber but I did enjoy flying drunks around ( #1 rank for field captures with a goon last 4 tours ). In AHII its just not the same, and it's definitely not better, and no longer worth paying for.

I will definitely miss alot of you, especially my squad but also those of you I flew with the rest of the time. I probably won't miss getting shot down by Taki

Maybe I'll check back in 6 or 8 months and to see if HT ever gets it right.

Salute Rooks! ok nits and bish too..
LeadGen

yea whatever