Originally posted by Mark Luper:
When my squad decided to go Bishop they were the continual underdog at the time and Rooks and Knights always had the numbers. We flew for the Rooks for the same reason. I don't think we are going to do a nightly switch to accomodate whiners.
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Mark for many months, each country had 'their turn in the bucket'...and it would ebb and flow pretty consistently..now, with the influx of AW and FA recently, we're seeing them all join the same country (I know for a fact that correspondence between no fewer than 3 AW squads are doing this on purpose). Now, its come down to 2 countries in the bucket, for 6 weeks now. Thats a record.
We switch countries on occasion, not any particular time frame, because we like to fly with different people. Some in my squad don't want to fly Knights simply because most of the Luftwobble squads fly Knights exclusively and we like to tangle with the Lufwobbles.
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My problem isn't so much with squad rotations as it is with making it more difficult for a country to capture fields in the wee hours of the U.S. mornings, where a handful of Bish suck up real estate, by the time heavy numbers come on, the numerous bish just have to hold what they have, and since they have the numbers, they go offensive once again, thus the 6 weeks of constant bish resets.
It is the same kind of post you see every time one of the countries gets down in numbers and all the countries are the underdog at one time or the other.
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No, in this case, its a record for the length that one country has been dominant. No fewer than 10 people I know have quit rather than to be a 'country jumper'..ie, someone that joins the country thats winning all the time, they'd rather leave the game than be labeled a 'winitall'.
If it bothers you so much to be on the low numbered side then switch countries. It's not like it means anything to be loyal to a chess piece. I owe my allegeance to one country, USA. Game countries don't mean squat.
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We did this with JG2, broke us up, did this with VF-101 in WB's lost some squaddies, ask Ranger Bob about country rotations...he had his squads broke up in other sims due to country rotations. For some squads it works, for others, it will not work. Some are just more alligent than others.
What I'd like to see is some sort of work done by HTC that directs new players to low numbered sides, however, they can switch countries once they're online, so what would be better is having some sort of consolation for the side with fewer numbers, ie Perk planes free, or dare I say, since the winning country is far deep into enemy territory, limited supplies at the front line fields? Maybe double points for the underdog once under, say 5 fields?
I think there is an answer to the problem out there other than country rotations...it does need to be addressed, hell I got 2 squads of a total of 22 guys that are sick of it, and though they love AH, they're ready to quit, Snap Shots and Check six is the only reason they're still here....Something needs to be done...most guys in Knightland don't mind being in the bucket for a month, but its now apparent that the AW influx is having an abnormal effect on the main arena numbers. Something should be done so that one day when YOUR in the bucket for 6+ weeks, you'll have some sort of relief...
