What about us new players?

[Tarmac]

Originally posted by TexMurphy
Though this is not as much about helpin noobs as its a thing of helping each other. Yes there are alot of fantastic team players in the game but there are more players that arnt team players.

If you are luckey and get to fly your first sessions with the team players then definatly a fantastic noob experience.. but if not...

Tex

Tex, I think a lot of players have a different definition of "team" than the one you're thinking of.  Most of the people in this game are team players, but that team is their squad, not a chess piece like rook or bish or knit.  I can't emphasize it enough... join a squad.  That's where you'll find a team.  To someone flying for the same country as you, you're just another one of the thousands of green icons that they see.  When you get on a squad, suddenly you're talking with players who hear your voice and see you as a different colored icon.  The ch6's will come fast and furious then, assuming you're good at finding trouble.  

Join a squad.  Join a squad.  Join a squad.  It's simple; just go to the squad forum and post a message about yourself, what you like to fly, when you fly, etc.  Squads will often find you.  Otherwise, look through the recruiting posts for a squad that seems to fit you and post a message or look up one of their players in the MA and private message 'em.

[fuzeman]

Switching sides and breaking up friendships you have made is a two way street. If you switch sides you can actually make NEW friends and still keep the old ones when you happen to fight them and pass on a wether you win or lose.
I'm a AH2 Trainer and have been guilty many many times of saying 'read the manual'. This might be because I spend a lot of time in the Training arena helping new players. I put my question answering time in the TA and some questions asked in the MA kind of tell a guy should be in the TA for awhile. I can't recall seeing you in the TA but then again us Trainers are not in there 24/7. This doesn't really point to you because you mentioned you had other flight sim experience but anyone new to AH2 could use some TA time. Even only if it's to set things up, get used to the flight model, or get used to our commands and things specific to AH2. This sim does have a steep learning curve and I have 6+ years sim experience, 3+ in a previous one and about 3+ in AH1 +2. I'm still learning and the really good pilots, and even average ones and nOObs also, get kills on me. Just like life it's a process not a destination. At times I do get frustrated and kind of bored with things but AH also has so many things to do a change usually breaks up the monotony.
I for one hate to see anyone leave the best WW2 simulation around, in my opinion at least, you included Buzzz.

[TexMurphy]

Ofcourse squads work as teams.

But in my world (and I might be a naive noob) it is for the best of a squad if the green dots who are not in the squad survive for as long as possible. The longer people on my side live the bigger the chance for victory of my side and hence my squad is.

This imho is true to all cases except when the squads goal is to be the highest ranking squad of nation X. That means a ego centric squad.

But it depends on where you define the team. I define team as nation and squad as a unit within the team. Much like DBs on a Football team. Its quite obvious on a football team that DBs help LBs who help the DL. Because they are a team.

And Im in a squad..

Tex

[AWRaid]

As a new player in any competitive "pvp" style game that requires actual skill such as AH I've always choosen the underdog side.

Why?

You learn and become better...slower yes but in the end much better.

You'll find that in most games the team that is usually outnumbered will have the most skilled players....maybe it's because of thier previous game skills, maybe they were born with amazing skills or a knack for that game or maybe it's because they choose the team that they knew they'd have to fight hard to do anything and it made them better.

No team is ever outnumbered forever and generally when the "usually outnumbered" team has equal numbers they destroy people.