Author Topic: Suggestion (Read 1718 times)

nopoop · « **Reply #30 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:28:00 PM »

Well semi-wood is good..

SKJohn · « **Reply #31 on:** June 07, 2005, 08:35:58 PM »

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Originally posted by Clip121
Guys, I agree with Poo, 2 weeks just isn't enough for someone who has no experience in online sims. I have several friends that tried to learn this game in 2 weeks - they didn't even come close even with me offering a hand. Now some folks grasp things faster than others, but all of us are not quite as quick. I'm not saying that offering more time in the TA is the answer, nor am I saying that more than 2 weeks is the answer either.... But I can attest to the fact that 2 weeks isn't enough to learn a whole lot in AH2.

Clip

You know, people wash out of flight school in real life also. That just adds to the REALISM of this sim - the fact that some people wash out in thier two week training period! Now I feel like I'm one of the few, the pround, the "elite" who graduated from the Aces High Flight Academy!;)

Enduro · « **Reply #32 on:** June 08, 2005, 12:42:41 AM »

i think it's a very good idea. but, i don't want no mo' n00bs. i like sucking against people who are good, not against people who suck too.

Kegger26 · « **Reply #33 on:** June 08, 2005, 04:40:54 AM »

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Originally posted by FiLtH
I think there should be a training academy. It could be the TA, but with a more structured feel. Levels that players graduate from, from ground school to advanced. Specializing in fighters and bombers. You could actually be awarded wings at the completion of training and use them as an avatar. Stuff like that. There must be a few guys in here that would fancy themselves as instructors.

Imagine a "class"..all graduating the same day...and then getting their orders. "Ensign Happy congratulations on completing your training. Attached are your wings to wear proudly, and your duty assignment. You are hereby ordered to report to the VMF-101 for fighter combat duty. Good luck!"

Naturally it wouldnt be mandatory to graduate...but it would be a role playing feel, as well as knowing the guy who is on the list has been well trained.

I like this idea a whole lot. Make a room with just TA-6 Texans in it. This will teach the basics of flight and the game. Make it a class type setting. I think after someone spent two-three weeks in there learning the basics of ACM and flight they will be itching to make there way into the MA to find out if what the learned is usefull or not. After that paying 15$ a month isnt a big deal.

The basics are what I think 90% of the guys in here have a hard time with. I would be willing to give my time as in instructor. Hell my two rookies in my squad went though hours of touch and goes and basic flight training in the P-51. My guys fly better now with only three months under them then most guys do that have a year flying.

So I think this type of room would be a great idea. Allow the instructors to take control of an aircraft or atleast kick someone out of the room who doesnt want to act right.

-Keg.

Pooface · « **Reply #34 on:** June 08, 2005, 05:28:05 AM »

yeah, it would be awesome to get small little training flights in the ta.

oh and by the way everyone whos gettin pissed at me for suggesting it, it was a little idea, im sorry that u feel u need to get angry because u feel different. a simple 'it probably wont work out poo' would suffice. anyway. i agree that we dont want noobs messin about, i already said that, im just thinking we need to develop an idea to make the trail more effective, like filths wicked training idea

Morpheus · « **Reply #35 on:** June 08, 2005, 07:42:35 AM »

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yeah, it would be awesome to get small little training flights in the ta.

I am not a trainer. But if you see me in the MA at any time. Ask me for help, and I will help you.

Schutt · « **Reply #36 on:** June 08, 2005, 08:09:32 AM »

I want a lot of new guys. The more people flying the better the experience.
Some of the new guys will lern it and become experts, some will get practice and fly for fun and some stop after a while.

But the more people start the bigger the player base gets.

Donzo · « **Reply #37 on:** June 08, 2005, 08:23:34 AM »

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Originally posted by Morpheus
THAT is the first biggest mistake any newb can and will make coming into Aces High.

The idea gets stuck in their head that they are going to learn it all or most of it in a short period of time.

The trial period is there to get you in to Aces High, on line and show you all it has to offer. Its not there for you to figure everything out and become a top ranked bomber or fighter pilot. Its a taste of things to come.

Bingo!
I saw the commerical on TV.
"Hmmm" I thought, "sounds cool"
Downloaded and installed, jumped into the MA, got my prettythang handed to me again and again.
Pi$$ed off? Yes.
Willing to pay $15 a month? You betcha!
What to do next?
I read the help file, figured out what I could, and then asked questions when both of those options failed me.
I never expected to "learn it all" right up front. Hell I'm still learning!
Free TA, uhhh, no.

Pooface · « **Reply #38 on:** June 08, 2005, 09:37:46 AM »

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Originally posted by Morpheus
I am not a trainer. But if you see me in the MA at any time. Ask me for help, and I will help you.

morph, u know i dont need any help. i was sayin it would be cool to get some kind of training missions set up in ta, like filth suggested. maybe computer flown drones attack you or something. we need something that can teach noobs, even if there's noone in the ta to help them

Pooface · « **Reply #39 on:** June 08, 2005, 09:42:14 AM »

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Originally posted by Donzo
Bingo!
I saw the commerical on TV.
"Hmmm" I thought, "sounds cool"
Downloaded and installed, jumped into the MA, got my prettythang handed to me again and again.
Pi$$ed off? Yes.
Willing to pay $15 a month? You betcha!
What to do next?
I read the help file, figured out what I could, and then asked questions when both of those options failed me.
I never expected to "learn it all" right up front. Hell I'm still learning!
Free TA, uhhh, no.

donzo, lots of people aren't like us. i sure picked up on the act fast, and u obviously did too, but im willing to bet that most of the noobs who forget the game after 2 weeks, do so because they cant. im not saying make the ta free anymore, im just sayin extend the free period by 1 or two weeks, effective only in ta. this gives just a little more time for them, and i GUARANTEE it will get more paying customers!

Morpheus · « **Reply #40 on:** June 08, 2005, 09:50:12 AM »

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morph, u know i dont need any help

I'm sorry, I thought you were asking for it.

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we need something that can teach noobs, even if there's noone in the ta to help them

Common sense and the MA.

Thoes two things will go a long way for any new player.

Pay attention to what you're doing. Assess your mistakes and learn from them. ie, what got you dead, and how you can not get dead again.

You go from asking for a free TA to asking for Missions and drones in the TA to help someone learn.

Who are you trying to help?

The training team for AH is in the TA almost every night. As far as I know every night. The few times I've stopped in there I always see a trainer helping out when and where needed.

Guess what? Training is free.
Guess what? The Trainers are paying to help you.

Does $14.95 a month mean anything? That's what their cost is for helping out new players. New players who are also paying.

You want them to pay their 14.95 a month while you hop in there for free and have them teach you how to play the game?

In regards to your missions/drones. I highly doubt that you will be seeing that any time soon.

Meatwad · « **Reply #41 on:** June 08, 2005, 09:52:54 AM »

Theres 2 places to practice for free, offline and H2H. All the other places should be a pay to play basis. HT put a lot of hard work into the game.

Pooface · « **Reply #42 on:** June 08, 2005, 11:44:11 AM »

yeah yeah, i know all that. oh btw, morph and i had a little discussion i da about this, so he knows what im going on about. i mearly suggested these things as a way of getting more people to subscribe after the 2 weeks, because i would like to see player numbers increase

SlapShot · « **Reply #43 on:** June 08, 2005, 12:20:46 PM »

Come on ... think about it.

If you have just the slightest inkling of interest in this WWII Air Combat MMOG Genre and you have 2 free weeks to give it a go ... you can't make an informed decision on whether you want to put out 50 cents/day ... 14.95/ month for unlimited time and access to HTC servers ... please ... beyond that you are free-loading.

You don't want to get slaughtered in the MA ... pony up 14.95 for just one month and you can fly in the TA till your eyes bleed ... with a trainer.

If at the end of one month, you still don't get it or don't like it ... CANCEL your account and you will never be charged another penny. There are no 1 year required contracts here ... its on a month to month basis ... couldn't get any simpler than that.

The thousands of us that pay to play this game ALL did it under the same conditions that apply to any newcomer today ... we liked what we saw at the beginning, and decided to invest in future fun.

Pooface · « **Reply #44 on:** June 09, 2005, 04:50:11 AM »

i put great thought in to this last night, and actually came to this; if we did try and encourage more people into it, it would change the game as it is, because we would probably be accepting more young kids into it. i think we've all had it with annoying attention seeking teens, so i think ure probably right slap;)

so yes, i admit defeat. probably wasnt the best idea:lol