"The double edged sword syndrome..." Doesn't exist outside the limited bounds of your mind there
Lancelot Lynx. There were dogfighters and furballers in AH
before there were these pathetic hordes of Stratketeers.
Take Stratketeers out of the MA and the arena returns to
being the "premier online venue for aircombat." However take
dogfighters/furballers out of the MA and you have a simple
minded box game called
"Porkwarrior: Fing Glory and Honor in Beating the Snot out of Pixelated Sheds!"
As for my no longer playing AH but paying-to-play? I left before
your web board registration date indicates you joined AH. I imagine
you've only know AH by it's current, sickly form.
FWIW I did try the AHII beta and thought it had some nice new
features and superb grpahics but that essentially it didn't change
the game play one bit. The fast heavy P-51 making a beeline past
the opposing teams players may looked phantastic but it still mAde
the same stupid impression on the ground when it was augered on
purpose.
You assume too much there Lancelot Lynx. I still pay-to-play though
my subscription is
elsewhere. I'm just hangin out now waiting
for word on TOD. Where I imagine I'll be able to "fly" a fighter to
hunt and have combat against PEOEPL flying other fighters and all in
an historical setting.
But to assist you from further assumptions the main reason
Sfor my unsubbing was that after many years I grew bored of the age
old MA style of gameplay. Unsubbing was made much easier as AH had
changed along the way by HTC in order attract more gamers (ref:
Air Warrior & the Bigpork type). IMO (and many others) the AH
sim was turned into an arcade and, IMO, AH was no longer
the penultimate aircombat game to be found online.
AH had become "Porkers_delight." Stuffed to the gills with no
or low skill horde tards teaming with ADD afflicted types who
are driven to quench their need for attention by ruining the game
play of others. Predominate methods (cause they could do little
else) used were the "suicide auger" or divebomb a Lanc or B17.
IMO this is absolutely assinine in that a droolcup adorned noob
can take off with a formation of heavy bombers, climb to 15k and
then, as they are unable to grasp the complexities of a the already
super-simplictic mouse point&click bombing system, they go into a
dive and wipe out much of a base. That a no IQ person can have such
a profound effect on players many times his number over is a joke.
And these days they don't even climb those bombers. They repeatedly
make a beeline on the deck (they don't even retract the gear in case
they fly too low)and come in over the base to wipe out what they can
before they auger or get shot down by AI ack.
"Now enters "Westy" chipping in with his abrasive ridicule. My pleaure! This topic was old before you joined AH and the days
of discussing it nicey-nice are long past. (Thanks Delirium for
trying to explain it in a nicer way. I'm unable to anymore. And
nice handle btw
)
"Like it really CURRENTLY affects his game." But it does Lancelot. It currently effects anyone who used to play
AH but who've ceased paying a subscription due to the declining
quality of inter-persoanl gameplay in AH. It keeps AH out of the
running as a viable,
serious sim for those who want to play
online.
And thank you Rightfoot.
