I stopped reading the general WWIIOL board a long time ago. Just was a plain unsettling experience. I was kinda nervous about the game itself, but pleasantly surprised to see that the radio buffer is nothing like that at all. There isn't much cooperation as of yet, but it's improved somewhat. I haven't had a tank not stop for me when I asked for a ride. They'll even wait for a few minutes for you to catch up on foot. I think the strategy will get better as people understand the game more. I'm sure there will always be Quakers running around, but some units will form and stand out eventually. Other than the FM in the air and the small town sizes, flying is pretty fun. If they fix the E-rentention issues, dogfighting would be feel a lot better. As it is, sometimes I'll just follow the bandit in a 5G turn for what seems like minutes before he does something different. Some hit flashes or something would be nice as an indicator as to whether you're hitting (they have them in tanks. I can tell when my AP rounds hit enemy tanks). Well, the planes do smoke when they're damaged. Last night was the first time I've actually seen a plane I hit go all the way down to the ground and explode. Every other kill was either a pilot dying from a wound, or them disco'ing (intentionally or not.) I've died just once (at night, I never saw him coming. Just was flying around and all of a sudden, red screen!!) and been wounded another time; that one really cheesed me off. The plane started acting funny, but I didn't think I was damaged, because I wasn't hearing ping sounds. Then screen goes red for a moment, I see I'm wounded, so I bug out. I decide to just land anywhere, so I lower flaps and gear... NO SOUNDS!!! Turns out I had a bandit on me, but external sounds weren't working (my engine and gun sounds were fine, but flaps, gear, being hit, other planes were out), so I couldn't hear I was being hit. He musta been my true lo 6, because I was checking my 5 and 7 views quite often. Had I heard the initial ping, I woulda known he was back there. I had to exit the game to get external sounds back. Point of all of this is, you guys know I'm not that good in AH, but I'm surviving every sortie but those 2 (I've flown over 10 now...) For the most part, the enemies remind me of a quote for Star Trek II. "He is a genius, but his tactics show 2 dimensional thinking..." They flat turn 95% of the time and just go round and round. The immersion is still fun though! I'm enjoying that aspect of flying in WWIIOL more than the MA, but the AH weekend events are still what I look forward to every week!
