Originally posted by Ack-Ack
you missed the point along with quite a number in this thread.
This is not about flying bombers, capturing bases or bombing targets. This is about the Tool Shed Warriors that purposely go out of their way to prevent one segment of the player base from having fun. Examples are SgtDibs and the Bishop raid last night to capture the bases in the Lake Dweeb Furball Recreation Area. These bases are not vital to the "THE WAR" effort and the map can be reset without having to touch these bases. As evidence by the extremely large dar bar in that sector, it is plain that the majority of the player base enjoys this area to furball. There isn't a valid reason for one segment of the player base to go out of their way and use what amounts to griefing tactics to try and force the other segment to play their way.
You either get it your don't.
ack-ack
My apologies for not responding sooner. I was away for a couple days.
I would toally agree about the FT incident or the "Lake Dweeb Furball Recreation Area" as you call it (good name BTW)
Was uncalled for and there was no need for it although it was IMO only a matter of time.
In this case perhpas there is a solution if the mapmaker wants to take up the task.
Place the towns high up on the cliffs. preferably at the alt where the wind current changes and in a place there groundspace is limited and surrounded by sheer dropoffs. Making troops drops by goon th only way in and those drops would be difficult at best without each troop hitting the town exactly.
Surround the towns with strat targets within the gunnery range that shoot back with both Flak and lazer Ack .
Now to take the town you would need to kill the town. kill the ack at the town and kill all the ack at the surrounding strat targets AND drop the troops precisely on the town.
Impossable? no. but it does make it much more difficult
As for the other arenas. Well we have what we have.
in my case Im probably the furballers best friend because I rarely take out the FH's unless Im going for a capture. I just dont see the point.
I do however retaliate on attacks by taking out the things that do matter to stop or at least slow down those attacks. Ammo,Troops,The VH's and sometimes Dar. and of course. the town.
Personally I've always thought there should be a FT area on each map. with uncapturable feilds. just to put an end to the complaints about it.
That way everyone can do whatever their particular cup of tea is.
and still could be where the crowd is. Which is really the reason why other arenas arent used.
Other then that. I dont see it changing and I really dont see why it should.
The MA as I said for all forms of gameplay throughout the map and all forms of gameplay are probably represented by a large number of people for each.
So other then there being a dedicated FT as I mentioned above. The only real option is one of the other arenas.
