Author Topic: This game is not user friendly (Read 3979 times)

Spiked · « **Reply #15 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:26:44 AM »

I have only been in game for 4 days now, and I am hooked hard. Sure I get shot down alot ... but I am learning. You can learn alot by just following other pilots into a fight .. staying high and watching how they set up a kill. Your gonna get shot down ... your gonna auger (always makes me chuckle when I do that .. has to look funny) and you won't get alot of kills right away.

When you land your first kills ... it feels oh so sweet. Stick with it .. and you will see.

SkevJ · « **Reply #16 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:30:24 AM »

Ok I understand that but WHY do I have to wait until someone shows up in the Training arena when 9 times out of 10 the next person that will show up will be a guy like looking for help. Most of the Aces are out there flying in the main arena.

And what's wrong with an interactive training arena like you play in a standalone game and it teaches you how to fly, land, shoot at targets, basic manuevers etc. They dont have to but you could even but attributes on planes to show everyone what their strength and weaknesses are when you highlight a plane. I'm sure there are some hardcore AH fans that are able to take the time to do that. I shouldnt have to minimize my window and go to a netaces.org site to see what plane does what.

Also so what if you get the flying mechanics right? How about learning how to capture bases and such. Hell I thought you had to level an airfield to capture a base. I didnt know you had to destroy the city. No one even told me about the clipboard of how to identify the hangars and everything else. That could be easily fixed by just having the names of the buildings highlighted on your screen when you fly by them just like you do with names.

SirLoin · « **Reply #17 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:31:13 AM »

They could do a tutorial..Have the film rolling and record voice overs while going through basic stick mapping etc.

Iv'e had a couple of freinds try AH and they couldn't deal with how to get things setup...

A how-to-fly film would be user friendly as well.

SkevJ · « **Reply #18 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:35:44 AM »

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Originally posted by SirLoin
They could do a tutorial..Have the film rolling and record voice overs while going through basic stick mapping etc.

Iv'e had a couple of freinds try AH and they couldn't deal with how to get things setup...

A how-to-fly film would be user friendly as well.

Exactly Loin and your friends could have been potiental customers right there, but no because they didnt know what the heck was going on and I dont blame them. I gave it a chance a little because I use to play AW and I loved AW. You know why I loved it so much. because before I played the pros I had to play in the newbie arena before I get up to the regular arena. It was after you score 10000 points you couldnt play there anymore and that was highly acceptable.

Pooface · « **Reply #19 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:38:06 AM »

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Originally posted by SkevJ
Ok I understand that but WHY do I have to wait until someone shows up in the Training arena when 9 times out of 10 the next person that will show up will be a guy like looking for help. Most of the Aces are out there flying in the main arena.

And what's wrong with an interactive training arena like you play in a standalone game and it teaches you how to fly, land, shoot at targets, basic manuevers etc. They dont have to but you could even but attributes on planes to show everyone what their strength and weaknesses are when you highlight a plane. I'm sure there are some hardcore AH fans that are able to take the time to do that. I shouldnt have to minimize my window and go to a netaces.org site to see what plane does what.

Also so what if you get the flying mechanics right? How about learning how to capture bases and such. Hell I thought you had to level an airfield to capture a base. I didnt know you had to destroy the city. No one even told me about the clipboard of how to identify the hangars and everything else. That could be easily fixed by just having the names of the buildings highlighted on your screen when you fly by them just like you do with names.

skev, originally, this game was designed as a post airwarrior/warbirds game, where pilots from there came to play. a tutorial feature was planned, and is in the works, but is on the back burner for now, with BIG game developments near completion

if you'd like, i will come to the training arena right now with you, and teach you some stuff?

it is a hard game to understand, but, you will learn it reasonably fast.

when i first started i was overwhelmed, but the feeling soon fades.

i can easily pop into the training arena right now with you if you want me to

Morpheus · « **Reply #20 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:47:46 AM »

Dradz · « **Reply #21 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:49:43 AM »

Coming from the old Air Warrior Relaxed Realism experience -- is there a certain arena that is similar to an AW RR arena?

SkevJ · « **Reply #22 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:50:16 AM »

yeah i would like that man

SkevJ · « **Reply #23 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:51:17 AM »

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Originally posted by Dradz
Coming from the old Air Warrior Relaxed Realism experience -- is there a certain arena that is similar to an AW RR arena?

You guys see this? AH developers are you reading this? This is money right here!!! Money!!!! You have to give the people what they want

Loddar · « **Reply #24 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:51:45 AM »

As many here said, i play this game for several years and still suck

Many are better than me, i know and i think the best here find a master
every time palying the game.

Why ?

Personally i think the main reason is, that you have no disadavantage when
you got shot down as in other online games like WoW. in WoW, as example,
when your char died, you spawn elsewhere and must go to your body to go
on. Not here. You have all of your skills right here when spawning on the field
and don't loose them wehn you got shot down.

That's the reason why most here fight to the death. Kamikaze is a legal practice.
The only thing is you get not that much perk points as you land your kills. But
nothing else happen and you don't have to fly a endless time back to your airfield.

So a good one in P47 outturn your spit, no real fighterpilot think about that,
because have has only this 1 live and a spit normally turn better than a P47.
Risk maneuvers and furballs are liked by most in here, because they loose
nothing as i said before.

So ACM and tactics are useful but suck when a hord of shooterwookies
come on to help you get frustrated about this game.

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #25 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:55:39 AM »

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is there a certain arena that is similar to an AW RR arena?

It's called the MA.

Pooface · « **Reply #26 on:** January 12, 2006, 10:58:03 AM »

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Originally posted by SkevJ
yeah i would like that man

ok skev i'll be on in 5 mins

Morpheus · « **Reply #27 on:** January 12, 2006, 11:00:10 AM »

Morph's 10 step Tutorial to play teh game!!1oneo!1!

For RR Ezy noob mode:

Step:
1) Click hanger

2) Scroll to teh La7' zOMfg

3) Take teh max 100& fuels

4) Click teh little box with letters for N-S-E-W runway sapwns.

5) Making sure you have stall limiter/auto take off on firewall the biotch not to forget to hit P for weP!

6) You are flying now.

7) Find a red icon. THATs a bad guy! zomFG

8) Fly to teh red icon making sure you are in super warp speed mode and OPEN FIRE!

9) If you miss your shot extend for 25 miles for your saftey.

10) REVERS#E! come back to t-eh red icons and repeat steps 8&9 & 10 if needed untilz you got mad kilz.

fartwinkle · « **Reply #28 on:** January 12, 2006, 11:00:21 AM »

LOL AH compared to IL2m is way user friendly IMHO.
Plenty of help out there for you.
Oh and when was the last time the creator of a game came online just to make sure everything was working right?

HT does it all the time and AH is the only game I have seen this in so good luck trying to find a better sim- game for 15 bones a month.

Pooface · « **Reply #29 on:** January 12, 2006, 11:03:56 AM »

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Originally posted by fartwinkle
LOL AH compared to IL2m is way user friendly IMHO.
Plenty of help out there for you.
Oh and when was the last time the creator of a game came online just to make sure everything was working right?

HT does it all the time and AH is the only game I have seen this in so good luck trying to find a better sim- game for 15 bones a month.

damn straight, AH is the best entertainment you can get, and all it costs you each month is one less pizza

HT and the staff are so dedicated, and they're always giving us new things to play with. give it a little time, and you'll be amazed how much fun you can have with this game and the great people you meet in it