I signed up at aces high in part because I was board with other games & one of the biggest draws for me was the dualing arena because you could go to an area where you could dual 1 on 1 to become better at dog fighting. Sure, there was the training area but who could really learn to fight in there? I met quite a few guys who not only shot me down but showed me how they did it and how I could defend myself.
I have joined a squad called THE BAD COMPANY CLAN who uses the DA as our base and we hold spacific types of training there which allows us to learn certain tactical moves. Our squad is BASED in the DA! The squad functions can not be held any other place and because of a few "two weekers" & people with bad social skills, we all suffer! Our squad has already tried using the H2H area and other areas in the game but because of our size or types of practice we can no longer hold our training sessions in the mannor in which our squad was based.
We have suggested ways to solve the issues in the DA like posting a "MOTD" stating rules and even donating our time to act as trainers to help the DA's problems but nothing has been looked at. Destroying the DA is not the solution, it affects too many people and the way the game is played, it is stopping the advancement of pilots who have little or no transition from the TA to the MA, in effect will stop people from becoming members. Now it has become just a little MA where people do nothing but change countries and then go to another base to shoot people down without notice, vulch and bomb the runways and gang up on newbies.
How does this solve anything? People do pay to be here and the way that people become active members and good players is now in jepardy. I myself have started a squad website, invested the money in the domain, included Aces High as a major link, told all my friends about how great the fun has been and now feel like the game is now not as fun and beginning to spend less time here. I know I am not the only one who feels this way so I ask again... How does this solve anything?