Zazen, perhaps you're missing the larger picture. There really ARE folks who feel they never will be a fighter pilot nor care if they become one.
For them it's all in the role play of the game. They get up in a bomber, which doesn't require much flight instruction, spend an hour getting to an altitude they feel safe. They can even do it using a mouse. They then proceed on a mission to egg something. Again, not much knowledge required there, right? It's pretty simple to bomb from just about any altitude with pinpoint accuracy. The speeds of most bombers aren't much slower than many of the fighters trying to climb to them and with a few degrees of nose down they can extend closure rates to the point that they have enemy planes in their sights for 10 seconds or more. Not much aiming required there either, right? If they don't get home that's fine. They got kills they wouldn't have gotten in a fighter. They don't have to spend alot of money a HOTAS stick. They get to bomb targets AND hit them. They can easily find many others to join them so they can attack in groups. Being a rook at too bad for them as they have lotsa other bomber guys who wanna fly with them.
Tell me where you can get that kinda fun for $14.95 a month? Wasn't that the point of the original TOD? To get more folks interested and flying in role play? Isn't this what many people are waiting for so they can come back?
Hey! It worked!!! We now have many more folks coming into the game and soon we'll see the the TOD or Combat Tour (whatever it ends up being called). They come from all backgrounds including numerous FPS and RP games. Bombers ain't so bad for them.
Everyone has their own agenda. For instance, if you look at my scores you'll see I don't do much more than fly around in fighters. I fly with my squad and we have a lot of fun. If you look around FT I don't spend much time there either. I have been there. Do I need a FT? It's nice....That's nice. I get in fights all the time without FT. I also shoot down a bomber from time to time when the mood hits me. Can I fly a bomber? Sure. Can I man a gun? Sure. Run a GV? Yep. I just happen to like flying around in fighters. That's my thing. I don't ask anyone to fly my way. I do help people who want to learn. Anything, anytime. To the best of my ability.
That happens to be the beauty of a large arena. Many people can get up a few hours of fun and relaxation. They paid to have fun their way. Because they gang up and bomb a field or win a reset doesn't make it the end of the world. It just mean some folks got together and had some fun doing it. Others might have gotten up to stop them and had fun doing that.
Is the game addicting? Naw. Fun? Yes! If it's not , why are you here? I don't know that many masochists who actually pay to be tortured. Well, maybe after reading some of these boards.....
