specializerd fighting areas in MA

[Verbal]

I'm not so sure i'm into these specialized fighting areas, such as fighter town, and tank town. next they'll have PT puddle. I do believe that for $15 a month you should be able to fight how you want, yes... but not at the expense of the feel of the game. Now correct me if i am wrong, but the deuling arena's have tank towns, and are made almost exclusivly for furballs, so why disrupt gameplay in the MA with smaller versions. For example, this map here.... everyone wants to get perks, so they go to FT to get them, meanwhile gameplay has  stated to stagnate. Been like that since thursday. Does anyone else feel this is muddying up the game? Or is my take on the main arena skued?

[ujustdied]

hell no FT is the best thing to happen to HTC i mean who gives a flying HOOT who wins the map. its perfect cuz if u like to bomb then no 1 is there to kill u. if u like to fight then FT is perfect for it. if u like the GVs... well that will be on the next map we get hehehe.

[hubsonfire]

If you think gameplay is negatively affected by people engaging in cartoon aerial combat, then I'd say that the problem isn't FT.

Oh, and there's already a PT puddle. The basin in FT has PT spawns from those 3 bases.

By the way, you are wrong. The DUELING arena is set up for.... you guessed it- dueling. You're not the first person to suggest that those of us who like to fight need to leave the MA. It's still one of the most poorly thought out ideas brought about on this board.

[Roscoroo]

FT /TT isnt a problem, if you dont like furballin ,well then just avoid it .

[Guppy35]

A perfect example tonite was how the LTARs were doing there thing at 129.  They were taking bases as they like to do.  I sat in an Osti for a bit as they steamrolled it with very few of us around to do anything about it.  That's what they like to do, more power to em.  A few of us tried to up into the mob and got vulched etc, which isn't much fun.  Went from another base but by that time they'd taken 129 and landed and probably went looking for another undefended base to go adfter.

Went to FT to have at it and had a ball in the old 38G target of mine cause I wanted to dogfight.

If you like base capture, go for it.  If you like furballing, FT gives you the chance.  And as most of us do, you have the opportunity for both on maps that have a FT.  One doesn't have to interfere with the other.  After a bit of mugging at FT I tend to want to find a fight away from it, but FT sharpens the SA and really makes you work at the ACM.  Found myself in a rolling fight with Levi's Tempest on the deck and knew I was in trouble, but got to really work and actually hung with him for a few seconds.  That just doesn't happen away from FT.  Chances are the bad guy is going to rev to his mob and I'll get mugged

What I do hear you saying between the lines is you want guys to up at the bases you are taking so that the vulch can begin?  Or are you looking for guys to go with you to cap/vulch the base while the bombers clobber the FH and VH so the map can get 'won"?

[OOZ662]

Most of these guys are angry that the FT participants aren't helping the war effort at all. They see it as a waste of manpower toward the "true part of the game;" winning teh w4r.

I figure, fly what you want where you want whenever you want.

[Geary420]

I can't help but laugh at the people who start whining and crying when the whole land grab slows down.  I play to have fun, not win some imaginary war, and if that means at any given time i feel like furballing i can go to FT and do it, and if i feel like being a toolshed hero I have the whole rest of the map to do that with too...

[The Fury]

fighter town is only fun when the numbers are even wich is hardly ever these days. you just fly there kill someone then get killed by the guy who was waiting for you to get busy, somedays you have to fight in fighter town when your a knight because we dont have the same numbers to compete with the rook and bish and are getting battered from base to base but i agree if you dont like it leave it. i like fighter town for the practice it helps your awareness a lot.

[mars01]

Now correct me if i am wrong, but the deuling arena's have tank towns, and are made almost exclusivly for furballs, so why disrupt gameplay in the MA with smaller versions.

You are wrong and consider yourself corrected LOLH:lol

Do a search on the boards and you will get reems and reems of results why DA is no conducive to Ft and furballing.  Why should the furball crowed have to leave the MA?  Building battlers can bomb offline, and as much as many would like to see them stay there, no one would expect them to so why should we?

[Nightshift82]

I personally think this map gives something for everyone, fighter town, the v-bases around fighter town, the pt puddle, bases in the far ends of the map for noe guys, some nice higher alt bases for bomber guys.  I would assume this map would be for everybody.

[lagger86]

I have alot of fun in fighter town...I enjoy taking bases as well, but I don't have people I fly with on a regular basis, and no squad, and while I can assist base captures, most of the time I just up a heavy fighter, fly to a base by myself for ten minutes..drop some bombs(miss) and then get killed by about five guys who uped and decided I shouldn't be bombing their base. I like missions, but they are few and far between, and nobody really joins it seems. So I go to FT and have a blast...I see no harm in that, besides a couple nights ago I was literally laughing out loud(lol)  at some of the banter going on.  I do enjoy the furballing alot, and it gives me much needed practice at gunnery skills... I see the point about it taking away from the overall conquest of the map, but For alot of people it's just really fun. I'm not good enough to care about scores, and this gives me a chance to learn combat maneuvers against much better players in a mad fight where I am just another target out of many.

[Edbert1]

Originally posted by Verbal
Now correct me if i am wrong, but the deuling arena's have tank towns, and are made almost exclusivly for furballs

Then stand corrected. The Dueling Arena is for...ready?  DUELING, that means a pre-meditated heads-up fight that is fought according to an agreed upon rule-set. The MA is a free-for-all where you can do practically anything you want.

[pluck]

lol, here we go again.  i guess it only muddy's the game if you think everyone should play the way you think it should be played.  HTC has specifically stated that the DA is to be used for duels not furballs----hence the changes in that arena.  MA is just an arena, there are no set rules, there is no right way to play in the MA (as much as others would try to make you believe).  just have fun, stop worrying about how everyone else is playing.

[SunKing]

Quakers in the center, simmers on the fringes. Go where you feel like playing at that time. Simple.

[mars01]

Quakers in the center, simmers on the fringes

Simmers LOLH If taking undefended bases is what you consider simming LOLH