Arena format change

[Gman8]

Until this morning AHII was a WWII sim (and a damned good one)...now its just a game designed to meet the needs of a handful of elitist who want to tailor the game to their specific desires.  I find it unlikely that the change is due to server issues...700 players would not tax a well built and well managed server...there are significantly larger multiplayer games out there hosting 3 times that number of players.  If a game is what you want...you've made it.  If a sim was the goal...you've gone off mark.  I expect HiTech's revenues to diminish quickly.

[BugsBunny]

Anyone remembers what happened when Coke decided to change the original formula with out asking their customers, because they knew better?

I have a feeling this place is going to be really fun in the coming weeks

[storch]

I'm taking the rest of the day off to see what the early war is like.  I suspect you'll find the better players in the early war arena, well with the exception of one player that is.  

[Dichotomy]

I don't think Hitech will lose as many customers as a lot of previous posters think.  In fact I would take the arena a step further and put a time limit on it.  New guys have to be here x number of months before they can move to mid war, mid war guys have to be here x number of months before they can move on to late war.  Late war guys can fly all arenas.

[Simaril]

Originally posted by wipass
If you divide the community you will lose it. It's the community that makes a game like this. Fracture the community like warbirds did and the game falls apart.

Listening to a very vocal minority destroyed warbirds eventually, there ends the history lesson.

wipass

Not really sure waht vocal minority you're talking about. This change doesnt favor fighters, GV'ers, or capture fans particularly. The arena mechanics are unchanged...captures are the same, strats unchanged.

All thats different is that the total numbers per arena are less (like mornings EST anyway!) and that the entier planeset can be used by more people (not just reserved for the experts.)

[lazs2]

I like this idea so far.   I think it would be better to simply have an early war area in every map in the mostly unused portions of the large maps but... this is probly a better solution for the long haul.

are the areas divided by strict year or is some performance and substitution allowed?    

In my case, what comes to mind is the FM2 performance being early war and..  that the FM2 is  a good sub for both the buffalo and the much better F4F-3 that actually outperformed the FM2 and is a very early war plane.

I agree that this new idea opens up the need for, and use for, many great planes that would otherwise have been wasted in the MA.

lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's

[Krusty]

Sketch!!! Many thanks for taking the time to type that!!!

One thing, can you confirm the spit9 is perked in latewar 2?

If anything you'd think the spixteen would be, not the 9.

[Simaril]

Echoing ideas originally posted by bunches of people
If you divide the community you will lose it. It's the community that makes a game like this. Fracture the community like warbirds did and the game falls apart.

Listening to a very vocal minority destroyed warbirds eventually, there ends the history lesson.
 

[Krusty]

Originally posted by storch
I'm taking the rest of the day off to see what the early war is like.  I suspect you'll find the better players in the early war arena, well with the exception of one player that is.  

Well I'm not *that* bad....

[Nifty]

Originally posted by Krusty
Sketch!!! Many thanks for taking the time to type that!!!

One thing, can you confirm the spit9 is perked in latewar 2?

If anything you'd think the spixteen would be, not the 9.

I think he kinda messed up while typing some of those, no Spit 14 in the Late War 2 list he made, for example.

[Eagler]

seems like the majority of the whiners are the la queens

[Grimm]

Oh My!,

This sounds intesesting......

I guarantee that during low numbers times,  1 arena will become favored.  Thats not a bad thing.   During Peak hours Things will get spread out.

Question:  I havent seen the Arena Cap numbers,  but lets say its 300,  Does that mean only 100 Knights, 100 Bishops, and 100 Rooks could log on?   Or does  it mean you could have 299 Bishops and 1 Knight?

[Krusty]

Originally posted by lazs2
In my case, what comes to mind is the FM2 performance being early war and..  that the FM2 is  a good sub for both the buffalo and the much better F4F-3 that actually outperformed the FM2 and is a very early war plane.

I agree that this new idea opens up the need for, and use for, many great planes that would otherwise have been wasted in the MA.

lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's

Uh... what now?

First off, the FM2 was a bad sub for the Brewster. It was performed far better than the Brewster. Second, the performance of the FM2 is probably better than the hurricane2. It has a slow top speed but the rest is competitive. I regularly saw FM2s flying around fighting P51s and other late war planes the past week. Third, the F4F-3 is NOT better than the FM2. It is slower, has less speed and climb, and the FM2 has a much better engine. The only difference is the option for 6 guns in the F4F-3.

Just had to point this out. The FM2 in no way belongs in the "early war" crowd.

Cheers:aok

EDIT: Nifty I think you're right. That would make sense if he meant to type 14 instead of 9.

[Eagler]

does this mean there will be monthly "winners" in each of the 3 rooms like there is now in  MA? no wonder Shawk doesn't like it

[storch]

Originally posted by Krusty
Well I'm not *that* bad....

the original poster that you quoted sure does suck though.