Arena format change

[Dichotomy]

Okay here's a novel thought..

Now bear with me and think this through for a minute or two before you start typing and telling me how stupid I am.  Are you ready? Maybe you should smoke a cigarette or whatever you do to calm yourself down.  

Are you SURE you're ready?

Okay here goes.  Nobody will ever know if this is a good thing or a bad thing until EVERYBODY gives it a chance to see what happens.  Geez you guys expect Hitech to be able to satisfy EVERYBODY with EVERY decision he makes?  Get past your prepubescent selves (even if you're way over 15) and give it a chance to work or not work.

We are being offered choices here ladies and gentlemen.  If you don't like a certain arena or you can't log on to play in the arena you want or whateEVER bothers you feel free to cancel your account but please for the love of GOD don't leave a freaking suicide note about it on the boards.  Email Hitech and tell him why you're leaving.  You never know if enough people leave over the change he might change it back.  Now here's the flip side to that argument.  What if it works?  Did you ever think about that?  I mean really.  What if, and I'm taking a bit of a stretch here, everything evens out and the landgrabbers gravitate to one era and the furballers gravitate to another?  OH MY GOD WE'VE SETTLED TWO GRIPES WITH ONE STONE!!!!!

You know in all seriousness some of the posts I read on this board make me wonder if I'm interacting with someone who is 12 and has great writing skills or a really immature 40 year old.

Bottom line is if you hate the new set up then just quit.  Don't post about it, don't tell us about it, just cancel your account.  Idle threats are boring and really waste a lot of everybodys time.  Or try to make constructive suggestions about how to make things better instead of throwing a tantrum.

Everything in ANY business is a work in progress with fluid customer desires and 'needs'.  The businesses that address those desires and needs the best and most economical ways are the ones that succeed.  AT LEAST HTC IS FREAKING TRYING INSTEAD OF SAYING 'HERE'S YOUR PLACE TO PLAY DEAL WITH IT'.

Geez... some of you people are just amazing.  It's SIXTEEN DOLLARS AND TWO CENTS A MONTH!!! If that breaks your bank then perhaps you should save your money for raman noodles or something.

Yes.. congratulations... the whining, griping, sniping, personal attacks on each other, and revisiting the same subject over and over and over and over and over and over again have pushed me over my diplomatic edge.  

Either offer constructive criticism as to what you think in your own expert opinion from owning your own company that offers a similar product or for the love of all that is good and holy..... SHUT UP.

And by the way for everybody that wants to flame me after this post... look at the ceiling... I'm pointing at it, with one finger, figure out which one.

[Lye-El]

After all you guys quit gameplay should improve.

[Shifty]

Good post Dichotomy:aok

Superdud "All those talking about the community being split, I ain't buying it. Let's face it, the community hates each other."



Although I don't think that's completely true. It's pretty close.

[Westy]

Very interesting and appealing.    I've got a sudden itch to get the old rusty, dusty hotas working.

[APDrone]

If there is one thing to change, it would be to put the Late War 2 arena first on the arena list and go ahead and activate the old planes... but, there could be a good reason for that ( vulching perk point bonusus, maybe? )

Anyway..

Why I like the new setup...

Suddenly, a formation of JU88s with 109 and 190 escorts is something to be feared.

Suddenly a whole lot of other planes.. SBD, TBM, JU87 become useful because there are no late-war JABOs around that do the job faster and better.

You can play land-grab and not be subjected to goon-killing LA7s and 262s.

I do think that now there are some holes in plane sets that will become apparent.. ( We can use the B17 E and F now!! ) so maybe those will be filled eventually.

I could go on and on..

At least something has been done to attempt to change the current environment.

HTC!!

Thank you!

[lambo31]

Originally posted by SkyRock
Its default when u log in!

So if AvA was default then it would have the numbers??  How about the Training Arena if it was default??


Lambo

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by SuperDud
How many flew AW? If this turns out to be anything like that, I'm all for it. What is this really going to affect? All those talking about the community being split, I ain't buying it. Let's face it, the community hates each other. Now those who like the early stuff and those the late can fly happily. And if the horde is on the roll in one arena, now you have other options besides logging.

Amen.  I seem to recall those old AW arenas developed their own styles and personalities based on the squads that haunted each of them.  Being able to bounce around when it got stale was a good thing too.

So quitcher*****en and lets make these suckers work

[1cemanVS]

i would also like to put forward the notion to trim the arena's down to

early-mid
mid-late
and one for the gv freaks

at the moment its just overkill

at the end of the day its up to you HTC and your finance board, i really enjoyed the original setup, maybe in turn ill enjoy the new setup, after a few tweaks here and there, but then again maybe i wont, there are always other games i suppose

[Widewing]

Gentlemen, how about reserving opinions until after the new set-up is running for a week or so.

Geez, the knee-jerk whining is rediculous.... Any arena is what the players make it.

My regards,

Widewing

[SkyRock]

Originally posted by lambo31
So if AvA was default then it would have the numbers??  How about the Training Arena if it was default??


Lambo

I'm just saying out of the new arenas, EWA is what pops up when logging in.  And right now you are going to see higher #'s because of that.  This will change in my opinion as peeps investigate and make their choices!

[Dichotomy]

Originally posted by Widewing
Gentlemen, how about reserving opinions until after the new set-up is running for a week or so.

Geez, the knee-jerk whining is rediculous.... Any arena is what the players make it.

My regards,

Widewing

Obviously I concur

[Mugzeee]

Originally posted by bozon
MAGNIFICENT!  
Back to small maps and reasonable numbers + appropriate matchups.
This will be interesting:
Will the JU87 actually be a fearsom attack plane?
Will the mosquito actually be a fast ride now?
Attack planes actually carrying more bombs that the common fighter?


lol

A contradiction? The complaint of the large maps was that the fights were far and few between. Removing large maps and keeping one arena would make a very populated furballing environment that you are kind of eluding to. Removing the large maps and reducing the numbers by over 60% would benifit your idea of what?

[simshell]

a poem by Simshell
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_____________________________ ____
as skys

fill

of pilots who knew of no duty then to there Lgays

and Tiffs

a moment in time has happen

when the God of HTC rose from the sun

and sent thunder from his CODE BOX

into the arena's of time and space

never have so many whined
for so long
nor have any heard so many

in the history of our game

for our  day comes to a end
and as
screams go into the air for changes thought amazingly dweebish

and sad

screams of 15 dollers
screams of mustangs from the fields of fighter squads
and bomber streams

to unleash there HO's on the aces and beyond
in there Niks  of hell

o never have a Community stand so spilt over somthing so trivial as a video game

of ours.

[Killjoy2]

Will this sell?

[Domin]

They just need some time to get it figured out. I do HOPE they bring back MAIN other wise I'll have a AH2 subscription for my squad and a warbirds subscription for MA as I was told they have a main arena LOL. Just kidding I'll wait and see. I'll be happy in the DA for now hehe.