Mid-war has some real potential

[toon]

ssssssshhhhhhhh!!!!

[skysnipr]

Personally I like the MW arena best, the only problem with it being that there isn't usually very many people on, and that can make it difficult to have/find a good fight. The early war arena is fun too, but the main reason I go on there is because that's where everyone else is.

I think the most fun arena was the old MA. It's hard to replace that, although these new arenas are interesting.

[Hawco]

Best arena out of the lot, just get all this c**p about Eny limits fixed and also get the max limit numbers upped a bit in there and it might be worth logging on for.

[Karnak]

I have wanted a mid-War arena for a long time.

I will try blowing the rust off a bit, so those of you in the mid-war arena will have my Mossie to punch holes in and light on fire.

I'll also get to play with my Ki-84 and Spit VIII it looks like.

[simshell]

ya know

never thought about that mossie  i bet its much more useful and fun to use in the midwar arena  without all those Speed Demons

[Karnak]

Originally posted by simshell
ya know

never thought about that mossie  i bet its much more useful and fun to use in the midwar arena  without all those Speed Demons

I fully expect it will be, yes.

[Widewing]

I agree, the MWA is great fun. I flew an A-20 into a furball and had fun, and landed too!

Even flew a 1v1 against a Ki-61 with the fatboy Havoc.. That guy will think twice about the A-20 next time he sees one. Turning circles on the deck with VD's Ki-84 was great fun... No one expects the A-20 to turn like that.

Was able to fly the SpitVIII the way God intended... a masterful E fighter. Even got up with a Hellcat. Not once did I feel that I was at a performance disadvantage.

Players were chatty and generally polite on 200, cooperating to set up furballs.

Yet, off in the corner of the map a mob of Bish (15 to 20) were milkrunning empty, virtually unguarded bases. Some things will never change, I guess....

One lone Rook tried to defend, but after getting a pilot wound elected to retire... One Bish (one of the biggest whiners about the new changes) ridiculed him for not staying to be cannon fodder for the horde. A fine example of classless behavior. This kind of behavior when hiding behind 15 squadies is lower than pathetic.





My regards,

Widewing

[Guppy35]

Somehow we're going to have to set the tone in there and discourage the milkrunning if at all possible.  

That, and keeping up the respectful approach on 200 would help with new guys coming in trying to learn the game.  If we help them the right way, it can only help the community.

Nothing wrong with making the game fun

[Nifty]

Sometimes, milkrunning is the only option, as was the case in the EWA last night for the Knights. The Bish and Rooks were fighting heavily on their front, and maybe 5 of each were defending on their fronts with the Knights. When I first logged on, it wasn't like that, but for some reason, the Rooks just left the Knight front and we barely had any opposition. I flew the sector to see a few reds get ganged by a bunch of greens. Looked at the map for the Bish front, and it looked the same (though with less Bish and Knights.)

Well, milkrunning wasn't the only option. I just ended up getting to bed earlier.

[Engine]

Screw the new guys, we gotta win the war at all costs!

Attention new guys, mission upping for undefended A12. Mission codename: Incompetence

P.S. - Looking forward to another fun Midwar night tonight!

[thndregg]

Same here on the MW. After I flew a lot of P40's in the EW, I found it refreshing to fly the PonyB & the Yak9T, a couple fo rides with a lot more guts. I flew B26's after messing with the Bostons in the EW, very nice. Insano climbed up and nearly knocked out my entire B26 formation in his LA5. Insano, that was a close exchange. He died twice, but I barely made in back with my last plane deadsticking into a V-base because he drained all my fuel out.:eek:

Overall, the numbers were still low, but this time they were enough to have a great time. It is starting to settle out, guys. It could be even better with the number cap increased a bit (hint hint!)

[Karnak]

Widewing,

I tried to defend those bases too, but things just felt "off" and I wasn't doing much.

I have since discovered that my joystick settings in AH have been wiped so that explained why I was having the control issues.

I have other obligations tonight, but I will be back for more mid war action.

[Yeager]

Best arena for me.  Best mix of speed, maneoverability and firepower.

Sun always seems to be far enough up in the sky to prevent that "always in the shade" feeling I get in the early war arena.  Havent even bothered with the late war arena, Ive seen ten years worth of LA7s and Spit16s in just the past month alone, so Im in no hurry to go there.

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by Yeager
Best arena for me.  Best mix of speed, maneoverability and firepower.

Sun always seems to be far enough up in the sky to prevent that "always in the shade" feeling I get in the early war arena.  Havent even bothered with the late war arena, Ive seen ten years worth of LA7s and Spit16s in just the past month alone, so Im in no hurry to go there.

Kinda funny how every time I saw a Spit last night, I kept waiting for it to be a 16 and it was always a 9.  Wondered what was going on with all the 9s til it clicked the 16s weren't in there

[bozon]

Originally posted by simshell
ya know

never thought about that mossie  i bet its much more useful and fun to use in the midwar arena  without all those Speed Demons

Not to mention it now carries more bombs than the common fighter. F6F-5 carries more but it actually should have been F6F-3. Hopefully, when HTC re-do the hellcat we'll have both models for MW/LW areanas.