What I see at this point is a baseless attack/troll to begin the thread. Please enlighten us with your scociology skill MrDick. I think that , yes there is some discomfort anytime there is change, and taking a large group of people and splitting them amoung several areas, even on a volentary and non perminent bases, can cause some degree of angst. However, I am also forced to remind myself that smaller, more memorable groups tend to form tighter, and more meaninful bonds.
In a MA populated by 600-700 player at any given time, and a rotating base of over 2000+, you tend not to recognise many people. I work in a building with thousands of people....and I know very few of them, and have little sense of belonging with all of the people in the buiding....noone is going to start chanting, "Big glass bulding 105 Rules....Big glass building 103 Sucks"....too many people....we just dont care.
In an arena with only a few hundred, we will move back towards what AH was a few years ago, and you will quickly start to recognise many of those around you, friendly and enemy. Sure some people will float between the arenas, but a good portion will stick in one arena more than not. This also will help make use of an otherwise wasted planeset. Why fly an older model, if the newer is better in every way? Now players who like older planes have a place with at least a little more parity. So we have more sense of community, a better opportunity for those who like older planesets, and on top of all that, we will now have another valid reason to add some very cool early war planes.......why did we need a sociologist again?
