Author Topic: maps (Read 1362 times)

Overlag · « **Reply #30 on:** October 14, 2006, 09:10:17 PM »

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Originally posted by Bruv119
I cant talk for the narrow minded people who arent capable of trying something different.

"Oh no my la7 isnt in this arena screw this" attitude.

The EW or MW arenas only need 30 plus people and the dogfights can be just as fun if not better than the LW arena.

Guess people like yourself are into having a 50 vs 50 fight over one base. I don't dislike having a mass furball but it gets old when you kill 1,2,3 guys than get killed by 1,2,3 enemy.

Making the new arenas available for better fights with more challenging planes was a good idea maybe some people just didnt want that challenge.

i hardly NEVER fly anything under 20ENY..... my fave ride being 109g2, 109f4, or 190s A5/A8. ie mainly a MW arena mind here.

HOWEVER i WANT to fly in a MA where theres a big choice of aircraft.... Not just Hurri IIc vs Hurri IIc everywhere. While i loath seeing La7's, ive learnt to deal with there advantages, and keep them out of that "zone".

50vs50? what arena have you been flying in?

Oldman731 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 14, 2006, 11:18:08 PM »

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Originally posted by Bruv119
The EW or MW arenas only need 30 plus people and the dogfights can be just as fun if not better than the LW arena.

You don't even need that many (trust me, we know this!). What you DO need are people who want to fight each other. If they don't - if they want to practice rolling bases, or taking one by themselves, or with a friend - then you get dispersion and no fights at all. Then you do need hundreds of people in an arena so that it's so crowded that you can't help but find someone nearby to force a fight with.

- oldman

x0847Marine · « **Reply #32 on:** October 15, 2006, 05:30:30 AM »

The maps, apply directly to the forehead
The maps, apply directly to the forehead
The maps, apply directly to the forehead

Not just new maps, but better looking maps with variety, new challenges. Large cities 1/2 sector or bigger with train depots, strats hidden inside.. like, uh, a real city.

Or flush these ideas in the crapper and put out something more creative than the same looking same, piled on top of the same recycled same.

Bruv119 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 15, 2006, 08:38:59 AM »

Overlag,

There are still lots of different planes to fly in EW or MW,

You cant class LW as time specific now its the old MA.

all the planes you list here should make you decent opposition in MW but you still choose to fly in the old MA. This is what im getting at not you personally but the way people go straight for the LW arena.

just would like to see an even spread.

SD67 · « **Reply #34 on:** October 15, 2006, 08:45:15 AM »

How about letting the debris pile up? Since we're (collectively) resetting every few hours how many plane and GV carcasses can we have littering the battlefeild by the end?
Imagine using a dead tiger as cover in a GV battle or hiding behind the wreckage of a downed jug.

Overlag · « **Reply #35 on:** October 15, 2006, 08:49:46 AM »

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Originally posted by Bruv119
Overlag,

You cant class LW as time specific now its the old MA.

exactly...... and thats why its always full

Bruv119 · « **Reply #36 on:** October 15, 2006, 08:53:15 AM »

yea exactly and thats why the others have smaller numbers.

Maybe if HT stuck to his guns and didnt raise the cap and left it as LW planes people would be in there.

after all we now have 3 MA's not just one.

SlapShot · « **Reply #37 on:** October 15, 2006, 09:12:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Overlag
doesnt LW being alway full just prove the community hated the split of 750 people MA......?

very few people liked the idea, and empty EW, MW and full LW1 proves that. but i guess all the "whiners" was wrong, people did want MA to split, and didnt want to fly in the biggest arena, against all maner of planes and people......

the community spoke out about there hate of spliting MA, but was laughed at by a select few, deleted, and moderated to hell by HTC.... However a month later we have LW full, LW2 having compairable numbers to EW and MW.

i wonder which side of the fence was right.

LW being full proves nothing ... as long as the other arenas are populated and people in those arenas are enjoying themselves ... HT made the right decision.

In the past couple of weeks I have yet to see an LW2 and had I chosen to, I could have gone into LW anytime I wanted ... it was never full.

What I am seeing, in USA prime time, are decent numbers in EW and MW and have also seen LW fans popping into these arenas too.

The community also spoke out about how the new arena split was a great idea ... in no way were the detractors of the idea the majority in those discussions.

At this point ... there is no right or wrong ... it's a done deal and it appears that most are now happy ... especially since LW cap was raised to 350.

Bruv119 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 15, 2006, 09:18:14 AM »

Hopefully thats the case Slapshot.

Give it some more time and hopefully people will be happy with whatever arena they choose to fly on any given day.

Just in GMT times we dont have the luxury of having several hundred players to filter between the three and this was my main concern.

When people dont spread themselves (

) and all go running to the LW arena it makes me sad. lol

Bruv
~S~

SlapShot · « **Reply #39 on:** October 15, 2006, 09:50:55 AM »

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Originally posted by Bruv119
Hopefully thats the case Slapshot.

Give it some more time and hopefully people will be happy with whatever arena they choose to fly on any given day.

Just in GMT times we dont have the luxury of having several hundred players to filter between the three and this was my main concern.

When people dont spread themselves ( ) and all go running to the LW arena it makes me sad. lol

Bruv
~S~

I feel for ya.

Overlag · « **Reply #40 on:** October 15, 2006, 10:06:19 PM »

how hard is it to get into "mapping" for AH?

SD67 · « **Reply #41 on:** October 16, 2006, 12:00:49 AM »

Dunno I just downloaded the terrain builder to check that out:confused:

Clifra Jones · « **Reply #42 on:** October 16, 2006, 11:39:20 AM »

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Originally posted by Overlag
how hard is it to get into "mapping" for AH?

I just started trying to build maps. I would not say that it is hard as much as it is very tedious work. You will need a decent paint program such as PaintShop or PhotoShop an I used Tile Setter by Machnix, Great Tool

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=140697

Overlag · « **Reply #43 on:** October 16, 2006, 03:01:29 PM »

i hear alot of people wanting TT or FT.... however wouldnt it be better if the maps was designed correctly to allow proper GV/fighter battles?

for instance mindnao has very few GV battle areas, and is rather poor in that department. Fighter wise, its ok.

sfma has some great GV spawn points, but the terrain is a bit bland. Fighter wise is ok on this map... Some airfields are too far apart though.

baltic, has "ok" start points for fighters, expect maybe top right and top left airfields being too spread out? GV wise its ok, but not the greatest.

ndisles has a area which was soon called TT, but i think its only really called TT because it was successful for what people wanted... Its still a valid part of the map to capture... (some say/whine otherwise). the TT also doubles up slightly as a FT.

my fave idea for a map would be gv spawns to and from almost every field, and to keep most airfields about 25miles apart. this sort of map wouldnt need a set TT or FT surely?