Changes to come.

[SINNER]

I'm fine with all of it but the country switching business. It's not the chess piece thing, I've flown for all countries, I just think you build up a comaradarie with your friends and ruining all that just to keep numbers even is overkill. Not to even mention the effect it has on squads, as has been aptly mentioned.

I'd rather fly a 51B or a 38G than have to switch and fly with a bunch of guys I don't know, and wind up killing guys I do know, or worse, getting killed by them.

Not like I have a choice, but that's my opinion.

[SINNER]

Originally posted by Bode
Rivalry is a part of Human Nature, This Harmonous Community thing HTC is talking about will never occur,... Peolpe like to dislike other people for what ever reason, It fires the coal in the belly of our souls. ... I don't want nor will I  enjoy fighting against my squad mates. ...People will only want to be on the side that is winning, ...But on thing I'm sure of is that being in a squad is going to be useless, unless you wait for God knows how many minutes or hours to fly with your buddys. Peolpe enjoy belonging to something that will never change.

Well Said!

[trotter]

and you know what else, what about "winning the war"? Isn't that, as hitech declared, the ultimate point of the game? Has that been forgotten? What's the point anymore if you log some sorties as rook in the afternoon, come back in the evening and are forced to fly knight, and then come back late night and have to fly rook again? The fun is in logging in later and seeing how your country has progressed since you last flew, not flying later in the evening to help undo the progress you helped earlier. Why should we even care about the new emphasis on strat?

It seems like releasing a new strat layout (supposedly to make "winning the war" more immersive) alongside this side cap (effectively making "winning the war" a pointless endeavour) really demonstrates that this whole idea was not well thought out at all.

[hooper69]

bye bye Squad Night
country balance will never be rite
so we bite our tongue...and live with it

is the price going to be drop?

[sirvlad]

I fly for my country with my squad and will not fly any other way,So it is written SO IT SHALL BE.............

[Mr No Name]

same here sirvlad

[Alpo]

Originally posted by Stiletto
Question about how this new system works:

If you're in an arena for your squad ops and you dump, when you re-log, are you going to run the risk of having to switch countries because somebody else joined the arena while you were rebooting? Or is there a "grace period" built in?

Good question Stilleto... I hope someone has thought about this.  

Note: no loyalty to chess piece agenda, no following a horde, no tool shedding innuendo necessary.

[CptConey]

See some people have loyalty to squad and country, but wait a minute isn't that why people join the military.

[Brooke]

Originally posted by DadRabit
(Obi Wan)  "I've not heard the term spit factory in a long time.........a long time."

Ah, yes.  We should not forget the other memorable Obi Wan quote:  "C-land:  you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."  

[President]

New ENY wait system - I LOVE IT!  

New Orange arena changes - Not for me, but will try it and be open minded  

PEOPLE GIVE HT A HARD TIME - but he is putting a lot of thought into this and though he dont always get it right, it aint for LACK OF TRYING PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by hitech
Monday we will be implementing a new balancing system. It works with the existing ENY number. It will no longer limit what planes you can fly. But rather when it reaches a preset value, people entering the arena will not be able to fly in that arena for their current country.

You will get a message  similar to you are 3rd in a queue of 3 .

Your choices will be
1. go to another arena.
2. change countries.
3. wait until more people come onto the other side, or some one from your country leaves.

People waiting will always be able to change countries regardless of their last country change time.
People waiting in queue will not be counted in the ENY values.
This new balancing system will be implemented in all main arenas.

The test capture lines will be taken down until we can layout and code some different options.

1. The current zone / strat setup does not lend it self very well to the current setup,We will be change the supply system to work on all your countries fields, hence hitting the strat targets will have a larger effect.

2. The war win criteria will be changed from having to capture almost all of 1 country , to having to capture around 30 - 40% of both countries fields.

3. Will also make some core fields uncapturable in each country.

HiTech

[SINNER]

Originally posted by BlauK
EXCELLENT IDEA, Tilt!

Allowing people to sign up as volunteers being switched to another country on demand and rewarding them for being mercenaries

Carrots always work better than sticks!

I agree. If we HAVE to have this, then at least let people who don't mind switching "volunteer" to be mercs. It would accomplish what HT wants, make far fewer people mad, and create an additional dimension to the game.

You'd know the guy flying next to you is a merc, because of his icon. Whether you chose to respect him or not is your own business. Just like in real life.

I like it, as a fix to the fix of the original fix.

[President]

Originally posted by hooper69
bye bye Squad Night
country balance will never be rite
so we bite our tongue...and live with it

is the price going to be drop?

no HT has a good idea - if you choose to stay with country then you just wait, and others who want to switch to fly right away will switch - so everyone  wins

It will work because it gives us CHOICES

[Hoarach]

I like the idea.  People having to even the numbers out instead of the countries with overwhelming numbers at time with another country with hardly any numbers.  This, however, will bring the whines over seperating squads and breaking their total devotion to a virtual chess piece.

Good idea about the percentage of the fields being captured so countries arent ganging one side and maps can be reset much quicker if a bad map.

Suggestion, could the uncapturable fields be put together for a FT?

[TheBug]

Originally posted by hooper69

is the price going to be drop?

If enough people actually leave it might.

[Donzo]

Originally posted by President
no HT has a good idea - if you choose to stay with country then you just wait, and others who want to switch to fly right away will switch - so everyone  wins

It will work because it gives us CHOICES

So you are equating the "choice" to wait with that of the "choice" to switch?