Changes to come.

[NoBaddy]

Originally posted by 4510

AW wasn't perfect, but as a community I thought they "got it".  
They were just a little slow on code development.

Soup...

Slow??? More like glacial!

[JB89]

Ok went to another arena orange 188/270  has room but cant fly, so went to another arena green 17/350 still cant fly remind me why i pay for this and why i fly with a squad and we can not fly together.

[NoBaddy]

Originally posted by Stiletto
Hey NB, I'm probably dense, but what do you mean? That people logged on and sat in the tower, rather than fight?

 

People will just horde up and go attack another undefended field rather than fight.
 

Originally posted by Stiletto

How do you mean? You can look at numbers, but how do you know why people are quitting, without asking them? How do you know what your loyal customers want, without asking them?

 

I went up to visit about a month ago. I asked and was shown the numbers. I believe HT even posted some here.
 

Originally posted by Stiletto

Can you explain what "poor environment" means? I thought the massively multi-player environment was what made the sim awesome.

The 'problem' is the 'massive' part. It can make it difficult for new people to get 'involved' in the game.

Originally posted by Stiletto

My hat's off to HT, NB. He's made this business model work, so he must be doing something right. But that isn't what we're discussing, is it? We're talking about keeping players that we have and adding new ones. That's my problem. I have squaddies in two different squads wanting to go elsewhere, and I'm trying to keep us together. I'm not hearing any encouraging prospective moves to take back with me. Help me out, bro. How does the new plan support squads?

The new 'plan' doesn't specifically support squads. However, HT has been willing to attempt to accommodate them, whenever possible.

HTC needs to try to retain more of the '2 weekers' to continue to grow, expand and improve the game. THAT is why things are being changed.

[NoBaddy]

Originally posted by Overlag

stick us all in 1 arena and we will HAVE TO FIGHT.

 

Now that is rubbish. We had 1 arena with large groups on all sides avoiding combat in their efforts to "win the war".

[bj229r]

Originally posted by Meatwad
I hate the changes, its not fun to sit in the tower and twiddle my thumbs. The squad I fly with flies rooks all the time, therefore I will stay a rook all the time.

If I did get kicked to another country without my permission, I would always PM the cv locations to a squad member, especially if that cv is being hidden somewhere

Ive been a Rook for 7 years, and tonite I went Nit in MW and had a blast killin my buddies in TT for some 3 hours--- You CANT tell me its fun to have numbers like 100 to 50 to 40

[Excaliber]

See Rules #4, #5

[Excaliber]

See Rules #4, #5

[TW9]

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

these sound like great additions HT keep up the good work.. now when the field capture chain is implemented in all the arena's everything will be all set

[bizz]

Well flew for awhile tonight and so far it isn't too bad. When I first logged in I had was 3rd in a queue of 4 and had to wait about two minutes. Flew for a couple of hours and lost UDP. Relogged and was 8 in the queue.

I only wish you could get a grace period of a couple of minutes before you went back in the queue just in case of something like lost UDP or CTD. With my awful connection it could become quite a pain in the arse.

[Mark Luper]

Originally posted by Excaliber
See Rules #4, #5

Let's see here, AW for all it was to those that enjoyed it is no longer available. As far as the community aspect of it goes, that is totaly dependent on the individuals in it and what they wish to make of it. It can be a community of whiners and name callers or it can be a community consisting people out to enjoy each other's company and lend a helping hand where it is needed.

The Aces High community for the most part is a helpfull and friendly group that enjoys the company of other players. A few fall into the whiner, name-calling group but fortunately those are exceptions.

I've been here since the beginning and you won't find a company that will care for it's cutomers like HitechCreations will. They will not, however, cater to a few self interested individuals. Thier goal, as I've seen it, is to provide the best atmosphere for the group as a whole.

Mark

[kamilyun]

Originally posted by Mark Luper
I've been here since the beginning and you won't find a company that will care for it's cutomers like HitechCreations will. They will not, however, cater to a few self interested individuals. Thier goal, as I've seen it, is to provide the best atmosphere for the group as a whole.

Mark

BURN HIM!!!  HE SPEAKS THE DEVILS WORDS1!!!!

Hitech is destroying MY fun that I pay $$$$ for every month.  

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As a side note, I logged into 1 of the LW arenas, had to wait 1.2 milliseconds, found my squaddies and joined them for some uberfun in a Spit 16.  

Hitech has destroyed AH

[4510]

Originally posted by Mark Luper
I've been here since the beginning and you won't find a company that will care for it's cutomers like HitechCreations will. They will not, however, cater to a few self interested individuals. Thier goal, as I've seen it, is to provide the best atmosphere for the group as a whole.

Mark

In your opinion Mark... what magic ingredient are we currently missing?
What game play hasn't been offered with the current number of arenas?
Why have we not "arrived" at whatever solution we currently are seeking?

[Mark Luper]

Originally posted by 4510
In your opinion Mark... what magic ingredient are we currently missing?
What game play hasn't been offered with the current number of arenas?
Why have we not "arrived" at whatever solution we currently are seeking?

In my opinion?

Nothing is "missing" it is just different. I don't think I mentioned that anything was missing. I have not been able to play the game much since all the recent changes have come to pass but as soon as I have the time to I will get a better feel for how it has affected my personal gameplay if at all.

[Excaliber]

See Rules #4, #5

[SkyRock]

Don't think the side balancing changes had kicked in as of tonight, at least in LWblue.  Bish 129, Knights 119, and rooks 80!
 I got my 40 kills over 7 sorties though!