combine ew and mw

[Monty405]

since the 'newness' has worn off, and people are sliding back to the late war, why not combine the early and mid war? have maybe 1939-1942 or 43 type arena and the 2 late wars?

i go to the lw personally, but only cause thats where the #'ers are.

[BugsBunny]

Originally posted by Monty405
since the 'newness' has worn off, and people are sliding back to the late war, why not combine the early and mid war? have maybe 1939-1942 or 43 type arena and the 2 late wars?

i go to the lw personally, but only cause thats where the #'ers are.

Same thing will happen Monty.  It seems that people want to fly what they want when they want.  There is no difference in the arrenas.  There is always a better faster plane in all of them.

[Monty405]

maybe, but maybe itll also merge the mw and ew communities

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by BugsBunny
Same thing will happen Monty.  

Probably true.  We've run early- and mid-war setups for years in AvA.  People come in to see what they're like, enjoy them enormously for a few days, and then move back to their hot rods.  The late war planes are much easier to get kills with, and there is a greater variety of planes from that period.

Merging the EW and MW just means that everyone will end up flying the better MW planes, I fear.

- oldman (although, for what it's worth, it seems to me that the EW has turned into the Spit5 Arena, for the same reason I suspect.)

[Krusty]

Well if we got 30 folks in the EW and 30 in the MW we'd have 60 in the "new" EW (the combined one). I'd fly there more often with higher numbers.

EW as-is is boring for me. All it is is folks too timid to engage in their perk rides, or ho-ers in hurricanes. There's no in-between, basically. I've rarely had any good fights there, so I don't even try joining it anymore. MW has better fights, some better planes (and yes, it's share of timid folks too scared to engage) but in general has much better fights.

Combining the two might be just the thing.

That being said, combined or not, doesn't really affect me too much either way.

[BlauK]

I have supported this view all the way since the arena split.
Have the EW planes free and perk the MW rides.. or some of them. If one wants the MW rides free, they are available free at LW.

I also like teh early and mid war planes, but the #s and at least medium sized fights are more important... in a MMPOLG.

[BugsBunny]

Originally posted by Oldman731
Probably true.  We've run early- and mid-war setups for years in AvA.  People come in to see what they're like, enjoy them enormously for a few days, and then move back to their hot rods.  The late war planes are much easier to get kills with, and there is a greater variety of planes from that period.

OK, lets stop this thing about the hotrods.  Thats not why I dont fly the AvA or the EW.  I did for a litle bit but it gets old.  

It gets old fighting the same guys
It gets old ganged/geting picked/vulched by the same squads in their EW or AvA hot rods
It gets old fighting the same planes
It gets old listening to the same whines

That is why I fly the LW.  I have no problem taking a 202 and fighting lalas.  Not everyone in the LW is in an LA7 or Spit16 no matter what you guys say.  I also have no problem upping an LA7 to deffend a field.  Just let people fly what they want when they want.  Fighting the same 10 guys over and over and over in the same planes is borring.  And dont even try to tell me that the guys in the AvA and EW are there to fight.  A few maybe but most act the same way there as in the LW.

Botom line, there is a reason those arenas are empty and it is not because there no hotrods.  Every era had its hotrods.

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by BugsBunny
Botom line, there is a reason those arenas are empty and it is not because there no hotrods.  Every era had its hotrods.

We can agree that, when the MA was split into period arenas, a very large number of people picked the EW arena.  It was very well populated.  Now it is a desert.  How do you explain the migration?

And, while I do not doubt that you fly the 202 in the LW arenas occasionally, you have to admit that the vast majority of planes in the air at any given moment are probably 1945 rides.  As they should be in that arena.

- oldman

[SlapShot]

Well ... I have been flying in LW lately just to see the new changes ... once the dust has settled I plan on moving back to the MW for the majority of my flying time.

I am hoping that my reasons for flying in the LW are the same for others and hopefully will gravitate back to the other arenas.

[BugsBunny]

Originally posted by Oldman731
We can agree that, when the MA was split into period arenas, a very large number of people picked the EW arena.  It was very well populated.  Now it is a desert.  How do you explain the migration?
 

Yep, and I was there also.  It got boring.  The style of fighting did not change.  The HOricanes still hoed everything and the running was done at slower speeds.  To make it worse though, because of the low numbers, the runner would always get away because there was no one else to cut him off.  So, since everyhing was the same but the equipment, it got boring.  The AvA got busy on ocasions when the planes set was changed or when it was made a furball arena.  However, that only lasted what, a week? two weeks? It got boring.  Even the locals are gone from that arena now.  

And, while I do not doubt that you fly the 202 in the LW arenas occasionally, you have to admit that the vast majority of planes in the air at any given moment are probably 1945 rides.  As they should be in that arena.

Maybe, but that would mean that all is equal so no one is using the hot rod as a way to get an advantage.  Thats is why I dont think the reason is the hotrods.  I think it is because of the variety and ease of finding a fight.

BTW.  Some of the best fights I ever had were against you so I know you know what you are talking about when it comes to fighting

[President]

Originally posted by Monty405
since the 'newness' has worn off, and people are sliding back to the late war, why not combine the early and mid war? have maybe 1939-1942 or 43 type arena and the 2 late wars?

i go to the lw personally, but only cause thats where the #'ers are.

Nah, I like early and mid each for reasons

Ht got it right making 3 war periods!  

just live it, love it, and stop pullin the poor guy in all different directions geez

[zorstorer]

Originally posted by Oldman731
...How do you explain the migration?...

I'll try to answer that with another question.....


Why do you find lions near their prey??

Why do sharks feed where the food is??

Simple answer is (at least for me) is that I go where the largest numbers of folks are at any given time.

That is the LW arenas.  Not some love of the late war hotrods, just the simple fact that in the LW you can find enough people flying and fighting so you are not hunting fights all night.

Also check my rides if you want to, no spit 16, la7, temp, 190d9, et al hot rod rides in the list, other than those I killed.  I suppose the 190A8 and F8 could be looked at as hot rods  But I doubt that the Hurri Mk1 is much of a hot rod.  

[Noir]

With a more complete planeset both arena would be better

[President]

Originally posted by Noir
With a more complete planeset both arena would be better

negative.

war by era is really good.  if u want more planes u should fly late.


leave HT alone he has it right

[bozon]

I have to admit that I'm disappointed with the numbers in the MW. I do not like massive numbers but ~20 people per country is required to get something going. Except on weekends I usually don't see the numbers there get to the interesting 50-60 level.

I still hang out there mostly, hopinh people will see the light.