Changes to the game

[elc7367b]

A lot of folks here are very passionate about the game and the way "they" percieve what should happen.  Bottom line as I see it is HiTech is a businessman and we are his customers.  If he decides to change things to the way he thinks is best for the game, that is his business decision.  We as consumers, must decide if we want to continue purchasing his product.

I for one am willing to take a taste of his new product.  It is then up to me to decide if I am willing to accept these changes and continue doing business with him.  If I fail to receive satisfaction as a consumer of the product then the decision to discontinue use of the product is mine.

Should it come to ending my consumer relationship with HTC, of course I will be sad as I have greatly enjoyed the game over the past 2 years or more that Ive been playing.  I am thankful for the enjoyment I have recieved over the years.  The fact that there are so many long term customers is a credit to HTC and their staff.

Its like going to your favorite restraunt to order your favorite dish.  If the recipe for that dish is changed to the point you no longer like it, I doubt you will return to eat there.  Same principle applies here.

I hope HTC makes the right decisions for the game and I am willing to "taste test"  the product a while longer or until it becomes unpalletable.   I would like to continue to be a part of this community and hope things will all work out.

Muttman
Sick Puppies

[NoBaddy]

Sensible.

[pluck]

maybe the restaurant serves better food now:)  who know till ya try it:)

[Mark Luper]

Very good post there elc7367b,

I have been involved with this game since alpha testing. I havn't had the opportunity to fly much in the past couple of years but each change made during the course of it's existence has improved it one way or the other. I am personaly aquainted with HT and Pyro and some of thier staff and I have always been impressed with thier concern for the costumer and quality of gameplay.

I only hope more people take your view about the game and give the new changes a chance.

Mark

[Killjoy2]

I'm sorry MarkAT, I'm too accustomed to instant gratification.  I'm not sure yet, but I think I may not be getting exactly what I want.  I feel a whine coming on.

[Excaliber]

Originally posted by elc7367b
A lot of folks here are very passionate about the game and the way "they" percieve what should happen.  Bottom line as I see it is HiTech is a businessman and we are his customers.  If he decides to change things to the way he thinks is best for the game, that is his business decision.  We as consumers, must decide if we want to continue purchasing his product.

I for one am willing to take a taste of his new product.  It is then up to me to decide if I am willing to accept these changes and continue doing business with him.  If I fail to receive satisfaction as a consumer of the product then the decision to discontinue use of the product is mine.

Should it come to ending my consumer relationship with HTC, of course I will be sad as I have greatly enjoyed the game over the past 2 years or more that Ive been playing.  I am thankful for the enjoyment I have recieved over the years.  The fact that there are so many long term customers is a credit to HTC and their staff.

Its like going to your favorite restraunt to order your favorite dish.  If the recipe for that dish is changed to the point you no longer like it, I doubt you will return to eat there.  Same principle applies here.

I hope HTC makes the right decisions for the game and I am willing to "taste test"  the product a while longer or until it becomes unpalletable.   I would like to continue to be a part of this community and hope things will all work out.

Muttman
Sick Puppies

It is a clay container of excrement..... and it stinketh!

[MWL]

Greetings,

  While the changes are changes and I can adapt, I must state that I do miss the ol' days when I could find the people I used to fly with.  I tend to fly 'lone wolf' now.  Not because I want to, just because there aren't that many people I know to wing with.

  I tend to fly a 47, (well, okay, pretty much exclusively) and it is tough to stay out there without a wingie - that likes the same bird and understands each other's roles (guns and eyes).  I am beginning to understand why the 16 and LA are so popular - good lone wolf planes.

  The squad I was (key word, was) in way prior to the recent changes, had some issues.  Old timers who didn't fly anymore tried to dictate how we should act in the game.  This resulted in a quick split in the camp - from which the squad has not, and I think will not, recovered.  What I learned from that event was that common experiences build common memories and common memories build friendships.  The OTers and the NTers had no common memories to work from.  Without those memories, you can't build a real team of friends - at best you have a band of roving furballers.  The ability to build common memories is what the game used to have and is now missing.

  Now, I fly from fight to fight.  I seldom 'see' ppl I used to fly with.  Now there is no rush of saving a pal, no rush of achieving whatever it was that we started out to do.  Just a cartoon plane floating through a cartoon sky to shoot at cartoon figures.

  Just seems to me that AH has lost that 'something' that used to separate it from Runequest, BF2 series, and the rest.

Regards,

[Excaliber]

Outstanding! That's exactly what they have done.... and they don't get it.