help me obie wan community, youre my only hope.

[JB88]

okay...so i finally get logged into the orange arena where all of the people are at and the fights can be found (after 6 attempts) and i fly for a bit and i get shot down and try to re-up, but the ENY is suddenly through the roof and so now i get stuck with early war planes in a late war arena.  again.  

i go to the other arena.  same day.  same color.  same map.  

go to the midwar.  same day.  same color.  yesterday's map.  no fights to be found...sigh.  

i know.  same complaint.  different day.  talk to the hand right?

fine.  but i feel a need to express it anyway sorry.  

i think a large percentage of us feel this way and i wish that we could convince the folks in grapevine that it's really putting a major bump in the road of enjoyment for so many of us.

i am not the most diplomatic guy in the planet so i am asking those of you who are to add some thoughtful words that might sway them to improve upon these stumbling blocks without further ado.  

there must be somebody out there who frame it just "so"

help me obie wan community, youre my only hope.

[croduh]

Or you could just have:


CHANGED THE COUNTRY!

[JB88]

i was already in a country sir.  i had been flying with some folks and having a swell time thank you very much.

[SteveBailey]

Originally posted by JB88
okay...so i finally get logged into the orange arena where all of the people are at and the fights can be found (after 6 attempts) and i fly for a bit and i get shot down and try to re-up, but the ENY is suddenly through the roof and so now i get stuck with early war planes in a late war arena.  again.  

 

In an effort to aid numbers balancing, I always fly on the team w/ the fewest numbers(bish lately).  As a result I never encounter the ENY monster.  Try it, the  weakest side always needs the help and you could have your squaddies/friends come over and really help even things out.

Some people have lackofhordeaphobia, which is fear of flying outside the protection of the horde.  If you are not one of these, switch sides and enjoy a target rich environment!


Steve

[JB88]

okay.  i'll try it.

[gpa3]

Many of us have the same concerns but we keep being told to STFU and get used to it... blah blah

I guess in order to play the game you need to have no loyalty to your squad, no loyalty to your country, but remain 100% loyal to Hitech.

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by gpa3
Many of us have the same concerns but we keep being told to STFU and get used to it... blah blah

I guess in order to play the game you need to have no loyalty to your squad, no loyalty to your country, but remain 100% loyal to Hitech.

LOL!  Victims everywhere!

It's just a game!  No one is dying, no countries are being overthrown!  You can BS all you want with your squad buddies regardless of what country you are in.  Squad channel is a wonderous thing!

Have some fun for heaven's sake

[JB88]

okay.  tried it.

nice folks the bish.  

so are the folks that i was flying with and the squad that i attach to.

no sir.  don't think i should have to do that.  just don't.

but thanks for the suggestion.  it was well stated.

[AWwrgwy]

Originally posted by JB88
i was already in a country sir.  i had been flying with some folks and having a swell time thank you very much.

As long as you can fly what you want....

You tried changing arenas.  Couldn't find a fight.

You tried changing countries.  Couldn't find your virtual friends?

With the lower numbers, you could fly your LA -and- kill your friends.

I don't get it.

It appears that numbers in the arenas are up. (Summertime).  Same complaint over and over and over.

Gimme gimme gimme what -I- want.  NOW.  You certainly don't expect -me- to do anything to remedy -my- problem, do you???

I want different maps!!  Learn to make maps and submit them ti HiTech.

I want to fly what I want to fly!!  Switch countries.  Switch arenas.

I want to fly with who I want to fly with!!  Maybe you can't fly that LA7....

Remember when gratification wasn't instant?  You had to try and do things for yourself....  

Guess not.

Contribute to the solution, not the problem.



wrngway

[hubsonfire]

Look that the post times from "I'll try it" to "nope, that sucks". 10 whole minutes. what a trooper.

[JB88]

Originally posted by AWwrgwy
As long as you can fly what you want....

You tried changing arenas.  Couldn't find a fight.

You tried changing countries.  Couldn't find your virtual friends?

With the lower numbers, you could fly your LA -and- kill your friends.

I don't get it.

It appears that numbers in the arenas are up. (Summertime).  Same complaint over and over and over.

Gimme gimme gimme what -I- want.  NOW.  You certainly don't expect -me- to do anything to remedy -my- problem, do you???

I want different maps!!  Learn to make maps and submit them ti HiTech.

I want to fly what I want to fly!!  Switch countries.  Switch arenas.

I want to fly with who I want to fly with!!  Maybe you can't fly that LA7....

Remember when gratification wasn't instant?  You had to try and do things for yourself....  

Guess not.

Contribute to the solution, not the problem.



wrngway

funny.  i don't recall saying i want it NOW anywhere in that post.  

the plane i wanted to fly was a spit 9 not an LA7.  i don't fly them.

sometimes i like flying with people who i am familiar with because as we fly together our efficiency increases.  in real life combat pilots would learn each others tactics and improve with each other.

the numbers may be up, but the arena system is stuck.  i am not the only person to believe this so i won't hang on the whiner cross you'd like to put me on.

further, while you've managed to make a rousing critique of me personally, you seem to have done very little in the way of helping to solve the problem that you seem to have with people who would like to see this fixed.

i wouldnt call waiting months and months before finally chiming in on the subject the kind of instant gratification problem that you seem to think it is.

[KTM520guy]

Originally posted by gpa3
Many of us have the same concerns but we keep being told to STFU and get used to it... blah blah

I guess in order to play the game you need to have no loyalty to your squad, no loyalty to your country, but remain 100% loyal to Hitech.

Having friends is bad.....Mmmmmmmmmkay.

And don't fly to close to others or in the same general direction. You might be called a horde.

[JB88]

Originally posted by hubsonfire
Look that the post times from "I'll try it" to "nope, that sucks". 10 whole minutes. what a trooper.

actually, i flew with the bish for a while and just logged off a little bit ago.

had a nice time as i usually do.

i just don't think it should be the default way to handle the problem.

anywho...

bring on the next automated response.

[LePaul]

JB88

I've been engaged in a polite email conversation about the Late War Arena caps and the ENY.  

In short:  HTC won't remove the arena caps.  ENY is another no go

My point has been that its unfair to ask people who fly together or are in a squad to "change sides" in an arena they cant even get into

While I politely disagree with HTC's decision, I would encourage you to contact support directly and let them know your ideas, etc.

[hubsonfire]

Originally posted by JB88

further, while you've managed to make a rousing critique of me personally, you seem to have done very little in the way of helping to solve the problem that you seem to have with people who would like to see this fixed.
 

What you define as the problem, the rest of us look at as part of the solution. The problem isn't that ENY keeps people out of certain planes; the problem is that those people are inflexible and intolerant of anything which limits their ability to engage in the types of behaviors that resulted in the limits being installed in the first place.

So, actually, those of us who fly for the underdogs, or suggest that you do the same, or encourage others to, at the very least, get accustomed to high ENY planes only, are actually working to promote a compromise or acceptance of the current solution, while people such as yourself or gpa keep insisting that the game is broken, not your behaviors or decisions.