I dig out this old threat because after some month of flying in AH i would like to share my impression. I flew Warbirds for more than 6 years and i love(d) this sim. I left WB because of many reasons, but this is not so interesting. Maybe it is more interesting to see the pov of a forme WB player after switching sides
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1. Players numbers: In AH - overwhelming. 10-20 times more players online in the european prime time than in WB.
2. Arenas: Nice arenas, but some points are less than optimal. First only the "all planes available"-arenas are well used in euro-time. The mid and early war and the axis vs allied arenas are always nearly empty. I strongly miss this like i did in WB, Most europeans seem to prefer late war rides. They don`t know what they miss.
3. Maps: The maps are a littlebit - mh - lets say funny. I donīt like maps wich have no real life counterpart. Some are o.k. and some are .. i don`t want to use the word with s
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4. Scenarios: I strongly miss an euro friendly scenario. This is one of the biggest advantages WB has. Without scenarios it`s only half the fun and a lot of WB players stay ther only because of the great scenarios. I was told that the AH scenarios are realy good, too but due to the inacceptable time i could not participate until now
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5. Community: The community is much bigger so it is not as personal as in WB wich i liked very much, but there are a lot of very kind players in this game so i would not say, that the community is not as good as in WB.
6. Developement: One word --- great.
7. Gunnery/Damage model: The damage model is much better than in WB but could be better. I would like to have an IL2 like dm. The gunnery is split in two parts. The lethality of the guns is imho better modelled. The dispersion .. i think it`s slightly worther in AH. The trajectory of the bullets seems to flat from my pov.
8. Flight model: I am not an expert, but the AH FM feels more realistic. In WB the FM sucks if you look at some planes like the KI84, JM2 f.e. They fly beyond their real life data. Much to good and IEN does not fix it in more than one year. In AH every plane is a capable opponent in a well trained players hand, but you always feel the differences between the planes and you can use the advantages very effective if you know them
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9. Support: Outstanding fast and reliable. If you have a problem or a question, you get the answer immediately. In WB the support is not too bad, but you notice, that only one person does it. So if he is busy or afk it takes much longer than in AH.
10. Vehicles: There are a lot of planes, ground vehicles and water vessels avail. Much more than in WB, but i seldom missed them there, except the russion aircrafts like the IL2 f.e. On the other side planes like the Yak 3, the I16, PE2 and PE8 would be a great improvement, especially in easter europe scenarios. The P39Q was a good idea, i hope they will not stop the developement at this point
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Conclusion:
WB was a great game, but sufferes in developement and players numbers. It is not realy a threat for AH, but never the less i hope that both sims will stay, because no developement without a competetitor
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This is only my humble opinion. I don`t want to bother anyone so i will apologize in advance to anyone who dos not agree my opinion
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Regards
Flubby
