Split scoring for EW/MW/LW 4 months in

[Overlag]

Originally posted by Lusche
There were similar numbers at those "wrong times" Overlag and me have the unfortunate pleasure to live in too.

yup, not everyone lives in america...

[CAP1]

Originally posted by BaldEagl
Now into the fourth camp of split arena scoring do you like it better or not?

For me personally, I used to visit EW and MW regularly prior to the split.  I haven't been to either one since the split.  

I guess I kind of liked it better when they were combined.  I don't have the time to try to maintain score/rank through three arenas, nor do I care to try to track my stats from camp to camp across three arenas.

I still try to fly the EW/MW planes in the LWA's from time to time but it's much more difficult (although very rewarding when you have success) and it's just not the same.  I sort of miss flying those old crates agianst others of the same kind.

What's your opinion?

rank means pretty much nothing.........i know for fact you're a much better pilot than i am......but i also know that i can make the stats appear as though i'm at leas equal to you.........so.....don't worry bout rank...just go to whichever arena ya feel like and kill some planes:aok

<>

[WWhiskey]

Originally posted by Overlag
yup, they generally always empty... maybe there should be 128x128 maps for them they more likely to find fights?

one of the reasons i dont go there is i  can find more fights in offline mode....

Now im not even good at it and i have 150 kills so far this month and 317 last month in mid, so there are people to kill!( i fly all three arenas now,tho not to well in any)
 i would ask that you not try too change an arena you dont fly in!
I would like to see the graphic set that i see in AVA in the mid and early war arena or  all arena's i was there the other day ,midway map was very nice and bright with vivid color! the zero's kicked my tail big time!
if you dont use it , leave it be,  you want to play in it then make a suggestion!

[Getback]

I may have been in LW or MW once since the split. To me it's like playing varsity vs junior varsity or freshman.

Another reason, when you go in there you will see 20 one side, 10 another and the last side will have 2. My side always seems to be 2.

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by Getback
I may have been in LW or MW once since the split. To me it's like playing varsity vs junior varsity or freshman.

The skill level of the players in the MW compared to that of the LW or any other of the arenas is the same.  To imply that players that fly in the early or mid-war arenas are somehow less skilled than those in the LW is silly and clearly shows that you've never ventured into the early or mid war arenas at all and fought.  Probably because you couldn't find a hord to hide in and cherry pick.


ack-ack

[Ghastly]

Originally posted by Ack-Ack
The skill level of the players in the MW compared to that of the LW or any other of the arenas is the same.  To imply that players that fly in the early or mid-war arenas are somehow less skilled than those in the LW is silly and clearly shows that you've never ventured into the early or mid war arenas at all and fought.  Probably because you couldn't find a hord to hide in and cherry pick.


ack-ack

Actually Ack-Ack,  there does seem to be a difference, at least based on my experience.  In the MA, you have the typical distribution curve (bell curve), some guys who are tops, some who are very inexperienced, and most of us just relatively average joes somewhere in the middle.

In the MW at least, what I've experienced is generally EITHER inexperienced guys who aren't very difficult to fight if (in the past at least) you could catch them to begin with OR guys who are simply awesome.  

And not a lot in between.  

[SlapShot]

Originally posted by Getback
I may have been in LW or MW once since the split. To me it's like playing varsity vs junior varsity or freshman.

Laughable to say the least and obvious, to me, that you really haven't been around quite awhile.

I venture in the late war every once in awhile and 95% of the pilots that I encounter in there are dead with in 2 turns ... if they hang around or don't call their 5 or 6 La-7/Spit 16 buddies to come save their arse.

I r teh l337 ... I r a Late Warz pilot !!!1one!.

LW ... been there ... done that ... got the T-shirt ... gave it to Goodwill.

[SlapShot]

Originally posted by Ghastly
In the MW at least, what I've experienced is generally EITHER inexperienced guys who aren't very difficult to fight if (in the past at least) you could catch them to begin with OR guys who are simply awesome.  

And not a lot in between.  

Thats funny ... thats exactly what I find when I occasionally pop into the LW arenas. They either totally suck ... or they are good ... the rest ... well they just run and hide in the crowd.

At least in MW you don't always have to fight off the roving droves of La-7s/Spit 16s/P-51s.

[toonces3]

I've run into a higher proportion of players better than me in MW than in LW.

MW is a refreshing change for sure.  It's hard to hide in there.

[CAP1]

Originally posted by Ghastly
Actually Ack-Ack,  there does seem to be a difference, at least based on my experience.  In the MA, you have the typical distribution curve (bell curve), some guys who are tops, some who are very inexperienced, and most of us just relatively average joes somewhere in the middle.

In the MW at least, what I've experienced is generally EITHER inexperienced guys who aren't very difficult to fight if (in the past at least) you could catch them to begin with OR guys who are simply awesome.  

And not a lot in between.  

i fly mostly midwar...and i'm the average joe, leaning towards inexperienced........

[Shuffler]

One reason you may find MW easier is your ACM is tweaked for multiple cons cutting close with the outside cons moving fast... when you encounter more equal aircraft and only 2 or 3 at a time it seems much easier.

[SlapShot]

Originally posted by Shuffler
One reason you may find MW easier is your ACM is tweaked for multiple cons cutting close with the outside cons moving fast... when you encounter more equal aircraft and only 2 or 3 at a time it seems much easier.

If he fell into a group like Leviathn ... Drex ... Kappa ... Fester ... etc ... I would agree with that, but he doesn't fall into that group.

[Shuffler]

Point taken.

[BaldEagl]

At least prior to the split, I usually found pretty high ranking, but not very talented players in EW and MW.  I realize rank doesn't tell the whole story and I'm sure a lot of it was guys going in there to bump their ranks, but even the higher ranked fighter pilots in those arenas weren't on par with similarily ranked fighter pilots in LW.  I'm not saying that was 100% of the cases (the really good players were still really good) and maybe that's changed now but it did seem generally true at the time.

[Shuffler]

I've gone into MW several times the last 2 weeks. As far as quality of pilots in there I'd say it is about even with late war. You find good and bad. The main difference is the number of folks total that fly in there. I did a little experiment in my 38....

Fighters I was ranked #1, a few nights a go I upped 5 times and just augered my 38, next day I was #4.

Night before last I went in and just flew my regular have fun way, yesterday I was #2.

Last night went in for maybe an hour and a half and today #1.

Because the total numbers in MW are so much lower, it only takes a few deaths of kills either way to make a pretty big difference. In LW with the huge masses that use them.... to change your average it take quite a big number either way.

To leverage this I am something like 89 in the LW fighters. Rank just means so little.... the whole idea of the GAME is fun in my book.