Author Topic: Just an idea (Read 1284 times)

2fly · « **on:** January 31, 2008, 03:24:24 PM »

This is just a wacky idea that I thought I would float and see if anyone has an opinion on it.

I know there are a number of players who would like to see more participation in the EW/MW/AVA areanas. At first I thought it would be cool to have a day each week where only 1 type of arena was active to force the issue but i realize that would upset a lot of people. So I have been trying to come up with an idea to encourage some participation and this is what I came up with.

Most of us like titanic tuesday right?
How about if Titanic Tuesday each week rotated between EW/MW/LW/AVA? That way all of the different arenas would be available and the large population options of a titanic arena would encourage people to log into it even if it was set for EW/MW/AVA.

Just a thought.

dedalos · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2008, 03:39:10 PM »

Not a bad idea, but what is the real goal of this? To bring more people in an arena? People that given a choice would be somewhere else? Why the need for numbers? What makes those arenas what they are, are partly the low numbers. The AvA no has numbers, but it is not the AvA either

WWM · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2008, 03:48:28 PM »

I've heard comments from people that like the low numbers in mid war, including myself. About 60 is a sweet spot. There was one night when it hit 130 for some reason. Mid war was gone and it turned into what you commonly see in late war. Each arena has it's own mentality of people that fly in it and a common playstyle that most adhere to. They like it that way for the most part and don't want it to change. Don't want to speak for others but that is the feeling I get.

Treize69 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2008, 03:53:28 PM »

We had one night about a year ago when the MW numbers skyrocketed for some reason (got high enough even HT stopped in to ask what we were all up to), and I can honestly say that it was one of the most fun nights I ever had in AH. Large numbers of competetively matched aircraft and a lot of great sticks all in similar birds. Was an absolute blast. Then someone reset and the numbers crashed within about 15 minutes as everyone went back to their normal arenas.

I think that was the only night I ever killed Nomde and Raptor on the same sortie, and both were in their usual rides.

EDIT- just checked the logbook, it was 12 Dec 06. Got an assist on Husky01 right before getting Nomde, then got nailed by Raptor. It was a different flight that I got his '38 ded.

68Ripper · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2008, 04:25:28 PM »

There's a reason those arenas are never full

Treize69 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2008, 04:29:31 PM »

Yeah, everyone wants their 1945 uber-rides. Competition is a dirty word.

SFCHONDO · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2008, 04:43:47 PM »

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Originally posted by Treize69
Yeah, everyone wants their 1945 uber-rides. Competition is a dirty word.

Not Everyone...I go to LW because there are more people and the squad is there. I wish MW had more numbers and/or the squad would fly there. I like the plane set there much better.

NoBaddy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2008, 04:45:41 PM »

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Originally posted by 68Ripper
There's a reason those arenas are never full

Yes, because so many folks suck without uber rides.

Overlag · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:55:39 PM »

id love to fly MW, cos my 190a8 wouldnt have uber rides to kill it.....

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:10:00 PM »

Honestly, Fill out the planeset.

The limited one we have now doesn't really allow that great a(n) EW or MW experience, IMO.

And then, limit some of those rides to those arena's. For example, Put in a Gloster Gladiator, and a Fiat CR.42, and only enable them in EW. If that's the only place you can go for a nice little Biplane furball, then you'll see more people in there...In theory, of course.

Dragon · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:22:29 PM »

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Originally posted by Treize69
Yeah, everyone wants their 1945 uber-rides. Competition is a dirty word.

But a lot of this game is to learn how to fly something other than the uber-rides to many of us. It would be a blast to see some of the noobs that can only fly 1945 planes be forced to to fly a spit1 or a p40b that we practice in in the main arena and try to keep us with us. The idea sounds good to me

Treize69 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:28:43 PM »

Oh, I agree, I'm not arguing the point. Just about every plane I ever flew with any regularity (P-38J, P-51B, P-47D11, Bf-109G2 and G6...) were MW rides. Only flew them in the LW because thats where the opposition was, was always hoping to see MW numbers jump uo like that did that one magical night last winter...

Overlag · « **Reply #12 on:** February 01, 2008, 06:33:53 AM »

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Originally posted by Treize69
Yeah, everyone wants their 1945 uber-rides. Competition is a dirty word.

to be fair, i personally fly "crap" planes in MA and love shooting down uber rides. thats one of the reasons i still fly there instead of going into MW where i WOULD be flying a uber plane....

SlapShot · « **Reply #13 on:** February 01, 2008, 07:41:26 AM »

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Originally posted by Overlag
to be fair, i personally fly "crap" planes in MA and love shooting down uber rides. thats one of the reasons i still fly there instead of going into MW where i WOULD be flying a uber plane....

There really is no UBER plane in the MW plane set.

There are some that are better than others, but the margin of uberness is not that great so there is no real plane that dominates in the MW.

As WWM pointed out ... I like the numbers that we have in the MW. We seem to be getting 40-60 people on average and there is no lack of action and/or fights with those numbers. I think anything over 150 would just turn it into an LW-type cesspool ... no thanks.

Spikes · « **Reply #14 on:** February 01, 2008, 08:07:24 AM »

I love taking up a Spit1 in LW and killing uber-rides.