Planes on the ground at airfields as targets

[DPQ5]

i kinda like the idea of unmandd and unflyable aircraft at airbases, but they shouldent be counted as kills, just as perks like when u kill barracks or ammo buildings

[stodd]

  Sure I could go into the TA and practice CV takeoffs and landings.  I've got one word for that.. BORING !  I could also fly into the only furball on the MA map after 11:30 at night and feed KILLS to the ego maniacs..  Same thing.. BORING.  I could fly around bombing hangers that will respawn in 15 minutes.  That's pretty meaningless.  And I've already got about 2,000 perk points I'm not using now. 
   Point is there's NOTHING at these airfields to defend.  98 percent of the maps aren't even being used in the MA after midnight.  It's furball or nothing at all.  But if ALL fields contained aircraft on the ground that could be destroyed and these aircraft counted as KILLS.  Well that's a whole different situation, isn't it ?   
   It would be in HiTech's best interest to make this change, because Furballing or the alternative Boredom, is RUINING the game for new players.   If "go train" in the TA is the only alternative you have to offer to boredom in the MA, something is drastically WRONG with the game. 
   

I think something is drastically WRONG with you.

[BluTrain]

Maybe HTC can create a "grass" field smaller than the current small field, and use these in place of fighter hangars. If all the grounded aircraft are destroyed, fighters (or bombers, or whatever) are disabled.

I really like this idea - it would give a little variety to the fields we currently have and would remind me of the gun cam footage you see of PTO strafing operations... No way they should be counted as kills though, in fact I'm not sure manned aircraft on the runway, rearm pad, or otherwise on the ground should be counted as kills...

[stephen waldron]

  Change is coming to Aces High whether you fighter jocks want it or not.  You're just too dense to realize it.  AT&T has already announced a series of internet rate increases over the next couple of years.  If you're paying $40 dollars a month now, you'll be paying more like $125 dollars a month for ultra high speed internet service in a few years. 
  What is Aces High supposed to do ?  Go out of business protecting your game ?  Of course not.  They can't lower the subscription fee, it's only $15 dollars.  They can't do anything about AT&T's price gouging..  They have a monopoly.  No other server can provide 100 mbps transfer rate to every AH subscriber.  The only option left to AH is to CHANGE THE GAME so it appeals to a broader audience (READ THAT TO INCLUDE SKILLESS DWEEBS). 
  Inevitably the MA will have to be fixed or scrapped altogether.   As rates increase, players will not want to expend expensive internet time practicing in the TA to compete with more experienced pilots.  It's as sure as DEATH and TAXES.  They're going to have to dumb down the game for the masses. 
  I enjoyed the strategic strategy wargames of the 90's too.  It made me just as sick to see them crowded off the shelves by "jerk and twitch" shooter games..  but that's where the money was.. that's what the masses wanted.. and they got it. 

[SD67]

Quote from: stephen waldron on Today at 16:38:57

[Rino]

     Yep, I can't think of a better thing for Dale to do then port AH to consoles.
That would sure improve the game, and the community 

[DiabloTX]

"WHAAAAAAAAH!!!!  I'M IMPATIENT AND LACKING SKILLZ BUT I WANT THE GAME CHANGED TO MY WAY AND I WANT IT CHANGED NOW OR I'M GOING TO HOLD MY BREATH!!!"

I like how launching or landing on a carrier is classified as "boring" because he's a clueless stick with no skill. 

 

[Delirium]

I really can't decide if I like the comedy of the posts, or I'm looking forward to this guy going PNG.

Could you cut down your comedy to once or twice a week so it doesn't become too much?

[Ghosth]

The more objects you have at a field the more its going to impact your FPS. To that add smoke and fire, and AA guns firing and pretty quick we'd all be down to lower FPS near a field.

Sure if AH was a boxed game then you could scatter planes around the field.

But for me, I'd rather have my performance than some parked planes next to the runway.
But then thats just me.

[spacer]

I agree with Saxman.  Aircraft destroyed on the ground were not counted as kills. (For the most part)  They could be added as EYE CANDY and additional ground targets, with long respawn times.  But it would be just additional bomber, or attack points not kills.

[Speed55]

If they made a strat out of it then maybe it would make sense. At least you would get damage or attack points, or whatever you get for killing strats.

There could be a new strat with parked planes, bombers and vehicles, which is somehow tied to the fighter, bomber, and vehicle hangers down time.

Have the downtimes go from 15min to 45min. ( I personally think 2 hours is too long for hangers to stay down)

All the guys that like resupply missions could resupply the new Production factory, to bring down the hanger rebuild time.


To award kills for blowing up a parked plane makes no sense though. You want kills shoot someone down.

[Bronk]

  Sure I could go into the TA and practice CV takeoffs and landings.  I've got one word for that.. BORING !  I could also fly into the only furball on the MA map after 11:30 at night and feed KILLS to the ego maniacs..  Same thing.. BORING.  I could fly around bombing hangers that will respawn in 15 minutes.  That's pretty meaningless.  And I've already got about 2,000 perk points I'm not using now. 
   Point is there's NOTHING at these airfields to defend.  98 percent of the maps aren't even being used in the MA after midnight.  It's furball or nothing at all.  But if ALL fields contained aircraft on the ground that could be destroyed and these aircraft counted as KILLS.  Well that's a whole different situation, isn't it ?   
   It would be in HiTech's best interest to make this change, because Furballing or the alternative Boredom, is RUINING the game for new players.   If "go train" in the TA is the only alternative you have to offer to boredom in the MA, something is drastically WRONG with the game. 
   

Notice he didn't say fly into a furball  AND GET  A FEW KILLS. That would be impossible now wouldn't it.

[ian5440]

The reason shooting unmanned planes counted as a kill during WWII was because they had whole groups of people defending the base, we do not. If we had large forces of people defending an airfield and it was hard to even get near an air field maybe you could get a kill for those planes, but i can see the point for some eye candy

[SlapShot]

  Change is coming to Aces High whether you fighter jocks want it or not.  You're just too dense to realize it.  AT&T has already announced a series of internet rate increases over the next couple of years.  If you're paying $40 dollars a month now, you'll be paying more like $125 dollars a month for ultra high speed internet service in a few years. 
  What is Aces High supposed to do ?  Go out of business protecting your game ?  Of course not.  They can't lower the subscription fee, it's only $15 dollars.  They can't do anything about AT&T's price gouging..  They have a monopoly.  No other server can provide 100 mbps transfer rate to every AH subscriber.  The only option left to AH is to CHANGE THE GAME so it appeals to a broader audience (READ THAT TO INCLUDE SKILLESS DWEEBS). 
  Inevitably the MA will have to be fixed or scrapped altogether.   As rates increase, players will not want to expend expensive internet time practicing in the TA to compete with more experienced pilots.  It's as sure as DEATH and TAXES.  They're going to have to dumb down the game for the masses. 
  I enjoyed the strategic strategy wargames of the 90's too.  It made me just as sick to see them crowded off the shelves by "jerk and twitch" shooter games..  but that's where the money was.. that's what the masses wanted.. and they got it. 

WOW ... u are definitely wound too tight.

So .. by your logic ... only the SKILLESS DWEEBS will be able to afford "internet" service ... did you bump your head real hard when you were very young ?

[Lye-El]

   The only option left to AH is to CHANGE THE GAME so it appeals to a broader audience (READ THAT TO INCLUDE SKILLESS DWEEBS). 
  Inevitably the MA will have to be fixed or scrapped altogether.   As rates increase, players will not want to expend expensive internet time practicing in the TA to compete with more experienced pilots.  It's as sure as DEATH and TAXES.  They're going to have to dumb down the game for the masses. 
 

Dumb down the game for the masses. Yeah right. Then all the players that can fly won't be here. Makes great advertising "Come fly WWII fighters. So simple your mother can do it. Planes can't crash. Shoot planes lined up on the ground for points. You too can be a great fighter pilot!"

As far as the money is concerned. Some here played a similar game at $6.00 per hour. On dial-up. With long distance charges. So if it costs more then the less serious will move on. It would make for a better game.

And I STILL spend a fair amount of time in the TA.