After having played all versions of the Battlefield franchise i reckon AH2 could really benefit from a revised way to spot enemies. In battlefield 2 you always know where your allies are. But enemies don't show up, meaning more chances for chance battles and close quarter combat. By reducing the distance from 6k to say 2k means both noobs and pros would have to use a bit more skill to scan the horizon. Might make the game a bit more interesting. Plus it shouldn't affect balance as noobs and pros as some of the advantage would be lost. It really made a nice difference for battlefield and it could really work for Aces.
What do people think?
1) Dot chasing is not fun. I remember once spending about 10 minutes chasing a dot in an arena with a 3,000 yard icon range. After 10 minutes of not being sure if I were gaining slowly or losing ground slowly I discovered that I had been chasing another rook. He discovered that he had been running away from another rook. Some people run from potential fights. This just makes it harder to tell who you are chasing/running from.
2) You would be simulating pilots who are legally blind and would not be eligible for a driver's license in the US.
So it would decrease both the number of fights and it would, arguably, decrease realism.
Bad idea.
