Lately several old timers have put their planes up in the hanger for good. And a few others have said they're close to doing the same. This bothers me. I feel like the old guard is leaving in masses, taking with them skill and class that this game sorely needs.
Most of them say they don't like the way the game is turning. But what does that mean? Is it the large maps,split arenas,hordes,smack taking,hoing, running,toolshedding,vulching,and milking?
Is it all of those things,just one or a combination of things? Is it the negative vibes on these boards. The witch hunts and shade vulchers. Or has the game just run its' cotomato with them and they just want to move on.
I suspect they are tired of the gangs and the dogeatdog mentallity of the MA. Folks more worried about ranks and K/D or K/S. I wasn't around for AW. But from the things I've read from them about it, 1 on 1 fights were the norm and all the stuff i listed above didn't exist. They just didn't do it for the most part. I came in as AH1 was ending and it was always a massive hoarde on one huge map. So to me the MA mentallity has always been insane most of the time.
So my question is, why do you think they're leaving. Is it the player base or the game itself.
As an old AW old timer you nailed it. Although I have only been back for a while so it hasn't gotten to me yet. But it's working on it. The cry baby stunts and perpetual whining is way over nauseating, and makes some of us embarrassed FOR some of those whiners. Too much testosterone over load and not enough class. No country is any different then the other, and we are all here for the same reasons....why slam each other to death? And before I go on yes it DID exist in AW,... but the difference is, when you got out of hand in AW, the masses let you know and shamed you back in line, or a GA like me would come along and straighten it out, properly. This stuff where everything is automated and no personal touch has it's draw backs. Sometimes you need to pull a player off to the side and explain things to them, AT THE MOMENT, not days later in some BB. *I* think the game needs visible GAs who give a human touch to issues and take time to make sense to the players. A voice of reason. I don't think hiding moderators is the answer. If you need to be hidden then you're not doing something right IMO. Make GAs visible and it has a much different effect.
Some in here just keep provoking more of the same as if that's the way. I can name a few perpetual buzz kills in the game but I won't, they know who they are and we all know who they are.
But that's just me
Animl