Evil Con Mission: Superfokker

[Oldman731]

I didn't spend a lot of time in the WWI or Korean arenas in AW but took a flight there every now and then.  It seems to me there were always 10-20 people in the WWI arena.  I never had a problem finding a fight there but Korea was a little more sparse IIRC.

It was a BIG adjustment though hopping into those VERY fast turning bi-planes.

Agreed, on all points.  I remember those WWI guys being very good, ready to administer a prompt lesson in humiliation to the WWII aces who thought they'd drop into the WWI arena to show the kids a thing or two.

- oldman

[Oldman731]

Personally I really wish HTC would flesh out the WWII planeset to the point where we could run a multitude of scenarios without a host of substitutes

I doubt that anyone bemoans the paucity of early war, Japanese, Russian and French planes more than we do in AvA, but modeling every plane type that flew in WWII is a lifetime project.  Delaying arenas for other wars until we have all of the WWII planes effectively means that we would never get those other arenas at all.  This could be a lot of fun, and it's bound to be at least a little fun.

- oldman (certainly as much fun as flying the Snud U.14 in a late war arena)

[Yeager]

Maybe they just have a different opinion than you.

Is that a concept? that anyone who disagrees with you may not necessarily be wrong or misguided?

No.  It is not a concept.  Trash Gray man, it gets you Nowhere.  It is either Black or White.

Actually, I can be pursuaded on the minor details depending on the strength of the argument.
Example: Single ply tissue or two?  Eggs with toast or muffin?  Stuff like that....but on important things take nothing less than everything.
 
 

[Shuffler]

From reading this thread silly   

Just off the top it looks like 70% are either for or dont care, with 30% going for the thumbsdown.  A misguided 30% but hey...like has been said previously, HTC will do what they think is in their best interest.  Look for a WW1 arena soon lol

Now take and read 20 threads....

[Yeager]

Now take and read 20 threads....

You go read em, you axed the question.  In any event I rather imagine the percentgaes hold in my favor

 

[Shuffler]

You go read em, you axed the question.  In any event I rather imagine the percentgaes hold in my favor

 

So your opinion is based on a single thread in thousands posted.

[Yeager]

So your opinion is based on a single thread in thousands posted.

Im pretty sure Ive read most of em.  I recall the percentages being roughly the same, more or less, for the most part, typically.  You disagree?

That is fine, will you come fly in the up and coming WW1 arena?  Might learn something new?

 

[Yeager]

dang....

[Westy]

"Air Warrior did it already."

Moot point.  AW mainly attracted an online player base that wanted no realism
and preferred to go roundy-roundy all day long in Dweebfires.  Also it had to be
pretty hard to attract players to arenas that offered only two planes each. But
neither genre got any development in AW and going go the Korea and WWI
arenas was done by very few regularlly. For most it go awfully boring and fast -
even for AW.

 Now WB's had a huge market share too and mainly of those who wanted more
realism. Theyalso had a  thriving WWI sim called Dawn of Aces that was way beyond
what AW offered.  But that died from WildBill-itis.

 I think the only era no one has done at all (Target:Where? doesn't count imo) is a
decent Korean War era sim/game.  Maybe IL2 has?  Should HTC do a WWI or Korea
are sim-game I'l bet they'd be vastly more popular than what AW had last offered
almost ten years ago and would pull players in from all over. Not just the current
player base.

[jimson]

No.  It is not a concept.  Trash Gray man, it gets you Nowhere.  It is either Black or White.

Actually, I can be pursuaded on the minor details depending on the strength of the argument.
Example: Single ply tissue or two?  Eggs with toast or muffin?  Stuff like that....but on important things take nothing less than everything.
 
 

lol, ok man.

I'm sure I'll try the new arena.

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[mensa180]

First, remember, HTC doesn't care WHERE you fly. Early war, mid war, late war, AvA, DA, TA or WWI arena. As long as your having a good time, and keeping your acct active they are happy.
Simply stated more options means more happy customers, as your drawing from a bigger base.
Adding WWI is just one more string for the bow, one more different thing that you can do.

If you were paying attention the last couple patch's there have been HUGE changes in foundation stuff. Changes that may not effect us for a bit, but that set the stage for everything that follows.

They will start testing those with the WWI planes first, as they have a nice small set, 4 birds, and they can dial in all the bells and whistles.

Once that is all set then the really big job is of upgrading all the WWII planes to the new damage model with 4x as many damage points. That one will take time. But its much easier to do most of your testing in a small arena, with  limited #'s of people, and only 4 planes. Then take what you learn from there and start putting it to work on the WWII planes.

The idea was also raised to have a once an "anything goes" arena where there would be no perked planes, or field capture, and all the evil con missions from the past could be flown and enjoyed.

Who wins, the Shark with laser beam or the super fokker? 

I don't know about you, but to me these are great and exciting times to be flying here in AH. Lots of new stuff constantly in the pipeline.

Attaboy HTC! Rock on!

I'm wondering how long I could survive in a 38G in the 'anything' arena .

I'm thrilled with the WWI expansion, looks like a lot of fun.

[Motherland]

Just since the recently started thread hasn't gotten much attention

[thorsim]

the WW1 guys over in WB are pretty happy at the moment from what i hear.

"Air Warrior did it already."

Moot point.  AW mainly attracted an online player base that wanted no realism
and preferred to go roundy-roundy all day long in Dweebfires.  Also it had to be
pretty hard to attract players to arenas that offered only two planes each. But
neither genre got any development in AW and going go the Korea and WWI
arenas was done by very few regularlly. For most it go awfully boring and fast -
even for AW.

 Now WB's had a huge market share too and mainly of those who wanted more
realism. Theyalso had a  thriving WWI sim called Dawn of Aces that was way beyond
what AW offered.  But that died from WildBill-itis.

 I think the only era no one has done at all (Target:Where? doesn't count imo) is a
decent Korean War era sim/game.  Maybe IL2 has?  Should HTC do a WWI or Korea
are sim-game I'l bet they'd be vastly more popular than what AW had last offered
almost ten years ago and would pull players in from all over. Not just the current
player base.

[GuyNoir]

Well, if HTC is doing World War I, then they're gonna need a front, and it's gonna need trenches, craters, artillery fire, and a hundred thousand little low-res, 2d cardboard soldiers that have little pushes, retreats, and all-out slaughters... 

I can just image the LTARs rolling around in Renault FT-17s and Mk.IVs while Snipes and DR1s swoop in and strafe the poor little 8-bit sprites...     

[Yeager]

AH just guaranteed my continued membership.

My biggest thing is that this is another option for fun and enjoyment.  Personally I do not do well in the crowded LW arenas and much prefer the MW but that does get boring from time to time.  This will go a long way towards giving me new options.

Wtg HTC