WW1 arena

[Xasthur]

thing is you can't out manuver them so good luck with that lol.

That's like saying "Good luck with shooting down a Hurricane Mk I in your F4U4".

What would you manoeuvre for? Hahaha.

[mia389]

I think there is going to be alot of collisions in the WWI arena. I like the idea though. I play ROF alot.

[bustr]

First, this is great HTC and Thank You.

The worry warts and naysayers should feel confident in how strong the WWII portion of Aces High is and will always be. From my AW days I remember the WWI arena had a small dedicated following like the AvA today. WWI aircombat was not as attractive then to most players as WWII aircombat. Especially after you discover it's not as easy as hopping in the cockpit and cranking out all your best winning MA tricks. Also, once you engage there is no WEP and a dive way at 550mph to save you. Dives will kill your crate more times than your opponent in WWI combat. It's very much like the 1vs1 part of the DA. You are stuck until you kill him or he does it to you.

This will be very frustrating for some players who are not sure of their skills for whom the LWMA technology gives them breathing room. On the other hand, large scale furballs will have the potential to look like keystone cops with "Spray and Pray Sticks" in a china shop.  Especially with our collision model.

[Boxboy]

If as I suspect the "outside" WWI types come to AH to fly WWI planes then the WWII guys will not be bothered by the things they describe.

Actually my concern is that the WWI arena may not be big enough to hold all the guys that want to fly in it.  There is a whole world of WWI pilots out there who care less about WWII planes, I think HTC has made a good decision and if they have to add a couple more guys to the staff in this lousy economy so much the better (I have a son in the gaming industry so like gaming expansion   ).

As for type of play yes it will be different gone are the GV's, cannon kills, etc etc, but in its place are pure air combat, bombing and other types of strat.  It will be a DF server at first but soon the clamor for bombers and more aircraft will lead to a DOA type of arena (which I found NOT to be boring in the least until after Dale and company got out of it)

[gpwurzel]

Personally I'm looking forward to this - not that I expect to last long in a fight, but it gives me time to practise the moves for the other arena's in a slower pace (hopefully anyway).

Plus, it'll make a nice addition to the current game.

Thanks HTC and Crew,



Wurzel

[Karnak]

Those of you talking about collisions, remember, the speeds are a lot lower so the displayed positions on each person's front end will be in much closer agreement than in the WWII arenas.

[BaldEagl]

All I can say is and long overdue.

Can't wait to jump in the old Sopwith Camel.

Personally I'm looking forward to this - not that I expect to last long in a fight, but it gives me time to practise the moves for the other arena's in a slower pace (hopefully anyway).

If it's anything at all like WWI in AW the pace will be much much faster.  These things turn on a dime.

[Nurminen]

Those of you talking about collisions, remember, the speeds are a lot lower so the displayed positions on each person's front end will be in much closer agreement than in the WWII arenas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe8OOw5tRcY

[Scotch]

I am not sure I'm excited to fly at 120mph.  But we'll see.

Most of our fights end up slower than that anyways. 

[bustr]

If you like furballs and such with hurri1, spit1, 109E, brewster and I16, WWI combat will be a gas. I've noticed over the years when more powerful planes are avilable in the set, most players opt out for Quake vs. Halo on steroids. I could be wrong, but when was the last time we saw one of the top LW hot sticks land 12 kills with a I16.

[Kazaa]

Wurzel posted this in the squadron forum.

This is our O'Club's on the first day WWI arena's go up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mISoR_3eXY

[Baumer]

I didn't read the entire thread so I apologize if this has all ready been covered by others at the CON.

1.) It was stated that there are no plans to add WW1 bombers

2.) There will be no base captures or strat targets

3.) The bases will be about 5 miles apart because of the slower speeds.

4.)The bases will not have ACK

[Karnak]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe8OOw5tRcY

That video has 100% nothing to do with what I was talking about.

[Kazaa]

Looks like Waffle has hit the ball out of the park once again, dam he's good!

[chewie86]

Francesco Baracca's  spad-XIII ftw!!!! Will these new planes attract more French ppl now ? 



WWI = dogfight at his pure state, and I'm no good at it. 

cheers