From what i understand it is a dogfight only arena. Hopefully it does not pull too much resources. I'm concerned about the era I'm interested in and what brought me to AH in the first place..... WWII.
For once we agree Shuff. I too, am eying this with a sense of questionable intent. There are things that could and should be fixed with the main product prior to investing in a pet project like this. I think you put it as being akin to "a leak in the ship".
But, it is likely to play out quickly. After all, those that wish to furball only can go to the DA now.... and the most I've seen in there is around 45 or 50 lately. That's compared to the roughly 500 or so (combined) in both MA's on a given night....... the WW1 arena may bring old folks back, or bring in some new blood, but it will ultimately be a flash in the pan.
Worse case scenario for it is that the WW1 arena is moderately successful, and fractures the current community to the point that you can't find more than 150 on in
any arena at any time. People start logging on and not finding any fights anywhere with any consistency.... they log off and do something else. Over-diversifying one's product has killed more than one company.
But, like the Brewster and the I-16... I'm happy for whoever wants this. IMO flying at 100 mph and pulling the stick as hard as possible in every direction, ad infinitum until death, is boring, which is exactly what this will be. To each his own. I prefer the dissimilar A/C fighting of WW2, where it's more of a head game.
