WW1 arena

[Motherland]

I'm neither for nor against the WWI arena- I'll have a lot of fun in there with wood and canvas puddle jumpers, but I'd rather have any resources spent on that be spent on the core WWII game (personally)- however I'm wondering where all of these numbers are coming from. I keep seeing that 75%+ of people supported WWI planes, however everywhere I look I see a much closer to 50-50 split.

Did HTC release the results of the poll they did some months ago or something? Or is this simply a case of '89% of statistics are made up on the spot'?

[vonKrimm]

I fully support the WWI arena.  I also strongly advocate for having just two sides (pawns & queens maybe   ).

[Lusche]

Fortunately, if the survey indicates anything, the nabobs of negativity are outnumbered 3-1.

Though the "I wanna have it" number may (and most probably will) be much higher than the number of players actually using the arena for more than a few weeks

(See the large number of players voting for the P-39.. and after a few days it wasn't even really used in EW anymore)

[Boxboy]

Though the "I wanna have it" number may (and most probably will) be much higher than the number of players actually using the arena for more than a few weeks

(See the large number of players voting for the P-39.. and after a few days it wasn't even really used in EW anymore)

Using the arena will be directly proportionate to the attention given it, if it stays at just 4 fighters and no bombers or strat then probably will decline a bit after the first blush, OTH if it gets half the attention WWII gets and few new rides are offered from time to time, some reasonable strat is added, some bombers, etc I can see it growing by leaps and bounds.  I see guys like Mano returning and many more like him, alot of the new guys don't know that many of the old time squads in here came from WWI sims, AK's, WW's, Pig Stompers all come to mind 

[Karnak]

(See the large number of players voting for the P-39.. and after a few days it wasn't even really used in EW anymore)

Of course it won, it was American.

[SunBat]

Of course it won, it was American.

If there is no other motivation to win the next world war knowing your country will get a few more cartoon airplanes 60 years later should be. 

[Karnak]

If there is no other motivation to win the next world war knowing your country will get a few more cartoon airplanes 60 years later should be. 

The Russians and British didn't win?

[Sundiver]

I'll resubscribe in a heartbeat. Good job, HT.

Macchi

[NoBaddy]

I don't really see what the hubbub is about. HTC, basically, announced all of this a year ago, with the caveat that much of the "work" was already in the can.

As for what the current game is about...originally, it was about air combat. These days, the game is more about "capture the flag" w/ airplanes (and for me, it doesn't really do that very well). If WW1 can provide a place for folks that are here for skilled competition (and unskilled targets )....then  more is the better. 

[BnZs]

Its all about the experiences. The sights and sounds will be new. The flying will probably be VERY new compared to WWII monoplanes that were light years more advanced, even in 1940. The combat will be VERY close. If the gunnery is modeled accurately, 50 yards will be the standard killing distance...the extent to which the opponent is filling your forward view, paint details, flying wires, goggle, scarf and all, will make it different.

[Wmaker]

Fortunately, if the survey indicates anything, the nabobs of negativity are outnumbered 3-1.

Results of what survey? The questionaire HTC held via the game a while ago or are you talking about opinions on this and other threads? If HTC published the results of their survey, then I've definately missed that. Personally, I voted "nay" because I wanted to see more rounded out WWII planeset so I guess that makes me "a nanob of negativity" what ever that means. I just find it comical that you BnZs and the likes of you feel the need to run around this BBS calling people names because they don't happen to share your preferences/opinions.




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...And before the other thought polices pile in on me, I'm very very happy that we are getting a new damage model. It has for years been my biggest "complaint" in the features of the game, a small "complaint" at that as the current one has still served its purpose, it just has been quite dated for quite a while now. And I'm sure I'm going to have helluva lot of fun in the WWI-arena. I'm an aviation fan in general, all eras all planes.

I just think that with AHII HTC is roughly 20 WWII planes away from having all important aircraft for pretty much all conflicts that are playable as special events. And this is happening "for the first time in the history of mankind" so to speak. I really don't count WarBirds to this as it was IMO pretty much ruined after HT and Pyro left. Because of the way Imagic handled things, the realization of this "dream" of having all the important WWII a/c in one MMOG WWII-sim took a big hit as HT had to start from scratch (a lot of good came from it too, of course). Now with AHII we are closer to this than ever before. That's why I would have liked them to focus on making those last 20 "special event WWII a/c" before doing the WWI-era. It's about development decisions, HTC made theirs and I very much respect that.

All in all, I'm very happy with AH, I have my Brewster and soon there's a new damage model and some kites to play with.

[gatt]

After 75% of the community voiced their opinions that they wanted WWI, the rest of the community is now coming out and saying they don't want it, just like the ENY...gotta love it.

Problem is: we have still a lot of WW2 a/c with ugly 1990 's graphics and you open a WW1 arena?
Great news but .... WORK ON WW2 a/c AS WELL!  

[Boxboy]

The Russians and British didn't win?

As an aide once told Patton during a speach in England " the French don't forget the French"

[Brooke]

(See the large number of players voting for the P-39.. and after a few days it wasn't even really used in EW anymore)

The P-39 is used frequently in special events.

[Lusche]

The P-39 is used frequently in special events.

I know, but I'm talking about the place where players fly 90% of the time and actually do take choices