I see some problems with WW1

[Clone155]

Major hoarding in WW1 arenas. 4 on 1 is the new thing now apparently. We need a way to strictly enforce even numbers in the air. And what is with this 5 minute wait to switch countries? What good does that do?

[Yeager]

And what is with this 5 minute wait to switch countries? What good does that do?

Its meant to make you wait 5 minutes.  I suppoze its good if you need to get a bite to eat, have a smoke or take a piss.

[Sunka]

Major hoarding in WW1 arenas. 4 on 1 is the new thing now apparently. We need a way to strictly enforce even numbers in the air. And what is with this 5 minute wait to switch countries? What good does that do?

I made a post about this named WWI my 1on1 ,and got a bunch of people defending hording,and almost no one came to defend against it  .So this is what you guys want,i tried.I go to the middle of the map if i don't want to be ganged to death by a bunch of kill hording types.

[stodd]

Its meant to make you wait 5 minutes.  I suppoze its good if you need to get a bite to eat, have a smoke or take a piss.

[MachFly]

I go to the middle of the map if i don't want to be ganged to death by a bunch of kill hording types.

Good idea, I got to try that.   

[ImADot]

With the same old people from LW, you'll get the same old ganging.  Get used to it, or do as suggested - fly over no-man's land or around the edge of the hoards and wait for someone to come out.  Or try one of the other three WWI arenas that might not be quite so populated.

[froger]

no worries,
    2 more weeks and ww1 will be a ghost town.
for me the candy is gone already but hey..... im just a frogg, wudda i know...

[gpwurzel]

The only problem in the ww1 arena's lies with the players themselves. Clone is on about last night, in which the Rooks were all fighting out of 1 base (no one was coming over to the other rook base). In the end, the fight was forced back across to their base, meaning the fight was difficult and at low alt from their perspective. (They were outnumbered as well) My squaddies and I then shifted country to even up the numbers, and the fight became more and more epic.

As a community, we should all try shifting around to ensure the numbers are even ish in the ww1 arena's - otherwise the hording will get old, very quickly.

That said, I had an absolute blast last night, got my bahoonie kicked by warloc, and many others, but had a massive amount of fun.

Wurzel

[Skuzzy]

Just curious, as I have not seen anyone do it yet, but why not just call out you want to do a 1 on 1, or 2 on 2 and arrange it over the radio, especially if a couple of opposing bases have no one flying from them?  Just a thought.

[gpwurzel]

Cmon Skuzzy, that would mean the application of common sense mate 


Right, back to lurking while watching the procession, sorry, Grand Prix on telly.

Wurzel

[chewiex]

Or... like in the DA, the out-skirts of the "furball" are labeled "1 vs 1 duels area" and have a punishment tagged to those who interfere, why not call the "no-mans land" the WWI arena's version of "1 vs 1 area" and impose the same punishment for those who gang/hoard in that area? Sounds like an idea to me, maybe post it on the arena MOTD that any non-furballers should use the center of map for the duels. Unlike the DA we get a score in there. I think maybe the long flight time keeps many from flying to the "no-mans land". 


I for one, am extremely happy to see the addition of the WWI arenas. Been waiting for what seemed like an eternity. Even though I get killed as much as in the WWII arenas, its nice to slow things down and test your skill against others in a/c that truly started it all.


  A8Chustr

[AWwrgwy]

YOU don't like hoards, don't fly into them.  I've found the only time I get "horded" I fly into a sea of red alone, in the forefront of the friendly ho rd behind me.

Last night I just flew to the middle of the map and engaged singles, whereupon I augured repeatedly where only one or two could witness it.

 

Whose fault are the hoards exactly?


wrongway

[Lusche]

Just curious, as I have not seen anyone do it yet, but why not just call out you want to do a 1 on 1, or 2 on 2 and arrange it over the radio, especially if a couple of opposing bases have no one flying from them?  Just a thought.

At one point I did that yesterday. I did fly into the center and radioed my request.
Success was overwhelming. 4 guys left their blob to do a 1-1 with me. All at once.  
(But to tell the truth, on other occasions it worked just fine)

Today I was on the other side of the equation. Was in a fierce brawl with some other guy near our non-action airfield. And suddenly it spawned green con after green con all dropping in  



Of course, this arena is no DA, and I'm surely not the one asking for constant 1v1's, and I'm very used to (and part of) lopsided MA battles. And I'm certainly not a holy man in this regard.

But I really have the impression that general ganging is much worse than in the LW MA's. When there are 6 planes on each side in a single battle, I see two 5-1's more often than not. While all kind of thinks happen in the heat of the battle (one often suffers from target fixation), I find it rather strange when seeing newly arriving friendlies joining a pack of 5 guys chasing a single enemy... all the while there are plenty of other targets inbound. Even more surprising when i see some names that are themselves frequently complaining  about "lame ganging" in the LW MA's...

Please see this as an observation, not a whine. I still have fun

[Delirium]

Just curious, as I have not seen anyone do it yet, but why not just call out you want to do a 1 on 1, or 2 on 2 and arrange it over the radio, especially if a couple of opposing bases have no one flying from them?  Just a thought.

Skuzzy, if this community could police itself in any fashion, you would suddenly have a lot more time on your hands.

[gpwurzel]

Del, you owe me a new keyboard and some tissues - that made me chuckle big time.


Wurzel

*for the record, I dont mind the hordes, you can stay on the edges and pick off the 5 guys on 1 friendly - but I much prefer relatively even numbered fights so you dont have to adopt that practise*