Worth the time and money

[Dawger]

I closed my Aces High account when it became obvious I would need to upgrade to continue playing months ago. I saw no reason to invest time and money into something I did not enjoy.

To be honest I enjoyed the time away immensely and I'm not entirely sure I am going to come back on a permanent basis.

However, I did fly in the AvA last night and it was an great experience. I have always loved no icons and that is the entire reason I spent money and time getting my computer where it could run AH successfully. I have been watching the AvA board and it also seemed the past had gone away in the AvA and that impression was borne out last night.

I saw none of what really drove me away from the AvA last night. It was a extremely enjoyable atmosphere. Everyone was just flying and fighting. I do not know the catalyst that caused this change but it is a good thing.

I hope it lasts because I get a sneaky suspicion that no icons and a "friendly to everyone" AvA are the only reason for me to spend $15 a month and I thoroughly enjoyed last night.

[Oldman731]

I hope it lasts because I get a sneaky suspicion that no icons and a "friendly to everyone" AvA are the only reason for me to spend $15 a month and I thoroughly enjoyed last night.

Glad to hear it, Dawger.  It really was a fun night.  Proof you don't need huge numbers to have huge fun.

Thanks to the squads who made it happen.

- oldman

[Nr_RaVeN]

Was great to have you there Sir . Great fights with you.

[jimson]

It was good to see you in there Dawger, along with a lot of familiar names.

Allies pretty much took the night. We had a good turn out, close to 30 at peak and good numbers most of the night.

A decent mix of furballing and base attacks, that was kind of the goal to have more than just one style of play going on without it turning into an ugly milk run situation.

Congrats and thanks to everyone who played.

[bacon8tr]

The Free Spirits had a blast.  Hopefully next time we can rally a few more sqauddies to the arena.    to Jimson and the DayBreakers for drawing the line in the sand.    to all the others who mixed it up.

[Nr_RaVeN]

lets try to get together to all fly in there informally on a daily basis Its a Blast 

[Chilli]

I'm with NrRaven.  Hop in at anytime, fly from one base to another and get a feel for what the setup is.  Chances are in the time that you fly one sortee, someone else will pop in.  Believe me, there is a ton of fun to be had with 4 or 5 players on.  Even with 2 or 3  the "no enemy icons" is a thrill.

  Shifty {VF-17} I owe you all a beer.  You guys came in early and set the tone for the upcoming battles.  We made some last minute adjustments and took us a few minutes to start @ 9:07 PM EST.  Communication was almost too good 

I hear that we got bounced soon after we left our coast    <I got bounced by poor internet connection, even before then>.  But when I returned, I was met with our troops returning to base and both sides landing victories {not to mention TheBug - doh, I just did} 

Because of the design set forth by the AvA staff,  I was able to get 2_1/2 sortees in (disooed), totalling a little over 20 minutes.  In that short time we deacked the target field and managed to get 40 or so drunks (er... troops) out over their target. 

Then it was off to work for me, with a wonderful feeling of accomplishment.  So Dawger, she is definitely worth the time.  I am willing to put money on it, there are more challenges to come.

Bacon8tr, glad that you fellas agreed to make this challenge, and helped make for a good time for everyone. 

[Shifty]

Thanks Chilli, we had a good time. We weren't real sure what to do because of the scheduled event you guys had with the Free Spirits. However it turned out to be a blast I think everyone enjoyed the night. Hopefully we can momentum going.

[Big Rat]

Had a good time in there last night.  I kinda forced myself to go at first since I told myself I need to learn the K4 (still weak in this bird).  I ended up having a great time and a lot of good K4 time, even started to hit things with taters towards the end .

 
BigRat

[Shifty]

even started to hit things with taters towards the end .

Yes you did. 

[Ghosth]

I have to agree, the AvA has undergone a significant change from the old days.

Its much more fun to fly there now. We'll be working the AvA into a Sunday night squad nights at least some of the time.

[ACE]

AvA is getting alot better <S>

[gldnbb]

Game play in Ava  is what kept me in there.   Excellent set up with D-day!   Great time with pilots working together.   Was surprised how great it felt flying in there.  Excellent game play that reminded me of Warbirds  WWII arena  (same concept).

Just need more squads in there wanting to form up ops on attack and defense.

[dhyran]

will be there at 4:00 EST today

[gldnbb]

Current setup without C47s  for base captures denegrate it back to a furball.  Which I will not be a part of.

Historically, you have to bring  furballing,  jaboing/bombing/  and  BASE captures.  Without base captures there will not be any bombers.    Without bombers you will only have furballing and limited numbers.

Gotta have a mix of all 3 elements to make it work the time and money...