HiTech, your thoughs about removing Titanic Tuesday...

[TW9]

u sure that was 2% or .02%? Considering the entire AH player base combined (active or inactive) wouldnt amount to 2% of entire MMO players currently online playing their respective games.

[Guppy35]

I documented a 4 hour wait and sent it to Hitech. I've had no reply to date. This happens more often than you'd imagine. I can open and close AH repeatedly trying to find a point where I can get in and the arena where you guys are will range in anything from the exact cap to 50 over the cap. It is not isolated. I got discoed yesterday and then gave up trying to get back in when the same thing happened for 20 minutes.

In all my years of dying in AH, I've never not been able to get into an arena.  If the squaddies are that important, maybe they'll move for you. 

Conversation on squad usually goes something like this.

"Hows the fight in Blue?  It's looking kinda poor in Orange"

"Got a good fight between two fields here.  Come on over."

Next thing you know, I've got wingmen.


If you are sitting around for 4 hours waiting to get into a particular arena, I'd suggest the problem lies with you and not HTC.

[grizz441]

In all my years of dying in AH, I've never not been able to get into an arena.  If the squaddies are that important, maybe they'll move for you. 

Conversation on squad usually goes something like this.

"Hows the fight in Blue?  It's looking kinda poor in Orange"

"Got a good fight between two fields here.  Come on over."

Next thing you know, I've got wingmen.


If you are sitting around for 4 hours waiting to get into a particular arena, I'd suggest the problem lies with you and not HTC.

I used to have this stance also Corky, except when I tried to play mid day and realized that when the caps initiate, there are problems when the masses don't fill up Blue like good lemmings should.

[Karnak]

u sure that was 2% or .02%? Considering the entire AH player base combined (active or inactive) wouldnt amount to 2% of entire MMO players currently online playing their respective games.

I doubt AH could survive with much less than 0.2% of WoW's subscriber base, putting WoW at 11,000,000 and I know WoW is more than 10% of the MMO market.

[Kazaa]

u sure that was 2% or .02%? Considering the entire AH player base combined (active or inactive) wouldnt amount to 2% of entire MMO players currently online playing their respective games.

I'm talking about the whole "mmo combat flight sim genre" and not just AH. It could have been 0.2%, I'll need to recheck. But it's a pretty bloody low %.

[DREDIOCK]

Done that. Doesn't work either.

Works for me. Usually in no more then 3-4 tries.

Must be a conspiracy against you then 

[Banshee7]

I documented a 4 hour wait and sent it to Hitech. I've had no reply to date. This happens more often than you'd imagine. I can open and close AH repeatedly trying to find a point where I can get in and the arena where you guys are will range in anything from the exact cap to 50 over the cap. It is not isolated. I got discoed yesterday and then gave up trying to get back in when the same thing happened for 20 minutes.

Have you ever thought that HTC just doesn't like you. 



I've never waited for more than 10 minutes to get into the most populated arena.  And If I can't get to my "squaddies" on "squad night" they usually switch arenas like good "squaddies" and friends would do.....


just saying

#S#



Banshee7

[wgmount]

I have searched for an explanation for the arena caps in the forums but it says I am not allowed to see that.

I know on tuesdays you run just 1 LW Arena and it works fine for me. I was just wondering why the arena caps. I logged on about 1300 CDT today and in Orange around 265 people with it capped at 100. Blue had like 50 people and a cap of 150. This week I like the map in orange a little better because I have become addicted to shooting tanks and it offers a better spot for GV battles. Just curious as to the arena caps and can't find the explanation in another thread or don't know the correct words to use to search. I typed arena caps and it said the thread had been removed or I wasn't allowed to see it.

[palef]

Works for me. Usually in no more then 3-4 tries.

Must be a conspiracy against you then 

I'm not suggesting it is and it doesn't happen very often, maybe once a month, but it's usually that day I've gotten up at 3am to join a squadnite. It's really frustrating to sit there dutifully bouncing in and out of arenas then opening and shutting AH only to see the caps get worse.

It. Still. Pisses. Me. Off.

Banshee - don't be a knob. You know 71 Sqn are good guys. As I said earlier I don't see why I should drag them out of an arena that has decent fights going into an under-populated one that might have a fight going somewhere if the 20 other people in it don't all log because their milk running is now threatened. It's my issue not 10-30 other guy's problem.

[Bronk]

I used to have this stance also Corky, except when I tried to play mid day and realized that when the caps initiate, there are problems when the masses don't fill up Blue like good lemmings should.

Hard reset at cap change.

[Vudak]

In regards to the whole cesspool thing...  Are there significantly more mutings and reports on Tuesday than other days?

[TnDep]

When I came over from fighter ace years ago, I was blown away by the huge arena.  It was good fun and one of the reasons I came over.  I think arena caps although theoretically a good idea, are poorly implemented.  It's just not fun to have to wait to get into an arena where your squad mates are. I'm sure there's a creative way to get the best of both worlds, but I haven't a clue what it would be.

+1 

[LLogann]

I find this to be an intriguing question...  But then again, who really uses Report other than to screw over people's chat privs?

In regards to the whole cesspool thing...  Are there significantly more mutings and reports on Tuesday than other days?

[ZetaNine]

boys...boys...boys...

I have solved this issue already....no need to tear apart the fabric that makes this board...and this game..what it is.

WHEREAS, on this 24th day of May, 2010, it has been agreed that there will be two NEW Full-Time operational Arena's:

(i) A "Skilled-Aces" Arena capped at 50. (for the purists and jaded game vets)

and..

(iii) A "Crush-Kill-Destroy" Arena capped at 800. (for those of us that love the mayhem on Tuesday's....but now require that we get it whenever we want it)



This issue is now solved.......please move on.






I'M Here To Help.

[68ZooM]

what if theres more than 50 "skilled Aces" that want access? as far as the giant arena with the 800 cap,  no thanks you play there,the hordes would ruin that in no time