Stopped by WWI arena

[redwing7]

If you find that humorous, then I did my job. Its a game with so many dynamics that keep me and a bunch of others addicted. I was joking redwing

lol, you and me are both addicts. 

[Yarbles]

No descent British planes to fly in WW1 and that is why i stopped going there.

Shame really as the HTC chaps have done such a good job  

I find the Bulldog too much of a challenge particularly facing the ubiquitous DR1    Its wrse than flying the P40 in the ma as at least with the P40 you can use alt to even the odds. The Bulldog seems to do nothing well and has poor visibility and seems to be the wrst hadler and gun platform. I would try agaon if we had a decent allied fighter.

[Shuffler]

I was enjoying the AVA but it has thinned as of late.

[BulletVI]

The WW1 arenas are the most fun when there is around 8 to 10 players in there.  Does not take a lot of players to make those arenas really fun to play in.

Yeh i love a little time in the WW1 arena its so pleasant and peaceful

[Yeager]

No descent British planes to fly in WW1 and that is why i stopped going there.

The F1 is a great ride.

[BnZs]

Dr1 rules the roost to a certain extent, and there is a major factor in it I don't understand. While clearly it *should* be the best turner of all the WWI planes we currently have, the fact that it is anvil-tough, both against speed and Gs and against bullets, stymies me. The Camel falls apart much more easily than the Dr1, to the point that a downward spiraling high G turn by the Fokker is dangerous to follow. From everything I have read, this is opposite how it really was, the Fokker being the one who suffered dangerous wing failures at speed. Also, the damn thing is just a bullet sponge. Correct these two odds factors, without changing any of the flight factors, would do alot to bring the Camel and any other planes that may be added later into contention with the Dr1.

No descent British planes to fly in WW1 and that is why i stopped going there.

Shame really as the HTC chaps have done such a good job  

I find the Bulldog too much of a challenge particularly facing the ubiquitous DR1    Its wrse than flying the P40 in the ma as at least with the P40 you can use alt to even the odds. The Bulldog seems to do nothing well and has poor visibility and seems to be the wrst hadler and gun platform. I would try agaon if we had a decent allied fighter.

[Yeager]

I was enjoying the AVA but it has thinned as of late.

thats what happens when you "hot" sticks get in there and clean the place out night after night.  The poor baby seals can only take so much clubbery!

 

[Boxboy]

Actually the F1 is a good ride for some, Zmeg comes to mind he flies that thing to its' best, there indeed seems to be something wrong with DR1s' durability and speed but I am sure HTC checked it out so I accept it, the DVII was developed AFTER the DR1 and was by all historical accounts the best plane of the war, so potent that the allies ordered them all destroyed, in our game that honor would go to the DR1.

Our DVII is the early model I think with the smaller engine and NOT the one of renown.  

What makes the game tuff for me is that some of you guys have such a good shooting eye it is almost like you have aimbot, while I am spraying lead all over the sky.

I have high hopes for WWI since we are starting to become like the MA with ack huggers, score mongers who will not fight each other and stay on the same side, etc etc etc all of which points to guys liking the arena

[Shuffler]

thats what happens when you "hot" sticks get in there and clean the place out night after night.  The poor baby seals can only take so much clubbery!

 

  Meeny....  I'm going to take my ball and go home.



















 

[Simba]

"I find the Bulldog too much of a challenge particularly facing the ubiquitous DR1"

Really? What Bulldog? The Bristol Aircraft Company Ltd didn't build their splendid single-seater of that name until the late 1920s. Methinks you mean Sopwith's best-known product, the Camel?

And what a laugh that the Fokker Tripehound's become ubiquitous in the AH WW1 arena; in the real world, it didn't last long at the front because it was too slow to catch a cold, let alone a SE5a or SPAD. Just shows the limitation of having only a Furballers' Fun Palace instead of providing a proper WW1 simulation.

 

[BnZs]

Like I say, I think if it was given its historical fragility instead of being the Jug of the WWI arena (dives and takes a punch), it would do alot to even things out.

"I find the Bulldog too much of a challenge particularly facing the ubiquitous DR1"

Really? What Bulldog? The Bristol Aircraft Company Ltd didn't build their splendid single-seater of that name until the late 1920s. Methinks you mean Sopwith's best-known product, the Camel?

And what a laugh that the Fokker Tripehound's become ubiquitous in the AH WW1 arena; in the real world, it didn't last long at the front because it was too slow to catch a cold, let alone a SE5a or SPAD. Just shows the limitation of having only a Furballers' Fun Palace instead of providing a proper WW1 simulation.

 

[meandog]

Always a fun arena.  I tend to fly there only anymore when I do log in due to the fun fights and the lack of immature "fights" on channel.  Wormzila, Ehre, Death, Billreed, Snefens and several others are great fun to fight and are great people in general.  Always fun when we see one of the HTC crew come in for a sortie or two.

Xcelsior....my feelings are hurt. As many times as I had to face your F2B....lol

I agree that the DR1 is the top dog of crates...although has anyone seen the AK (Arabian Knights) handle a D7? They can give a DR1 fits in there. I also fly the F1 and D7. Really hate the view of the camel so I rarely fly it any more. However if there is not a serious fight going on I will fly the D7 to increase my skills in it. Ehre and Worm are also great stiks in the D7 as well.

I have been flying online sims for many years and the greatest goal i have is to kill..kill..kill. Must be why I like the WWI arena so much. Really miss the days when there where 10 vs 10 in there. That is more intense than any fight in the MA. The planes might be slower but the action is alot faster. There is no B&Z then extend and come back for another. When you get in one of these fights you have got to claw your way back out of it or die.

Just my input of the arena. Would like to see more planes  but would like to see more pilots first. The better stiks usually try to help and give tips to the noobs that come in there. It's a very freindly arena. No one has a certain color they fly for...they just want to fly and kill.

[Airwolf]

I have a couple WW1 terrains in-progress to help either breathe a lil' life into the arena and/or give the regulars some new scenery.  The last TE update contained some new WW1 stuff not yet seen in-game that I'm planning to use.

For me, what would breath life into the WW1 MA is a larger selection of planes....

[Airwolf]

all historical accounts the best plane of the war, so potent that the allies ordered them all destroyed,...

Not true....The Allies specifically wants D7`s intact because they were considered the best fighter plane of the war...They wanted to copy the design....

[Ack-Ack]

Not true....The Allies specifically wants D7`s intact because they were considered the best fighter plane of the war...They wanted to copy the design....

Yep, so much so that it was included in the armistice and the only plane to be specifically named in the armistice.

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