No offense but I'm sure all you limp wrists whining about the NOE changes will take offense but maybe this game isn't just for you types.
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Exactly how do you explain your well developed forearms?
No offense.

(my first 'bolt' emoticon)
Sounds like a mission formula. POTW proved last night if 20 fighters came in above 15k and pushed all the cons down at a field, 12k and up was wide open to a hoard to hit a base.
Sometimes, one doesn’t have the time to climb to 15k and transit a sector to counter the tactics described above. You said it before, Bustr. Immediate gratification. I want it all, and I want it now!
Game play has definitely changed... I'm hesitant to ask for changes since the time period since the changes has been so brief.
I've noticed much more dog-fighting but that tends to degenerate into a massive red and green pick-fest, so many tend to fly higher and in faster planes with a lower ENY value. I'm curious to see Lusche/Snailman's charts is this is really true or just my viewpoint.
Agree with all of the above post, with the exception of ENY. Pickers up high ENY birds (190s, 38s, etc.) just as often.
1) … what I'm seeing more and more frequently when I sign in that there is only one active field pair - with all but 3 or 4 of the players on your side flying there,
I see this, too. Either this is an exercise in dodging picks, or a race to pick the red guys before the friendlies start shooting over your shoulder.
2) I worry that the current settings seem to be decreasing the number of bombers I see in the air.
My perception is that more are coming with more altitude. From either the bomber or interceptor point of view, it means more time to climb = delayed gratification.
Back to the OP:
The pendulum has swung from too easy offense to too easy defense. This is my perception despite numbers that don’t bear this out.
Twelve days into LW Tour 127, I was ranked 2131 in bomber field captures and 2313 in vehicle field captures, with zero captures in both. So, 2130 and 2312 folks have at least one field capture in the respective category.
2130 + 2312 = 4442 field captures,
4442 captures/12 days = 370 field captures per day,
370/24 hours = 15 captures per hour, or one every four minutes.
Something is not right with these numbers.