What's up with the Orange arena and the arena's in general

[CHAPPY]

I just quit playing during the day.   

[Blooz]

Thank you DaddieDrax for standing up on this . Some of the guy's that's been around for ever act like there scared to speak up and say any thing . How many people here keep logging on and off over and over and over trying to get in Orange when it's 101/100 or find them self waiting and waiting and waiting for the cap to be raised  ?

The cap won't raise if you don't go into the blue arena.

You think the cap just floats for no reason?

[Flench]

I'm not going in a arena with just 20 people in it . If I was going to do that I would play PF .

[AWwrgwy]

Well , I was not able to get in Orange all day yesterday and really thinking about quitting this game just because of this .When I do get time to fly I CAN"T get in where my Squad is . So , I will take my 14.99 and play in some one Else's sand box . Another point to make is your trying to take a base and get booted and can not get back in to where I was at , BS ! and for you guy's that feel the same you need to speak up now .

So, your alternatives seem to be:

1. Can't get into Orange, can't fly with squad   or
2. Can't get into Orange, QUIT, can't fly with squad

How about make squad arena Blue? 

^^

I believe there are quite a few threads, recently, indicating similar frustration with the caps.  I am also frustrated that the caps continually put me in a barely populated arena.

I'm not going in a arena with just 20 people in it . If I was going to do that I would play PF .

I just checked and both (orange and blue) arenas have over 90 players in them and Blue is open.

RE: Caps at 350?

Would you not being able to get into the arena with 351 people in it work better for you?


The key to the problem is here:

The cap won't raise if you don't go into the blue arena.

You think the cap just floats for no reason?

It's your $15.  Spend it not flying if you like.  Miss your squad?  There's always AIM.



wrongway

[Flench]

 What is going on is when Orange is full people go to the DA until Orange open's up and when skuzzy made his post was 3 hour's later .

[Lusche]

I just quit playing during the day.   

Many seem to have, which magnified the problem.

[CHAPPY]

Many seem to have, which magnified the problem.

What did HTC think was going to happen with the arena CAP's?

Pretty soon I will get bored of just flying FSO and quit for good. Until then there is no reason for me to biotch about the CAP's.

We have toyed with the idea of kicking everyone out of the arena at noon, everyday, but I am sure that would start up a whole new mess of complaints.

I would like to see after you guys did that if your player base would drop.

Check out the urban dictionary for SKUZZY lol.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Skuzzy

[Skuzzy]

So just what are you trying to say ? You got any more alternatives , lol ? What is going on is when Orange is full people go to the DA until Orange open's up and when skuzzy made his post was 3 hour's later .

Uh, my post was just a little over an hour after yours.

[Flench]

It opened up right before you made that post thought , strange . All I ask is ,Just check the system out and see if there is something that can be done .

[Lusche]

What did HTC think was going to happen with the arena CAP's?

It did work well (more or less) for a long time. Caps did not cause people going away in the first place. For 3 years, there was only a relatively short time (1h) where gameplay was suffering after CAP kicked in.

It's only that after the numbers started to declone, the CAP really started to be a problem for us non-peak players. The arenas don't reach critical mass in short time anymore. Numbers have dropped, but time & trigger levels have stayed the same. Now it takes 4 hours instead of 1 - and this is the main problem.

It's not that "I can't fly with my buddies" or "LWB sucks". It's because LWO is locked at 100  and LWB is creeping along at 40 players for several hours.

[JimmyC]

its a daily occurrence for us euros
and its getting more than a tad annoying

[oTRALFZo]

It did work well (more or less) for a long time. Caps did not cause people going away in the first place. For 3 years, there was only a relatively short time (1h) where gameplay was suffering after CAP kicked in.

It's only that after the numbers started to declone, the CAP really started to be a problem for us non-peak players. The arenas don't reach critical mass in short time anymore. Numbers have dropped, but time & trigger levels have stayed the same. Now it takes 4 hours instead of 1 - and this is the main problem.

It's not that "I can't fly with my buddies" or "LWB sucks". It's because LWO is locked at 100  and LWB is creeping along at 40 players for several hours.

Exactomondo
#s are declining and personaly I dont see the consistent rise in both arenas to NOT whine about it. I dont see a need for more than 350 in one arena. Nor would I care if I was 351. It would make greater sense to me then and I know there would be epic whines if we had a fixed cap in arenas but I would think it would be much easier to stomach

[CAP1]

hey!!!!!

just because im paranoid doesnt mean they arent out to get me!!!!!

 

but if they ARE out to get you,are you REALLY paranoid?   

[DREDIOCK]

Some of the guy's that's been around for ever act like there scared to speak up and say any thing .

Maybe they arent acting

[The Fugitive]

Exactomondo
#s are declining and personaly I dont see the consistent rise in both arenas to NOT whine about it. I dont see a need for more than 350 in one arena. Nor would I care if I was 351. It would make greater sense to me then and I know there would be epic whines if we had a fixed cap in arenas but I would think it would be much easier to stomach

Lets say that they make the caps 350. 400 people log on. You will have 350 in one arena, and 50 in the other. With the dynamic caps in place like they have it now, that same 400 is closer to 200 in each area.

I don't know about you, but if I can't get into one arena I'd like to see the other arena have 200 players instead of 50. Like Lusche said, a couple of years ago when the dynamic caps kicked in there were enough people logging in at that time that the numbers climbed fairly quickly. Now, not as many people are logging on so it takes MUCH longer for the numbers to climb.

I really wish Hitech or Pyro would chime in here and let us know what they think and why they are doing things the way they are. At least the info would be there to point out and everyone would know. I know not everyone would like it, but atleast they would KNOW what the deal is.