Sick Puppies in MidWar

[Lusche]

I would say we don't have any 2 weekers nowadays because of just that.  I never see AH commercials anymore.  Do you guys get them in Europe? 

No, we don't. And the TV ads was just an example. With our knowledge and little amount of data we have, we simply just can't tell which factors had influenced the trial/subscriber ratio, and by how much.

10%.... I was trying to give the other side of this argument the benefit of the doubt.  It's probably less.

So it just a number out of nowhere? 

[ImADot]

So here's what I see when I venture into EW...

7 people in arena.
5-6 are SP's attacking the side with 0.
1 guy on other side either trying to start his plane, in tower reading a magazine, or on the hopper taking a dump.
I switch (if necessary) to defend flashing base from the SP's.
Engage 1 or 2.  Kill them or they kill me.
If they take the base, they move to other country to grab bases.
If I stop them from taking this base, they give up and move to other country to grab bases.
I cannot switch for another hour, won't fly across the map to find a fight, so exit the arena to do something else.


And comparing "fighter" numbers for player base is meaningless as many fly some fighter sorties and then mostly attack to save their precious fighter score/rank.

[LLogann]

You know you just made me think of something really crazy..... Maybe all 2000 of them back then were 2 weekers and now we are so low numbered because there is no advertising.    But to have 2000 2weeker's every month?

Last year I wasted some time every tour tracking suspected 2 weekers, and times of day that were 2week dominant.  But alot of that is suspect to just how accurate the intel is.......  So out of nowhere, NOPE, not at all.  But hard evidence that would warrant scientific agreement, NOPE also.  

 

So it just a number out of nowhere? 

[68ZooM]

I may have failed to mention.....  The 6's bases.  Might have thought that was obvious, since you already mentioned the lie about "trying to chase them"  

What does that mean exactly?  Here is the thing.... You know maps right?  How does country 1, attacking country 2 have country 3 trying to get in it?  How far away is country 3's bases?  Maybe if the 2 Einsteins on country 3 hit the other end of the map it would cause 3-4 of the 6 country 1's to go and see what was happening.  

"Chasing them all around" .......  What does this mean?  They upped from the closest base and flew 150 miles to reach the country 2 base that country 1 was at?  

Is that what you're saying?

LLogan, i see the role your playing today and its amusing, let me explain " chasing them around " aka Wack-A-Mole  attackers come defenders lift, attackers leave because they don't want combat, defenders chase and give up and land, rinse and repeat

 To think that players that don't want to fight in order to take the base are going to up and fight tooth and nail to defend one is ridiculous, they will just let the enemy attack while they role another base someplace else, heck they have 2 countries to pick from, one countries not even home  

[SHUKES]

Nah..landgrabbing is fun and by no means does it degenerate the game what so ever





The second shot was when a chesspeice Fuhrer asked if I could deack the town because he was bringing troops and when I politley told him on vox that I was there to shoot down bad guys..he went off..lol (its someone you know well too). Ya its fun..but some ppl take it to the extremes to ruin others fun

tralfaz smhhhhhhhh....you STINK....ROOK LOVER...LOLOLOLO

[Reschke]

[SlapShot]

if they played the game the way I do they would be getting kills.

Only if they hold all the cards and when the advantage switches ... they run like a scalded monkey ?

[SlapShot]

But hard evidence that would warrant scientific agreement, NOPE also.  

So ... bottom line ... pure speculation on your part then.

[Jayhawk]

I'll add all those numbers are with the speculation that the ranking system is exactly the same across that time period.  I don't recall any publicized changes but HTC doesn't tell us of every minor change.

**EDIT**

I agree it's not all speculation, the numbers are real.  We just don't know all the information to be able to definitively make an assumption.

[LLogann]

.... to an extent, yeah Brotha, you're right, I am, but you know how I am on the boards, I like fishing..........  

I think that could go either way depending on the kind of people.  If it's a group trying to win the map, they will totally come defend.  But if it's just a farming expedition, no prob not and I agree with you.  

LLogan, i see the role your playing today and its amusing, let me explain " chasing them around " aka Wack-A-Mole  attackers come defenders lift, attackers leave because they don't want combat, defenders chase and give up and land, rinse and repeat

 To think that players that don't want to fight in order to take the base are going to up and fight tooth and nail to defend one is ridiculous, they will just let the enemy attack while they role another base someplace else, heck they have 2 countries to pick from, one countries not even home  

I wouldn't say pure speculation, no, not at all.  We are not speculating about the number of people who flew fighter sorties for those 2 tours.  We aren't speculating numbers have dropped considerably.  The only speculation is being done by all of us really.....  Speculating what happened to the game, speculating why SP's are farming/grabbing, maybe even speculating how to get the game back to greatness?   We all speculate about just about everything.  

So ... bottom line ... pure speculation on your part then.

Or are you asking how I got 10%?  In that case it would be an educated guess, not speculation.  

[Yeager]

Only if they hold all the cards and when the advantage switches ... they run like a scalded monkey ?

hell thats fine.  but at least try to fight.  With superior alt, with superior speed, with superior numbers......put up a fight.

[Chalenge]

What I see in EW and MW both is a bunch of mouthy individuals that can only HO at every engagement but mostly they bail out of their planes when a fight does prevent itself. Im not naming names but you can sure find them easy enough just log in early morning when they are milking the map for reset.

BTW... official report logged for attempting to violate rule #4 and every one of you individuals should know better.

[Yeager]

See Rule #4

[BuckP]

I find it interesting that not one reply in this post mentioned anything at all about the possibility of a squad working on the basics, the fundamentals of actually working together as a squad.  Squad tactics, flying with a wingman, bombing certain targets, flying certain routes, squadies with certain roles upon attack, or base take over, etc.....all as a squad instead of just individuals (situational training).  And yes, I am in the Sic Pup's, and happy to be here.

[DrBone1]

Sick Pups are great peeps and also put up some of the best fights in Midwar  Sick Puppies