Not enough diversity...an uber plane...a steep learning curve with some exceptional pilots in the arena = new pilots rapid demise and quick discouragement...little to do that will give someone a chance to experience some "success" while learning to compete with experienced pilots...
This is all stuff an evolving game could cure. And, all stuff that will hasten the demise of a stagnant (no development) sim. There could be more planes, loons to destroy, arty to spot, zeps and gothas to fly, mts and hills to give a fight more texture than flat ground, bridges to fly under or destroy, etc, etc...Suspect we all understand that.
Hard for wwii guys to imagine, but there is a wwi audience out there. They pretty much jump from sim to sim looking for something that will keep them occupied. Fls, has been a long time, but you certainly remember an older sim - filled at one point with relatively ruthless Musketeers, when it was full of pilots and exciting. Then it changed hands and actually digressed, less diversity and no development. Now that arena is largely empty. Seems a common thread...
ROF is beautiful, but with no large server and etc...
I know there are still a number of us around who subscribed to AH only because of the "new" wwi arena. I suspect most of us are not flying much, at least here, for all the reasons stated in this thread. But, we are still paying each month and remaining optimistic that "two weeks" will someday occur and, who knows.
Regardless of the fm's, the planes are fun to fly. The fights are often long and excting, particularly if there are a bunch of people fighting. A camel flown with several wing mates can deal with dr's. Everyone talks about one on one fights, but as in wwii...consider flying with a few folks. That can change things dramatically.
Anyway, hope something happens to make the arena more interesting...will probably keep paying for some time simply because of that hope. In that we seem pretty stubborn.
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