Dedicated Tanking Arena in AH2

[Ack-Ack]

Yeah I don't get the point of this thread since it's easy enough to just create one.

I guess it just wouldn't be the AH forums if someone actually used a bit of logic to resolve a very simple issue.

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[waystin2]

Glad you think its silly. Maybe you ought to think about things before you comment. The GVs are here so the A/C can fulfill all their rolls. While they have made changes and expanded the ground game to make it more fun for those that prefer the 2d fight it doesn't change the fact that the GVs are there to add more targets. You want a dedicated tank game then look else where.

Maybe you ought to read what you are about to comment on.  First I said it's important, not the most important thing.  Second, I do not want nor did I ask for a dedicated tank game.  Not sure where you came up with that.  I spend about 25% of my time in GV's so I would say it is of importance to me, but not my over-riding concern.  Simmer down sparky...    

[PJ_Godzilla]

As of now tanking is fun but we never see large battles in MA due to ,bombs, long drives, and generally stag net terrain.

I'd like some terrain where I don't have to worry about driving through Stag Nets. Those things can really screw up your tank and, if they don't check 'em regularly, the stags die in 'em and stink and you know what that means... Yep, the crate and barrel people line up thinking it's dinner time.

Kidding, kidding...

[jtdragon]

I also play World of Tanks and would like to see a tank area, It would have far more people playing than WWl. There is soon to be a World of Aircraft.






WORLD OF TANKS CLAIMS TO HAVE 6 MILLION PLAYERS world wide now

[kilz]

at lest with AH you dont have to pay lots of money to get good tanks all you have to do is earn a few free perk points.

World Of Tanks you have to buy points or somthing like that to get the good tanks. one of my squadies just came back from WOT because he ended up spending 400-500 bucks from April 2011 to Aug 2011


WoT what a rip off i love the GV game AH has and i can up a fighter. cant do that with WoT

[chris3]

moin

aces high is still perfect and wot is just wasting time because your are fighting for nothing.
but i understand the whish for a tank arena were no lancs stukas kann kill the gv fight.
but it will not work because a singel arena only for tanks mens the fight there is sensless, because the real fight beatween the 3 countrys are still in the latwar. we will just dreg away a few tank guys out of the lat arene were we will miss them.

my choice to handel this il-2, stuka, jabo problem for the gvs would be to at a perked 88 gun, with that gun you are able to cam the jabos and the gvs would have a much nicer time to fight his fight.
but for that you need a bit of team play thats all.

cu christian

[SmokinLoon]

WoT is not at all what I would like to see HTC become.  I find WoT to be as gamey as can be with eye-candy and "power-ups" being the main goal.  

I think the tank combat in HTC is more "realistic".  With that said, the big area that could be improved upon is not so much the tanks themselves but the environment in which the tanks do combat in.  First, the terrain is too smooth.  There is no mud.  There is no sand. No fog (or rather very little near ports, but in general there is none).  There are too many constant variables that should not be, imo.  However, just how deep can the coding be taken and just how much work it will take to add in anomalies that add environmental/immersion changes only HTC really knows.  

[muzik]

Again, a separate gv arena is not the answer.  IF it did actually become popular and take even a small portion of the population away from the main arenas, it would detract from the air war and the game in general.

All you guys are asking for is EASY MODE. Grow up. Take the challenge you were given and if it is not a fair challenge then look for ways to balance it out not ways to ruin the game.

If being bombed bothers you so much, then maybe you should ask for something like a percentage of free gv accounts that only allow access to AA vehicles. That would make the air war more challenging and give you some breathing room.

Or how about a better strategic game, or removing icons from vehicles.

Use your heads, not xbox ideas.

[Wiley]

If being bombed bothers you so much, then maybe you should ask for something like a percentage of free gv accounts that only allow access to AA vehicles.

You know... that's not a terrible idea...  About the only issue I could see with it would be it would be like having dozens of ManaWar clones...  Maybe limit their access to channels? <g>

Wiley.

[tf15pin]

Increasing the number of GV spawns would go a long way. Whenever a Pacific map (islands) comes up it leaves very few GV battles. The larger islands will have a couple of bases and a spawn or two but there is no way to get from island to island. This is logical because tanks can't cruise across the water but it hurts game play for the GVers. Having 1 or 2 spawns into and out of every GV base could really open things up.

To help with bombing, altering the icons would help. Have a nondescript "GV" icon pop up at 1.5K, at 1K you get the type of GV, then at ~600 you get the range to the GV. I think this would make the approach and timing of the drop more difficult while still allowing the planes to spot GVs without an unnecessary level of difficulty.

[Belial]

MAYBE A TANK ARENA ISN'T THE PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT WHATI'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS THAT WE COULD HAVE MUCH MORE FUN WITH SOME TWEAKING.

MAYBE THIS MEANS THERE WILL BESS LESS GV'S FOR AC TO BOMB BUT IF THERE BOMBING IS KEEPING THE ACTION TO A MINIMUM WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

IT'S NOT JUST BOMBING I HIGHLITED OTHER ISSUES IN MY ORIGINOL POST AS WELL.  IF WE UPDATED THE MAPS IN THE MA I THINK WE WOULD SEE MORE PLAYERS OUT AND ABOUT.

AS OF RIGHT NOW THE LARGEST TANK BATTLE WE SEE IS 20V20.

MAKE A TRUE TANK TOWN WITH UNIQUE TERRAIN AND SHORT DRIVES AND WE MIGHT SEE NUMBERS GROW....AH COULD EASILY BEAT WOT ON GAMING SATISFACTION BECAUSE FRANKLY WOT SUCKS.

PEOPLE SAY WOT IS SUCCESFUL BECAUSE IT'S FREE, BUT IT ISN'T FREE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GRIND YOUR WAY TO THE TOP WHICH TAKES TIME AND FRANKLY ISN'T FUN.  FOR 15$ PEOPLE COULD COME PLAY AH AND HAVE ACCESS TO GOOD TANKS QUICKLY AND BETTER GAMEPLAY.

[Belial]

And the reason I suggested a Tanking arena was because the MA maps aren't very good for tanking, there are only a few places with interesting terrain. 

An arena by itself would be able to use custom maps like rangers...that would NEVER fly in the MA....

And updating the MA maps to be more gv friendly would take more work then making a new arena.

[PJ_Godzilla]

And the reason I suggested a Tanking arena was because the MA maps aren't very good for tanking, there are only a few places with interesting terrain.  

An arena by itself would be able to use custom maps like rangers...that would NEVER fly in the MA....

And updating the MA maps to be more gv friendly would take more work then making a new arena.

See, we need a persistent battlefield so that you'd have rubble from bombed out buildings, not to mention wrecked aircraft strewn about. You can get concealment and cover in that stuff.

[Butcher]

Nope, it's because it gives the cartoon pilots something to bomb and thus generate combat.

Imagine if they re-did the Ground Vehicle war in Aces High to stop bombing them so easy to bomb and actually a tool to fight with?

You'd have some pretty good GV fights for once.

[Ack-Ack]

An arena by itself would be able to use custom maps like rangers...that would NEVER fly in the MA....

I don't know if its that cubic zirconia rock you wear on your ear that is preventing you from comprehending but there is already two arenas you can use USRanger's custom GV terrain...in the AvA and get this...Player Created Custom Arenas.  There is no need for HTC to create a dedicated GV arena as you already have the ability to create one yourself.

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