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Offline zack1234

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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #60 on: October 05, 2011, 07:48:51 AM »
AH has a select customer base "We happy bunch" adjusting pricing structure will not affect the likes of us to the game.

If you play this game for two months your usually a long term subscriber :)

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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #61 on: October 05, 2011, 08:11:45 AM »
I say play with some ideas for new members. Varying rates is an interesting thought. Maybe $10 get's you all but late war, which costs $15. For all of us no change what so ever. For new players, they have options. That get's them all but one of the P47s, most of the Spits, Typhoon not Tempest, etc.

I don't know that it works but maybe it is something Aces High should play with. Free get's them all early war unlimited, I like it. They get hooked on the Zero then after a while decide $15/mo isn't so bad.

Maybe Skuzzy et al can reach out to the past 2-weekers since January 2011 and throw them this bone. I am guessing the die hard Aces High officianado may not like having rif raf but strong numbers keeps our little hidden universe strong. Something to toy with.

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in that case have your buddies get a free account, then go kill them for easy perkies month after month.  hell you can have your own account on another puter then earn lots of free perkies too.

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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #62 on: October 05, 2011, 11:25:02 AM »


yes...for 8 months in a row...

I could be wrong cause I'm using my phone but it seems as if scorpion only had an account for 4 months
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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #63 on: October 05, 2011, 12:15:49 PM »
Raising the monthly subscription to $30 will be a good way to lose subscribers. I for one will not pay $30 a month for a game when I only play 5 hours per month.
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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #64 on: October 05, 2011, 12:51:52 PM »
We should have a perk store where perks can be bought with $$. This would allow folks who do not fair well in the arenas to still fly perk planes some.

This store could also allow folks with perks to purchase something like.... perma squelch of differing amounts (5, 10, 15, 20, etc....).

Would add to the kitty so to speak.
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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #65 on: October 05, 2011, 01:00:42 PM »
We should have a perk store where perks can be bought with $$. This would allow folks who do not fair well in the arenas to still fly perk planes some.

This store could also allow folks with perks to purchase something like.... perma squelch of differing amounts (5, 10, 15, 20, etc....).

Would add to the kitty so to speak.

As long as they didn't change how perks were earned, I'd be able to live with that.  Buying permasquelch... no.  You should be able to do that regardless.

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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #66 on: October 05, 2011, 01:09:07 PM »
i have 2000 fighter perks and 1500 bomber perks you can have them for $25 :)
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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #67 on: October 05, 2011, 03:21:16 PM »
I could be wrong cause I'm using my {problem #2}->phone but it seems as if{problem #1) ->scorpion only had an account for 4 months
first of all, why are you spelling the name wrong when its right in front of your face? and secondly, why are you using your phone? also, when i deleted my account the first time for about a week or so, i had to use a different name as my original one was still in use somehow...but since your already annoying me ill just add you to the ignore list. bye.

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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #68 on: October 05, 2011, 04:25:00 PM »
yup 4 months tours 128-131

I was using my phone because I was at work.
spelt ur name wrong because i was using my phone
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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #69 on: October 05, 2011, 07:16:57 PM »
We should have a perk store where perks can be bought with $$. This would allow folks who do not fair well in the arenas to still fly perk planes some.

Only if they fix their accounting first. :p
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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #70 on: October 05, 2011, 08:19:16 PM »
Thanks for all the replies.

Interesting comments.

I play a number of games and have always enjoyed the flat fee model.
But even games like Wow, Rift, LOL make use of micro transactions. I believe perks as a micro are bad.

But very low end options to F2P the game would make it a simple thing to try the game more than the 2 weeks offers. 2 weeks is nothing and even the larger MMO's are more free time than that.






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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #71 on: October 05, 2011, 11:40:50 PM »
Wouldn't it end up being like "World Of Planes"?  :noid :noid :noid :noid

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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #72 on: October 06, 2011, 07:23:15 AM »
F2P, sure, with the following guidelines I suggest:
Enable the T-34/76, 251, jeep, LVT, M4/75, a6m2, spit5, 109f, ju-88, and B-25c for them; plus they get to choose 5 other rides per tour of their own. They earn perks at half the subscriber rate.

Fair enough?


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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #73 on: October 06, 2011, 07:36:59 AM »
F2P, sure, with the following guidelines I suggest:
Enable the T-34/76, 251, jeep, LVT, M4/75, a6m2, spit5, 109f, ju-88, and B-25c for them; plus they get to choose 5 other rides per tour of their own. They earn perks at half the subscriber rate.

Fair enough?

how many current players you think would switch to that plan and bring  less revenue to ah?  so the rest of us would possible see an increase in monthly rates to make up for loss of income.

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Re: Does HiTech really want more user accounts?
« Reply #74 on: October 06, 2011, 07:57:35 AM »
how many current players you think would switch to that plan and bring  less revenue to ah?  so the rest of us would possible see an increase in monthly rates to make up for loss of income.

semp

none of the score-potatoes would, in fact they would pay higher rates to keep their uberness; so the rest of us could be F2P.   :devil


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