Opinions on 12 hour switch times

[newz]

#3

Although, just because that is the way it was before does not mean it is the best possible way for it to work.   

What version/change/patch are we on?  Lets go back to 1.0 because that is how it was before?!

Dont think so.

Pretty much sums up my thoughts on this issue.
 

[BushLT1]

 Really think 12 hour stops spi work ..never. I could pm anyone in the game where horde is going. I don't but I could ..no one would ever know. Like I've told bish General I can ruin your fun. You can't ruin mine. Three hours is plenty. Gives me time fly with some friends on the other side. If squaddie gets on switch back.


                                                                                   BushLT <S>

[Rob52240]

PMs, 2-- channels, Shade accounts, and stuff I don't know about.  Yes there is no way to eliminate rule breaking.  I do believe it's worth minimizing if that can be done without sucking the fun out of Aces High.  I said 12 hours seems excessive.

[TheAssi]

12 hours is Richard Simmons.

I want to apologize to Richard Simmons.

12 hours is Elton John.    Sorry, Mr. or Mrs. John.

Not sure who is the daddy in that union.

I used to have a lot more fun when i could switch late at night.

the best part was knowing that i could fly with squaddies through american prime time, and then switch when the poor family men and responsible working men logged.

While the late night diaper dandies from all three countries would take advantage of undefended bases, several dedicated, mostly years subscribing players would engage in fights that didn't detract from the lemmings, while it still served the hungriest MMO players what they craved.....TH FIGHT AGAINST ANOTHER PLAYER IN ANOTHER PLANE.


Now AH seems to be serving those that want to say WTG on range, country, or mission channel for a horde well done.....instead of saying WTG to someone who just showed you something before killing you

[TheAssi]

Also, the cries of going to the DA will never be valid with F3 mode enabled.

[JOACH1M]

I hope they change it to a month 

Ding ding ding, you officially get the dumbest idea of the year award.

[icepac]

I've only switched sides a total of 7 times in my entire time at aces high.

Side balancing here is far better in comparison to the rest of the online sims where you routinely find 56 guys on one side and 11 on the other.

Make the ENY work harder and there won't be much reason to switch sides unless you squad has decided on a new home.

[Shuffler]

I think a lot of people are overestimating the number of people who want to switch when their side is dull, and perhaps underestimating the impact shortening the time has on the 'Chesspiece 4 lyfe' players.  I think it's a pretty safe bet that chesspiece loyal players are the majority, based on what I've seen on the boards and in game.

It seems to me regardless of whether it's happening or not, shorter switch time means to some people that there's just GOTTA be more spying going on.  Every time the enemy is in the right place at the right time, it's gotta be spies.  They then carry on about it incessantly on channels, creating suspicion throughout the game.

The simple solution is to leave the switch time long, it greatly reduces the spying accusations.  It's a simple solution that is moderately annoying for a minority of players.  As usual, it sucks to be in the minority.

Wiley.

Reduces spying?  lol Do you have a phone? Can you log another computer on for a 2 week trial? Do you have other online means of communication? Can you communicate across chess pieces?   

If anything it may increase such actions as once one changes sides and side numbers change and he can't change again... beiung stuck where his squaddies are not.... what to do during boredom... hmmmm.

[ACE]

[Dead Man Flying]

It has nothing to do with spying.

The change was meant to reduce wild swings in side balance from hour to hour.  Think of the 12 hour limit as a shock absorber for arena imbalance.  It won't prevent imbalances, but it generally dampens the highs and lows over time.  This works more effectively in a single arena with a large number of players versus a smaller arena with lower numbers.

[Noir]

reminder: for the bishops, when you bust a mission, you ought to be spying. You couldn't have deducted where they would be coming from. They are much too smart for that  

[Arlo]

It has nothing to do with spying.

The change was meant to reduce wild swings in side balance from hour to hour.  Think of the 12 hour limit as a shock absorber for arena imbalance.  It won't prevent imbalances, but it generally dampens the highs and lows over time.  This works more effectively in a single arena with a large number of players versus a smaller arena with lower numbers.

Yooz jussa ....

[Shuffler]

It has nothing to do with spying.

The change was meant to reduce wild swings in side balance from hour to hour.  Think of the 12 hour limit as a shock absorber for arena imbalance.  It won't prevent imbalances, but it generally dampens the highs and lows over time.  This works more effectively in a single arena with a large number of players versus a smaller arena with lower numbers.

Actually it was meant to be as it was yars back.

[Wiley]

Reduces spying?  lol Do you have a phone? Can you log another computer on for a 2 week trial? Do you have other online means of communication? Can you communicate across chess pieces?   

I agree, it's laughable.  Notice I never once said, 'It reduces spying.'  What I said was that it reduces the PERCEPTION of spying, which might be more important overall.

Anyone who gives it a moment's thought can see spying is ridiculously simple to do and unpreventable, but the level of intelligence they're dealing with is the people who see a squad on one side, with a single member on another side for reasons unknown.  The only possible explanation they can think of is that they're spying because everybody knows the bestest spies do it from an account that has their squad name on it.

Wiley.

[Dead Man Flying]

Actually it was meant to be as it was yars back.

And years ago, HTC implemented the 12 hour switch to dampen fluctuations in numbers between sides.  In that sense, we're both right.