Just a random observation

[Karnak]

Does this mean it is now OK for airplanes to kill GVs?  Or do the unofficial rules still say that is lame and not fair because the GV might not win?

[Noir]

Does this mean it is now OK for airplanes to kill GVs?  Or do the unofficial rules still say that is lame and not fair because the GV might not win?

 

[Babalonian]

I'm tired but can not sleep, so was browsing through the numbers and came to note...

...that in the  past 5 hours of Aces High prime time from 6pm to 11pm EDT, vehicles were holding a share of 64% of all kills and deaths in the Late War Main Arena.

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On Trinitiy!?!??!... 
Naaahhhhhhh!

  

(two more days until I start ranting about Trinity being up and stagnating map play/rotation, again.  for now, action is good, but it's a repetitious back and forth that won't change, likely, until the map rotates.).

[Lusche]

(two more days until I start ranting about Trinity being up and stagnating map play/rotation, again.  for now, action is good, but it's a repetitious back and forth that won't change, likely, until the map rotates.).

Don't exaggerate.. we have played on 13 different maps this tour, and so far trinity was up for only 46% of the time....   

[Krusty]

Does this mean it is now OK for airplanes to kill GVs?  Or do the unofficial rules still say that is lame and not fair because the GV might not win?

Nah the few GV whiners will get the game changed so that no bullets or bombs can touch GVs... They'll pass right through and impact on the ground. Bombs will be evaporated by the same HO-shield that AW used to have, but changed to work for GVs.



Don't laugh, because that's how the whiners want it, and they've been getting their way lately with game changes.

[Lusche]

Talking about whiners? There is one, right above me, with all the classic ingredients of a whine. 

[uptown]

I'd venture to say the k/d increase in GVs is directly related to the reduced vis from the air.  Greatly reducing the threat from the air opens the ground game up.

[Krusty]

Talking about whiners? There is one, right above me, with all the classic ingredients of a whine. 

You know what I'm talking about. The unending plethora of cries from GV whiners that don't want ANY planes to interact with them, EVER, at ANY TIME, no matter how exposed they make themselves nor how closely they park to the end of an enemy field. These are the whiners that got the icon code changed.

Cheap shot, and you know very well what I meant.

[Lusche]

I'd venture to say the kills increase in GVs is directly related to the reduced vis from the air.  

The trend was there long before the icon distance was changed. The single one change which was followed by a notable, significant jump in usage measured by time spent in vehicle mode was the new gv control system.

[Lusche]

You know what I'm talking about. The unending plethora of cries from GV whiners that don't want ANY planes to interact with them, EVER, at ANY TIME, no matter how exposed they make themselves nor how closely they park to the end of an enemy field. These are the whiners that got the icon code changed.

Cheap shot, and you know very well what I meant.

I knew exactly what you meant, you state it again, and it's still whining.

[uptown]

The trend was there long before the icon distance was changed. The single one change which was followed by a notable, significant jump in usage measured by time spent in vehicle mode was the new gv control system.

That surprises me. The updated GV control system totally turned me off on GVs for the most part. I never would of guessed an increase in usage because of the change.

[Lusche]

That surprises me. The updated GV control system totally turned me off on GVs for the most part. I never would of guessed an increase in usage because of the change.

To be fair I can't explicitely say it's been because of it, but the numbers still started to rise from the moment the change happened.
I was partly surprised, I knew a lot of old player would be repelled by the changes, but on the other hand it made GVs way more accessible to new players... and there are always a lot of new players. But I would have expected a drop for some time, which does often accompany radical changes.

For the new icon system, I couldn't find anything like that.

[ink]

GV's are for girls

Bruv got owned by Redbull by the way

 

[bj229r]

Avoid the horde, seek solice oon the GV war.

damn right...when I look on the map, and see huge red dar bars crammed into 3-4 sectors and the rest empty, I know all I'm gonna see are whordes of high 51's, etc, and without 3-4 wingies of my OWN, I'll not stand a chance. In gv's, that stuff really doesn't come into play. It provides a nice alternative when the map doesn't look inviting to air combat

[BigR]

Im going to take a wild guess and attribute the recent uptick in GV kills to the control changes HTC made last year. Everything is easier to drive than it used to be which I assume makes people decide to use them more.