Just a random observation

[Lusche]

So what you are saying is we need to stop adding tanks and vehicles. 

No. If any, I'd say the opposite 

[Nathan60]

No. If any, I'd say the opposite 

+1 for more gv's and things to bomb****

[Slate]

  As a frequent Tanker I'd like to see Terrain like the AVA with bridge crossings and the expanded towns to fight in. Make the Bridges destroyable to give the B-tards some more targets also. 

[skribetm]

more maps with fun GV spawns please.
shootout at the corral = always fun! 

[Krusty]

You can't make anything but an observation on this fact, though. It doesn't mean anything. If you could park your plane at a midair spawn point, and (unmoving) shoot down 5 people in 10 seconds as they furiously hit the respawn button, then fighters would still have a billion more kills.


The nature of the ground war is somewhat broken, so using it as a comparison to the air war just doesn't work IMO.

[Lusche]

You can't make anything but an observation on this fact, though. It doesn't mean anything.

As a snapshot - not much, unless you can put K/H into the equation, which I can

But when tracked over time (as being shown by the second graph), you can see a trend - which is an increasing importance of the ground game.

[Krusty]

That's a qualitative assumption. As mentioned, 90% spawn camping doesn't make it "more important".... just faster gratification. And K/H doesn't change that because, again, of the nature of said kills.


No more important than when a shade ups on a runway with 1 account and repeatedly vulches it with the other. K/H are very high in that case, too.

[Lusche]

That's a qualitative assumption. As mentioned, 90% spawn camping doesn't make it "more important"....

If players do spend an increasing amount of time in GV compared to planes, it is getting more important. Same goes for the fact that the plane vs plane interaction has been going down, there is comparatively much less 'pure' air combat than years ago.

I'm not arguing about 'quality of fight/gameplay' - but in the end, it only matters what players are actually doing, and how much that is changing.

[Nathan60]

If players do spend an increasing amount of time in GV compared to planes, it is getting more important. Same goes for the fact that the plane vs plane interaction has been going down, there is comparatively much less 'pure' air combat than years ago.

I'm not arguing about 'quality of fight/gameplay' - but in the end, it only matters what players are actually doing, and how much that is changing.

Do you think it may behoove hitech to make some changes concerning the trees/bushes and  destructive/clipping aspects of each if the current trend continues?

[Lusche]

Do you think it may behoove hitech to make some changes concerning the trees/bushes and  destructive/clipping aspects of each if the current trend continues?

I'd guess (can't read his mind), that it's for technical reasons that those issues are the way they are, and not because HT thinks the ground game as being 'not important enough' in general.

[Nathan60]

I'd guess (can't read his mind), that it's for technical reasons that those issues are the way they are, and not because HT thinks the ground game as being 'not important enough' in general.

I realise  you can't read his mind was simply trolling for an answer from the man himself.

[Dragon]

From tour 50 to 75 or so I spent almost all my time tanking.  I keep trying to get back into them but I am having a hell of a time adjusting to the (relatively) new sights.

I did have fun Sunday night at the 135 spawn for a few hours trying it again though.

[Noir]

Do you think it may behoove hitech to make some changes concerning the trees/bushes and  destructive/clipping aspects of each if the current trend continues?

maybe he'll want to focus the game back on air combat? Aces high is brilliant mostly because of the flight model, he might want to capitalise on strong points instead of perverting the game into something else (wishful thinking)

[Nathan60]

maybe he'll want to focus the game back on air combat? Aces high is brilliant mostly because of the flight model, he might want to capitalise on strong points instead of perverting the game into something else (wishful thinking)

OR he mighht want to EXPAND the brand since  the gv combat isnt thta bad atall. Its now apperently a good portion of the game  atleast a 1/3 of the kills on a bad gv map(correct if wroing Lusche)  Why turn away from bringingh in more fodder?

[zack1234]

I thought GV.s were a integral part of the game.

I know people who really like the GV's .

Its good fun Air and GV attaking a base.