muzik, are you talking about fast pace GV war? Really? in a game called Aces High....you are concerned about the ground war?!
No, I have rarely ever participated in the ground war and have little interest in it in its current configuration but I do believe it is a vital part of the game and it needs improvement.
wow, you seemed to have really missed the mark on my original post....
My comment had nothing to do with your op, it was directed solely at Fugi's comment, but I will comment now that you mention it.
has it really gotten to the point where there are less than 25 people on per side...but guys would rather sit in cv guns off the coast of their own base...as they lose the base....to shoot at cons coming in than actually up and fight them?
I think there are a couple things you and others with this complaint don't get. The recession has hit harder than is immediately evident. People are still struggling to recover from it and lower player count and the lack of fights is the result. Perhaps the majority of the folks that quit to save a few bucks were the ones who participated in the air war more often. It's nothing more than a coincidence that those who stayed seem to favor things other than dogfighting, but it has Fugi thinking everyone is hiding from him.
Fact: the players that are left simply don't care to play the game the way Fugi wants them to
PERIOD It is pure INSANITY to say people play war games to avoid fights. They may not want to play like an ADHD 10 year old on Redbull, just so some vet can get his chits and giggles, but they DO NOT pay 15 bucks a month to be a pacifist.

Next off, this game has hardly changed in 12 years. those that have played this game and AW or others, most likely spent way more than half of that flying. Maybe they aren't COMPLETELY addicted to the flying aspect any longer.
I knew several guys that have gone through every single aspect of this game extensively until they got bored with them, finally they began running missions in every conceivable way, including NOE raids. Fugi says it's to avoid fights. While technically that is accurate, it's not the whole truth. They were BORED with the same old same old. It became a challenge to see how efficiently they can take bases. It's a cat and mouse game that pisses Fugi off, but it's EXACTLY what he was talking about when he said there are other things to do.
He says there are so many things to do in this game, no one could possibly get bored with it yet if they do anything other than fly fighters to provide him with fights they are losers that must be hiding from his horrifying skills.
So again, all these complaints are simply a matter of some people getting pissed off because others don't play the way they want them to. Even if you can't envision it, is it really that hard to believe that a few game changes could cure this?