Side Switch time

[guncrasher]

Even if it was 3 hours. You wouldn't get wild fluctuations but it is a more reasonable amount of time.

back when it was 1 hour.  many players would switch late at night as that is when the bishops would start hording.  it was pretty cool to see guys go from rooks to knights to bishop hordes.



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[titanic3]

back when it was 1 hour.  many players would switch late at night as that is when the bishops would start hording.  it was pretty cool to see guys go from rooks to knights to bishop hordes.



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So let them fly with their ENY limits while I rape the horde with 90 perks 262s.

[JUGgler]

Changing it back to 1 hour just may inspire several returns 


Just saying 

 


JUGgler

[gyrene81]

Changing it back to 1 hour just may inspire several returns 


Just saying 

 


JUGgler

you're talking about the returns of the "we haz spiez!!" whine posts?

[hammer]

you're talking about the returns of the "we haz spiez!!" whine posts?

The bigger problem IMO was always the mass migration to the side that was about to "win".

... the idea of letting switch to the lowest side at will..  

This makes a lot of sense. Limit switches to the side with the advantage, but allow anybody to switch to the side with the lowest numbers at any time.

Regards,

Hammer

[Tilt]

either shorter (1-2 hrs), or even the idea of letting switch to the lowest side at will.. 

That's clever.................

[Wiley]

As much as the 12 hour limit cramps my style, it does prevent wild fluctuations in the roster between the 3 countries.   

I would love to see it reduced but I think I can see a reason behind why it is the way it is, of course I could be completely wrong but that's another story.

It was short (2-3 hours?) for a good while before HTC noticed it.  I don't recall seeing anything detrimental like wild fluctuations in the rosters at that time.

Spiez whines will happen whether it's 1 hour, 12 hours, 24 hours, a week, or lifetime, with a mandatory chesspiece face tattoo when you join the game.  Who cares what they think?

Wiley.

[gyrene81]

it was those we haz deh spieyz whines that contributed to htc changing the side switch time...personally i don't give a rat's patootie one way or the other, i don't fly 24/7 and the thought of flying spixteenhopicktard bish for whatever reason would make me yearn for a bacterial infection in my skull.

[Wiley]

it was those we haz deh spieyz whines that contributed to htc changing the side switch time...personally i don't give a rat's patootie one way or the other, i don't fly 24/7 and the thought of flying spixteenhopicktard bish for whatever reason would make me yearn for a bacterial infection in my skull.

The official reason was 'it's how it always was with one main arena'.  I remember because I was really curious as to the why.  I have never heard the official reasoning as to why it always was like that though.

I seem to recall some vague references to the spiez whines having little if anything to do with it, but I wonder if it's kind of like talking about cheating, take a somewhat reasonable step to minimize it so it doesn't affect perception by coming up as often as it would otherwise.

I flew bish for a while...  If you stay out of the green horde that is there no matter what side you fly on, folks is pretty much folks.

Wiley.

[gyrene81]

yeah Wiley, i would hazard to say you're probably right about the "reasons".

I flew bish for a while...  If you stay out of the green horde that is there no matter what side you fly on, folks is pretty much folks.

Wiley.

i'll fly rook and knit but i'd rather not associate with the majority of regulars to be found on bish.

[caldera]

yeah Wiley, i would hazard to say you're probably right about the "reasons".
i'll fly rook and knit but i'd rather not associate with the majority of regulars to be found on bish.

All three sides are wretched hives of scum and villainy.  Still, it was nice to have the option to switch every hour.


Maybe HTC could put a pop-up that says "To get perks for winning the war, you must have been on the winning country's roster for 12 hours.  Do you still want to switch?"

[guncrasher]

It was short (2-3 hours?) for a good while before HTC noticed it.  I don't recall seeing anything detrimental like wild fluctuations in the rosters at that time.

Spiez whines will happen whether it's 1 hour, 12 hours, 24 hours, a week, or lifetime, with a mandatory chesspiece face tattoo when you join the game.  Who cares what they think?

Wiley.

late at night lots of players would switch to bishops to run unopposed.  I myself would switch several times a night, not because there were no good fights but because I wanted more kills, I would never switch to bishops though.  but I do remember one famous squad that would not fly with the bishops while they were rolling bases but would stay and defend the fields while the rest would just keep on rolling another.

It was ridiculous at night.  there was this time, me and another guy helped save this famous player in his p38.  he made it back and landed we kept going on and got several kills and begin to rtb low on fuel and almost no ammo.  we both got killed by the guy we had just saved, who had switched upon landing.  then I started paying a little attention and realized I was killing or getting killed by players that would just switch to take advantage.  remember the famous guy in his 262? many a time, he would land then see bombers taking off and switch and kill them on the way in.  he knew the location and direction.  it was hilarious when 3 or 4 of them organized a mission to a base bailed out 1/2 way there and switch to come back in 262's in the opposite country.

12 hour switch time got rid of a lot of bs.


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[Wiley]

late at night lots of players would switch to bishops to run unopposed.  I myself would switch several times a night, not because there were no good fights but because I wanted more kills, I would never switch to bishops though.  but I do remember one famous squad that would not fly with the bishops while they were rolling bases but would stay and defend the fields while the rest would just keep on rolling another.

It was ridiculous at night.  there was this time, me and another guy helped save this famous player in his p38.  he made it back and landed we kept going on and got several kills and begin to rtb low on fuel and almost no ammo.  we both got killed by the guy we had just saved, who had switched upon landing.  then I started paying a little attention and realized I was killing or getting killed by players that would just switch to take advantage.  remember the famous guy in his 262? many a time, he would land then see bombers taking off and switch and kill them on the way in.  he knew the location and direction.  it was hilarious when 3 or 4 of them organized a mission to a base bailed out 1/2 way there and switch to come back in 262's in the opposite country.

12 hour switch time got rid of a lot of bs.


semp

I get what you're saying, but a wee bit of devil's advocacy...  That sounds an awful lot like 'combat'.  With as little as people defend in this game, is it that bad?  Now, granted if they set it up as an NOE and did that, the other side shouldn't know about it until they popped on radar.  If the mission's visible on bardar, it sounds to me more like switching to oppose the horde.  Who the opposing pilots are is kind of secondary.

Wiley.

[guncrasher]

I get what you're saying, but a wee bit of devil's advocacy...  That sounds an awful lot like 'combat'.  With as little as people defend in this game, is it that bad?  Now, granted if they set it up as an NOE and did that, the other side shouldn't know about it until they popped on radar.  If the mission's visible on bardar, it sounds to me more like switching to oppose the horde.  Who the opposing pilots are is kind of secondary.

Wiley.

you organize a horde then switch to oppose the horde.


semp

[ink]

from 12 am to 8 AM eastern you should be able to switch at will the rest of the day once an hour.