Author Topic: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers  (Read 2204 times)

Offline TDeacon

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Change the “rules” so that GVs inside a VBase radar circle have no icons when seen from the air, except for Storches.  (Yes this is a big change, which shifts the balance in the direction of GVs on *a portion of* the map.  It is intended to make it difficult to kill GVs from the air in these areas.  No this is not a whine motivated by a recent death in the MA.)

Rationale:

1)   Assumption is that HTC wants to attract GV subscribers as well as AC subscribers.  If not, all bets are off.  
2)   If so, they need to consistently provide a portion of the main LW arena where GVs can play relatively unmolested by AC.  It is frustrating for experienced players to realize that any halfway competent player in a plane can kill their expensive perk tank, and there is nothing they can do about it.  Imagine then how much worse it is for new player.  
3)   The preceding is best achieved by integrating GV-safe and GV-open-season areas over the entire map, on all maps.  Thus, they will always be there, no matter when you log on.  
4)   But map changes are a lot of extra work for HTC.  
5)   The OP allows use of existing maps with a simple rules change.  
6)   The “war” can still be fought and won using the air bases, which comprise the majority on all maps.  VBases can also be captured to “win the war” if attackers are able to do so despite this rule change.  
7)   GVs can still be seen and bombed normally everywhere else, so that play style is retained.  

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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2013, 09:03:50 PM »
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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2013, 08:45:11 AM »
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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2013, 08:56:21 AM »
Why is it so hard to understand that: once one takes an aircraft or vehicle out of the hanger and into a combat zone, it is open season on them?

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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2013, 09:16:58 AM »
see D-day and what happened to the Wehrmacht after.  

P47 and Typhoons own you.  

Your wish should be re-worded to:

"please can I have a squaddie that will up a fighter aircraft and cover me!"   or at least pork ords because I'm too lazy to do it myself.  
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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2013, 09:34:16 AM »
Why are guys like you such dicks what's wrong with no gv icons. RL didn't have icons but I guess then you would have to work for it huh. This game will fail with attitudes like yours so resistant to change cuz it's not what YOU think will benifit the game. It's a shame most look up to people like you when you do nothing for the game but try and keep it the same

Offline TDeacon

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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2013, 10:03:08 AM »
Why is it so hard to understand that: once one takes an aircraft or vehicle out of the hanger and into a combat zone, it is open season on them?

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You do realize that "open season" would still apply on most of the map, don't you?  The idea here is to add additional scope to the game, not reduce it.  IMHO, additional scope will appeal to more people, and increase the fun level, and hopefully attract more subscribers.  As I have said elsewhere, my best friend is an AFV modeler, and would be interested in this game if they put some GV-safe areas in it. 

You also should remember that this proposed change applies equally to all of us, including you and me.  All advantages and disadvantages apply to all of us, and it is in that sense balanced. 

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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2013, 11:36:08 AM »
see D-day and what happened to the Wehrmacht after.  

P47 and Typhoons own you.  

Your wish should be re-worded to:

"please can I have a squaddie that will up a fighter aircraft and cover me!"   or at least pork ords because I'm too lazy to do it myself.  

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Offline SirNuke

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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2013, 11:47:08 AM »
 make aircrafts immune to gvs within an airfield's radar  :aok

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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2013, 11:56:13 AM »
You do realize that "open season" would still apply on most of the map, don't you?  The idea here is to add additional scope to the game, not reduce it.  IMHO, additional scope will appeal to more people, and increase the fun level, and hopefully attract more subscribers.  As I have said elsewhere, my best friend is an AFV modeler, and would be interested in this game if they put some GV-safe areas in it. 

You also should remember that this proposed change applies equally to all of us, including you and me.  All advantages and disadvantages apply to all of us, and it is in that sense balanced. 

MH

You could start a poll.
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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2013, 12:08:39 PM »
You could start a poll.

Already has.  :D

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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2013, 12:27:54 PM »
make aircrafts immune to gvs within an airfield's radar  :aok

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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2013, 02:42:05 PM »
Vehicle icon range is already reduced to well within AA range so why don't you just ask somebody to come out in a wirb and shoot the bombers that have to fly low and slow to spot you in the first place? Or ask on country for a fighter to kill that juicy ordnance laden aircraft?
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Re: Alternative simple way to make AH GV-friendly and increase subscribers
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2013, 04:05:45 PM »
Vehicle icon range is already reduced to well within AA range so why don't you just ask somebody to come out in a wirb and shoot the bombers that have to fly low and slow to spot you in the first place? Or ask on country for a fighter to kill that juicy ordnance laden aircraft?

You do think about these things before you post them, don't you??  No?  Well because of course most people have better things to do than baby-sit other people's game play.  

But here's an idea.  Why don't you perform this function?  I'll announce on channel 200 whenever I need you to cover me in a Wirble or fighter.  You of course will then immedately bail from your current plane, and tag along behind me, in order to provide that wirble/fighter cover that you advocate.  Looking forward to your post where you agree to undertake this function...

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