Only 16 players inflight in the MA right now.

[FLOOB]

Forty players total, 16 players in flight, less than half that are in planes, and some of those are in buffs. Why do non americans hate good video games?

[Latrobe]

The off hours really are getting tough. 

[bozon]

Forty players total, 16 players in flight, less than half that are in planes, and some of those are in buffs. Why do non americans hate good video games?

Not many players live in the middle of the pacific. The solution is lots of coffee supplies to the west coast players so they don't go to sleep before the Euroes come back from work.

[Bizman]

Not many players live in the middle of the pacific. The solution is lots of coffee supplies to the west coast players so they don't go to sleep before the Euroes come back from work.

That was the word I was looking for excuse why I wasn't playing at 1:30 PM! Thanks 

 

[Lusche]

Forty players total, 16 players in flight, less than half that are in planes, and some of those are in buffs. Why do non americans hate good video games?

They hate it as much as Americans... as far as I can see, prime time numbers went down by a similar percentage...  

It is also to some degree an self-increasing effect. When you know it's a huge map like Ozkansas and few players are on anyway, you are reluctant to log in in the first place. The old "if nobody is there, nobody goes there" effect.
Personally, until last month I frequently used to do strat raids when I couldn't find any sustained battles.

[Rich46yo]

+1. The large maps are so obviously self destructing I really cant believe they are still in rotation. Or still rotating during slow periods.

I quit last night to play BF4 cause I got tired of being able to count all the dots on the map in one minute.

[Slate]

 Perk the Buffs! 












   AI where are you?   

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I wish I had time to play. I donated my main gaming rig to my son because I have no time to even think about games.

[lunatic1]

solution:::move to the u.s.--hehehe

[wpeters]

   AI where are you?   

Great Idea. If there are less than 200 people in arena put 30 AI in per country

[Skyyr]

Bluntly, it's the stupid maps. They're made for 10x the amount of players that we have now (I'd wager that even with 10x the amount of players, we'd still have room for more). Fighter Ace suffered the same fate and it went down the exact same path that Aces High is starting down now. It started with decreasing numbers and making it difficult to find fights.

This is why people love War Thunder and WoWP - it's not because of superior gameplay, it's because it's solid, repeatable gameplay. You can find a fight anytime you want.

Decrease the map sizes, compensate for fewer strats with higher defenses and game mechanics. It's fairly simple.

[lunatic1]

Bluntly, it's the stupid maps. They're made for 10x the amount of players that we have now (I'd wager that even with 10x the amount of players, we'd still have room for more). Fighter Ace suffered the same fate and it went down the exact same path that Aces High is starting down now. It started with decreasing numbers and making it difficult to find fights.

This is why people love War Thunder and WoWP - it's not because of superior gameplay, it's because it's solid, repeatable gameplay. You can find a fight anytime you want.

Decrease the map sizes, compensate for fewer strats with higher defenses and game mechanics. It's fairly simple.

ah isn't going down any road--and if you reduce the size of the maps,then you will have people crying that the maps are too crowded---not everybody can play at the same time...mostly the player shortage is due to real life situations...work--family--financial--etc..and not all of the maps are the same size...i said this before--you can find a fight anytime on any of these maps.but you have to good get it and not wait for it to come to you

[SPKmes]

Popped in a few times last night (mine, between 10-30pm and 12-30am) and decided to flag it.... when I saw the map knew the main reason.... but ... it has been dwindling for some time....

Not many down here know about this game as there is no advertising other than what we..the people that play pacific time..... add to the likes of facebook etc..

Yet it seems like when I surf the web, even NZ sites, I quite often see a Warthunder banner.... may be an ad sense thing not too sure about that... none the less...it is getting very sad on my end unfortunately

I might have to look at getting a night job so I can get some decent game time during American times...the things you'll do to play AH

[Ack-Ack]

ah isn't going down any road--and if you reduce the size of the maps,then you will have people crying that the maps are too crowded---

I remember when all we had were small maps and the cries of how crowded those maps were and how it was nothing but a hoard fest because everyone was crammed into such a small area.

ack-ack

[Randy1]

I keep thinking use the weather to control maps during off hours by weathering in air fields based on the number of players.  It would be a heck of a program but would add a bit of real life.  I guess you could even stop tanks with heavy rain and mud.