I don't do this much.... but...

[mechanic]

PARADISE ON EARTH  ------->  http://www.youtube.com/v/g_D4RhfCY2M&autoplay=1&hd=1&fs=1

Never watched that before, it is indeed a paradise on earth. I have a very firm bond with all pelagic birds seated deeply in my childhood love of Jonathon Livingston Seagull.

Thanks for that.

[RotBaron]

Agree SkyRock, too far to fly, 4 or 5 sorties an hour...not fun for me. I logged too.

[Greebo]

Beta2 was the only map in rotation that made LWB the most 'popular' arena when it was up in LWO. No other map made players move in numbers to the "secondary" LW arena each time it was up.

This got me thinking. Would it be possible to make a graph of kill+deaths/time for each MA map or does the data not allow that? Perhaps one for A2A and one for G2G.

[Lusche]

This got me thinking. Would it be possible to make a graph of kill+deaths/time for each MA map or does the data not allow that? Perhaps one for A2A and one for G2G.

This is somewhat possible in a limited way, but requires a high personal effort. I can relatively easily track plane and Gv kills and deaths up to near real time, but not really A2A and G2G - this one I can basically do only for longer periods of time (I do that per tour routinely).
But as there is no way for me to auto track the map rotation I would have to monitor the arena manually, which requires a lot of time and devotion

[FLOOB]

Well the modified beta terrain is designed to encourage base capture. If you dont want to fly over the mountains and the v bases then you have to capture bases. You'll notice knights capture bases on that map, pretty much for that reason. Thats not an endorsement, just an observation.

[Randy1]

There was a couple of good navel actions last night.  More A6Ms and Nikis than I have seen in awhile.

[Midway]

Never watched that before, it is indeed a paradise on earth. I have a very firm bond with all pelagic birds seated deeply in my childhood love of Jonathon Livingston Seagull.

Thanks for that.

My favorite bird: the albatross - a seabird distinguished by its very long, narrow wings that allow it to soar for hours without tiring.  Albatrosses are among the largest flying birds in the world, and their large, webbed feet also allow them to walk well on land, unlike many pelagic birds.  http://birding.about.com/od/birdingglossary/g/Albatross.htm

Albatrosses are colonial, nesting for the most part on remote oceanic islands, often with several species nesting together. Pair bonds between males and females form over several years, with the use of 'ritualised dances', and will last for the life of the pair.

A breeding season can take over a year from laying to fledging, with a single egg laid in each breeding attempt.

... the great albatrosses have the largest wingspans of any extant birds, reaching up to 12 feet (3.7 m).



A Laysan albatross, named "Wisdom" on Midway Island is recognized as the oldest wild bird in the world; she was first banded in 1956.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross

At 63 years old, Wisdom the Laysan albatross hatches another chick. Last year she and her mate raised another chick to fledging, and this year their newest baby has just hatched!

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/at-63-years-old-wisdom-the-laysan-albatross-hatches-another-chick





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[Shane]

There was a couple of good navel actions last night.  More A6Ms and Nikis than I have seen in awhile.

Well of course, the bellybutton lint you collect while climbing out and getting to action is useful tinder for setting those rice kites on fire.

Oh, you meant naval? 

[lunatic1]

what i think it is---is that people are getting to lazy to fly any distance to find a fight..if there was to be an air spawn,it should be no more than half way to the base..if put to a vote,i would vote for no air spawn.

[Greebo]

This is somewhat possible in a limited way, but requires a high personal effort. I can relatively easily track plane and Gv kills and deaths up to near real time, but not really A2A and G2G - this one I can basically do only for longer periods of time (I do that per tour routinely).
But as there is no way for me to auto track the map rotation I would have to monitor the arena manually, which requires a lot of time and devotion

Yes, I can see how the arena resets would be a problem. I guess it would need a group of players to accurately report timezone-corrected map reset times for a single rotation on a BBS thread. Is the kill and death data time coded or just per tour?

GV kills+deaths/time and aircraft kills+deaths/time would still be interesting stats to judge how well the MA maps are working though.

[Slate]

    Skyrock killed me last knight in a dogfight, I did not whine. 

[Lusche]

Is the kill and death data time coded or just per tour?

[/quote]

In HTC's database they are time coded, we only have access to the simple numbers per tour. (Stats page)

GV kills+deaths/time and aircraft kills+deaths/time would still be interesting stats to judge how well the MA maps are working though.

Those numbers would have only a somewhat limited significance. They show some general activity, but there are factors missing. We don't get any (player) k/h from them, and not the number of players in the arena at any given time. When we have 30% GV kills on one map and 60% GV kills  on another, it doesn't really tell us how much more GV's were used. Could be just 20% more players in GV, but with a much higher rate of kills per hour due to the map design (CraterMa).

As I had done such a thing before (about 18-24 months ago), I will try to dig the numbers up...

[SkyRock]

    Skyrock killed me last knight in a dogfight, I did not whine. 

actually it was a jump.. and you were going way too fast... I heard you cut engine twice... I just had to stay out of your guns until you went by and in front of the tater chunker! 
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[Randy1]

Oh, you meant naval? 

I did.  Thanks for the catch.

[SkyRock]

My favorite bird: the albatross - a seabird distinguished by its very long, narrow wings that allow it to soar for hours without tiring.  Albatrosses are among the largest flying birds in the world, and their large, webbed feet also allow them to walk well on land, unlike many pelagic birds.  http://birding.about.com/od/birdingglossary/g/Albatross.htm

Albatrosses are colonial, nesting for the most part on remote oceanic islands, often with several species nesting together. Pair bonds between males and females form over several years, with the use of 'ritualised dances', and will last for the life of the pair.

A breeding season can take over a year from laying to fledging, with a single egg laid in each breeding attempt.

... the great albatrosses have the largest wingspans of any extant birds, reaching up to 12 feet (3.7 m).

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A Laysan albatross, named "Wisdom" on Midway Island is recognized as the oldest wild bird in the world; she was first banded in 1956.    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross

At 63 years old, Wisdom the Laysan albatross hatches another chick. Last year she and her mate raised another chick to fledging, and this year their newest baby has just hatched!

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/at-63-years-old-wisdom-the-laysan-albatross-hatches-another-chick

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shark bait!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10u9WgZGSwk