This game is dead unless things change

[Scca]

But its fun with the ones who stay and fight. 

True dat!  It's like a dog fight in slow motion.  A ballet of sorts...

I usually lose because I just don't get enough practice.

[Slate]

Pssssst... this had been a game from the start 

   That's not what is advertised!   

          Flight Sim - Aces High

    "Aces High is a massive multi-player online combat simulation centered around the World War II air-war."

[The Fugitive]

It's a game that simulates combat.








......or use to

[LCADolby]

True dat!  It's like a dog fight in slow motion.  A ballet of sorts...

I usually lose because I just don't get enough practice.

Or because 4 or more AKs bait you out of having to fight

[Megalodon]

It's a game that simulates WW2 combat.

......or use to

Fixed

  That's not what is advertised!    

          Flight Sim - Aces High

    "Aces High is a massive multi-player online combat simulation centered around the World War II air-war."

It's worse  


"Aces High takes the art and science of vintage WW1 and WW2 air combat and sets it in a high intensity online multiplayer environment.  Hundreds of players simultaneously battle it out against each other in massive aerial dogfights and bomber raids."  

"Find action 24 hours a day"

I just want to shoot GV's  

   

[ghi]

I have few hours for game this weekend , logged in few min ago, 3 PM ET, Friday and ....... Dang ! this boring large map; no fights, huge front line almost  impossible to reset with this low # of players;  "enjoy"  it for next 6 days,   IMO the maps  should reset every 24-36 hours, won or not , refresh the game ;  or bring some small fun maps in weekends,plz
 This large maps and low # are killing the game; why 255 bases  for 140 players ?

[Chilli]

I have to agree with ghi (except for the killing the game part; it is catching the flu quite regularly though).

By the way, I believe that map was reset... somehow.  Checked in early this morning and an even more unpopular but much smaller map was up.

Spawn points, mountain ranges, number of fields, tank town bases, fleet maneuverability, etc. = a lot of things to keep in balance.  Some maps do it better than others, but I wouldn't toss any of them.

Reducing the reset time to 24 to 36 hours does seem to be plenty of time to fly.  It also, lessens the potential for an undermanned country being left out of the win the war race. 

[uptown]

  Chilli

[guncrasher]

Aces High is rather unique among flight sims in how well you can see with snapviews once you get them properly adjusted. It is the only sim I've ever played where TrackIR *isn't* a large advantage. There isn't any real need for transparent canopy frames or the like to achieve a realistic level of aircraft tracking ability, much less a need for external views or padlock. It would probably be nice for noobs if the views came adjusted a little better by default however. I can post some screen shots this weekend to show what I mean.

i think you are a bit wrong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTv4y63JheY


semp

[FiLtH]

         For me,  its how EVERYONE seems to congregate at 1 base. People used to be spread out with many fights going on across the map. Now most players consist of handholders with mob rules mentality, and the hotrods in temps, etc that pick the fights that do happen. Most of these types also seem to have the biggest mouths, confusing horsepower with talent.
          
         FSO is still the best part of the game, that and going to the dueling arena and fighting friends.  MA play for me usually means flying a couple flights, sighing, sitting in the tower staring at the screen and logging out. It used to be alot of fun. The wrong people influenced the current crop of flyers, who think it means something to stay alive, and never taking chances. Some of the most memorable flights ive had over the years were getting into a mess I shouldnt have gotten into, and winning.

         Take chances, die alot, learn from it (no..not, "Next time I'll stay high and fast and wait till the guy gets bored and fights someone else so I can pick him") learn how to make the plane fight the other guys fight and still win. Be humble, this really is'nt worth strutting around with your leatherflight jacket with squad emblems thinking you are a war hero. Its a silly addictive game, that is fine by itself. The players on the other hand...
        

[MrRiplEy[H]]

        For me,  its how EVERYONE seems to congregate at 1 base. People used to be spread out with many fights going on across the map. Now most players consist of handholders with mob rules mentality, and the hotrods in temps, etc that pick the fights that do happen. Most of these types also seem to have the biggest mouths, confusing horsepower with talent.
          
         FSO is still the best part of the game, that and going to the dueling arena and fighting friends.  MA play for me usually means flying a couple flights, sighing, sitting in the tower staring at the screen and logging out. It used to be alot of fun. The wrong people influenced the current crop of flyers, who think it means something to stay alive, and never taking chances. Some of the most memorable flights ive had over the years were getting into a mess I shouldnt have gotten into, and winning.

         Take chances, die alot, learn from it (no..not, "Next time I'll stay high and fast and wait till the guy gets bored and fights someone else so I can pick him") learn how to make the plane fight the other guys fight and still win. Be humble, this really is'nt worth strutting around with your leatherflight jacket with squad emblems thinking you are a war hero. Its a silly addictive game, that is fine by itself. The players on the other hand...
        

For sure there are still some lame milk runners who pick a remote field because they like to fight against auto-ack instead of human players.

[Chilli]

For sure there are still some lame milk runners who pick a remote field because they like to fight against auto-ack instead of human players.

The game is HUGE.  There are so many different ways of playing and enjoying it.  The problem is, that the numbers do not support this kind of freedom most of the time.  Anyhow, this is what I have noticed. 

Nearly 40 players per side     Look at map to find the best looking dar bar and  there isn't any.  Time to play is limited, so you launch with ordinance to egg something that might provide a good opening to either start a good fight or advance a base capture.  You make some progress and someone else joins in the effort    25 minutes have passed and troops are the only thing between a successful base capture or simply another "milkrun against auto ack".   You ask for troops  only to see the country text buffer loaded with 2 other requests for troops at 2 other fields, mixed in with a few alerts for friendly fields about to be taken.    You decide you have just enough time to land (instead of bail) and bring troops to the maproom for the capture    Arrive at town with the willing drunks in tow and notice the ack shooting, town buildings popping up and enemy M3 parked on the edge of town 

Points to be made:  Radar seems less and less capable of determining defensive strategy.  There is no binding to role play that guides players to form lines against opposing forces, or even form alliances with other countrymen.  Base defense has become point and click easy.

[Latrobe]

I have few hours for game this weekend , logged in few min ago, 3 PM ET, Friday and ....... Dang ! this boring large map; no fights, huge front line almost  impossible to reset with this low # of players;  "enjoy"  it for next 6 days,   IMO the maps  should reset every 24-36 hours, won or not , refresh the game ;  or bring some small fun maps in weekends,plz
 This large maps and low # are killing the game; why 255 bases  for 140 players ?

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You should see maps like that around 1-6AM EST. About 10 people online. It's terrible! 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

You should see maps like that around 1-6AM EST. About 10 people online. It's terrible! 

That's serious stuff. I'd resubscribe if it made a difference but the problem is that HTC needs more active players instead of subscriptions in order to grow back to what it was.

[Lusche]

        For me,  its how EVERYONE seems to congregate at 1 base. People used to be spread out with many fights going on across the map. Now most players consist of handholders with mob rules mentality        

I really really wished the things you describe would be actually true. That would bring back my enjoyment at offpeak times to a satisfactory level.
Unfortunately, when a huge map like ozkansas is up, all the 15-100 players online during my timezone usually are spread all over the map, with darbar rarely indicating more than 1-2 enemy cons in a sector at all.
These days I am forced to stay up until US prime (late night/early morning here) to find the kind of massive multiplayer combat environment that I subscribed to in late 2005. I guess the "game is still fine, I see no difference" folks are flying in US prime and never happen to look at a map with literally 8 times more bases than players.

I was one of the most vocal proponents bringing back the huge maps after the arena split, and compello is still my most favorite terrain of them all. But I really want HT to take them out of rotation until numbers justify their inclusion again.