so you like playing Aces High and think of it as a simulator of WW2...
thats awesome but the major issue with that is you would NEVER see a 51 go against a 51...or spit vs spit...ECT ECT
the MA is a COMBAT sandbox to make what ever you want out of it.....but it is silly to think of it as a sim for WW2 due to the previous aspects of AH I mentioned....
so here is a Challenge for YOU
you like to survive....you want to "simulate" the war...
4 times a month when it is run......there is what is called "scenarios"
and THIS is where you can simulate WW2......
the Scenario running NOW is the Pacific War.....
lets see if you have what it takes....
walk ons are welcome....
so NO need to be in a squad...
First I must say your avatar is undeniable proof ht took the moderating way too far, or not far enough, I'm not sure which.
The fact is you are right... sandbox... player choice. But you and plenty of others, don't accept that others aren't playing your way.
I completely agree that there's some lame behavior in the game, but it's always been there. The only way to change that is to create some structure in the game.
Combat has to be compulsory. There has to be objectives that must be carried out and consequences for not carrying them out.
It doesn't have to be your way or the highway. There could be portions of complete autonomy and portions with a structured game in the same arena.
For the game to be really successful, it should be easy for players to choose or change what suits their mood in an instant.
Telling people that if they want to play a war or survivalist game, that they should go to a special event is not going to help anything.
You are already a minority by most accounts, how does it help your cause by alienating the majority out of the MA? (not that they listen)
A percentage of your fights occur between you and "the other" type of players. Keeping players of all tastes in the same arena is a benefit.
The problem with your suggestion is the scenarios are inconvenient, take work to organize and are too restrictive.
It doesn't have to be that way and I think you will find that out in the next couple years.
