SAVE ACES HIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheCrazyOrange]

I feel like 1946 arena would just become the new MA. And that's not a good thing, IMO. I really enjoy the immersion, and that would ruin it for me.

Besides, unless you give the jets free of cost, I feel like it would be mostly US/UK planes shooting at US/UK planes, which would be incredibly boring for me.

I mean the Germans have the Do 335, and the Russians have the La-9, and not a whole lot else. The Japanese are utterly screwed, having the A7M and not a great deal more.

[715]

I beg to differ, it's quite fun with staged missions...

It's just unfortunate that this feature is rather unknown... Even before they were called staged missions, offline missions were somewhat plentiful...

Yeah, you're right, I forgot about offline missions.  Oops.

[sunfan1121]

I'm going to throw this out there: You've got a main arena that actual aviation buffs 30+ years of age often find so boring they log out. I mean, it was a chore finding a fight at 7:30pm central time in the MA last night..that's dead center of prime. How is one going to keep new younger players like that. A hard look needs to be taken at every dynamic of the MA to see whether said dynamics promote PvP combat or detract from it.

The problem is they have the choice for PvP, but choose to take the path of least resistance. This makes for a boring MA. most games take the decision out of the players hand and force people to interact, not so much in AH.

[BnZs]

The problem is they have the choice for PvP, but choose to take the path of least resistance. This makes for a boring MA. most games take the decision out of the players hand and force people to interact, not so much in AH.

Seriously, what is the problem here? I signed up when I saw that History Channel commercial so I could shoot planes with a plane. I'm assuming 99.99% of the peeps who sign up are thinking the same thing. So how HAS it come to this?

[guncrasher]

Me thinks the worst. AH has done nothing since what, April. And there is no indication this is changing.

If this world is going to be saved it will likely be st our hands. We'll need to create a gorilla marketing plan and work to take it viral.

Who can make some promotional videos? They need to end with a link to the subscription page.

dude you ever think how smart you are .  why not create a webpage, full of great promotional videos, link it to aces high and whoever subscribes you get paid for it.  you get 5 bucks for the first month and 2 bucks for every month after that for as long as that player stays in the game.

you can save aces high and quit your day job.  go for it, here's more details.

http://www.hitechcreations.com/company-info/support-affiliate

go for it what do you have to lose?


semp

[Kodiak]

Seriously, what is the problem here? I signed up when I saw that History Channel commercial so I could shoot planes with a plane. I'm assuming 99.99% of the peeps who sign up are thinking the same thing. So how HAS it come to this?

I came to Aces High from that same commercial on the History Channel (or maybe it was the Military Channel) 18 months ago and was excited by all the WWII aviation hardware, but immediately went through this thought process...

Rooks, Bishops, Knights...meh
Where is London, Berlin, Guadalcanal...meh

Maybe the sandbox could use some more structure.  Maybe the sandbox could use real maps.  With AI bomber formations rolling every 15 or 20 minutes from various "real" locations heading to Berlin and London a new player could wing up in a set of buffs or fly as an escort fighter right away and "get it."  My first few weeks in the MA were spent mostly trying to figure out the chaos of 3 enemy combatant countries in a fantasy world.  I don't think its primarily the graphics or the economy.  Maybe player's expectations have changed over the last 15 years.

Just saying...

[sunfan1121]

Seriously, what is the problem here? I signed up when I saw that History Channel commercial so I could shoot planes with a plane. I'm assuming 99.99% of the peeps who sign up are thinking the same thing. So how HAS it come to this?

Aces High is one of the first true MMO games, if not the first. While the graphics and flight models have been updated, not much has been done for the gameplay itself. In some ways this game is a relic of the past. I don't think it would be that hard to make it better either, add choke points, and only allow players to fly from bases relevant to the action. Just seems like we don't have enough structure, something is definitely off.

[guncrasher]

Aces High is one of the first true MMO games, if not the first. While the graphics and flight models have been updated, not much has been done for the gameplay itself. In some ways this game is a relic of the past. I don't think it would be that hard to make it better either, add choke points, and only allow players to fly from bases relevant to the action. Just seems like we don't have enough structure, something is definitely off.

oh they did, remember that map with 300k mountains?  only way to take a base was bring 100 players and there would be 100 defending.  that map sucked so much it was taken out of rotation.


semp

[BnZs]

Rooks, Bishops, Knights...meh
Where is London, Berlin, Guadalcanal...meh

Thanks for reminding me of this. Nowadays the ACM chess-game is the important thing to me, and I don't really care whether it is a historical match-up or a P-51 crossing swords with a Typhoon. But when I first started, the historicity was more important to me. It sounds like the Axis versus Allies arena would fit your bill. Unfortunately, that arena basically committed suicide through silly things like no-icons (only realistic for simulating legally blind pilots), and through a culture that often turned it into a dueling arena with historical maps. You'd often seen the two most maneuverable planes, Spits and 109s in the ETO for instance, duking it out. God forbid anyone up a Jug or a 190 and hit and run, that is nothing like historical fighting *at all*.

[FLOOB]

I actually find the off hours more enjoyable than peak. I'll take a 2v2 fight over a bunch of knights racing to clear my 12 any day.

[Latrobe]

I actually find the off hours more enjoyable than peak. I'll take a 2v2 fight over a bunch of knights racing to clear my 12 any day.

I completely agree. The off hours are the best hours when you can get some people into one place to furball. That's when the greatest fights in the game happen. Flying during the peak hours is just for screwing around with friends since the fights are pretty boring. Chasing 190s and P-51s back to their ack. Having "friendlies" ignore you on vox asking to keep the fight 1v1 or asking them to clear your 6 while you kill the plane on your 12 only to have the blow right on by the one on your 6 just to clear your 12. I no longer take anything serious during the peak hours anymore. I just use my time flying gunship bombers, seeing how many planes I can scare into running away at once, or chatting on country/200.


Off hours > Peak hours!  (if we can get a small furball going that is)

[Kodiak]

I beg to differ, it's quite fun with staged missions...

It's just unfortunate that this feature is rather unknown... Even before they were called staged missions, offline missions were somewhat plentiful...

Crabby,

What are the staged missions...where do I find them, how do I play them.

Thanks!

[Lusche]

Off hours > Peak hours!  (if we can get a small furball going that is)

At the current numbers off hours are just dreadful to me. Even euro primetime suffers a lot, if you came here for the same thing I came for: To fight large MMO battles and experience a wealth of gameplay options.
Where once flying at US prime was a luxury for me, it's these days almost mandatory to get a comparable reliable fun level. I didn't come here to chase a single con here and there.

[jimson]

Crabby,

What are the staged missions...where do I find them, how do I play them.

Thanks!

You can find some in the staged missions forum for offline use:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/board,410.0.html

and there are a few that work online here:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,364012.0.html

[Kodiak]

I actually find the off hours more enjoyable than peak. I'll take a 2v2 fight over a bunch of knights racing to clear my 12 any day.

The off hours are the only time I can get a kill in a 2v2 type fight.  Way too many good players on during U.S. prime time so I try to avoid those hours.