I know I bomb HQ on occasion. I do not bomb and bail. That is deplorable. I will die like a warrior. I do, however, get tired of being fodder for the elite. I see several problems with Aces High. I will address the inaccessibility to new players and those that lack experience. I don't say skill, because a lot of you just know how to do Aces High. Skill is definitely involved, but I think experience plays a bigger role. Skill makes it so you know the ways of ACM, instinctively. Experience adds onto skill to enable the player to de ack a field, or knowing when to drop flaps and chop throttle. That is knowing the game. I personally fall into the skill, not experience group. This is where the problem arises.
With the few people we have coming here from games such as War Thunder and WOWP, they have the skills to fly aircraft effectively. But they come here and have to start all over at square one. They don't have the experience to know what is going on in the arena. Then to add on to that, they have to deal with a community that is less than welcoming. You treat all newcomers as turds that don't deserve the time of day, let alone squad invites or fly alongs. And when you finally let newb fly along, you all seem annoyed by the whole "ordeal." I know I will be called a whiner, but I have been playing this game off and on for almost 5 years ish now. I can say the community has gone down, as well as the numbers.
I love this game. I enjoy what little time I can commit to it. But seeing threads such as this one makes me deeply saddened. All I see is finger pointing and assigning blame to others. I know I do my part to make the game a better place. I don't bomb and bail. I don't run from an advantage. I may run when I lose advantage. I try to fly in a way that helps the team. But I am just one player. And not too terribly great, either. But I do what I can to keep this great thing going. I fear some of you have lost that passion. I play because I love this. I don't care what I do. Bomber, fighter, re supply, tanks, it doesn't matter. I love engaging in combat with all the people on here. I love being a part of something. But I hate the elitism and those that are unable to change themselves to adapt. HQ down, figure out a new way to find a fight. Up a bomber and take a field. Do something besides getting on the forum and complaining about it. Instead, get on the forum and tell all of us what you did to mitigate the situation. That would be much more helpful.
TLDR, Quit complaining and get to flying. Take everyone you can with you. You need it and Aces High needs it.
My in game name is shake307. Hope to see you up there.
