ENY & tower pilots

[Wiley]

So Wiley, my sincere apologizes for coming to a public forum to submit my ignorant solutions to an issue which is directly and indirectly causing a loss of subscribers.

People keep coming in with the same suggestions that can be circumvented with virtually no effort on the part of the circumventor.  Just pointing out why they haven't done it.  My apologies if you take pointing out why it won't work as a personal affront.

I love this game and want the chance to play it when I'm an old fart shaking my fist at "young whipper-snappers", but I won't get the chance if people are continued to be allowed to circumvent the game at the expense of paying subscribers.

The best part of the game is, you have the freedom to do what you want within the limits imposed by the game and physics.  The worst part of the game is, other people have that same freedom.

Wiley.

[DubiousKB]

The best part of the game is, you have the freedom to do what you want within the limits imposed by the game and physics.  The worst part of the game is, other people have that same freedom.

Wiley.

THIS! ^^^^

Problem being that the limits imposed by the game are not the same across the board. I hate micro-transactions, and the fact that one can circumvent the spirit of the game by dishing out more money is just infuriating.

(Sorry Wiley,  just frustrated by the whole situation around circumventing limitations to gain an advantage.... You're not the first person to bluntly respond to my suggestions. Again, frustration on the part of new players, ESPECIALLY THE BBS, is that you guys have experienced this, but alot of us younger players are coming into this without being part of the, "nice try kid, but here's why that won't work" discussion. We want to help, but don't realize or understand that many issues have been examined and found to be easily overcome by the nefarious player.)

[Wiley]

THIS! ^^^^

Problem being that the limits imposed by the game are not the same across the board. I hate micro-transactions, and the fact that one can circumvent the spirit of the game by dishing out more money is just infuriating.

(Sorry Wiley,  just frustrated by the whole situation around circumventing limitations to gain an advantage.... You're not the first person to bluntly respond to my suggestions. Again, frustration on the part of new players, ESPECIALLY THE BBS, is that you guys have experienced this, but alot of us younger players are coming into this without being part of the, "nice try kid, but here's why that won't work" discussion. We want to help, but don't realize or understand that many issues have been examined and found to be easily overcome by the nefarious player.)

Yep.  I get it.  Personally I think "this is why it hasn't been done/won't work" while sucking, is a lot better than silence, then the thought of "Why haven't they implemented obvious solution X?" in the face of that silence.

I'm surprised none of the people who usually jump on the "we should have the right to be AFK overnight because reasons" bandwagon haven't shown up in this thread.  I have never seen an online game that didn't boot inactive players after an amount of time before, but I understand HT's stance that it's just too easy to get around without some human monitoring it.

We just need at least 400 people in the arena at all times and for the most part, it won't matter.

Wiley.

[RODBUSTR]

     REAL COMBAT LACKS ENY SO WHY EVEN HAVE IT.  IF YOU LOSE DO TO LACK OF NUMBERS SO BE IT.  YOU GET A NEW MAP SOONER AND STILL GET TO BLOW STUFF UP. 

[Scca]

     REAL COMBAT LACKS ENY SO WHY EVEN HAVE IT.  IF YOU LOSE DO TO LACK OF NUMBERS SO BE IT.  YOU GET A NEW MAP SOONER AND STILL GET TO BLOW STUFF UP.

because this is a game, not real combat. <shrug>

[Vraciu]

It's a myth.

Yeah.  Players like Cybro don't exist.  Right.

[Vraciu]

You do realize that the majority of the time that would make the ENY impact worse, not better, right?  Those extra butts in the seats smooth out the percentages most of the time.

Wiley.

Cybro and his spy account smooth things out?   Lol

People asleep at the wheel on my team hurt me.  Boot them.

[Vraciu]

Cybro doesn't tower sit, he drives a jeep close enough to a base to flash it, and hides in a barn. So he's actually "in play" (if you will).

Usually he is parked at a base furthest from the front.    I see him do that all the time when he is spying on the Rooks.

[Vraciu]

     REAL COMBAT LACKS ENY SO WHY EVEN HAVE IT.  IF YOU LOSE DO TO LACK OF NUMBERS SO BE IT.  YOU GET A NEW MAP SOONER AND STILL GET TO BLOW STUFF UP.

SPEAK UP I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

[Traveler]

because this is a game, not real combat. <shrug>

This is an "Air Combat Simulator" as HTC has pointed out.  This simulator is trying to reproduce the real combat of air combat without killing people.

[Scca]

This is an "Air Combat Simulator" as HTC has pointed out.  This simulator is trying to reproduce the real combat of air combat without killing people.

It's both really. Since there's points, it's a game. YMMV

[Wiley]

Cybro and his spy account smooth things out?   Lol

People asleep at the wheel on my team hurt me.  Boot them.

Yup, as I pointed out in my subsequent post.

Wiley.