Please decommsion the big maps.

[Hungry]

All fine examples of how to quote a post then completely misdirect the intent of the post without offering a shred in return, its an internet artform

[muzik]

 I didn't misdirect anything, I only pointed out more "you're not having fun the right way" posts. What kind of return are you expecting?


I agree that instant action is necessary, but promoting it and excluding any consideration for different types of game play is just pushing the dagger deeper and twisting it.

There are already free instant action games out there with better graphics, air spawns, more aircraft, more tanks, and more players. That doesn't leave much for AH to compete on.

[Vraciu]

3 sides isss better with a lot of players. It keeps the sides even. And when they are not even, there is usually a team getting its but kicked. Which is generally the best side to be on to find all the fights! See how that works?

With a 2 sided map, people just want to be on the winning team and 8/10 times everyone hoards one side for an easy win.

Pure, unsupported CONJECTURE. 

[Vraciu]

There are always exceptions to the rule, but I believe HiTech has toyed with 2 sides 3 sides and 4 sided wars, coming down on that 3 sided was the best.

Back when you had 700 players in an arena yes...    The dynamics have shifted some.

[icepac]

Players being unable to adjust thier gaming to suit the changes whining for the game to adjust instead so they can continue to fly the same stale mission profiles without having to learn new ones.

Way to herd all the cattle into a small room.

That surely won't work.

[Vraciu]

Players being unable to adjust thier gaming to suit the changes whining for the game to adjust instead so they can continue to fly the same stale mission profiles without having to learn new ones.

Way to herd all the cattle into a small room.

That surely won't work.

If people want an arena where they can't find anyone to fight they can always go back to Warbirds.  I hear they're selling plenty of that over there.   Ahem. 

[LCADolby]

Back when you had 700 players in an arena yes...    The dynamics have shifted some.

Worked well with it capped at 300

[Vraciu]

Worked well with it capped at 300

Yeah, but not so well with 50.

[LCADolby]

Yeah, but not so well with 50.

You have to sit and think, "what is the maximum numbers online at peak time" then go from there. I've seen AcesHigh above 300.

[Hungry]

I didn't misdirect anything, I only pointed out more "you're not having fun the right way" posts. What kind of return are you expecting?


I agree that instant action is necessary, but promoting it and excluding any consideration for different types of game play is just pushing the dagger deeper and twisting it.

There are already free instant action games out there with better graphics, air spawns, more aircraft, more tanks, and more players. That doesn't leave much for AH to compete on.

I'll just say this, I'm not a younger player, but I still play a variety of multiplayer games and have three sons who all play multiplayer games. This is a business, comparing this game to business models and business trends elsewhere, if you don't adapt you get passed up, your customer base shrinks and you disappear, doom and gloom yes sometimes in business unpopular decisions need too be made

The thing you cant ignore is that HTC has made it this far, we don't know where he intends to take his business model, we don't know what research he's done or how much time he's spent doing the necessary research actually playing other games to determine where the business model should be or at least validate his thought process, we can only make suggestion's based on what we see and like here and elsewhere by comparison. 

Personally I wish him well and hope he can find the balance, all I know is that I'm having a hard time staying here for more than a few months at a time even though this is my favorite game.

Over and out

[Vraciu]

You have to sit and think, "what is the maximum numbers online at peak time" then go from there. I've seen AcesHigh above 300.

Once a week?


And if a big map is good for 300 now when a big map was good for 500+ THEN...  By extension a small/medium map with 300 would be great.

[rvflyer]

I didn't misdirect anything, I only pointed out more "you're not having fun the right way" posts. What kind of return are you expecting?


I agree that instant action is necessary, but promoting it and excluding any consideration for different types of game play is just pushing the dagger deeper and twisting it.

There are already free instant action games out there with better graphics, air spawns, more aircraft, more tanks, and more players. That doesn't leave much for AH to compete on.

I cannot for the life of me understand ANYONE wanting air spawns, that is just plain stupid. I have tried most all of the other air combat games and find most of them boring. Many you have to pay extra for better planes  or play a long time to earn enough points for better equipment.

[Hungry]

Interesting, I just hit level 30 in Tom Clancy's The Division, I now get "Daily Missions" for additional "rewards" I know Daily isn't practical here but the concept of Daily Missions for perks, looks like its designed to keep people playing giving them something else to do.  Might be a nice training arm for new players.  I know we have missions here but to be honest the quality is low or organization of them is low. 

Quality missions or as I've said before a campaign mode AH

[Hungry]

I cannot for the life of me understand ANYONE wanting air spawns, that is just plain stupid. I have tried most all of the other air combat games and find most of them boring. Many you have to pay extra for better planes  or play a long time to earn enough points for better equipment.

Think out of the box, maybe they're not for you but can they be worked into something else for the attraction value to others

Time to leave out the " I " in these conversations wouldn't you agree?


"Because that’s the way we have always done it …"
from a quote from Mark Cuban 

If you ever really want to get me mad, just bring up this phrase or something comparable in a business conversation. “That’s the way we have always done it.” Could there ever be a worse reason for doing something.

Do it because it’s the right thing. Do it because it’s the only thing. Do it because it’s all you know how to do or because it’s all you can afford. But please, don’t do it because its the way you have always done it.


"a paradigm is basically a way of thinking so like it is a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices constituting a view of reality"

"There is a green traffic light, a red one and an orange one. You know in your head that you stop on red and you drive on green. Once you do that as a habit without thinking, it becomes a paradigm. It requires a great deal of will power and focus to change the paradigms we have in our minds. Imagine you move to the UK tomorrow and suddenly have to drive on the other side of the road! That would be very difficult. Imagine if you were raised to believe that the sun revolves around the earth and suddenly someone comes to tell you, no, the sun doesn't move, it is the earth that revolves around the sun. You get the point. Paradigm shifting and changing things we believe in with the heart and soul has caused so many people so much - regardless of what is right and what is wrong."

[Ack-Ack]

Not true.

It is true and has been shown to be true in multiple online flight sims.  You can ask HiTech yourself, he'll tell you the same thing I as I did.