engine boost for new players

[Ack-Ack]

If there is a new player he should have an engine boost to get him out of dodge when the going gets tough.

No, there shouldn't be.  All that would happen is you'd get new players hitting the "boost" to avoid every fight they stumble upon.

To many times new players are cought easily by other planes when they really have no business catching the plane

That's what happens when you take the time to learn how to fly, you can eek out everything the plane's worth and "catch those planes you really have no business catching".

that is the whole point so you are saying new folks should just die repeatadly?

The new player should seek the help of a trainer or a player that is willing to volunteer their time to lend the new player a hand and teach them the ropes of the game, BFM and ACM.  This way the new player doesn't die repeatedly and we won't see dumb wishes such as this.

 

and you are wondering why guys quit jeez seems dumb to me 

Lack of an engine boost escape method for new players is hardly the reason players leave this game.  However, if this dumb wish was implemented, you can be rest assured it will cause players to leave the game when such a gamey, stupid feature is added.

ack-ack

[guncrasher]

Can we have lasers too?  Oh oh and a quad damage power up?

lasers without sharks?  turn in your wings.


semp

[Bushmills]

Hey why not just pull your cord??? That pushes you away 2-3k away from the enemy

Were is the tutorial for that? i have checked the homepage nothing post a link 

[Bruv119]

You could try telling them to fly a ki84.  It does have good acceleration and can take a hit or two for survivability.

[Vraciu]

+1

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[ImADot]

One of the best things about this game is that everyone has access to the same exact planes, and it's all about a pilot's skill. I dislike games where new players are stuck in shoddy planes and are expected to compete with more experienced players in better planes, or players who buy their way into the better planes.

Giving new players unrealistic and gamey features such as what the OP is asking, would cheapen the gaming experience of Aces High.

[Zimme83]

The  No:1 I fly this game is because there are no such features. Noone can buy themselves any advantages, I dont need to buy better guns, better engines or a better pilot. I get the same plane as anyone else and it's 100% up to me to be successful.

[Vraciu]

The  No:1 I fly this game is because there are no such features. Noone can buy themselves any advantages, I dont need to buy better guns, better engines or a better pilot. I get the same plane as anyone else and it's 100% up to me to be successful.

Couldn't agree more.

[EskimoJoe]

It gives you a whole new respect for the guys who flew them in real life and only had one life to live and never respawned, doesn't it?

A lot of the players here on the forums are older guys, between 18 and 80ish seems to be about right. Some of them have even flown some of the aircraft, like two different guys who flew the B-24 and B-29 respectively.

The point of a simulation/game like this is not to have arcade features like engine boosts and power-ups, but to pay homage to the people that fought in these airplanes, the people that designed and tested the airplanes. While some games like the old Crimson Skies are for arcade style fun, some people enjoy learning about the history behind all of this, some like to pretend to be aces, and some still just enjoy the good ol' brain-vs-brain chess aspect of air combat.

If it's not for you, then maybe stick to World of wAircraft or whatever. But this game and a lot of the community have been around for over 15, maybe even 20 years. It's basically a proven concept at this point, and turning it into an arcade engine boosting, powerup collecting, pay for perks game won't do anything but kill all that this game stands for.

My two cents.

[save]

The  No:1 I fly this game is because there are no such features. Noone can buy themselves any advantages, I dont need to buy better guns, better engines or a better pilot. I get the same plane as anyone else and it's 100% up to me to be successful.

Exactly my thoughts, well written !

[bustr]

Dying at the hands of other humans is the critical EGO depressing problem for the new and vet player alike. And for many new at something, too many times being beaten to the mat with no sense of it ever changing drives new players out of a game. AH3 will have AI missions that the new player can take part in online until it comes out of their ears. The AI is not some human on the other end you have to accept is humiliating you over, and over, and over.....

The Trainers could use AI missions they control to fly around with players talking them through the action. The Trainer would need a function that makes him invisible to the AI. Or say for Kingpin and his gunnery class, riding along to look through their gunsight with them. And have some simple missions the Trainers can let the new player download to practice offline like the AvA AI Ju88 flights with 109 escorts that fly a pattern until you engaged them. And if the new player decided to quit and make use of those offline missions like a boxed game. Our game client is no longer H2H capable so that is all the player would have. An offline only game with boring training missions.

Aces High 3 has many AI capabilities which during my last 20 months of helping test them, looked like Hitech was thinking about new players and this problem. It may take kind vets who like to create terrains and missions to provide the missions for the Trainers. This leads to another logical thought about training missions. The TA would need a TA AI mission arena with an ongoing mission like the Ju88 mission the AVA used to run. That would run 24x7, and you make a date to meet the Trainers to fly along with you or, Kingpin to ride along with you.

[Beefcake]

I'd just like to point out to everyone that this wish has already been granted by Hitech. Just take off in an Ar234 and keep the RATOS attached, when a meanie shows up punch the button and boom....you have your boost.

[The Fugitive]

Were is the tutorial for that? i have checked the homepage nothing post a link 

He is talking about bailing. It gets you out of the fight <snap> just like that!

[Bushmills]

The  No:1 I fly this game is because there are no such features. Noone can buy themselves any advantages, I dont need to buy better guns, better engines or a better pilot. I get the same plane as anyone else and it's 100% up to me to be successful.

You are a genuis! why did i not think of that before? we should have a system like that think of the $$$$ that would be put in to new developments for are gaming expereince? an ENGINE BOOST would also be covered under soupin up your plane. I think i will need to make a new thread for that wish give me time though i got to think this one through. Though thanks for the idea Zimme i will give you credit for it when i write it up not like i am stealing your idea sir.

 

[DmonSlyr]

You are a genuis! why did i not think of that before? we should have a system like that think of the $$$$ that would be put in to new developments for are gaming expereince? an ENGINE BOOST would also be covered under soupin up your plane. I think i will need to make a new thread for that wish give me time though i got to think this one through. Though thanks for the idea Zimme i will give you credit for it when i write it up not like i am stealing your idea sir.

 

Dont waste your time. Its already been brought up many many times, there are many many reasons why that type of game model is not fun in this game.