I Quit the Dark

[Sloehand]

My choice.  Due to visibility factors of the AH3 which are wrong-headed.  I refuse to play in the dark. No point. Can't see anything anyway. So now I log on, and if it's anywhere near to 'night time', I log off.  Bye bye AH.  Someday, I won't want to pay $15 every month to log off half the time in frustration. 

Question:  HiTech, you do intend for the players to actually be able to PLAY the game, right?
Realism is great and usually a good thing if not taken to the point where people can't accurately visualize and play the game.  This is certainly not the case for most players, but there are a lot who are having trouble with various visual clues and settings, etc.  Probably not enough for anyone to give dam.

This is just FYI for anyone who, on some far away planet may care.  As a customer, I believe it's my responsibility to provide feedback, good or bad.  By the way, the ground graphics and the clouds are really great.

I know I'll get the usual crap from the usual people.  My response to that is go get what you would be if you were... "attached to another object by an incline plane wrapped helically around an axis".   

[Zimme83]

The "night" is present for like 5 minutes, make a trip to the bathroom and it will be gone when you are back...

[JOACH1M]

Turn gamma to 3.0 like me

[save]

night fighting is a different game, I have  to do changes in icon colors and gamma to see anything.

[Dawger]

I also walk away from the joystick when its dark in the arena.

[waystin2]

The "night" is present for like 5 minutes, make a trip to the bathroom and it will be gone when you are back...

Yup!  Potty time.  LOL 

[Dobs]

I have to agree....although it is the one time I don't lose the aircraft against the ground as it seems they are "spotlighted".

I don't find it immersive, I find it more annoying.  And the twilight affecting the Clipboard is not a good "feature" as well. 

[Bizman]

I think the dark times look stunning. If I log in when it's dark it gives me the opportunity to chat with my squadmates, plan our next move, pour me some beverage etc.

Actually arriving during the "night" adds immersion to me. Waiting for the dawn is like waking up from a dream called "the real life" and starting a new day in a virtual reality. Instead of just jumping into an eternal noon the dawn makes me look at the weather, check the wind, wonder whether it's going to be a calm day or a glorious one...

[Kanth]

I also do not fly in the dark. When I see dusk I head on back to base.
Some folks like it though.

The one exception is for Christmas last year, I stuck it out and flew the dark hoping to see Santa but he never made it to our area.

[Zimme83]

And the stars. It's so accurate that you can use them for navigation. I only wish that we had a telescope in the tower. Just awsum.

[Wiley]

Gamma 3.0 negates it, but I too don't think it has any place in the game.

Wiley.

[Slate]

If this game was easy I would get bored and quit. 

 I tnink the night is so short it's no big deal for me. The transition to morning is awesome. 

 I was trying to attack a cv against 4 to 1 odds to no avail then night fell and I was able to get close enough for an attack before finally returning to earth in my chute. 

Even in daylight AH3 can be much more difficult than the AH2 you were used to. Things seem to happen much more quickly and you have to be on top of your game. Nighttime may exasperate that.
   Can't wait for a nighttime rainy thunderstorm. 

[Wiley]

I tnink the night is so short it's no big deal for me. The transition to morning is awesome. 

You enjoy the "cockpit full of urine" effect? 

Wiley.

[1stpar3]

Some of the best fights I have been involved with, happened in the Dark times Its always the same thing, "Too many trees; water looks flat; its dark;sound pack sucks", BUT STILL those guys fly on!!! Its not perfect, but its the best thing I have ever been able to play. At least alot of the complaints are discussed in the BBS, where it belongs. I really get peeved when it hits the in game messaging. I believe in corrective criticism, thats how you make things better. Just remember, there arent 100 fat guys in a basement somewhere, writing code for YOUR game. Pretty sure its more like 4 or 5    Its alot like griping about the new maps and their terrain...have you tried to make a custom terrain? Sounds easy enough, pretty sure that a new sense of respect would come about, for the guys that did all that work.

[Zimme83]

You enjoy the "cockpit full of urine" effect? 

Wiley.

Who Tol....I mean....Its not Urine.