How are the numbers now?

[wil3ur]

I've been sitting around wondering if I should join back in recently. The biggest thing keeping me from doing so are memories of the account management system. It used to be that if you wanted to stop paying for a month, your account was permanently locked. You come back, you have to create a new account, lose all your perk points, and e-mail support to get your GameID transferred. If they revamped the system to where it worked like every other subscription out there where all your details were stored but your access to the game (or it's "paying members only" features) were turned on and off based on account status, I'd probably give things another go.

So, has it?

As far as I know... no, it has not changed.

Fly KI61's and get your perks back quickly!

[FLS]

I like the plane of the week/month idea, but I think a functioning tutorial/flight school is equally as important for booking the noobs.

If we could have a training arena that would be awesome.   

We could have trainers that offer individually tailored instruction to anyone who requested help.   

It could even be free for all but that's just crazy talk.   

[saggs]

Just for a data point:

I just logged in, 8pm Alaska time, 9pm Pacific... should be a popular hour methinks.  Approximately 110 in the arena.  I'm a knight.  There is not a single red dar bar ANYWHERE on the knights front, none, zip, nada... not an enemy plane ANYWHERE.  There was one bish V base flashing where some GVs were, and a knight horde rolling bish bases, that's it.

I think this is the first time I have ever logged in at a primetime hour to find not a single red guy to shoot at anywhere, it's sad, very sad. 

Needless to say I straight logged off.

[Wiley]

This isn't primetime. There is a sharp drop-off between 11 and 12 eastern on weekdays. But you are correct. 1 or 2 enemy planes in the air.

Wiley.

[Arlo]

Just for a data point:

I just logged in, 8pm Alaska time, 9pm Pacific... should be a popular hour methinks.  Approximately 110 in the arena.  I'm a knight.  There is not a single red dar bar ANYWHERE on the knights front, none, zip, nada... not an enemy plane ANYWHERE.  There was one bish V base flashing where some GVs were, and a knight horde rolling bish bases, that's it.

I think this is the first time I have ever logged in at a primetime hour to find not a single red guy to shoot at anywhere, it's sad, very sad. 

Needless to say I straight logged off.

Straight logging off can be your own downfall. I find it take some minutes before my tower clipboard gives a fully accurate picture AND sometimes I log in right after an arena terrain change.

[saggs]

Straight logging off can be your own downfall. I find it take some minutes before my tower clipboard gives a fully accurate picture AND sometimes I log in right after an arena terrain change.

I scanned the map for a good 8-10 minutes looking for a fight.  Was on long enough to see a knight horde roll 2 undefended bish bases.  Did not find any red dar bar at all.

[Wiley]

Look, Saggs.  There are 2 whole enemies in the air on your fronts that aren't over by the Knight horde.  Clearly everything's fine.

Wiley.

[Arlo]

I scanned the map for a good 8-10 minutes looking for a fight.  Was on long enough to see a knight horde roll 2 undefended bish bases.  Did not find any red dar bar at all.

When my map started to populate date - in less than a minute there were dar bars all over. Type on radio?

[Arlo]

Look, Saggs.  There are 2 whole enemies in the air on your fronts that aren't over by the Knight horde.  Clearly everything's fine.

Wiley.

Having players flying on a different front than you want is not 'nobody flying.' Whole accurate stories serve the community better. Saggs either is having the weirdest bad luck (everyone lands and hides when he logs on) or a bad connection to the game if he's seeing no dar, whatsoever while I see it all over.

[Wiley]

Having players flying on a different front than you want is not 'nobody flying.'

It's a good thing that's not what he said then.  To quote:

Approximately 110 in the arena.  I'm a knight.  There is not a single red dar bar ANYWHERE on the knights front, none, zip, nada... not an enemy plane ANYWHERE.

Yeah, I know, he can side switch because that's what everybody does in this game when they can't find a fight, right?

I was on while he was on as well.  I saw a couple of enemy planes, but it's entirely possible he hit the period when there was literally nothing.

Wiley.

[saggs]

Having players flying on a different front than you want is not 'nobody flying.' Whole accurate stories serve the community better. Saggs either is having the weirdest bad luck (everyone lands and hides when he logs on) or a bad connection to the game if he's seeing no dar, whatsoever while I see it all over.

Connection was fine, of course there was a huge friendly green dar bar, where knight where taking undefended bish bases, and red dar on the rook/bish front.  But I promise you, as I stated for at least 5 minutes I could not find a single red dar on the knight front.

I know it's unusual, that's why I posted...

Even on the screenshot you posted (taken about half hour after I logged) it looks very dead on the knight front.  I see 3 dar bars of 1/4 sector or less.  So that's what... at most 2-3 enemy planes in each of those sectors.  Probably 5-10 total enemies, spread over 3 sectors....

As I said, just a data point, playing this game off and on for 12 years and that was a first for me.

I should add that I played a bit yesterday, and found some good fights, had fun for a couple hours.  So it seems the weekends are still viable, but weekdays after the east coast logs off are pretty much dead.

[nugetx]

3 sides work with 200-500 people logged at same time.

3 sides do not work with below 100 people logged on.

[scott66]

I log in between 8 and midnight about every other night Pacific time and really never have a hard time getting airborne and finding someone to kick by bellybutton in but that's just my experience

[JimmyC]

To be honest ..you only need 2 or 3 guys to fight at one time..its not the same as a jam packed furball for sure.. but attack a base..deack town..i play in off hours and more often than not we have some epic action
Be the red dar bar you want to see..others will see it and come..make the action

[nugetx]

I log in between 8 and midnight about every other night Pacific time and really never have a hard time getting airborne and finding someone to kick by bellybutton in but that's just my experience

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