Short version. You had a blast for bout an hour then someone played with the other toys offered .... because it wasn't the DA and that kind of thing happens in the MA. I want the rest of the story. Did you log? Did you manage to find a degree of fun fighting the horde/alt types (and yes, that can happen)? If you let other players dictate your fun because you have a narrow guideline for such then I'm surprised you stuck it out this long.
The rest of the story is I hung around looking for a fight. The A8 fight was still full of pickers, namely a certain U4 and a pony and the furball was breaking up due to wirbles, so yes I logged.
Funny how that seems to be happening more and more often to more and more players these days. You guys that are always saying how the "Sun is always shining, and all is well with the world" are going to be the only 6-8 players left saying that as they close the doors.
There is something wrong with HOW the game is played by the players we have today. The game it self is great.
Graphics are good (just got a new video card and turned EVERYTHING up, very pretty),
Sound is ok, I wish they would spend more time really USING the new sound system instead of the "canned" default sounds they used to get it up and running (from the stuff Challenge posted about the system there looks like there is so much more that could be done)
Plane selection is awesome! Something for everybody
Vehicle selection is great.
Ships bring another element to what could be more battles.
Strat systems that do have effect, but not crippling, but have the option of a number of players spending their time could make it crippling if they wanted to work at it.
A base capture system that while easy to understand is not always so easy to accomplish.
The option to have bomber streams to many different targets, the ability to attack or defend them as well and many other targets.
...and so much more, yet what do we get, players looking for easy kills to get there name in lights. Pickers, runners, HOers, wirbles in the middle of a furball. Todays players have watered down the game to the least possible game dimensions. The few things the try get boring and make less fun for others and they more on. With less players coming in it is a losing situation.
Poor game play behavior is controllable. You can have the prettiest game in the world with all the best "toys" in it, even with great numbers but if game play sucks it wont last. Not with so many other options available.