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Offline Cramby

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This game has ran its course
« on: December 09, 2018, 11:28:19 AM »
Despite how I feel about the game right now, I still feel Aces High 3 is a great game. Its just the low population count and people doing their best to run away from a fight unless its in their favor that kills the game. There's another flight sim that I play where they will put you in a scenario and you have no choice but to fight and stick to the objective if you want to win. This game on the other hand, just feels pointless. Its not fun flying to a base only to furball with other planes instead of capturing it. A few years back the game could get away with doing that because of high population count. I might come back and I might not but I would probably come back for sure if the maps were smaller. Its pointless having a large map with a small population.

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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2018, 11:58:33 AM »
I dont think smaller maps will solve much of anything. If you leave enough room to run, they WILL run.

I think game play changes are needed to guide players back to engaging in combat. Here are some of the thoughts I had on changes. Im sure there are many others. With the lower numbers players have boiled the game down to the least common denominator and have cut all the corners they can to roll maps. I dont think anyone hates the maps turning over...... unless buzzsaw is next  :devil but at least make the players FIGHT to turn over the map. As it is now most bases are "sneak" type missions or over whelming hordes that dont bother to fight, they just plow through avoiding any fight to hit their target.

The fight needs to be put back into the game. The players arent going to change unless HTC makes rule changes that turn the game play in a different direction.

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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2018, 04:17:50 PM »
I'm sorry but the majority of the population of AH seem to me want to win the map
and not just want to fight... at least when I am on...
But that is just my experience...  :salute
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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2018, 04:54:59 PM »
I often see battles for bases that go on for hours.  Funny how players have different experiences of the same game.
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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2018, 05:06:11 PM »
Ive been out of this game for 2 years now. Ive been back into the forums for the last couple months but honestly Im not reading anything that makes me want to come back. Ive played this game and its predecessor for decades but have never mastered the skills of fighter combat. So I flew bombers. Seeing its not much fun flying yourself and it gets hard to find a mission (Ive never taken the time to learn to put one together) I just log off. I dont care to win every fight but losing every fight isnt fun either.                                                                     ny $0.02     Skturt

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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2018, 06:25:59 PM »
Everyone has a different view...even if they are seeing the same thing they are viewing it differently...reading the forum and playing the game are 2 completely different worlds...this forum is gloom and doom the game if action every time I'm on with much fun to have...this forum is all messed up do to the gloom and doomers coming here just to sweety
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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2018, 06:27:00 PM »
Ive been out of this game for 2 years now. Ive been back into the forums for the last couple months but honestly Im not reading anything that makes me want to come back. Ive played this game and its predecessor for decades but have never mastered the skills of fighter combat. So I flew bombers. Seeing its not much fun flying yourself and it gets hard to find a mission (Ive never taken the time to learn to put one together) I just log off. I dont care to win every fight but losing every fight isnt fun either.                                                                     ny $0.02     Skturt


There are ways to fly bombers solo that make a difference. As for the fighter aspect, I would bet that there are more then good fighter stick in the game that would be more then willing to assist you.


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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2018, 07:11:28 PM »
Everyone has a different view...even if they are seeing the same thing they are viewing it differently...reading the forum and playing the game are 2 completely different worlds...this forum is gloom and doom the game if action every time I'm on with much fun to have...this forum is all messed up do to the gloom and doomers coming here just to sweety

A lot of the perception of the game can come from the timezone you are playing in. The game experience can be quite different between playing in 15, 40 or 150 player arena.
US prime time population these days is about the size  Euro prime time was years ago. But current Euro prime time population is about half the size the worst us late night numbers had been in 07/08.
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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2018, 08:13:18 PM »
I'm sorry but the majority of the population of AH seem to me want to win the map
and not just want to fight... at least when I am on...
But that is just my experience...  :salute

Thats the biggest problem I see. I have no problem with winning the map. I enjoy joining a mission, or defending against one. The problem I see it players AVOID that combat. Mission comes in, 15+ strong, 6 guys up to push back. Attackers get killed off. Attack is all done. No further push, half the time the attacker move to the other side of the map..... looking for an easy base grab.

I often see battles for bases that go on for hours.  Funny how players have different experiences of the same game.

Yup, last night we had a good fight going at A26, almost captured it twice. Mean while Knights took 4-5 bases, and the Bish who owned 26 capture most of an island 8-9 base. So much for a win the war attraction there.

Game mechanics need to change to make the fight FOR a base more important than just grabbing another base.

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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2018, 08:27:39 PM »
The game play is what the players make it. It helps to be fun to play with.

The game is essentially the same.  It's really the player that runs the course.  :salute

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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2018, 08:42:30 PM »
The game play is what the players make it. It helps to be fun to play with.

The game is essentially the same.  It's really the player that runs the course.  :salute

Exactly! And the players have made it a very watered down version of what the game was.

Correct, the game is the same, but as the world HAS changed, and so has the game, due to the players.

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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2018, 09:08:59 PM »

Correct, the game is the same, but as the world HAS changed, and so has the game, due to the players.
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As well as lack of consistent marketing and graphic quality
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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #12 on: December 09, 2018, 11:44:37 PM »
This.

This.


As well as lack of consistent marketing and graphic quality
As well as lack of consistent marketing and graphic quality

Salute to you sir! I have to respectfully disagree with you on the graphics part! I feel they did an awesome job in graphics! But then again i have oculus rift

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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2018, 12:14:53 AM »
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Re: This game has ran its course
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2018, 12:57:16 AM »
Cramby is your player name?