I'm the opposite of my old friend "Fugi". I like the MA but don't participate as seriously as I do in Scenarios. I usually putz around in the MA. I'm hoping that events numbers pick up appreciably.
From Air warrior to here, although in Air Warrior it was difficult to participate in many scenarios because of my work schedule. Since I've been retired for eight years I now can attend them regularly.
I dumped my subscription awhile back and have recently come back to the game. Scenario numbers were anywhere from 150 to 200 regularly and sometimes larger over ten years ago making them more fun and realistic then they are today. This was great for us history freaks. I just wish more people were interested in special events. Let me say that this is no ones' fault. There just happens to be more gamers then old folks who are attracted to the historical side of a WWII venue air combat genre. I've registered for the next scenario which is more of a squadron sized event now when it used to be an 8th airforce sized event. Larger maps were the norm, many more targets, targets weren't announced and the enemy had to guess where the target/targets would be. The immersion was incredible and because of the size of the event it put one into the circumstances more accurately. Fuel loads etc. were critical. It put one virtually in the WWII Pilots seat if you wanted it that way.
Let's hope that more become interested in events. To do that we have to have more people interested in the history of the air war at that time.
Let's support the designers/CMs' who take their personal time to make these events. If you're strictly a gamer interested in points and kills instead of working as a team to be successful, a scenario won't be to your liking. If you are interested, even though you chiefly play to win the one on one try a Scenario. It's something special to a number of us. It's more then just a game.
Here's hoping.
