The future of the game: let's help write it

[hitech]

From the perspective of a 13 year veteran of the game and almost 2 years on the CM staff, I can easily point a way with a few suggestions.

1) Social Media
    A) Players who are positive natured being in public spotlight
    B) Players who can effectively communicate verbally to people with no sim knowledge and flight knowledge
    C) Players who have software knowledge and experience to create websites, video and special effects
    D) Players who have the time to do any part of above mentioned
    E) Players who can work together to achieve above mentioned.

2) Recruiting of famous pilots
    A) Film and TV actors
    B) NASA astronauts
    C) Chimpanzees from Project X    Sorry, couldn't resist.

3) Any Aces High player winning the lotto and has some spending money to spare.


I'll add some more thought on this at a later time.

4. Make a deal with the Commemorative Air Force to use their name and market to all  their members.

HiTech

[Shuffler]

4. Make a deal with the Commemorative Air Force to use their name and market to all  their members.

HiTech

 

[Oldman731]

4. Make a deal with the Commemorative Air Force to use their name and market to all  their members.

That is very clever!

Wonder if you could do the same thing with the EAA?

- oldman

[AKKuya]

4. Make a deal with the Commemorative Air Force to use their name and market to all  their members.

HiTech

Is that an official endorsement from you for Aces High players to work with organizations in partnership to advertise the game?

[Ack-Ack]

Is that an official endorsement from you for Aces High players to work with organizations in partnership to advertise the game?

I think Hitachi implied he made a deal with CAF.

[guncrasher]

hitech mentioned this before if I remember correctly, or maybe somebody else suggested it.


semp

[Shuffler]

Some planes were skinned to match CAF planes for their group to use.

[Mongoose]

  The ideal people to help improve game play is the squad leaders.  Set a code of conduct for your squad that is beneficial to the game.  Riftval was running big bomber missions Friday nights for a while.  Organize something like that.

  Here is a crazy idea.  A couple of squads on opposing teams agree to meet on the field of battle.  Get a good furball going and others will join.

[SpinDoc1]

These are all really great posts, thanks for the ideas here. Hopefully some of them stick, perhaps we should make some requests in the wishlist forum?!

[hazmatt]

I saw somebody mention earlier about free to play 109F and Spit5. Why those planes and not all the 40 eny planes for example?

[The Fugitive]

I saw somebody mention earlier about free to play 109F and Spit5. Why those planes and not all the 40 eny planes for example?

The point is to wet their whistle so to speak. Give them a few free planes in the MA so they have no pressure. If you give them to many options it defeats the purpose to getting them to transition to a subscription.

[Nefarious]

A Bayonet point?   

I haven't been at place in the MA since mid-2000's. That's when I realized the most fun in game was in the Special Events Arena.

Occasionally, If I get killed early enough in FSO, I will head over to the MA and fly for a while.

[RotBaron]

Letting new players start off with the ability to have enough perks to see why it’s worth earning them might help. If a new player comes in and sees why a Panther and Tiger are perked, they might figure it out before they get frustrated.

The above may not work well with perk planes because of vulchers and not knowing how to fly yet, but GV’n Imo it would help.

I like the intros HT did that are on auto play when you first download AH3 and start up the game, those were helpful to me as a returning player.

[LCADolby]

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[mechanic]

Having not played for about 10 years and just recently back in the arenas my perspective is a bit different than it was when I was completely addicted to AH.

Joining an arena with even just 100 players all flying vintage warbirds and being able to choose my plane, airfield and flying style for a couple of hours of PvP dogfighting is such an amazing thing. A persistent WW2 aerial experience with absolute sandbox freedom.

When we do something in excess it is easy to forget what we have.