I like this idea of reducing damage or down times. I think it goes right along with how ENY hurts attack planes the most. Id rather have people in planes bombing stuff than for them to be sitting in the tower figuring out what galopee they are going to fly next. Making all of these planes unplayable is terrible for New sticks.
Or just perk the planes as the ENY increases.
Switching sides is boring as there might not be a fight over there. You cannot get 5 people to switch sides. If you are the only one switching teams, its not going to make any difference in ENY or unfairness in #s. I think with 3 sides and low #s, you have to come to the conclusion that one team will always have minimal #s.
People want action, not flying Microsoft flight simulator in your P51 after switching sides to a team with 5 players who aren't doing much and who aren't being attacked.
I switched to the low #s side the other day, the fight died after an hour. I was stuck. My team with the low #s were now hoarding the other side. The other teams began fighting each other. I left as it was boring and couldn't switch back.
By eliminating planes during off hours, ENY is merely just giving a great incentive to log off as you cant fly what you want, and unfortunately can't play any other time periods. It's a great damper on the off hours players to not get to fight the way you want.
I honestly don't blame the guys for these complaints.
A low #s team is only fighting 3-5 guys anyway, that's really not an embalance if your low #s team is fighting against them. A 3 on 5 fight is normal and sometimes even the low #s team has more players in the current fight.