If MW is your game try out MNM tonight for a fresh change
Eagler
Arabian Knights do squad night Monday nights. We’ve discussed doing MNM once a month. Quite frankly, I spent over $4000 on a new rig and gear last year. The planes I love from WW2 are not the best planes in the MA. I struggle to enjoy myself in the MA as of late. I just don’t like the Uber planes that are available and when you get overwhelmed by big numbers in Uber planes, I tend to give up and shut it down.
What I recalled from the earlier days is that in MW, sure people ran lopsided numbers on the maps. However, one could up and defend pretty well. You would fight more personal 1v1 or 2 v 1 fights and develop better skills. It was literally like LW on a smaller scale.
I was thinking my wishlist suggestion could draw in more people in that format (or something similar).
Sure, the numbers appear to be low compared to what it used to be. I can verify that over half of the old VF15 Satans Playmates stopped playing because either MW was taken away or because most of them couldn’t afford to upgrade. No matter how you slice it, that is what happened.
I discovered DCS last year. Once I figured out how things work in that environment, I truly enjoy it. Most of the people I communicate with in there invest a lot of money for their combat sim experience. Almost all of them never heard of AH3, in fact they even have a following of WW2 planes (Europe). Currently they are limited to the P51, Mossi, and Fw190. And people are participating. IMHO, AH3 is so much better regarding game play and there is no reason many DCS players wouldn’t also set up an account and start flying here also.
Even if Hitech would simply open up EW to new potential customers for 3 months or so for free. Allow them to accumulate Perk points but can’t use them without a paid account. Open up MW for a month under similar circumstances. Many new players would cut their teeth in there and most veteran players in those two arenas actually take new players under their wing and help teach newer players there. Most usually leave MW and EW for the LW. Many start to participate in special event so and FSO.
I just think it could change the dynamic of recruiting new players. I always try to advocate for AH3 and generate more people to check us out. Admittedly, my participation in the MA has plummeted because I can’t fly the planes I like without getting out classed by better planes flown by players that make their payday with single kill passes. I’ve known some with the ability to make a single pass in a P51 (b&d) on my B17s, and splash 2 of my 3 ship formation. Somehow I am missing them from my guns. I also go after B17s in the same plane and I am dumping half my ammo just to cripple or kill a single B17. I’ve been playing since 2008. I have a beefed up system and solid internet connection. Yet I seem to struggle more than I should. Different conversation for a different thread I suppose.
I do feel it possible to draw more people in (and perhaps older former players) if Hitech were to revive EW and MW. Some have contended we can make our own arenas. True. However there is no reward for it. No perkies. And quite frankly, when I see an arena set up by another player, it is usually set up for a squad. I rarely ever look to see what is there. So I never join one.
In my opinion, MW was the perfect balance for everything AH3 is. Base taking, tanking, bombing, troop transportation, and air to air fighting. It is just my perspective from my observations.
