fights at 30k again!

[eye]

Well i noticed a change when the tanks were introduced the fights went lower. This was a good thing. I knew that after a few days this would change when people got bored with them. This after all is a flight sim. Alting to 30k is a huge waste of time! Make those bases the v bases also launch planes. Now that you can knock out planes launching you need to fly 50 miles sometimes just to find a fight. This only leads to 30+ k fights. We need more bases than we have now to bring the fight down. V bases launching planes would be a step in the right direction. Why am i posting this? Because i can only launch from 11 and i have to fly 3 sectors for a fight. <--- a huge waste of my time. There's 3 v bases around with nothing going on at them. Frustrating! loging because of it.

[HaHa]

Yah I've noticed the same problem. Of course it is more realistic and does eliminate/reduce the vulching issue.

[bloom25]

The only people I've seen at 30k are those that are heading to or flying from base 1.  (Base 1 is at 10k.)  It is kind of neccesary to attack base 1.  I personally don't mind fighters at 30k, they have to dive 15k to even engage you, instantly wasting most of their E advantage.  Just one quick evasive and suddenly you almost have E parity if they follow.



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[eye]

Im all for realism. I came to this game because its more realistic but the high fights here waste time! Yours and mine. Everything should be done to lower alts here. Why build 1 more japanese plane all are best at lower alts. Fights this high make most of the planes irrelavent to fly. Btw im a huge alt monkey i fly at 30k all the time its just id rather fly at 25k or 20 if i could. More bases will bring the fight lower.

[Luckyone]

WAaaaehh, War is a waist of time and you just made the connection. Funner that heck thou... I salute U 1 and ALL.

[Hangtime]

"Waaaah! I want quakebirds back!!"

LOL!

[will]

Im with EYE here. Im here to dogfight, not fly around looking for a fight for an hour because all hangers aroung the action are porked. OK so we dont hear any dweebs complaining about vulching now but it sure is boring now days. I really miss the intense dogfights we used to have on the old map. I know, Quakebirds, but it sure used to be alot of fun.

Bored fighter pilot,
Wil

[weazel]

 

Originally posted by Hangtime:
"Waaaah! I want quakebirds back!!"

LOL!

 He He my sentiments exactly,I have spent very little time in the main arena since the latest version because of the low altitude fights. The low alt furball crap bores me to tears,I`m glad to hear the fights are moving higher,I`ll bet the other LW flyers are too.

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[This message has been edited by weazel (edited 04-14-2000).]

[easymo]

 Gonna go out on a limb here (whats new ). Most of the players here are strat guys. But there are a large number of furballers also. The plane is disabled message is driving us nuts.  Now, IMHO if and when WW11OL is released, all we are going to see of the strat guys is a cloud of dust. Trying to straddel this fence may turn out bad.

 HT has made it clear that he has a vison of what he wants his sim to be. You cant help but wish him success with it. But just to hedge the bet a little. He might consider a headbanging furball arena with fields closer togather, and leave the bombers and tanks to those with the patience to use them.

[Sharky]

If you don't want to climb to 25k+, just stay at a lower alt, someone will be down to fight with you soon  

Sharky

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[Brazos]

I agree with easymo,  

(shakes head to try and clear it) No, I still agree with em, wierd. HTC has built the best fantasy arena yet, but when WWIIOL debuts, I'll be awol for some time. HTC did away with hassles like otto and the rolling plane set, and in the process made a more enjoyable arena for many pilots. Imo, there's room for quick, fun fights as well as the massive strat involved in WWIIOL. 'Sides, when the terrain editors get rolling, AH will have some killer scenarios. 1 to 2 hour land and air battles, whew. Can carriers be far behind?

Cya up...Braz

[Saintaw]

ALT me ??????? Naaaaaah........I'm just a  

[Kirin]

Hey, I liked the arena how it was in early Beta as well as it's now with the new terrain & vehicles.

I don't mind fighters at 30k - they are no threat for me. Any fighter 5k+ above me is considered harmless (but keep an eye on him   ). If you stay low you have nothing to fear from those alt-monkeys. Unless in other sims vulching down on lower pray isn't that easy (speaking as a 109 driver though). I usually climb to 20k when going on a long patrol, lately trying to keep 15k when enemies in adjactant (?) sector. Only going higher when hunting strato buffs - which is a bad idea in most cases...  

Putting the airbases nearer to each other won't bring the fight lower. Those who want to go high will do it anyway. Not everyone taking off from the frontline bases. The other thing is vulching. If an attacking force got a small time advantage to the defending one the field will be capped in no time. Giving the defenders only a very small time window to get their planes up. On the other hand think of the ack huggers - there will be acks (airbases have a lot of them) all over...

Leave it as it is I say. Everyone decides for himself how high he goes. Most of my fights end very low.


Kirin out

[Citabria]

I think we are seeing 30k fights mostly 20k above ground around a1 (aka K2).

I noticed most other areas on the map have the much more enjoyable 20k n below dogfights.

btw A1 sucks

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[Swager]

Many of my engagements have been around 17 to 20K.  I do enjoy the low furball though!

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[This message has been edited by Swager (edited 04-14-2000).]