How is the game these days?

[caldera]

Greetings all. 

Been away for a while.  Any major changes in the past 5 or 6 years?

Starting to get the itch.  No, the other one.   


And are the skies still safe for P-40s?

[Animl-AW]

Some changes.
Lower numbers, average 100-140 at prime time in MA

The game is still a blast.

[save]

The day HTC revert theinstant Satellite-AWACS-Radar, and remove big Maps during Euro friendly TZ i will.

Reminder : its a wwII sim not a 22nd century future war with wwII planes in Arenas.

[Animl-AW]

The day HTC revert theinstant Satellite-AWACS-Radar, and remove big Maps during Euro friendly TZ i will.

Reminder : its a wwII sim not a 22nd century future war with wwII planes in Arenas.

Not sure what you mean by this, big maps are not removed during Euro TZ. Same maps 24/7.

Radar is personal preference, but the current helps new players find action before being discouraged. Which is actually helpful with lower numbers. Bigger numbers, not as much. There’s already a high learning curve, ya gotta give the new a break somewhere.

I’ve seen dumber things in other sims/games.

WWII didn’t have an MA, the game part of the sim.

If you want true WWII then fly scenarios which no other game has like AH.
<shrug>

[CAV]

Have to agree with him the current radar settings makes AcesHigh A very expensive arcade game.... the AH web page still calls AH a combat simulation using WW2 planes.
Air combat is hard to do, why do we need a EZ mode radar?

Someone is going say it helps players find the fight. I call BS, a fighter pilot having to find the enemy or being found is all part of the "SIMULATION".
Only the furballers would think the dar settings are good the way they are right now.

[Animl-AW]

Have to agree with him the current radar settings makes AcesHigh A very expensive arcade game.... the AH web page still calls AH a combat simulation using WW2 planes.
Air combat is hard to do, why do we need a EZ mode radar?

Someone is going say it helps players find the fight. I call BS, a fighter pilot having to find the enemy or being found is all part of the "SIMULATION".
Only the furballers would think the dar settings are good the way they are right now.

Didn’t say they are better, just different. Scenarios don’t have that.

[Eagler]

Battle of Britain scenario was a blast!

If you want a change/challenge in ma just set icons to friendly only and don't use the clipboard

Best bet is to spend $15 and make your on decision

Hope to see you in ma soon

Eagler

[Oldman731]

Only the furballers would think the dar settings are good the way they are right now.

We do! 

Regrets that it interferes with the let-me-sneak-out-of-a-fight war-winning aspect of the game.

- oldman

[fudgums]

Only the furballers would think the dar settings are good the way they are right now.

Makes it harder for temps to pick from alt

[uglymuder]

Just jumped back in today after only playing a week in the past 10+ years. Still has the same feel just looks a bit different. Some small changes such as the radar, but the only big big difference I found was the player numbers. With that said I was able to get shot down plenty so 100+ players gets the job done!

[horble]

Greetings all. 

Been away for a while.  Any major changes in the past 5 or 6 years?

Starting to get the itch.  No, the other one.   


And are the skies still safe for P-40s?

It's about the same, I was gone for around the same time.  It still scratches an itch that no other sim has scratched for me so I'm doomed to play this until someone comes to their senses and makes the exact game I want to play.

[save]

We do! 

Regrets that it interferes with the let-me-sneak-out-of-a-fight war-winning aspect of the game.

- oldman

To only furball limits the planeset used to a few very fast/ turny planes if you want to be competitive.

I flew mostly 190a8, and the 109g6, and had a blast, using the limited information old radar gave me, and my opposing force with same parameters.

To see radar signature in real-time even during a furball is something even planes of today can't accomplish.

Information in wwII was very limited, and it should be in a wwII simulation.

Hiding behind a mountain to get a favorable position was a valid wwII tactics, and a modern plane tactic, another is to shoot down someone who do not know where you are, SA was, and  half of the job as a fighter pilot.

[DmonSlyr]

I'd say the game is much tougher than it use to be because there are less players in the sky. This means finding balanced fights is harder. There's a lot of players above "noob" ratings so there isn't so many easy sticks to shoot down. On top of that, many many players still stick to the easy mode trainers which makes the game even tougher for players. I've seen way too many vets in 262s and Tempest just zooming around for easy picks and never have to worry about actually using skill to evade a battle. So this is something that has made the game even harder for most players IMO. I still think there are players just trying too hard in the easy BnZ planes. Id love to see more midwar plane usage but "muh $15$ blah blah". I guess I'm one of the few who understands that everyone in a tempest, 262, and 190D, makes for a slower boring gameplay. So you just really have to be more patient and allow these guys to make a mistake BnZing you, or you get to 20k yourself and try to get them off guard but it just takes more patience and SA understanding to fight all of these super late war planes on top of them mostly being very good Vet pilots.

Is it safe for a P40? Only if you really know what you are doing. I have really enjoyed flying the P40 the last 3-4 months. You have to be really patient getting alt. The 50s don't work like normal 50s, for some reason it takes like 100 50s to bring anything down so that makes it tough. It does however out turn a lot of planes and is very quite balanced. I love flying it, but only if my team has the advantage in the fight. If your side is not winning the battle, than it's very tough to stay alive when the other side is jumping you with 3 190Ds and a spit16 and you have no fighter help. So it's really a very Situational plane but its one of my favorites!

Anyway, we need more sticks in the skies so come back and give it a shot and just have fun and don't take it too seriously because the MA is a very unforgiving place and it's not a fair match up ever. If you want fair matchups, the special events like FSO and scenarios are the place for you.

[Eagler]

Just sign up as an auto side switcher and you will be guaranteed to find a fight as the game will place you on the lowest numbers side..

Eagler

[Animl-AW]

Just saddle up and take the drive. There are endless takes on the sim/game. Almost all want it to cater to their own style. Just find out for yourself if its what you remember and liked about it. The core of MMP game play that sucked us all in remains.

Its not like at its peak when it was fishing in a barrel where you just fly, pull the trigger and you’ll hit something.

As has always been, its not the AC model that matters as much as who it flying it. Some want a challenge minus the challenge part. I’ve watched a Brewster hand a D9 its butt. I call most complaints small beans that repeat themselves, like eternally.

Just fly and make what you want of it. It’s .50 cents per day.