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Offline Animl-AW

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Game play?
« on: April 16, 2025, 08:37:49 PM »
Totally fed up with the gang bangs of pansies and milk runners.
I just log off, played one night this week, pretty soon I'll be down to no nights this week.
I don't care about excuses, it makes the game suck.
i just watch people login then log off.

5-1 every single day is too old to care about.

This crap where "we all get our turn" is nonsense, ya get it one of 8 nights and call it even. <smh>
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Re: Game play?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2025, 08:43:15 PM »
Totally fed up with the gang bangs of pansies and milk runners.
I just log off, played one night this week, pretty soon I'll be down to no nights this week.
I don't care about excuses, it makes the game suck.
i just watch people login then log off.

5-1 every single day is too old to care about.

This crap where "we all get our turn" is nonsense, ya get it one of 8 nights and call it even. <smh>


Grouch.

I think of it as an extra challenge.  I get to fly midwar planes against people in better planes, but with less experience.  Generally that culminates in my demise, but it's a fun process.

Glad we have people to fight.

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Re: Game play?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2025, 08:53:27 PM »
Totally fed up with the gang bangs of pansies and milk runners.
I just log off, played one night this week, pretty soon I'll be down to no nights this week.
I don't care about excuses, it makes the game suck.
i just watch people login then log off.

5-1 every single day is too old to care about.

This crap where "we all get our turn" is nonsense, ya get it one of 8 nights and call it even. <smh>

Pretty much why you haven't seen me on.  And God forbid you fly a BnZ plane into a mess like that and actually fly smart.  Some people think you must recklessly throw your plane around and TnB every fight. 

Pass.
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Re: Game play?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2025, 09:10:05 PM »

Grouch.

I think of it as an extra challenge.  I get to fly midwar planes against people in better planes, but with less experience.  Generally that culminates in my demise, but it's a fun process.

Glad we have people to fight.

- oldman

I have always agreed with this, you know that. But almost nightly for months of 5-1 gets very old and stale. During that time we chatted one sentence on 200, 6 knits logged, 7 being me.its no better than milk running all day. They dump a whole country in one base each, there’s not fight there when its split fronts at 73-23.

Blahh, it got too old for me.



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Re: Game play?
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2025, 09:12:37 PM »
Pretty much why you haven't seen me on.  And God forbid you fly a BnZ plane into a mess like that and actually fly smart.  Some people think you must recklessly throw your plane around and TnB every fight. 

Pass.

Agreed.
Miss seeing ya up tho.

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« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2025, 10:32:25 PM »
I have always agreed with this, you know that. But almost nightly for months of 5-1 gets very old and stale. During that time we chatted one sentence on 200, 6 knits logged, 7 being me.its no better than milk running all day. They dump a whole country in one base each, there’s not fight there when its split fronts at 73-23.

Blahh, it got too old for me.

Sadly I agree and it worries me that should it continue, the entire game is in jeopardy.
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Re: Game play?
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2025, 11:33:54 PM »
Sadly I agree and it worries me that should it continue, the entire game is in jeopardy.

Yes, its a legitimate concern.
Its mostly due to numbers below critical mass.
And as mentioned elsewhere, some know how to talk people out of playing out of one side of the mouth, concerned about numbers out the other side, oxymoron. The ones who complain the least are those trying to improve the game with projects.

I check the roster several times per day. I see 1-4 new/return players each time every day.
Its kinda kicking a gift-horse in the mouth.

There’s lots of variables and moving parts, all good humans, no one expects sainthood.
Until we get numbers up we have a big problem. Its catch 22. One pulls the other pushes.
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« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2025, 03:38:42 AM »
This is a 20 year old complaint.  :old:
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Re: Game play?
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2025, 06:25:33 AM »
Went back to country auto assign to do my part to try to balance the numbers..

HT gave us the fix, we just have to use it..

The fix:
Everyone is on auto assign..

Everyone fights to the death with landings and ditching frowned upon as one must die to be auto assigned to the lowest numbered side..

What a difference it'd make in the game..landing kills with one's ego in lights only for the newbie..

Who's with me? MAHGA!
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Re: Game play?
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2025, 07:35:44 AM »
This is a 20 year old complaint.  :old:

Older than that.
20 yrs ago ya would barely notice 50 players longing out. It wasn’t such a noticeable effect.
One country victim 8-9 times out of 10 will not sustain interest. I’m used to 3or5-1, and I’m logging. Top it off with one country only knows HOs, well,… have fun fighting weeds.

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« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2025, 09:24:35 AM »
Went back to country auto assign to do my part to try to balance the numbers..
The fix:
Everyone is on auto assign..
What a difference it'd make in the game..landing kills with one's ego in lights only for the newbie..
Who's with me? MAHGA!
 :cheers:
Eagler

With you Eagler,
For the good of our game, would like to try the auto-assign option, but don't know how to resolve the Squad-killing nasty situation ?  I have seen you ( and a few others ),come to a fight against superior numbers without fear or intimidation, giving the game a chance to keep actions alive. It's sad to see our numbers going down.... not sure what the solution is, but willing to help to find  new players.... - ooora for the video makers in you tube -

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« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2025, 10:16:57 AM »
This is a 20 year old complaint.  :old:

At least 20 years ago there were enough players to support more than one or two "fights" on a map.  So, at least you had options. 
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« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2025, 11:01:57 AM »
Went back to country auto assign to do my part to try to balance the numbers..

HT gave us the fix, we just have to use it..

The fix:
Everyone is on auto assign..

Everyone fights to the death with landings and ditching frowned upon as one must die to be auto assigned to the lowest numbered side..

What a difference it'd make in the game..landing kills with one's ego in lights only for the newbie..

Who's with me? MAHGA!
 :cheers:

Eagler

Great intensions, not sure it will help. You’re already on the side targeted the most.

Problem is, the other two will dump the entire country on one base against  5-8 defenders, or a whole country horde to milk run bases. Not sure they know how to fight outside a massive horde, its all they do, no horde they won’t fight.

Its not just a complaint, the whole country horde mentality is destructive in the wrong way.

We ARE bringing players in, we’re not retaining them. I’ve probably watch 30 slip right through our hands. Without asking them why, whats going on is absolutely not helping. They already have the learning curve, even return players have a hard time getting back into it, I did.

Once we pass 110 in the MA, the game settles back into the design. Once we hit 120 the game is kicking. We can’t get there if these dweeb actions are keeping it below 100.

What seriously pssses me off is we had it up to 200 last yr. And the the Skyyr disaster happened with another crew pulling them out the back door to another sim. That was allowed WAY too long. We lost the 40-60 we gained. We worked hard for that. Now I have this ptoblem in our way.

If you just have to horde, wait until there is 110-120 to cover it.

If we had 120-200 thus convo would not exist.

That drivel said, thanks to anyone willing to help the situation. Bad habits are hard the break.
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Re: Game play?
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2025, 01:06:47 PM »
With you Eagler,
For the good of our game, would like to try the auto-assign option, but don't know how to resolve the Squad-killing nasty situation ?  I have seen you ( and a few others ),come to a fight against superior numbers without fear or intimidation, giving the game a chance to keep actions alive. It's sad to see our numbers going down.... not sure what the solution is, but willing to help to find  new players.... - ooora for the video makers in you tube -

Guess that is a main complaint..it breaks up squads..

I think they could benefit flying and fighting against themselves..and it'd help balance the game out..

Players won't do it either as for auto assign to work correctly you need to die almost every sortie if not every sortie so the game can move you as it needs to ..

But it would balance the sides and make it a more enjoyable game..I mean once one's ego can handle the change..

I am giving it a go again so if I  am on your side and then fighting you the next sortie please accept my apology in advance..it's in an attempt to make the game better

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Re: Game play?
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2025, 01:27:52 PM »
This is a 20 year old complaint.  :old:

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