Author Topic: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited  (Read 981 times)

Offline Max

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #30 on: December 05, 2025, 06:43:55 PM »
As a (single account) subscriber who joined the ranks in 2001, shortly before EA pulled the plug on AW3, I can contribute the following worthless information...
1. The ENY "tower sitter" issue has been a bone of contention forever...my best guess is it made the Wishlist prior to 2010, and then numerous times thereafter.
 
2. While a ENY update with respect to individual aircraft (+GV's) is warranted, and long overdue, consider also that for quite some time (beginning with the subscriber attrition dating back to the advent of AH3)...there now exists a core group of long time subscribers, who have every iota & intrinsic value of their preferred rides ingrained into their every fiber of being. I'm speaking of the folks who've been here 20+ years and sit at their "battle stations" day in; day out...6, 8, 10, 12 + hrs @ day.
How do you factor that into the equation, vs the new player?

3. The one & only person capable of updating the revisions is retired.

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #31 on: December 05, 2025, 08:52:28 PM »
NO, No I don't, get your tongue out my butt weirdo

This got kinky again fast!

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #32 on: December 05, 2025, 09:47:21 PM »
The region based ENY I suggested would be a fix to a team getting double teamed and still being hurt with ENY.  Unless the two fronts were very close to each other.
If you have 40 players fighting 25 and 25 and you split up 20 and 20 to fight those, your flank should have no ENY hit.  If you decide to use all 40 against a 25, then that side should be hit with ENY.

lol, you got some major issues

I agree that your suggestion would most likely work better, but due to the moving fronts the coading work would be a nightmare.

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #33 on: December 06, 2025, 12:16:22 PM »
I agree that your suggestion would most likely work better, but due to the moving fronts the coading work would be a nightmare.

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #34 on: December 06, 2025, 07:47:28 PM »
I agree that your suggestion would most likely work better, but due to the moving fronts the coading work would be a nightmare.

Actually, most, if not all, of the data to make that happen is already available.

Total count for each country, which is used for ENY process, obviously already there.

The data to place enemy and friendly icons is already available.
Who is being gangbanged from that data is probably not super hard.

From the combined data above you can decide will ENY be applied to the victim country, two gangbangers, or no one.

Does HT want to go that far is the decider.



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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #35 on: Today at 09:28:41 AM »
From now until I quit, I will park my self in a bish tower specifically to affect ENY.


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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #36 on: Today at 11:22:47 AM »
Its almost like they've succeeded in running the rest of the players out of the game
..

Have to say, I'm a bit concerned with #s.

I wish some of these ignoramus squads would help the game instead of running people out of it...
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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #37 on: Today at 12:35:22 PM »
From now until I quit, I will park my self in a bish tower specifically to affect ENY.

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A few squads dictate the MA because they are not properly challenged. A boat load of milk-running.

Construct or join a squad to build up dedicated forces.

If most are flying solo its hard to accept complaints about squads.

Knits are so detached and unorganized because they have only a cpl small to midsize squads to organize them.

Right now LCA is the dominate squad on knits side. They/we are organized and efficient.
Come fly with us and help in putting up that challenge.
Or start your own and do it your way, we need more than one squad.

Give em a run for their money.

Wh game seekers see goid even battles their butts will follow.

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #38 on: Today at 12:38:02 PM »
Its almost like they've succeeded in running the rest of the players out of the game
..

Have to say, I'm a bit concerned with #s.

I wish some of these ignoramus squads would help the game instead of running people out of it...

Wow, hopefully that's right after a map reset.

Its pretty gloomy in there..

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #39 on: Today at 01:13:21 PM »
Wow, hopefully that's right after a map reset.

Its pretty gloomy in there..
No, Very few times I decided to log in the early hours if I get the chance and it is pretty much the same situation every day. you MAY get 2 vs 20 if your lucky.
What cracks me up is in that situation, there is NO ENY until someone logs on to either side. Wonder how long that usually takes effect.

Pick your battles. If you want to log on those hours, forget about gaining or loosing grounds. Its a lost cause. Its fun to pick on very easy targets
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Offline icepac

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #40 on: Today at 02:30:52 PM »

That was right before a reset.   

Only 3 came back after "earning" their perks.

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #41 on: Today at 04:27:42 PM »
From now until I quit, I will park my self in a bish tower specifically to affect ENY.

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Wow, Ceevee is a Joker! That's good to see. I think he's one of the youngest players still around.

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Re: Bench/Tower Sitters Revisited
« Reply #42 on: Today at 04:32:41 PM »
That was right before a reset.   

Only 3 came back after "earning" their perks.

Wow. Seems like that would be pretty boring flying with no enemy to fight. You would think a couple bish would switch countries so they could have some fights.