Just saying hello, Boo from Loose Deuce

[mthrockmor]

So many fun memories flying in here. It has been almost a decade. I remember the first week I flew, 70+ Navy birds ran a mission, F6Fs and F4Us. Of course I died, didn't even get a kill. I remember missions with 100+ birds, scenarios with hundreds more.

So many good people in here. I always hold out hope that my life will change and I can come back. But alas, not likely.

God bless!
Snappy Salute
Boo
Loose Deuce

[Devil 505]

Heya, Boo!

Nice to hear from you. 

[SIK1]

Hiya Boo, good hearing from you.

Would love to see you come back, but I know how RL is.

 

[LCADolby]

 

There's a Loose Moose in the Hoose!

[JimmyD3]

Always room for one more, even for a few weeks. Thanks for stopping by, but remember tomorrow is a new day with new possibilities.

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Hi Boo,

Good to hear from you.

Half the squad left (including me) after the disaster with the full the Awacs / satelite radar that was implemented.
Ontop of that EMC and Euro-friendly TZ scenarios was no more.

[hazmatt]

Half the squad left (including me) after the disaster with the full the Awacs / satelite radar that was implemented.

Pretty interesting the effect of this. It was supposed to attract new players from what I've been told but for the most part it appears to have just run off players.

Hey Boo. I agree: "So many good people in here. I always hold out hope that my life will change and I can come back. But alas, not likely." Hope everything works out.

[800nate800]

howdy Boo <S>

[LilMak]

Hi Boo,

Good to hear from you.

Half the squad left (including me) after the disaster with the full the Awacs / satelite radar that was implemented.
Ontop of that EMC and Euro-friendly TZ scenarios was no more.

I’d be curious to know if anyone would dust off their HOTAS and come back of it (awacs) was fixed. The MA would be instantly more fun even with the ganging going on. The best compromise would be to have it available in tower and disabled in flight.

[popeye]

I’d be curious to know if anyone would dust off their HOTAS and come back of it (awacs) was fixed. <snip>

I wonder how that would compare to the number of players who like the current setup and would leave if it is changed.  Dale's dilemma...   

[LilMak]

I wonder how that would compare to the number of players who like the current setup and would leave if it is changed.  Dale's dilemma...   

I’d argue that the radar is slowly ruining the MA. Players are naturally taking the path of least resistance. Last night was a perfect example. Knights and Rooks were beating down Bish (28 v 9). You and I single handedly started a fight with the Rooks which likely wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t taken the initiative. Took a good hour to develop that fight. Then it was good for about 40 minutes until it was 60 v 25 and Knights were getting beat down. AWACS is feeding the easy picks and encouraging hordes. If 2v1 is just going to be SOP now, at least make it so defense isn’t almost hopeless. When I engage a lone con low near my own base, I shouldn’t have 5 other fighters outside of icon range vectoring for the pick before I can even get guns on the first contact.

One of the greatest attributes of this game has always been the balance between sim and playability. AWACS has affected that balance negatively and it goes well beyond simple two teams beating the third down. SA, cockpit visibility, timing, aircraft variety, and many other intangibles have all suffered.

AWACS (in the tower) lets players find the fights they’re looking for and would even give players the ability to be ATC while they eat a sandwich without destroying an outnumbered team’s ability to mount any kind of defense.

[popeye]

Not arguing for or against a change, just noting that the players who stayed after AWACS was introduced either like it or can tolerate it.  So, making a change risks losing players who have come to rely on AWACS to find a fight (or avoid one).

Personally, I think the tower-only option would be a compromise worth trying.  (Along with hardening the field-based radar.)  There is also the very easily implemented option to increase the radar update interval from the current 5 seconds.

But any change carries risk of upsetting the current player base.

[hazmatt]

I’d argue that the radar is slowly ruining the MA. Players are naturally taking the path of least resistance. Last night was a perfect example. Knights and Rooks were beating down Bish (28 v 9). You and I single handedly started a fight with the Rooks which likely wouldn’t have happened if we hadn’t taken the initiative. Took a good hour to develop that fight. Then it was good for about 40 minutes until it was 60 v 25 and Knights were getting beat down. AWACS is feeding the easy picks and encouraging hordes. If 2v1 is just going to be SOP now, at least make it so defense isn’t almost hopeless. When I engage a lone con low near my own base, I shouldn’t have 5 other fighters outside of icon range vectoring for the pick before I can even get guns on the first contact.

One of the greatest attributes of this game has always been the balance between sim and playability. AWACS has affected that balance negatively and it goes well beyond simple two teams beating the third down. SA, cockpit visibility, timing, aircraft variety, and many other intangibles have all suffered.

AWACS (in the tower) lets players find the fights they’re looking for and would even give players the ability to be ATC while they eat a sandwich without destroying an outnumbered team’s ability to mount any kind of defense.

Way too much logic to warrant consideration there.