I feel that my whines fall into a different class than those analysed by –rude-
Well, at least I’m going to try to be constructive in this one.
It concerns teamwork. You know, it’s very hard for new guys to break into Aces High gameplay successfully. Even for guys like me with a few years experience on the Dark Side. There, I could look at the map and know what to fly from where. I could look down the list and find a few guys I could trust, and off we’d go. I did quite well sometimes.
Here, it’s a different kettle of fish – and not just for me. I have seen whines from other guys on other boards who feel that they’re being ignored and left out in AH. When I joined WB in 1998, guys like –farm- and –save- fell over themselves to help me. Everyone did. Here, I have noticed requests for information being met with rebuttals such as “shaddup”, or “go away” or “try hitting Alt+F4”, or simply ignored. Even having identified a bunch of guys to tag along with, unless you’re in their little clique, some of them wont lift a finger to help you, never mind clear your 6 or give a 6 call. Today, I shot down a Spit. I was recovering from the dive and immediately got jumped by a NIK. No-one came to my aid, and no-one gave a 6-call even though there was not one, not two, not even three, but about SEVEN friendlies within icon range.
A little later, I was in a F6F hard on the heels of a P47 that I had dived on. Part of my elevator had been busted off earlier, so I didn’t have full manoeuvrability, and it was going to take me a while to finish the job. At 400 yards behind the P47, which I already had smoking, some buffoon in a Spit dives into the gap between us!! Not only was this an attempt to steal my kill (no big deal), but it forced a killshooter death of me. I was rather miffed about that.
Come on, guys. Aces High has a wealth of strategy. It certainly wasn’t designed as a game for lone wolfing. It’s a TEAM game. We have to help eachother, and all the new handles we see on a daily basis. Right now, I find myself not knowing where to start, or what to fly. I’ll turn up with bombs at a target only to find the job already done. I ask questions in the text buffer, but these are often unanswered. I can only imagine that other guys have the same difficulties.
My k/d ratio right now is sucking wind as a result of many, many needless deaths – avoidable deaths, were I to be working as part of a team. At the risk of blowing my own trumpet, I attach a couple of scoresheets from Warbirds, with some explanatory notes. The only reason for doing this is to demonstrate that I’m not entirely useless as a fighter jock, given the right support and situation.
Perhaps we should have a newbies arena, with some experienced veterans helping and answering questions. I would be willing to help, but I’m too much of a newbie myself.
Aces High is a great game. Let’s make a great game even better!
