Lazs...
I'm not sure the arena is large enough to incorporate an early war area...in addition, what you would then see if we did have it, are trips to that area by sqds of Dora's or 51's simply to feed.
I'm not sure what the solution is. I do know that the RPS was a system which seemed to operate on the premise that everyones planes would sooner or later be available and that no plane was out of reach for ANY player, regardless of his/her skill level or the amount of time which a player had to be online.
The Perk System...I don't care for it and I think it's an overcomplicated attempt to bring balanced play into the MA...can I live with it? Sure...I'm fortunate that my ride(51D)will be available and I'm confident and familar enough with the 51 to fight any perk plane they introduce.
I would like to see HTC just build the aircraft into the game and then let the players sort it out...the 13th TAS flies together most everytime we're online. I would bet that we would fare just fine flying P-40's angainst Dora's...it would certainly be a challenge for all of us and that would be fun

I still prefer the RPS, but I don't think HTC is going to let go of the Perk thingie. If I had to guess, they probably have ideas which they are unwilling to share at this time with the community which may make all of this a bit more digestible.
Let's just keep on keepin on and try to have some fun until this thing runs it's course...you know as well as I do that the current player perspective will change over the next few months, except mine of course

Cyas Up!
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