Is there a CT forum for a reason?

[Sabre]

Fun is contagious, and the guys who fly the CT regularly are infectious as hell:).  That's why they post here.  When people are having fun, they tend to want to let other people know, so they can have fun too.  Fun grows exponentially as the number of people involved expands...until you reach a point where net lag overcomes this cosmic force:D.  This would seem self-evident.

Sabre
CT Team

[Creamo]

Golly-geen Sabre, I'll buy that Kirby, with all the attachments and the turbo brush too!

[Arfann]

Yep, contagious they be.  Caught several cases of lead flu just this evening. There's some good sticks in CT.  A great environment to improve your skills.

[Lazerus]

Just a note, I am not Laz

[StSanta]

I dunno. I flew in the MA *all the time*, thinking "10 players ain't enough for a good fight".

Went to the CT. 10 players there. Had some *fantastic fights*.

You know how you're fighting this guy, ot these two guys - you get them into a good position from your perspective....and in comes 500 friendlies and 700 enemies, and the whole thing degenerates into a furball...

In the CT the good old "1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4" is back. You fly those flights, and when one side is totally dead, that's the end of the fight. No dweeby 700 reinforcements a minute.

I like it a lot.

[Ripsnort]

LOL Hangtime, tell us how you really feel. (Good AM laugh, thanks! )

[Yeager]

But I'm not into Historical MatchUps nor Axis-vs-Allies stuff.
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Just curious but what are you "into"?

How would you describe it?

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[lazs2]

"Just a note, I am not Laz"

nor am I
lazs

[lazs2]

"Funny thing is...Las says we suck because we don't play the way he plays (OMG...there are buffs in this game...well we JUST CAN'T have that)...then we suck because we don't have numbers in the CT...then we suck because we are elitist and don't fly the MA...and then we suck just because Las says so... "

drunky... you are a liar .   No easy way to say it but then I'm sure it is no new revelation to you..

The more you make the CT like the MA the more numbers you will get.   The current arena gives a lot more "choice" in planeset at the expense of "historic".   In the end tho....  axis vs allied is the cross you bear.   It is fun and immersive at first because it is new and requires new tactics.   What happens in a few weeks or a few months tho (depending on learning ability) is that it becomes apparent to even the most brain ded that you are going to see the same few "ACM" and strat tactics over and over and over every single fight you get into and.... That as numbers increase and familiarity sets in... The "hail good fellow heartily met" attitude goes by the wayside replaced by endless bickering on who does or doesn't have an unfair advantage and what is either fun or realistic.    We do that in the MA  of course but make no pretense otherwise.   The MA doesn't base it's success on these things.
lazs

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by lazs2
" The "hail good fellow heartily met" attitude goes by the wayside replaced by endless bickering on who does or doesn't have an unfair advantage and what is either fun or realistic.    We do that in the MA  of course but make no pretense otherwise.   The MA doesn't base it's success on these things.
lazs

This occurs because the updates are stagnated, like they were in WB's.  As long as the developer (HTC) constantly updates, adds new toys, the less bickering. I bet if you did a survey, you'd find that most of the bickering posts about the game come after a long drought from an update.

[hblair]

Originally posted by lazs2
What happens in a few weeks or a few months tho (depending on learning ability) is that it becomes apparent to even the most brain ded that you are going to see the same few "ACM" and strat tactics over and over and over every single fight you get into and....

las

Doesn't apply.

The planesets/terrains are changed weekly, form PAC, to English Channel, to Baltic to Stalingrad, etc. and more are being worked on.

[lazs2]

ah... but it does hblair.   you will see eventually.   A 109/190 fight is allways the same when that is all you face as is a niki, zeke one.   just so many combinations.   Tell me in a couple of months that you haven't learned em all.  Certainly you can prolong the boredom but you will never have the allmost infinite variety that is possible in an MA fight.
lazs

[hblair]

Oh Ok.

Fighting a 109f in a Hurri is the same as fighting a 109G10 in a PonyD, just as a 190A8  in a P47d30 is "the same as" fighting a D9?

Man, why didn't I think of that.

It is clear that you really have a grasp on the performance edge different planes have.

Thanks for the input.

[lazs2]

give it a little time hblair and get back to me.   that 109 is gonna make the same ol moves no matter which 09 it is.  The people facing it will see that.   it can only get help from planes that are the same.

The WB HA was a great example.  Any WB axis vs allied arena is a great example.   It takes a while but eventually everyone figures it out.    I say, go ahead, have fun on the journey but I allready been there so.... it grates.
lazs

[hblair]

Originally posted by lazs2
that 109 is gonna make the same ol moves no matter which 09 it is.  The people facing it will see that.  

Your genius strikes again. Show me how to rope a dope in an F4 like I do in a G10, or turnfight in a G10 like I do in an F4. I've been flying them differently, as do all other LW pilots that I know of.  

We must learn these things.