Originally posted by lazs2
..it severly limits choice and solves nothing so far as getting all the planes in the game 24/7.
Laz YOUR idea doesn't severely limit choice, I agree; it merely RESTRICTS choice.
You would restrict some rides to particular areas of an arena. A restriction is a limit, like it or not; a mere matter of degree or semantics. Yet you seem to ignore this aspect of your idea. Check my sig... I'm not much in favor of restricting anything.
Secondly, your idea does NOT "get all the planes in the game 24/7." any more than they are RIGHT NOW.
What it does is provide isolated places to fly "early war", "mid war" and "late war" aircraft with little or no overlap of eras. I'd think the same folks who like/fly EW would still fly them, The same folks that now like/fly MW would still fly them and the same folks that now like/fly LateWar (can't say LW here
) would still fly them. In short I don't see that this will suddenly change a player's preference. Most of us know what we like.. and fly it in the MA. I'm a 51B and 51D type. I like 'em. I'd still fly 'em.
So, in my view, your proposal merely segments the present population into specific areas. I don't see where it will suddenly get people to switch rides. All planes into the game? They're in there NOW.. and some get used more than others. What would change? They'd be in separate segments and some would STILL get used more than others.
Laz: Toad and kieran.. a two part question.. Do you feel that we should have a way to get early war planes in the arena? And... Do you have any idea's of your own for doing so?
lazs
Part 1. Early war planes ARE in the MA.
They don't get used much is all. All you're proposing is to segment them into areas that allow them to operate solely against other EW planes (An as yet undertermined group of planes classified as "EW" aircraft, BTW.) You hope to increase their overall usage through this segmentation/classification. It might.. but it might not.
So, basically, no, I don't see the problem as you do. I CAN fly a Spit I any time I like right now. Would I be more likely to fly it in a segmented arena? No. Although I think it is the best looking fighter ever built, I still would prefer either a B or D Mustang. I have been know to take a Hurri or Zeke up now and again though.
Synopsis: No, I don't worry about getting EW planes into the MA. They're there already.
Part 2. Nope. This is simply because I don't see the problem as you do and I don't feel your pain.
However, as I've said many times already. There MAY be some merit to your idea. It might be fun and I'd give it a try. I tried the CT too, a few times.
Nonetheless, I see no reason to give your idea any different or preferential treatment. It should be tested in the same way and same manner as the CT.
If those in this thread who are eager for you idea approach HTC in the same manner that the CT guys approached them, I'm sure you could get the Dueling Arena to use for "proof of concept." (ie: "HTC we'll do the work") If it proved wildly popular, with more folks in it than the MA, it would de facto become the MA, would it not?
Please don't tell me that your idea won't work unless the present MA is discontinued and your version substituted. When a few of the CT guys suggested that same line of thinking, you along with myself an others vociferously disagreed. Don't tell me you're trying to have it both ways?
Your idea deserves the same chance given the CT. No more, no less.
Amen.
