Author Topic: Battered & bleeding WB FO Vet needs help!!! (Read 585 times)

Thunder · « **Reply #15 on:** May 01, 2002, 12:25:37 PM »

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I need some serious explanations as to what benefits I and my Squad would gain if we come to AH

A Quality Product with people who really care that run the business.

Most of all .... "Just PLANE FUN!"

Wanker · « **Reply #16 on:** May 01, 2002, 12:54:10 PM »

Hey Taurus

As a 4 yr vet of WB, I can tell you that after you get used to the differences of AH, it's pretty much like the good old times of WB 1.11r2(except much better graphics and more features.)

I've been here for 2 years now, and I'm glad I made the jump from WB when I did.

The community is different than WB, maybe not as scenario minded.....but all-in-all I'd say if anything, the community is a lot friendlier and fun to fly with than the old WB crowd.

Hope you decide to give it at least a try.

~~1996-2000 WB Callsign: -baxl-~~

DRILL · « **Reply #17 on:** May 01, 2002, 04:07:52 PM »

well all i can say is read all above i flew WBs 2 yrs + and don't miss it one bit ... just the men i flew with is all i miss .... besides ..
all newbees in AH HAVE TO BUY A ROUND OF BEER FOR ALL ......uh ummmm

.......... ill be in the Oclub

Wlfgng · « **Reply #18 on:** May 01, 2002, 04:42:15 PM »

same here.. long time in WB, now long time here...

I check in the WB BBS from time to time and still chat with folks over there but I'm here flying full time.

All the above reasons with emphaisis on service.

Puck · « **Reply #19 on:** May 01, 2002, 04:56:35 PM »

I can think of seven good reasons.

In no particular order:

Ronni
Superfly
Aurelius
Natedog
Yankee
HiTech
Pyro

There's the AH team. I've seen them all post on the boards here. I've seen them handle outragous flames directed at them, I've seen them respond to well documented requests to change the flight model, I've seen them joking around with people. If you've got a problem with the game the person answering you will be the person responsible for that segment; be it code or graphics or whatever.

I've seen the inside of some game companies (I had the most esposure to 3DO back in the Meridian daze) and I've never even HEARD of an online game with the kind of close communications we get with the AH dev team. It's more than worth a look.

You'll also find the community here is pretty good, except for the luftdweebs, spitdweebs, HOdweebs, Altdweebs, LA7dweebs, N1Kdweebs, kamakazidweebs, ostidweebs, Runstangdweebs, Bishops, and Rooks. Everyone else is great

Dago · « **Reply #20 on:** May 01, 2002, 05:12:00 PM »

They have given good reasons.
When you get used to the Flight Model, you won't believe how mushy the WB FM seems.

Customer service is outstanding at AH.

Updates and new features come a whole lot faster at AH keeping the game fresher.

Gunnery and damage modeling is good, and certainly more stable that at WB where they constantly messed with it to please differant special interests.

No MG (big plus to AH)

Give it a try, 2 weeks free without even offering up your credit card.

Be sure to learn how to adjust your views right away, its important for the 6 view.

Good luck,
Dago

poopster · « **Reply #21 on:** May 01, 2002, 07:22:45 PM »

Taurus, I've been over here about a week. Flew a good bit over the weekend.

The Main is 200 plus more than not. Has the feel of the OLD WB a few years back.

What I like is, I've had FUN. Just simple fun.

I got so worked up over what wasn't happening over there that I lost the fun.

I think I've found it again.

2 week trial, bring um all.

The Main is like the old days

nopoop

Taiaha · « **Reply #22 on:** May 01, 2002, 08:11:19 PM »

I've never loooked back. I still maintain a Warbird account, but at the 9.99 level--and honestly I'm thinking of it as more of a charitable donation. Everything everyone says here is true: the support, the updates, the fact that all changes are well thought out rather than panic responses. On a first look you'll notice that the plane graphics and particle effects aren't quite as good, although the tracers and terrains look much better. Flak actually looks like flak, and when diving in on a convoy, the AA coming up at you looks like everything you've seen from WW2 footage.

But most of all, it just feels like a product that is going places, and you can tell that most of all in how positive most of the players feel about it.

Look forward to seeing you up there,

Swager · « **Reply #23 on:** May 01, 2002, 09:27:53 PM »

Taurus,

DL AH and play in the H2H area for a few day with your squad. Basically getting familiar with the controls and FM. Then do the two week trial.

I never had a problem with the difference of the flight model due to this was my first On-line flight simulation. So everything was new to me right off. Ive been here since Oct 1999. I always have fun due to I leave my ego out of it. You've been in flight simulations long enought to know about that!

If you do the 2 week trial make sure you fly Knights a few times and give me a hollar if I am on. Unless Im doing a squad thingie, I'll drop what Im doing and come fly with ya all!!

Warning: If you and your squad do decide to join up with this simulation a physical is required. I believe Ripsnort and Funked perform the examination. Rips keeps his rubber gloves in the freezer and Funked....well he doesn't wear any gloves!

Enjoy and hope to see ya up!!!!

Citabria · « **Reply #24 on:** May 01, 2002, 10:12:23 PM »

aces high has skuzzy and HTC.

2 week free trial.

(jedi mind trick)
you will now start your 2 week free trial

Ghosth · « **Reply #25 on:** May 02, 2002, 07:54:16 AM »

All of the above plus

HTC has the best Customer service in the world.
A single phone call or email and problem solved.
No fuss, no muss, just quiet profesionalism.

A sim where the Designers still fly.
Where HiTech will drop in & talk, ask & answer questions.

And a Dev team that is so tight and so good that they turn out jaw dropping features plus new planes plus little fixes every 3 to 4 months.

Taurus · « **Reply #26 on:** May 02, 2002, 07:58:18 AM »

I really appreciate the response I'm getting from you guys, so thanks a million

This place does have a real community feel about it

One thing concerns me though, the number of posts relating to CTD events due to bad connex! What are your views and experiences on this please?

Puck · « **Reply #27 on:** May 02, 2002, 08:13:26 AM »

The connection to the main arena, depending on how lucky you are, where you live, the position of the moon relative to migrating herds of carabou, and the size of Salmon in the Columbia river basin, could suck start a Harley.

HTC and Skuzzy (HiTech's personal packet jock) are jumping through hoops to fix this, but are still forced to wear asbestous underwear.

The main is on a different machine at a different location than all the other arenas, as I understand it. Once Skuzzy gets his new circuit in they're going to move it over to his place.

The last couple weeks I've been having connect problems, so I tend to practice off line (ever try to take a fully loaded F4U-1D off a carrier? I can do it every other time now) and flying bombers. On those nights when I can find a good route I'll fly fighters in the main. Up until a couple weeks ago I didn't have any problems at all. Rock-steady connect and every packet hit the servers rather than the floor.

Connection problems are (relativly) transitory. They'll get it fixed. The game itself is pure gold.

Wanker · « **Reply #28 on:** May 02, 2002, 08:32:10 AM »

There have been some complaints of bad connections recently, but HTC is on the verge of eliminating them with a much bigger pipe. Overall, I think the majority of people have superb connections.

Personally, I've never lost connection more than 3 times in the 2+ years I've been playing AH, and my ping times are usually under 50ms.

Even at it's worst, it's always 10 times better connection than WB ever was.

Taurus · « **Reply #29 on:** May 02, 2002, 08:39:30 AM »

Big Ooooops here

Some of my Squad(s) are Mac users!!!

Any known issues here?