POLL: How many of us would want a historical arena?

[gospel]

Aye to the Historical arena!  

gos

[Toad]

Three comments:

1. I think it would be a good idea to give players this opportunity. Let it rise or fall on resultant participation.

2. It will inevitably fragment the player base to some degree. If there are enough players in both arenas, however, this shouldn't be a "playbility" concern.

3. It will also inevitably result in an acrimonious split in the player group fueled primarily by ego. One group is going to view themselves as the "elite "true realism" players, "true fighter pilots", and view the other group as "easymode" players. This other group will characterize their detractors as "elitist snobs". It's happened in both AW and WB and it will happen here.

I don't have a problem with that either.   I always check my ego at the door when I login. I play for recreation, not to validate my life.  

Just be aware that it WILL happen.

[MiG Eater]

Yes for the HA.  

I'd like to throw in an additional idea for the Main Arena(if already mentioned, consider it a second vote).

Regional Plane sets. i.e.  Certain regions of a map will allow defined plane sets to be flown.   This could potentially allow historical matchups in a main arena map.

MiG

[Kieran]

I am always up for new options that don't eliminate old options. More is better. I would try HA on the days I have time, or I would stay in the MA on the days I don't.

[Sancho]

I'm all for an HA.  The time has come.

[jconradh]

Count me in...

Jeff

[Frost]

Yes

[SpitLead]

ya got my vote.

It's frustrating at times getting into a furball where the nme has everthing from a A6M Zero to a PW190 Dora and everything in between for crying out loud. You are constantly having to switch tactics on the fly (literally) to meet all the threats and it's very difficult.  Real aircombat may have only seen a few models in a single dogfight if at that (i.e. P51s and P47 escoring B17s being attacked by ME109s and PW190s).  It will make the engagements more realistic.

[Mr. T]

 

Originally posted by SpitLead:
It's frustrating at times getting into a furball where the nme has everthing from a A6M Zero to a PW190 Dora and everything in between for crying out loud. You are constantly having to switch tactics on the fly (literally) to meet all the threats and it's very difficult.  Real aircombat may have only seen a few models in a single dogfight if at that (i.e. P51s and P47 escoring B17s being attacked by ME109s and PW190s).  It will make the engagements more realistic.

I don't like no challenge either!
You couldn't take on a bunch of girlscouts singlehandedly!
-SW

[discod]

Only if I can still fly my CHOG!!!    he he he I guess I could fly other planes for a while too though occasionally.

[Twist]

I just counted 64 votes for YES...does that count for anything? Is that enough? Do we need to go over one hundred? Do we need to go to Texas and march to and fro in front of HTC in Toga's?? WHAT???

Then again, those folks are so damn busy trying to satisfy all the folks that want a new version a week after the release of the last one, it may not be feasible. But I'll bet someones taking notes for the future, this game will continue to grow, adding new arenas is only inevitable. Crowded arenas are not good for suitable frame rates or connects. Patience....

[Loyalist]

65 now.  I wouldn't even want to touch the main arena if there was a HA

[Grinder]

yes....would be my prefered arena.

[BigJoe]

Historical would be great but at the moment all we could hope for is a historical terrain.  As far as aircraft go, we do have a few historical match-ups but I think there's not enough to make a HA interesting.

[Mark Luper]

HA would be nice one or two days out of the week. I think it would get boring after a while. But that's just me. I have seen HA's implemented and have seen them die. They always do great for a couple of days or weeks then go by the wayside. 65 votes out of a possible what 2 or 3 thousand? Not many, sounds like a minority to me.