Revvin
I have noted your point(s). You are right: My comments on AGW will not have helped, but I don’t think they are significant at all. Only a minority of AH players read this board, and only a small percentage of those would take the time to read AGW. Besides which, I did sort of apologise for any defamatory remarks I had made...
I think the problem that wipass describes is part of a wider malaise. Not only is help not forthcoming, but the AH populace has not matured sufficiently. There is still a preponderance of players who just want to get kills, without regard to the well being of their virtual country or the people in it. Just tonight, I saw that the Bishops had 128 online, the Rooks had about 60, and the Knights about 50. This numerical supremacy did not protect the Bishops from getting a Royal Arse-Kicking. I flew a F4U-1D off a CV which was very close to an enemy field. I was doing my damndest to help the other Bishops, with a view to capturing the field. I was giving position reports, and 6-calls left and right. I dived on a N1K to save the guy he was chasing, knowing that the con would have killed my friend had I not... What thanks did I get? No-one bothered to communicate by voice comms. No-one bothered to give me a 6-call when I saved the life of that other Bishop. I knew there was a Spit close behind, so as soon as the N1K broke from that other Bishop, I made a Split-S back to the CV. But Oh! The Spit was on me, and pinged off my right aileron. I barrel rolled back to the safety of the CV, but... Not one single 6-call did I receive. I began to wonder: Why don’t these other Bishops speak? Am I the only person here with a microphone? By the way, I use a headset with built in mike – price £7.99.
It was clear to me that I was flying amongst a bunch of bananas who did not have a clue about field capture, or of working as a team. And I asked my usual question: ”If they are not prepared to help me, why should I help them?” After ditching (CV was already lost owing to incompetence) I quietly moved to another area of the map. Things were no better. On Gangbang Island, in the centre of the map, there are about three vehicle fields. Now despite the numerical advantage the Bishops enjoyed, I watched helplessly as they lost every last one of those fields. They also lost another vehicle field on the west side of the map. I went to a field which was being attacked by some opportunist vulchers, and killed seven of them with the 37mm field gun. Just then, Arlene was calling me to the dinner table, and I had to leave.
The moral of the story! Wipass talks about people not wanting to help. But I am the sort of guy who, when presented with a problem, will ask what other problems might exist given that the first problem exists. And I firmly believe that those guys who don’t help, and don’t communicate in any way are the problem. Quite simply, they don’t give a diddlying light about whether you (or I) die. ”So what if you die? It’s only a game...”, they will proclaim.
I feel that the voice comms feature of AH is a VERY good thing. Those who want to work as a team can. When I end up amongst a bunch of guys who wont talk, that’s the danger sign that they don’t give a diddly whether I live or die, and probably don’t care much as their country loses field after field after field.
So I say: Ask questions online, by all means. Often they are answered. If not, then ask yourself if you want to be flying with these guys. And if you get "RTFM/Try hitting Alt+F4", then land your plane, and go to another corner of the map.
Some hard core AHers like Ripsnort may take exception to what I have written here. But I mean every word of it. The problem is that with the demise of AW, and the continuing exodus from WB, we are finding guys here who are either rank newbies and don't know any better, or are indoctrinated with the Quakebird mentality. Hopefully things will settle down in a few months.
