As long as there is more than one airfield per country to fly from, the players will be split up. So the idea of splitting up the players is a moot point.
All these people are asking for is a few undamagable bases a little closer together than normal. That is not much to ask.
How is that unreasonable? How will it be the end of everything as we know it? IMO a strat player destroying a country's radar has a DRASTIC impact on the playability of the game, yet this doesn't destroy the game.
Having a FT wouldn't destroy the strat aspect of the game. Just think of it as a battle for a few bases that nobody seems to win.
Or, think of it this way: If you're flying on one side of the map, is the game ruined for you because some of your countrymates are on the OTHER side of the map? Same deal with "FT", except the bases never change hands. The actions of some people will not affect the game for anyone else.
Believe me, I've played in arenas with a FT atoll. If you're not flying at FT, it might as well not exist--it has NO impact on the rest of the arena.
The best "anti-FT" defense, is that it's "unecessary because there's already a lot of good fights to be found". That's true to an extent...but not enough.
The problem with the regular arena (as "furballer" types see it), is that the fight's don't tend to remain very static. Furballers HATE having to fly 20 minutes to find a 1 minute fight--flying without fighting is a waste of time to these people. They HATE even more having to take off from a base even FARTHER away because the close base got bombed.
They aren't interested in flying around empty air, and aren't interested in bombing. They want A2A combat.
They don't mind the strat system itself; rather, its the fact that the strat system discourages prolonged fights because one side has to "lose". That isn't a bad thing, and I like it--but it doesn't appeal to everyone.
The most vocal opponents of a FT-area are mainly concerned that this will destroy the strat of the game. This has not happened in AW, and will not happen in AH. It is a positive thing, not the end of the world.
I wish I could convince everyone of that.
Last point....some people are getting a little personal....I recommend cooling off before this thread gets locked, too (there's been a lot of locked threads lately).
J_A_B
