Author Topic: Make a CO for "Knits" or for a country in MA to get more game play! (Read 446 times)

Scott E · « **Reply #15 on:** October 06, 2002, 07:27:31 PM »

agree with the mission theory.

anyone wanting to lead fellow players, just keep making missions.
certainly your squad mates will join and over time as you keep making missions that are succesful and fun for your team then more will want to join.

its pretty simple:

if its a fun good mission, more will join the next one.

if its boring or uncoordinated withou clear or reachable objective, it will be harder to get people to join the next one. but it is necessary to experiment and make some lousy missions to learn to make good ones.

aces high is a free will online game with no enforced command structure and most who play may not be in favor of taking orders from a 15 yr old in the free time they spend playing the game. they will however choose to work together and follow other players if they choose to do so of their own accord.

poopster · « **Reply #16 on:** October 06, 2002, 08:28:12 PM »

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to tell them

That's the operative statement. Think about it.

By posting a mission your not telling anyone to DO anything.

Your OFFERING a chance to JOIN a mission with an objective.

Offering and telling are two different things.

Offering a mission is much more productive..

Just make sure all these missuns your planning don't involve an enemy CV close to a friendly base...

We in the trenches don't need and don't want the help

That big group of pilots hashing it out between the CV and the base are having a blast.

Win the war somewhere else. It's a BIG map

As I understand it from my dweeb point of view, resistance isn't a requirement for fun in base capture. Taking the base is the fun for some explainable reason....

So your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated

Wotan · « **Reply #17 on:** October 06, 2002, 08:56:01 PM »

I quit shaving my pits as well.......

MWHUN · « **Reply #18 on:** October 07, 2002, 08:13:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Wotan

If you enjoy "organized" massed suicide raids on empty and abandoned fields go ahead enlist. But I'll wait on the draft then head to canada.

Are you saying all organized raids go against undefended targets and are inevitably one-way trips?

lazs2 · « **Reply #19 on:** October 07, 2002, 08:33:08 AM »

44mag... did it ever occur to you that thos "90%" attacking a worthless base are not so much attacking a worthless base as .... other planes? red ones? You would think that someone who likes 44 mags would be more fun.

lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's

john9001 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 07, 2002, 10:53:54 AM »

sorry laz , i'll try to behave and be more fun in the MA from now on.

anyway, it's a 357 but in AW you could only have 5 spaces for your handle and 357MAG was too long so i used 44MAG and when i came to AH i just kept the handle.

44MAG

Fariz · « **Reply #21 on:** October 07, 2002, 12:11:07 PM »

You can't assign someone a country leader. If it is not good, people will not follow. Strat oriented pilots of country follow the one, who can bring the result; furballers want some action, and do not care if the die in a process; scoremongers want acks down, planes to vulch, some targets to get down if they are in attack mode, and to land after it. The one, who want people to follow him shall keep this 3 in mind. He also shall be polite, asking and not insisting, explaining and not ordering, taking all the blame if mission fails, and crediting people for success. Good sence of humor is a plus.

From the other hand you can create a tactical wing, if your country has enough strat squads. These squads can have a rotated leaders, or some kind of stab, and soon you will see people will start joining that tactical wing missions.

Fariz · « **Reply #22 on:** October 07, 2002, 12:17:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Innominate
Oddly enough, Exactly what is described is available by simply creating a mission.

No way. To win a war you need not only a tacticians, but a strategists also. Missions are a tactical level, mission usually interested in capturing field. But at strategic level field capture may be a great problem, or just useless.

Sixpence · « **Reply #23 on:** October 07, 2002, 12:32:39 PM »

Well, I think missions are a good thing, it gives no squad fliers a chance to organise on a volunteer basis.

If you want to organise, then start a squad and advertise it as a territorial combat squad(capturing fields).In addition, as a squad you could post a mission to get some extra pilots to help out.

Wotan · « **Reply #24 on:** October 07, 2002, 01:20:13 PM »

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Are you saying all organized raids go against undefended targets and are inevitably one-way trips?

umm Yes.

The gangbang planner and mishun generals make no allowance for "survival". Its 1 wave of suicide after enother.

Dont sell me "we were on a mishun and I just happened to fly straight into the ground, 3 times"

The idea that 25 guys rushing to a field is an "organized raid" is pretty funny.

Anyway its your money and time do what you want. I surely dont want the "mishun mentality" pushed out side of the gangbang planner. No country "cos" or any of this nonsense. I personally care nothing about field capture or "winning". But you never hear me on channel 2 ranting that we need "less organization" like you hear the "generals".

I know you are going to tell me "well I never suicide" well thats the samething they all say and we still have an arena full of suiciders.

Folks who want organization, join a squad , or fly events.

Preon1 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 07, 2002, 01:22:32 PM »

I gotta agree in some part with everyone but GA.

You can't force organization upon people in a game that they have to pay for in order to play. All that will accomplish is to increase the animosity between the different camps in gameplay.

The best thing to do if you want to be able to count on cooperation and teamwork is to form a squadron of likeminded people and hope everyone signs on for squad night. Once you accomplish that you can organize within the limits of your squadron.

If you want more people, get them yourself. It may seem hard, but it's the best way

vorticon · « **Reply #26 on:** October 07, 2002, 01:22:34 PM »

maybe if the "knitwits" had a CO they might actually win

Turbot · « **Reply #27 on:** October 07, 2002, 01:24:30 PM »

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Originally posted by AvidMC
Organization in the MA would be about as easy as herding cats.

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Pei · « **Reply #28 on:** October 07, 2002, 01:40:41 PM »

I vote for Lasz for el Presidente, Generalissimo and Chief of the Clan Chiefs:

"Today is good day to die, my children! What is finer in life than the shooting down of your enemy and the lamenting of his sheep?
Charge, and may the devil take the hindmost!"

lazs2 · « **Reply #29 on:** October 07, 2002, 02:02:51 PM »

well.... I admit that assigning a supreme commander would allow us to win that new corvette and two week island vacation that is the prize for "winning the war"....

sure.... My way is a lot more fun but whjat do I have to show for it? 6 or 7 thousand worthless "perk" points.

A 357 is a fine gun but everything it can do a 44 can do better.
lazs