The real pity of the situation is that most (correct me if I'm wrong) of the supporters of the current settings had not tried other options, still they do not want to give it even a try.
A truly flawed assumption. Those arguing against it have just as much experience as those arguing for it.
It does not, however, tell us whether the majority of the players in the main arena would prefer in-flight radar available as an option in the game or not.
Majority or not isn't really the issue. Its how many would leave.. what kind of an impact it would have. Do you really know? How would it impact you? How would it impact HTC? How appealing would this be to new customers?
If the other countries have radar available, and you don't, you are at an obvious disadvantage, most people realize this.
I have not seen this be a factor for people who have lost dar. The key point is that they don't have dar and don't know what's coming. I can't say I've ever heard "But they can see us and we can't see them!" when our dar went down. Fairness is not the issue. Its just that people realize how important dar is to them AFTER they loose it... seldomely before. This thread seems to ignore that to the Nth degree.
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To be honest, I fail to see the need for the changes. What is it about the current setup that is made virtually impossible due to in-flight dar? Is it that an enemy can see you in clouds when he shouldn't be able to? Is it that an enemy can see you aproaching his base when he shouldn't be able to? What?
We don't have patrols at altitude to intecept aircraft. Nobody wants to spend hours flying "just in case". We only have a system that gives you an indication something is coming, and one that tells you something is there. That is all. Anyone with 15k of alt is not affected by dot dar early warning. Dot dar can also be shut off with 1 bomb.
The sector bars are another issue and I feel there is room for adjustment. I believe HTC has already said they'd be willing to evaluate some kind of minimum altitude bar-dar indication. This would make things just a tad more compliant to NOE flying. I also think something should be done in regards to way behind enemy lines bar-dar... but this thread is about elimination.. not modification.
If you think having dar in the tower would be sufficient... think about how many times (even with dar available everywhere) you hear people calling out a base being under attack... I'm not talking 20 people coming in... I'm talking 1 buff over it precision bombing all the ack. I seldomely hear this at all. I spent 3 hours last night defending against this very tactic.. with minimal (never more than 2 other pilots) helping as no knits hit as many as 4 or 5 bases at a time from an island base... no more than 1 pilot at any base.
Another downside to this is that it encourages someone to stay in the tower. This is a bad thing in my oppinion as pilots should be motivated to get into the air/vehicles... not sit in the tower looking at the map.
The suggestion just doesn't seem very well thought out.
AKDejaVu
