Originally posted by SirLoin:
Hi everyone.I don't know if this has been discussed before but do you think making the center island(in last camp) uncapturable would add to the AH fun factor?(that being a sort of dueling arena within the MA)Have only fighters and perhaps max 75% fuel(with no loadouts)so countries could not base an attack from there.Standard callings of "in" or "out" for engagements would be the norm.AW3 had something like this and it worked pretty good...<S!>
Hi Sir Loin <S>. I remember you from AW. I was a strong supporter of FT in AW and flew there regularly until the bubbleheads runnin the place took it away. <g> Then they put it back just in time for me to split and come here! Oh well. I'm making it every Monday night for furball fever. Its just like old times only we did it every night! We had a dedicated bunch of regulars that inhabited our FT and loved it. Those of you that have been there on Mondays have seen that it simply rocks!
Couple of reasons why a FT is a good thing.
For one, there's prolly more than a few of you out there that aren't incredibly turned on the the land grab type of play. With the total number of players growing all the time there's prolly no reason why we couldn't support a FT. Seems pretty crowded in the MA the nights I fly there. Is it just me?
Personally I can take it or leave it. I'll fly in the MA with the squad on ops but I really prefer more frequent fighting that happens in FT. Live or die I don't care. Don't care about points, etc. Never did. Just give me a fight.
More importantly tho--and I can't stress this enough--its a great place for the new pilot to LEARN the game. When I started in AW it was my first flight sim. I hadn't a clue as to how anything worked at all! I went to the MA there and I found myself gettin killed so fast I couldn't grasp what had happened to me! And by the time I'd gotten into my next fight I'd prolly forgotten my last one anyway--flight's too long. "Drano shot down" "Drano shot down"...
So I went to FT--the smaller pond. Should be easier right? Or so I thought LOL! Here's where most of the better sticks in AW hung out and I became their target du jour for quite some time! Great bunch of guys in there tho--they really helped me a lot as they were clubbin my sorry bellybutton hehe. They told me to go to training and get some clues--which I did. Some of them were sorry they told me to go there hehe."xxxxx shot down"" a kill has been recorded"
Anyway the shorter distance helped me in learning. The repetition allowed me to get my timing down, experiment with what I'd learned in training and develope my own techniques in a relatively short span of time. I could try the same move again in 5 minutes instead of 35. I as many of you only have so much online time--this gives you the most bang for your buck. More "fights per hour" if you will.
Anyway the FT arena there really helped me learn to be a good pilot. I have no doubt whatsoever that I would prolly be a mediocre at best pilot had I only flown in the MA. Due to the distances and time involved in straight line flying IMO its noplace to learn the game.
Since you guys don't have an arena like this I've been spending a lot of time in the training arena. Trying to make the transition from AW and get the differences in the FM down. That only comes thru repetition. I'm gettin there. Patience grasshopper! (got plenty of that)
Anyway I'd be all for a FT type arena. We had it in AW and it didn't cause one iota of a rift or split in the community. Most everyone that flew there was in a squad and flew in the MA regularly too. Otherwise they were fairly new pilots as I once was trying to get a clue.
It works--its fun. Trust me.
Drano
