Author Topic: Enough pizza! (Read 516 times)

Baine · « **on:** May 12, 2003, 08:59:27 PM »

Please, either rework this map or ditch it. It was a noble attempt, but it just isn't a good map, particularly when we're stuck with it for a week. There are too many bases too spread out to find a good fight anywhere. If you're not swarming an undefended base, your defending a base against a swarm.
There are probably lots of good reason the designers put in all the elements they did, including the mountains at the end of each runway, but in the end, this map is not fun. And isn't that what this game is supposed to be about.
And, while I'm ranting, who chose Pizza as the first map in the week-long rotation? Wasn't the idea to give other maps _ ones that get reset so quickly that people can go weeks without seeing them _ some longevity. So what do we get? A map that is dull, flawed and has enough bases to make a ground war in Russia seem like a piece of cake by comparison. Sheesh!

AKWarp · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2003, 11:05:07 PM »

The answer is simple really...don't play when the pizza map is up. There are plenty of folks that do like it.

I hate the "infinity" map (as it has been so aptly named), so I don't play as often when it comes up...it is easily the longest lasting map around...but I don't see you whining about that one...oh wait, you must like that one...

BOOT · « **Reply #2 on:** May 13, 2003, 11:56:55 AM »

I just wish someone would lay a new skin on the terrain...

I really don't like the gamey aspect of the Pizza map... But I realize that there are a lot of other players that do Like it...

My only complaint that I feel is valid ... Is that desert terrain over a period of time is a real eye strain...

WhiteHawk · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2003, 10:14:54 AM »

Pizza isnt bad, u just have to do milk runs ande defend milkruns,
or, like you say, the swarms will swallow u up alive.

Toad · « **Reply #4 on:** May 18, 2003, 11:39:27 PM »

Look for the quiet parts of Pizza or Infinity and make some action.

It works and it's the only thing keeping me playing on Infinity.

You just have to go stir up some fun away from the Horderollers.

If you can get a couple of CV's out in the middle of the water and get the Captains to keep them out of shelling range of each other you can have literally hours of fun. It's kinda like the "old days".

I like CV fites on Infinity when the Skippers are cool.

beet1e · « **Reply #5 on:** May 24, 2003, 05:09:17 AM »

Mr. Toad!

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Look for the quiet parts of Pizza or Infinity and make some action.

hehe - getting into milkruns?

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You just have to go stir up some fun away from the Horderollers.

Yeah, definitely looks like the horderollers are not playing your way.

I'm pleased to see you like CV ops - me too! AND the CV planes, of course. F4U-1C is brilliant for nobbling all those suicide ju88s. You can be a Captain yourself! Busman's holiday maybe, but my CO Revvin gave me a short lesson in CV captaincy. BTW - I ALWAYS call out on voice comms if I'm about to turn it - give the landers a chance to land, and for anyone else to opine about the proposed change in course - my name is not F*r*z!!

As for pizza, it's my favourite map. And I have often landed 8 kill sorties on it, or even 10. Where else can you take off at 11K, and have your P47 at optimum operating alt about 7 minutes faster than on the children's maps? Where else can one have GV battles without aircraft porking it up - especially now that there are to be fewer V-fields on Trinity?

BOOT · « **Reply #6 on:** May 24, 2003, 10:36:10 AM »

Beetle wrote:

BTW - I ALWAYS call out on voice comms if I'm about to turn it - give the landers a chance to land, and for anyone else to opine about the proposed change in course -

Bravo... Bravo... All Ships Captains... PLEASE READ THIS...

It is so simple, and such an asset... When the Captain calls out his turns... Simply type it out on the range channel. Use ALL CAPS... It not only helps the landers, but the ones ready to take off, and the ships gunners...

Salute

BNM · « **Reply #7 on:** May 25, 2003, 06:20:41 AM »

Hey beet1e I'd suggest you seek help. I don't like shrinks much myself but I think you could obviously use one. I was just perusing the boards and noticed anytime Toad makes a comment (the one above was a good / valid suggestion) you seem to attack him personally. Last I heard HT was out to stop the personal attacks on the boards. I'm surprised you haven't been banned yet but it appears HT hasn't been checking the boards much lately. Chill out dude, it's just a game and we're all players...

beet1e · « **Reply #8 on:** May 25, 2003, 07:18:10 AM »

BNM - Nooo! Mr. Toad is my friend, and all this BBS jousting is just banter. We have even exchanged long, personal emails about stuff - can't discuss it here because anything that is sent to me privately remains private.

Revvin · « **Reply #9 on:** May 25, 2003, 08:36:55 AM »

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Originally posted by BNM
Last I heard HT was out to stop the personal attacks on the boards. I'm surprised you haven't been banned yet but it appears HT hasn't been checking the boards much lately.

I hope you're going to go through the rest of the forums with such zeal, I too thought HTC were cleaning up the forums but some players seem to get away with making snide derogatory comments especially when they speak about players who won't play 'their' way.

lazs2 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 28, 2003, 08:03:58 AM »

You tend to get a little huffy when players won't play your way revvinn... I think huffy and pouty should be banned too.
lazs

Torthaos · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2003, 09:40:39 AM »

Whos idea was it for the week long rotation? i understand the idea but and this is a big one ppl would rarely get to see to see the map they like. If u do it week by week and it gets really old. ?There is no change no new feature just the same old attacks week after week. The reason i say ppl would miss their fav map is cause sometimes u are not able to get on a game for a week or longer. If u did it day by day rather ppl would get to play each map and the rotation would be quicker so that if u miss ur fav map it comes around faster. This also means that u stil get to play the maps that go by fast but are not stuck with pizza. Catch my drift what makes a game fun is if it is varied if the world was bigger in the game yeah u could do that but right now aces high isnt that big it can only have 750 in the main which yes is alot but compared to other massive mutliplare games is tiny.