Originally posted by eddiek
Other CT Staff suggested moving the front, but the final decision to move it or not was mine to make.
Only activity prior to the move was between A30 and A40. I decided the older hands might be right, and that the move might stimulate activity.
After watching the arena for the last couple days........they were right.
Last night was a blast. I flew IJN out of A37 and A5 along with some of the other Assassins and we gave a decent account of ourselves even in the "inferior" and "totally outclassed" Japanese planes.
To address the title of this thread: Whether or not a setup is "boring" is up to each individual pilot. It's all a matter of perspective. In each setup we have had, either side has the choice of making the setup interesting and mixing it up with the enemy, or playing it safe and making it "boring" for their opponents. It all boils down to what we, the players, do with what we are given each week. I got down on the deck yesterday afternoon in a P-47D11 and mixed it up with some A6M5b's, turn fighting and having a blast. And yes, I landed my sortie. Had I elected to stay high and fast and just annoy the heck out of those Zeroes, yep, that would have been boring, even for me.
Wrong answer. You're just as bad as Brady. What you did was arbitrarily decide to push the Allies into the corner to give the Axis side an artificial advantage. And yes, I'm not surprised the "old hands" talked you into it. It's just the sort of hypocritical one-sided logic I expected to surface (once again).
So now everything is fun and hunky dory for the IJ players. Well isn't that nice? That's been the excuse for every arbitrary change made to the Slot. The only time any change has been made that didn't negatively impact the Allied side has been when numerous posts were made in response to some stupid move made by the CT CMs.
If you notice, it didn't bother me all that much until I found out it wasn't a case of IJ players taking bases willy nilly (even if it may have been done in the total absense of Allied players) ... what bothers me is the CT CM staff having dumb arse kneejerk reactions at percieved problems.
Just for the record: You pushed the Allies into the corner of the map because you and a few other IJ players were "bored" and now that you've "fixed" things everything's ok because you and those whining IJ players are have tons more fun now and your kill ratio is much improved. That's what you're saying, right?
The CT CMs have had three chances to prove that they could run the slot without bias and have failed miserably everytime.
The first time the F4U was dumped (precipitating a domino effect on all sorts or aircraft) because it was being "abused (used).
The second time fleets were reset in the middle of an Allied assault because "they were impossible to sink" (in spite of players posting that
they could sink them).
And now the Allies are pushed into the corner because, gosh darn it, those Hog, Lightning and T-bolt drivers are flying they way they're supposed to!
ROFL
Do you still wonder why CT numbers are low? They could easily be double what they are now. I've had no less than 10 players make the comment to me or on the country channel that they've had it and they'd rather put up with MA bs than fight in the CT where they end up having to fight the CMs as well as their opponent.
The Niki equalizes things just fine. And yes ... I know that first hand (as do three other Hog drivers who switched sides to equal things up). {Oh, Brady ... class act logging on and pooping yer diaper when you saw numbers were slewed ... yet we had things well in hand. We were sorely tempted to use the advantage to retake the bases your staff gave away to make things fun for everyone but we decided to go ahead and fly IJ for awhile. But knee-jerkin is your nature
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I tried .... I promoted it. You not only made my efforts futile but you shot yourselves in your collective feet as well. Target Rabaul is nearly in open beta and alot of players who would have been satisified flyinf Pacific CT setups (had they been left well enough alone) will gravitate there.
Once again ... the CT arena shouldn't be the "Pik As" personal sandbox. While you guys are busy patting each other on the back for the "selfless sacrifices" you're making for "the community", some are wondering why HT is letting you get away with squandering his resources and running off players.
Even I'm of the mind to tell ya to shove the CT up yer collective backsides and have someone call me when it's either under new management or the "old hands" learn exactly what the hell the phrase "fair and unbiased management" means.
Once again .. have a nice fuggin' day.
