Actually, the fuel disabling at fields is affecting more than just furballers.
There's definately an "impact vs risk" issue going on with AH right now. Too many people are suiciding to destroy objects because the reward greatly outweighs the risk.
Modifications that were screamed for:
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- Flak should not be so lethal: Now planes can aproach as low as 6k over a carrier relatively unmolested. Of course, flak was always lethal and prevented this type of behavior, but people go blind when they start evaluating what makes a successful sortie.
- Ack should not be so lethal: Now, you can fly repeatedly down an enemy runway at 400mph without getting hit by ack. Or, you can dive in from 10k and be guaranteed at least one shot at something pending an auger. The ack is the least likely thing to cause a death anymore.
- Increased downtime for destroyed objects: Now, the minimum down time at some fields for fuel down time is 2 hours. One pilot can make multiple trips to suicide the field one fuel tank at a time and still leave it alone for 1 1/2 hours after that.
- Re-supply is too effective: Now, its pretty much innefective. Saw 8 M3s supply a base with no effect (oh... shorten times, but not so you'd notice).
I could keep going... but its too damn depressing. Whenever someone starts an argument based on making their flight/fight/sortie easier OR "more successful", I just shake my head. Bombers want to have more of an impact despite the fact that they are strategic weapons that would more often than not take months to show any tangeable results (and even then still be questionable). Fighters don't want jabo/bombers to interfere with their fight, despite the fact that the sole reason fighters exist is to stop jabo/bombers or prevent other fighters from stopping jabo/bombers. Its the biggest collection of me me me me squeaking I've ever seen.
I liked the game before the adjustments and argued to keep things the way they were. People could actually become more proficient at what they were doing to overcome most of the complaints. Very few of the modifications were worth anything other than simply meaning people wouldn't have to learn to fly or fight. It really is sad that a community would scream so often and so loudly just to make their life a little easier and skilless.
After all... it's all about having fun playing a game. And it's all about doing ONLY those things you find fun while playing the game. And it's all about only worrying about making those things you find fun easier to do. God forbid anyone else's fun interferes with that. And God forbid if the game doesn't allow you to have the kind of fun you want often enough.
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