This really is kinda simple.
There are many old farts playing this game(i'm one of them). Part of the problem is us....we have seen and done most of what is offered and long for something to renew our interests in a pastime which we've enjoyed for years and years.
I personally was a strat minded player who enjoyed a more realistic approach to the game. I used to think that furballers were kinda silly....just uppin from fields to get some kills, only to be shot down....then off to repeat the same over and over....they were food for my Pony. I couldn't understand why someone wouldn't want to land kills and fly their hops on a more realistic footing.
Then I realized that I didn't have the skills to deal with opponents one v one....sure, I could kill with impunity in the Mustang and land 3-12 kills most every hop....but when it came down mono y mono, I was incompetent. I didn't like that feeling...it served my ego poorly.
So, I told the squad that I was on a pursuit of excellence...skill building in the DA....I wanted to be able to leg um up and smackum yackum down low in the weeds.....most joined me and what we realized was this....it was fun.....not historically accurate.....not good for your score...just fun. The heart pumped and the hands shook and it felt real good to just get after it.
I, nor anyone else in my squad, would ever want anyone in this game to be deprived of what brings them some fun....I can assure you of that fact.
The point is this....now that I'm an adrenaline junkie, I would just like the opportunity to have my cake and eat some of it as well. Strat offers many more options than does furballing....it's a fact and that's a good thing. Some of us would just like to see HTC make some changes which offer us a few more choices....all without restricting other players in any other way.
This rift some of you speak of is nothing new....my experience over the years has found that if anything, in the end, these rifts are healthy for the community and bring unsuspected results in the long run. Sometimes gettin to that point gets ugly, but life ain't easy ya know?
I said it earlier in some post and I'll repeat it....I've followed Dale and Co. for a long time....he's always delivered....AH2 is around the corner and if any of you think Dale isn't listening, you're kidding yourselves:) We will have our tweaks to gameplay and keep on keepin on until we finally bore of it all and go find something else to do....that's a fact.
So in the meantime, we all should try not to take it so personally....everyone knows that Real Men furball...no need to rub that point in anyones face:)
Cyas Up!
