Sharky - good post, and thanks for joining my thread.
I think you pretty much understand the game I'd like to see.
I think we're getting bogged down in the fuel porkage "two passes - or is it three?" debate. As Mr. Toad points out, I have started to see the impact that SFP has on the game. I'm not so much against the fuel being porked, but I strongly object to
any form of suicide dweebery, whether that be fuel porkage or the much more severe form, suicide-CV-destruction - walls of divebombing LANCs at 500'.
We might be able to steer some tardz away from this erstwhile behaviour by increasing the rewards for fighting sensibly and landing their kills and strat target awards. I personally feel that the k/t stat encourages suiciding because it encourages people
not to RTB to land their points. (Lazs - that's just my opinion. I did not comment on my own stats; I did not comment on gun control)
But even if the rewards system were to be changed to favour landed sorties, the suiciding wanktardz with absolutely no interest in WW2 - as someone has already suggested, pimply teens who get off by ruining gameplay for others - will abound.
Guys like me who want to see realistic matchups, and some sort of
purpose to the combat will have AH2 TOD to look forward to. That is going to provide my refuge from SFP and S-CV-killer, along with the überplane tardz flying the Big 3 who make it impractical to fly early or midwar planes at times. The furballers will then be left with the wanktardz, and may be driven out to the DA - many now go there anyway, having realised that the DA offers everything they need. That will leave the MA/Classic to the tardz. But what will they do if they have no-one left whose fun they can spoil? Cancel accounts? Or maybe try growing up and/or learning some skills and joining the DA or TOD arenas? Hopefully the latter. But as I said before, it will come down to money. A flat rate strategy needs to fling its doors open to all comers. But there are limits. Most businesses could think of people whose business they don't want - drunken airline passengers, non-paying hotel guests, lager louts at holiday resorts...
Will HTC decide that there are people in this game who are spoiling it for others and decide that their business is not wanted?
If AH2 TOD delivers what guys like me would like to see, and the DA can be made more attractive to the furballers, the wanktardz problem might just sort itself out in AH2.
