hmmmmmmmm... should I or shouldn't I?
Obviously, from the rest of the thread I shouldn't.
So, I won't. I'll merely refer you to the various threads about AKDesert and the explanations/discussions regarding the range of early war (and some mid-war) aircraft, the massive imbalance between the ease of fuel degradation and the difficulty of fuel resupply and, lastly, the distances between fields and the impact this has coupled to the range of the aforementioned aircraft.
You may understand, or you may not. But it's immaterial to me either way.
You see, I've found alternatives to AH AKD or BI boredom. There's the DA, the CT, drinking with friends, fooling with the dogs, chasing the wife around, reading good books... lots of things.
In fact, in a way, I'm thankful for AKDesert and Big Isles and the new rotation schedule. I have at least half the month to do other things that interest me more now.
Not to say that there aren't good fights on AKD or Big Isles. There are; the CV action is usually good until some master of strateegery sinks the boat. Some fields are in reasonable proximity and can have decent fights until the fuel is degraded to 25% or the steamroller horde lemmings to the field.
However, AK and BI usually have less of what interests me overall and when it is happening, it doesn't last long.
But then I think the ONLY time I've ever been to 30K+ in AH was probably when I was AFK for a beer and left it on autoclimb and then the phone range and after that the wife made that thing with her eyes that.. well, you know...
But to each his own. As my old ops officer used to say.. "whatever blows your skirt up, honey".
