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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Yarbles on July 15, 2020, 04:39:42 PM
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I was not head up myself about graphics and still am not. I loved this with 100's in like a Carrier off shore people taking off guns firing all the time. I think the creators are geniuses but is it really still going ?? I would like to know before I sign up again for what for me was the once the greatest on line game ??
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I wish this still have 800+ people a night. It was not about graphics it was full immersion anyway :salute
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Hi Yarbles,
100+ consistently in prime time US time zone evenings. How long have you been out? Do you know there is a battleship task force now? Wisconsin or Iowa-class, can't recall. But its used to pound bases before amphibious landings, or duel other surface ship groups. Like before, the game can be a lot fun - its all what you make of it.
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Been thinking the same Yarby old mate..
where did the numbers go.. out of US prime time it got very thin on the ground/air..
I miss this game
<<S>> Jimmy
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I was on last night and had a good time..... till the wife told me to hold it down. LOL
So I shifted over to RDR2 for awhile.
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Some of us never left
Give it a go again - vr is best
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Eagler
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Been thinking the same Yarby old mate..
where did the numbers go.. out of US prime time it got very thin on the ground/air..
I miss this game
<<S>> Jimmy
well... where did you go?? that should help answer....unpack your pink tutu and get back in here Jimmy so I can kick that rust off you..
The numbers have slimmed but there are times when like minded people are on that you can have a good scrap ....
just one more person will help the cause..the more one more persons we get the better it is
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You dont need 800 players to have a blast here, its all about the map, and how you interact with it. I will say, some of these maps among other things, choke this gem of a game out of its real potential of the old days.
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Numbers are lower but I’ve come back and am enjoying as much as I use to. There’s nothing else close to it out there.
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Numbers are lower but I’ve come back and am enjoying as much as I use to. There’s nothing else close to it out there.
Hah! Good to see you again, dude.
Yarbles, give it a try again. It's hardly a long-term financial commitment.
- oldman
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Numbers are lower, but have been climbing with the plague keeping folks at home and bringing a lot of old names back. Give it a shot.
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Some of us never left
Give it a go again - vr is best
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Eagler
True..... Just some of us lifers are not able to participate as much as we would want to due to physical disabilities, which really sucks donkey balls....
Long time, Yarbles! Good to see you posting.... Get back in the game.... That goes for you also, JimmyC
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TC
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Numbers are lower, but have been climbing with the plague keeping folks at home and bringing a lot of old names back. Give it a shot.
The actual plague is in Colorado. :D
One squirrel so far had bubonic....
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Plenty of people on the weekends. FSO on Friday reaches like 200 people. Even with 80 people on you can get some fun small intense fights in
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The actual plague is in Colorado. :D
One squirrel so far had bubonic....
Indeed. Actual occurrences of the bubonic plague are pretty common: it is rampant in Prairie Dogs in the midwest.
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Yarb I recognize the name from ancient times... Yes people still play and seems like we are picking up a few more here and there. I Have a friend who plans on joining after he gets his VR rig. He came over to try mine and said "I have to get one!" Also said he was only getting it for AH and he's never been a huge fan of the game. I would recommend picking one up if you can afford it because it breathes new life into the game and makes it feel new again. :)
Any way YES GET YOUR TAIL IN HERE SO WE CAN SHOOT AT YOU!!! OR HECK GET SHOT BY YOU! I don't care either way. :)
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I’ve been back a month or so and seen many new names and lots of old ones. I’m really trying to workout my mic issues so I can say hello to old buddies.
I was away for over 3 years and the re-learning is actually fun. Now if I could re-learn to shoot at 200-600!
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I came back after a long hiatus (flew 2001 - 2012), and it's still great fun! I do wish there was a bump in numbers, seems that 100-200 in the MA is the standard most days, depending on time of day. It's fun, but I miss the 250-300+ days! For the long-term health of the game and community we need a way to encourage younger folks to join, and to provide incentives for them to stay. The MA is fun, but the method is basically the same it's always been with respect to base attack/taking. It can be both freedom and a bore at the same time :-0
My favorite have been the scenario events, but those take commitment and planning. I'm not sure people want commitment and planning these days, a lot of times I see kids with virtually no attention span wanting a quick fix (Fortnite, Clash of Clans, etc.) and then they move on to something else. If AH could find a way to engage the interest of those players and hold it, we'd see the numbers climb!
Bottom-line: still fun, join up, see ya in the skies!
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60-70 people roughly at 5pm GMT.
There's enough for some fun, but I hear Yarbles has his coco at 7pm and is in bed by 8. :old:
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Dolby where you been? Still flying? Haven't seen you or Furball in awhile.
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Dolby's real life and family has taken him away for a few months he stopped for a brief time of playing AH back around 1st of July......iirc, I think he has a baby or 2 now
He joined the Damned squadron when he came back several months ago....
He told me he will be back in a few months
Hope I'm not speaking out of turn....
~S~ & Cheers
TC
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No kids :old:
But I'll be back soon :D
Thanks for asking Mr MaX :cheers:
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I wish this still have 800+ people a night. It was not about graphics it was full immersion anyway :salute
Those were amazing times.
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The actual plague is in Colorado. :D
One squirrel so far had bubonic....
Shuffler is just concerned that it will be found in his favorite gerbils..... :noid :noid :uhoh
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I wish this still have 800+ people a night. It was not about graphics it was full immersion anyway :salute
Never ever had 800 a night.
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Never ever had 800 a night.
In 2008-2010, it did. A "low" server population then was 150, in the early A.M. east coast time. It was normal to see 400 a night, higher on the weekends. I mean, this message board had a high of 351 online at once, then. The message board..... lol. You were here then, you should remember.
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The arenas split at roughly 600, then they went slowly down from that moment on. The time span you're talking of Moray was closer to 300 between LWO and 140 LWB and about 10 betwwen EW and MW.
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Shuffler is just concerned that it will be found in his favorite gerbils..... :noid :noid :uhoh
A human has it in Colorado now. It is not the capacious human to human type though. First time since 2015 for Colorado.
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yeah as stated before, low numbers 120+ but you can still find good fights :joystick:
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THIS is the best time to be playing AH. Not some theoretical time with the numbers perfectly coincided with x, y ,z ... .
Get in the game now. It rocks! It has the BEST community. Its privately owned rather than being owned by a monolithic corporate conglomerate, i.e. you can talk to them.
All things considered, AH is the best WWII flight sim on this planet. If you want more real than AH and the chores that go with it, you'd have to buy a flyable P-51 or the like. AH is the perfect balance of realism and fun.
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I dont work for AH. Just been playing a long time.
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