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Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: lazs2 on September 17, 2006, 10:17:57 AM
differences...

The big difference is of course seeing planes that never got used before and... the likelyhood that even more will be developed.

Another is the friendlier attitude...   I even flew bish and took some heat but got along in the end with even the BOP guys for the most part...  HT was right.

More six calls and salutes and less crying about how gawd and the internet robbed you of your kill/caused your death.  HT was right..

"join"  never even knew it existed or.. forgot it did.... so far 4 people have joined my plane... Talk about a way to learn... maybe what not to do but.... a way to learn.... HT was right.

slum behavior.... only one plane can runway dive now with impunity... the 190a5..  amybe the spit 9 but you don't see many...  you can take off and land without someone perched to vultch.

Great fites... I am sorely strained to land a few against planes that aren't much better than mine if at all.   People are beating me up regularly in there and it is fun.

lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Sweet2th on September 17, 2006, 10:29:37 AM
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The big difference is of course seeing planes that never got used before and...


I always flew early war planes, it was hard to see them because of all the spit's and La's.

I like the arena change.Now it is so easy to pick out the horde flyers and cherry pickers because they are crying the hardest on these boards!

There is a little problem with the ENY though, and i believe that would be cured simply by making it 2 countries and not 3.
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Shifty on September 17, 2006, 10:35:48 AM
Agreed.

I have not had this much fun in AH in a long time.
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: cav58d on September 17, 2006, 11:06:46 AM
I have yet to meet a CO-Alt con 8K+ in the EW.....I have yet to see the ENY for the rooks lower than 10...And I am yet to see a de-acked field, or downed VH...

I'm giving it a shot though....
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: moneyguy on September 17, 2006, 11:14:50 AM
i also used to mostly fly the early planes. its nice now that when im low on fuel or ammo i can leave the fight without getting chased a whole sector by an LA7 or Pony. i've also seen a lot less HO'ing. not that it really matters to me since i've been guilty of it a few times (ok ok, a lot   :D  ).  about the eny thing, in the early arena it seems to me that the availible plane set is a little too small for eny. i feel that instead of disabling planes with a lower eny when the sides are off balanced maybe just disable the perk rides.  thats just my $.02
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: lazs2 on September 17, 2006, 11:28:25 AM
cav... you are pretty much explaining why I like the thing.

No deacked fields mean no "runway divers"   I don't care about high alt fights.. even in the the old MA I never got over 4k above ground level..   never liked the class of people you meet up high anyway.... if they want me they have to come down to my level anyway.

An f4f-3 would help even up the fights a little too.

lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Sweet2th on September 17, 2006, 11:30:41 AM
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I have yet to see the ENY for the rooks lower than 10...


so change countries.

The country you fly for doesn't matter, all the enemy icons are red.Thats what the ENY is for to make it fair for the weaker numbered countries because no one will switch.kinda reminds me of H2H.
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: cav58d on September 17, 2006, 12:50:20 PM
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Originally posted by lazs2
cav... you are pretty much explaining why I like the thing.

No deacked fields mean no "runway divers"   I don't care about high alt fights.. even in the the old MA I never got over 4k above ground level..   never liked the class of people you meet up high anyway.... if they want me they have to come down to my level anyway.

An f4f-3 would help even up the fights a little too.

lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's


LMAO lazs...Well, glad I could help push your point! =)....

DOH! hahaha

lazs...Seriously....I've been argueing with you on the boards over this change, but its nothing personal...
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: cav58d on September 17, 2006, 12:52:11 PM
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Originally posted by Sweet2th
so change countries.

The country you fly for doesn't matter, all the enemy icons are red.Thats what the ENY is for to make it fair for the weaker numbered countries because no one will switch.kinda reminds me of H2H.


No, I wont change countries sweet...I've been a rook for over four years, and I will remain a rook until I quit the game or die...One of the biggest reaons I stay in this game is to fly with my friends...And if I cant fly with them because of ENY, i'd much rather log, then fly against them
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: lazs2 on September 17, 2006, 12:52:13 PM
nothing personal here either... we flew against each other in the EW and I believe that we got along fine.

lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Gryffin on September 17, 2006, 01:08:08 PM
The early war arena is the most fun I have had in AH in years! I flew in there all day yesterday, from 70 people online to when it was full, and never had any problem finding anything from a 1v1 to a massive furball. I haven't that much AH in one day for about 2 years!

One comment though, the map right now is Mindanao, which is eleventy thousand times better for the early war than uterus, which has bases that are just too far apart. The furballs in the middle of Mindanao where the three countries meet are amazing!
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: edge12674 on September 17, 2006, 01:11:52 PM
One pleasant surprise is that a better caliber of pilot appears to be flying the EW aircraft.  As a Zero pilot I was pleasantly surprised to see pilots of Spits and 109's who know what a throttle is and actually provide some great scissoring fights.

Time will tell, but I wouldn't be surprised to find the late war arena will be home to the younger "Quake" crowd and the EW to be kinda like the FT, with the more serious pilots populating it.
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: cav58d on September 17, 2006, 01:57:14 PM
Well out of all my negativity, I have to admit the fights are getting better in the EW arena...Definately a good place to learn/practice the scissors maneuver
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: BTMe62 on September 17, 2006, 09:33:46 PM
Lazs,  Your observations are dead on.  I must admit that I had my doubts
about the new set up.  I flew in the EW arena for the first time tonight
and had a blast.  Flying the F4F is the most fun I've had with a plane
since I started here.  

The Rook ENY at 9:00 pm EDT was a whole great big 3, all planes
available in the area were available for use.

I will be coming back to the EW.  I might even learn a little more about
ACM.

Mike
aka BTMe62
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: jaxxo on September 18, 2006, 01:38:02 PM
ew is nice when not too many people on...the ma, err late war, was filled with vulching kaptshure queens
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Max on September 18, 2006, 01:49:43 PM
Hitech, Pyro, Skuzzy...looks like it's safe to come outta the attic now :aok
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: indy007 on September 18, 2006, 02:03:32 PM
best thing I've found so far...

changing countries, but still staying on squad vox...

then finding & killing your dweeb squaddies. :rofl
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Eagler on September 18, 2006, 02:34:34 PM
EW is great though I have only been in MW once so I can't compare it to the others. I doubt I'll venture into LW anytime soon.
EW is the way a combat FLIGHT sim should be, even with low numbers in the am est, you may have to change countries (who cares) but you can always find a good fight ..

If I were a gv or la/spit dude maybe I would be crying over the loss of MA, but I ain't :)
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Karnak on September 18, 2006, 02:53:25 PM
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Originally posted by Eagler
If I were a gv or la/spit dude maybe I would be crying over the loss of MA, but I ain't :)

I like Spits, but EW still has the Mk I and Mk V free, and the Mk IX perked.

MW has the Mossie, so I am more likely to spend time there, but EW sounds fun too.
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Shifty on September 18, 2006, 02:58:35 PM
I've got my share of Spit V sorties in , but my main ride has been the P-40E.
One thing the change has done for me.

 I flew my first C202 on-line Saturday after all these years. I guess I was expecting a cross between a 109F, and a Ki-61. Actually it reminded me more of the P-40.
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Noir on September 18, 2006, 03:28:08 PM
the C202 is very dangerous on EW, it got a 109 engine and is very light, makes it a very agile bnz plane.

Long time I didn't have that fun on MA, feels like playing a different game as you rediscover how those maps were supposed to be played on )
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Oldman731 on September 18, 2006, 03:49:34 PM
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Originally posted by Shifty
I flew my first C202 on-line Saturday after all these years. I guess I was expecting a cross between a 109F, and a Ki-61. Actually it reminded me more of the P-40.

202 v P-40E is a great fight.

- oldman
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Sweet2th on September 18, 2006, 03:56:45 PM
202 is the fastest diving plane in the game at well over 600 MPH.It  burns fuel pretty slow as well.

There once was a select few players who would fly the 202 and various other early war planes, now alot more are finding out about it.
Title: old MA vs the early war...
Post by: Gryffin on September 18, 2006, 06:01:52 PM
I'm finding that the best thing about the new setup is the player limit in each arena. At 250 people it feels crowded, when there are 100-150 people on mindanao the action is perfect.