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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: LEADPIG on November 29, 2007, 05:36:33 PM
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Even though i liked Titanic Tuesday, as a one of Hi-Tech's customers i often feel a little let down when other things have been left untouched and have been needing attention for a little while. I have a few questions that a few other folks might want to know.
Titanic Tuesday was great, The new graphics that were added awhile back are wonderful, The B-25, etc, but sometimes i feel as if they have passed by a few things that have needed addressing for awhile in the game. Here's just a few things that i wish Aces High would have spent a little time on instead.
1. Please update the graphics on a few of the planes that have been needing it for awhile. Like the F-4u C moldel and the Ta-152 for example. Everytime i see a new change i wonder why a bit of time wasn't spent on those things.
2. Please look into a few of the flight dynamics issues with a few planes that need a little tidying up. The Hellcat for instance and the Mustangs turn performance. Widewing to me is a trusted source and he has brought up what i think are some pertanent issues on the Hellcat for instance as of late. (Btw great job on the Mossy, very enjoyable.)
3. Please update us on the combat tour and if it's not ready please don't mention anything else about it. Untill real steps are being made to release it. Sometimes i feel like i'm being played with by Hi-Tech and i don't as well as a few other customers i believe don't appreciate it. (Axl Rose - Chinese Democracy, Hi-Tech - Combat Tour).
4. I personally would like to see weather implemented back into the game. Maybe a little rain, Thunderstorms, Heavy Cloud Formations. I understand this game had it at one time and i don't know why it was taken away. Though i'm all ears to listen. Please forgive me as i'm sure it's been explained before.
Also as a few personal aside, i've always felt the B-29 would be an interesting addition and i feel it could be worked out. I know folks worry about the effect on game play. But if perked in a similiar way to the Me-262 i feel it wouldn't be to far of a stretch and could be worked out. Maybe the B-29 could be worth 200 - 500 perks and the use of the Nuclear weopon could be perked seperately for a fairly high ammount. That way it wouldn't be out of the question to fly the bomber it self. But the use of the nuclear bomb would be a very added bonus for flying the B-29 itself and gathering points. But that's just me.
I also feel a Korean war version of this game somewhere down the line would push this game into uncharted territory and it would become all the more popular. I can see the subscriber base tripling or quadrupling at the very release of such a thing.
As an honest open post in this forum i feel these are fair open questions to be asked of a business from one of it's customers.
Everything else is fine, you guys do a fine job and have what i believe to be the worlds penultimate multi-player simulator. But i feel those things, especially the first four could be looked into and as a customer i would feel very happy about it.
Keep up the wonderful work.
:aok
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I agree with a lot of what you said, but please no nukes.
Also, what do you mean by saying that Aces High 2 is the world's second to last multi player simulator? What is the last? Or did you simply mean ultimate (different words)
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We never had rain or thunderstorms, but they would be nice. :)
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Originally posted by trotter
I agree with a lot of what you said, but please no nukes.
Also, what do you mean by saying that Aces High 2 is the world's second to last multi player simulator? What is the last?
Did i see that? I meant to say it's the best. I love this game and i make these suggestions because i'd like to see them climb to even higher plateaus in their market and fan base.
As for the Nukes, my suggestion is to Perk the B-29 and the nukes seperately. That way you could just fly the B-29 itself without really factoring in the perk cost of the nukes. The B-29 could be worth say, anywhere from 175 to 500 perk points, possibly the latter. Now by flying the B-29 over mission after mission you could amass seperate points that could be used for just the bomb. After that you could have the option of buying the bomb. Here's the clincher after you amassed the number of points for it's use, there would be a time stipulation that you not use the bomb for another 3 - 6 months on your account. now during that time you could still be amasing points to use it, and then the same time restriction could be used again etc, etc. That way it would not be over used. And although people would be using it at different times, the time required to amass that amount of points, plus the time penalty afterward could control it's use. Just a thought
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Nukes? Are you serious? What about the sheep? Think of how many nuclear bombs would be dropped on a given day of playing. Other than that I think your ideas aren't too bad.
P.S.--Combat Tour will be available in 2 weeks
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Originally posted by NHawk
We never had rain or thunderstorms, but they would be nice. :)
Oh and taking into account people with older machines, because we want everybody to have fun. :cool: There could be seperate areas, or sectors on the map that would be designated to different weather types. I.e. Cloudy, Fog, Rain, Snow, Windy, Night. However most of the maps would be as they are now and people who have older machines could fly, and people who would like to fly in the other sectors could as wished.
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The only part of your thread I disagree with is the nukes part. That really would serve no useful purpose for gameplay.
The rest I tend to agree with for the most part.
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Originally posted by TwentyFo
P.S.--Combat Tour will be available in 2 weeks
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:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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A WWI version would be superior to the Korean War Era. Just think on how little "running" would be taking place.
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everytime someone makes a two weeks joke they add another two weeks, didnt you guys know this??
now two weeks jokes in B29 nook threads has just like....added another..*calculates*....17 months.
wtg..
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"....Combat Tour is currently in closed testing and release is planned for the first half of 2006....."
- January 12, 2006 HTC Home Page
Id rather it take 5 years and be fully completed rather then they rush it and not take there time on it. As far as I am concerned I don't care if it takes another year or two to complete its sure to be worth it.
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What i do miss is when hitech/pyro/skuzzyused to arrive in the arena to chat and answer questions in blue text. Not sure it would really be feasible with the massive numbers we have nowadays
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Sudz came into the da so i challenged him to a c47 fight he accepted then threatened to hit me with his uber mod death ray satelite, laughed and left before he owned me too much.
was a great day. i wish they would come and join in the da once in a while, see how long the 163s last after picking on that fight.
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
A WWI version would be superior to the Korean War Era. Just think on how little "running" would be taking place.
Unless you were in a Spad ^__^
ack-ack
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LEADPIG to your first post all of those updates will be available in 2 weeks:aok
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Originally posted by LEADPIG
Even though i liked Titanic Tuesday, as a one of Hi-Tech's customers i often feel a little let down when other things have been left untouched and have been needing attention for a little while. I have a few questions that a few other folks might want to know.
Titanic Tuesday was great, The new graphics that were added awhile back are wonderful, The B-25, etc, but sometimes i feel as if they have passed by a few things that have needed addressing for awhile in the game. Here's just a few things that i wish Aces High would have spent a little time on instead.
1. Please update the graphics on a few of the planes that have been needing it for awhile. Like the F-4u C moldel and the Ta-152 for example. Everytime i see a new change i wonder why a bit of time wasn't spent on those things.
2. Please look into a few of the flight dynamics issues with a few planes that need a little tidying up. The Hellcat for instance and the Mustangs turn performance. Widewing to me is a trusted source and he has brought up what i think are some pertanent issues on the Hellcat for instance as of late. (Btw great job on the Mossy, very enjoyable.)
3. Please update us on the combat tour and if it's not ready please don't mention anything else about it. Untill real steps are being made to release it. Sometimes i feel like i'm being played with by Hi-Tech and i don't as well as a few other customers i believe don't appreciate it. (Axl Rose - Chinese Democracy, Hi-Tech - Combat Tour).
4. I personally would like to see weather implemented back into the game. Maybe a little rain, Thunderstorms, Heavy Cloud Formations. I understand this game had it at one time and i don't know why it was taken away. Though i'm all ears to listen. Please forgive me as i'm sure it's been explained before.
Also as a few personal aside, i've always felt the B-29 would be an interesting addition and i feel it could be worked out. I know folks worry about the effect on game play. But if perked in a similiar way to the Me-262 i feel it wouldn't be to far of a stretch and could be worked out. Maybe the B-29 could be worth 200 - 500 perks and the use of the Nuclear weopon could be perked seperately for a fairly high ammount. That way it wouldn't be out of the question to fly the bomber it self. But the use of the nuclear bomb would be a very added bonus for flying the B-29 itself and gathering points. But that's just me.
I also feel a Korean war version of this game somewhere down the line would push this game into uncharted territory and it would become all the more popular. I can see the subscriber base tripling or quadrupling at the very release of such a thing.
As an honest open post in this forum i feel these are fair open questions to be asked of a business from one of it's customers.
Everything else is fine, you guys do a fine job and have what i believe to be the worlds penultimate multi-player simulator. But i feel those things, especially the first four could be looked into and as a customer i would feel very happy about it.
Keep up the wonderful work.
:aok
:aok
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Leadpig:
I guarantee I will spend just as much time on the things you asked for, as I spent ......
Oops already spent more time typing then it did to change the name on one arena.
HiTech
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Originally posted by Husky01
"....Combat Tour is currently in closed testing and release is planned for the first half of 2006....."
- January 12, 2006 HTC Home Page
Id rather it take 5 years and be fully completed rather then they rush it and not take there time on it. As far as I am concerned I don't care if it takes another year or two to complete its sure to be worth it.
The problem being it has taken nearly that long and once its released there will be that much more coad to support which slows down everything else too. Given how much energy invested in it at the expense of the core product the whole thing does not show a lot of progress potential. Hopefully I'm wrong.
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Originally posted by hitech
Leadpig:
I guarantee I will spend just as much time on the things you asked for, as I spent ......
Oops already spent more time typing then it did to change the name on one arena.
HiTech
:rofl That is so wrong
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I swear I gag every time an addition or enhancement of this game is denounced for the sake of "It would make it difficult for people with old computers to play"
weather
better terrain
better bomb effects
better rocket effects
better plane damage effects
the list goes on and on...
in the rest of the entire world we live in.. gamers upgrade their rigs to keep uo with the developers. only in aces high are developers held back and forced to languish for the sake of some geezers and their circa 1999 computers..
if you can afford to pay for the MA.. you can afford to get your crap box up to spec..
a $30 motherboard, a $75 processor, a $20stick of ram and a $50 video card..
is all it would take to run the dog snot out of this game, and even leave room for future upgrade..
the fasted rig in the world it wont be.. but AH2 isnt exactly doom 3 either..
if you can run quicken you can run AH2, and if you own quicken you probably have enough money to afford the upgrade, or why the hell would you have quicken..
where am I going with all of this? I haven't a clue, my phone rang mid way though typing this and the train is now far from the tracks..
dont make me have this discussion again.:furious
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Originally posted by Wingnutt
I swear I gag every time an addition or enhancement of this game is denounced for the sake of "It would make it difficult for people with old computers to play"
weather
better terrain
better bomb effects
better rocket effects
better plane damage effects
the list goes on and on...
in the rest of the entire world we live in.. gamers upgrade their rigs to keep uo with the developers. only in aces high are developers held back and forced to languish for the sake of some geezers and their circa 1999 computers..
if you can afford to pay for the MA.. you can afford to get your crap box up to spec..
a $30 motherboard, a $75 processor, a $20stick of ram and a $50 video card..
is all it would take to run the dog snot out of this game, and even leave room for future upgrade..
the fasted rig in the world it wont be.. but AH2 isnt exactly doom 3 either..
if you can run quicken you can run AH2, and if you own quicken you probably have enough money to afford the upgrade, or why the hell would you have quicken..
where am I going with all of this? I haven't a clue, my phone rang mid way though typing this and the train is now far from the tracks..
dont make me have this discussion again.:furious
Not to mention the handy "detail level" slider and settings to tune up or tune down features to suit your needs. Its just weird to see people complain about upgrades to the product.
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Wingnutt, don't put much stock in what you read on the bbs regarding why HTC does or does not dosomething, unless it's from HTC.
What people typically refer to as the "weather we used to have", was just a series of clouds floating around anyway. I don't think they really want to sit at their desks and watch it snow for 2 hours instead of play.
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
I don't think they really want to sit at their desks and watch it snow for 2 hours instead of play.
thats kind of an absurd way at looking at weather..
something more along the line of different density cloud types, some darker some lighter, and rain.. moving across the map..
nothing that would outright prohibit flying.. just make it interesting, another level of immersion for the game..
of course the map will be reset in 4 hours as soon as the rooks figure out how to cloud seed with sheep urine and finely ground back hair, but no product is perfect.
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Originally posted by Wingnutt
if you can run quicken you can run AH2, and if you own quicken you probably have enough money to afford the upgrade, or why the hell would you have quicken..
LOL
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Originally posted by hitech
Leadpig:
I guarantee I will spend just as much time on the things you asked for, as I spent ......
Oops already spent more time typing then it did to change the name on one arena.
HiTech
Why's he always gotta give a *smart* answer to people that ensure his livliehood? lol
I was trying to be nice in my original post.
Thanks i really appreciate that.
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Do you realize what a POS the B29 was? I see pilots hit the hills in here all the time and the B29 would be worse. Its much harder just to get the thing off the ground and then its climb rate is terrible and its ceiling is low. Of course it would not have the problems with engine fires that the real one had if we ever got it but we dont really need it anyway because we have bombers with plenty of range and better ceiling already.
I would like to see the P51s drag from extended flaps situation fixed. That would be worth a small bottle of cognac.
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Originally posted by hitech
Leadpig:
I guarantee I will spend just as much time on the things you asked for, as I spent ......
Oops already spent more time typing then it did to change the name on one arena.
HiTech
RFOL!!! :rofl
L-Pig - It's all in the BRIBES dude. All in the bribes...
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In case you forgot:
HOW TO GET WHAT YOU WANT AT HTC (http://www.internetwines.com/pa95154.html)
I've already bribed. Got what I want.
:D
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Originally posted by Mister Fork
RFOL!!! :rofl
L-Pig - It's all in the BRIBES dude. All in the bribes...
Well.... i don't kiss a#$, so i guess i don't get what i want.
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Lead, don't expect serious answers, or to be taken seriously, when you request, or discuss the perk costs of, a nook. No one's asking you to suck man-ass, and you can't really get aircraft added by sending him booze. Until CT is done, you can pretty much expect things to remain unchanged. Yeah, it's not ideal, but it's not like there's any real competition for those interested in this genre. This is what we get, and if we don't like it, there's always WoW, I guess.
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Originally posted by Chalenge
Its much harder just to get the thing off the ground and then its climb rate is terrible and its ceiling is low.
Flying at 40,000ft is low? Just because LeMay had them flying low over Tokyo doesn't mean they couldn't fly any higher.
ack-ack
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IMO..
as far as representing accurate flight dynamics, AH is #1 and by a HUGE margine..
the aircraft themselves are modeled graphically VERY VERY GOOD
the angular jotty terrain, and bomb and rockets effects.. are.. even in very generous eyes falling far short..
a 100 pound bomb makes the same crater and has the same visual effect as a 4000 pound cookie:huh
rockets, same story...
effects of buildings/objects being destroyed, bomb, rocket explosions, implementation of any sort of weather lag far. FAR behind the rest of the game.. as do other fine points.. the way the sun gets chopped as it sets.. etc
people want new planes, new planes, new planes... while other more evident GLARING discrepancies are straing you in the face every time you log in...
My opinion would be to hold off on adding new rides, and instead polish the current product to a mirror finish.. then worry about filling about the already ample plane set, I mean, dont get me wrong, I too have a wish list of rides I would absolutely LOVE to see added, but priorities dictate..
make the terrain more rolling.. not sharp angles
make different size bombs ...at the VERY least make different sized craters.. or preferably make different and more dynamic looking explosions.. I.E. a 100 pound egg would make a small fart puff, where as the cookie a huge crater, flash, shock wave.. etc you get the idea.
rockets, same as above..
get some dark clouds, thunderheads, .. some sort of ACTIVE weather would add an entire new layer of immersion and dare I say EXCITEMENT to the game.. Imagine having a digfight in the middle of a thunderstorm, with wild updrafts adding and then stealing shots from you, a visibility of .. next to nothing.. like fighting a ghost.. trying to bomb a target only to have it obscured by cloud cover.. do you dive below the clouds and risk interception, or hit a secondary? decisions, choices, problems, solutions, FUN!!!
fix the sunset/rise so there isn't a half inch void where it intersects the terrain.
there is so much to this game ALREADY HERE.. staring us in the face.. that if just tweaked out a bit and shined up.. would make an astonishing improvement more so than adding any handful of aircraft/vehicles/boats/bears on bicycles.. etc
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I dunno wing. I find plane selection, accurate modeling and fun factor the most important things in a game. Terrain and such to me, is just eye candy. I'd much rather them bring out a new aircraft, finish CT or remodel an aircraft to be more accurate than see pretty trees. I won't lie, IL2 series has amazing graphics compared to AH. But in almost every other aspect it falls way short. I don't think there's a right or wrong answer, just what an individual prefers.
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Originally posted by Wingnutt
get some dark clouds, thunderheads, .. some sort of ACTIVE weather would add an entire new layer of immersion and dare I say EXCITEMENT to the game.. Imagine having a digfight in the middle of a thunderstorm, with wild updrafts adding and then stealing shots from you, a visibility of .. next to nothing.. like fighting a ghost.. trying to bomb a target only to have it obscured by cloud cover.. do you dive below the clouds and risk interception, or hit a secondary? decisions, choices, problems, solutions, FUN!!!
You do understand that they didn't fight in thunderstorms. Missions were scrubbed because of weather. Folks with limited playing time are probably not going to be thrilled about having a thunderstorm screw up their fun.
Numerous examples of pilots being lost in storms but I doubt that's what folks want. I can't believe you'd fly for an hour only to get killed by weather and enjoy it.
As for some of the other stuff. In the last scenario there was wind and clouds. There were targets obscured by solid undercast. Again for a set mission in a scenario, it did add some serious immersion.
I doubt the attention span of the average MA pilot is going to allow for much appreciation of taking thier buffs on thier lastest "mishun' and finding out they can't see the target.
I'd think it would make sense for CT but for the MA hamster wheel it doesn't make much sense in my opinion.
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No Nukes, this is not an arcade game but realistic simulator.
Granted if this game had nukes, I'd quit playing, no sense to seeing a lone con over a base and watch entire base disappear because buff drivers have 50k perks to spend.
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Originally posted by SuperDud
I dunno wing. I find plane selection, accurate modeling and fun factor the most important things in a game. Terrain and such to me, is just eye candy. I'd much rather them bring out a new aircraft, finish CT or remodel an aircraft to be more accurate than see pretty trees. I won't lie, IL2 series has amazing graphics compared to AH. But in almost every other aspect it falls way short. I don't think there's a right or wrong answer, just what an individual prefers.
I think IL2 got the visuals right, and little else.. thats just me however..
I think that despite how "purist", many people want to think of themselves.. proclaiming that the gameplay is what makes the game great, not the "eye candy".. the fact of the matter is.. the so called eye candy plays a HUGE part in how the game appeals to people, even the overstated, self proclaimed "purist" who believes they are only playing chess.. with guns and wings...
the visual representation is every bit as important as any other aspect of this game.. when we work so hard to plug the enemy fighter or level the city.. thats our reward.. seeing the con go down, or seeing the structures leveled.. thats what we worked for.. and as such it should be represented in such a way as to properly reward us for our efforts, not to say it doesent in some way now.. it does...
but I would put money on the fact, that even the purest of the "purist" would derive more joy from their goal of choice... if they got to lose themselves, if only for a second or two in a somewhat realistic representation of what their e-self just e-did... watch the buildings burn and collapse and smoke, watch the enemy con flame and break up as it goes in, debris falling off as it goes.. watching the ammo store of an enemy tank cook off and smolder after that perfect shot.
after all is said in done this is altered reality, that for $15 a month we get to lose ourselves in for.. god willing a couple hours a week. might as well get as lost as we can.
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Originally posted by Guppy35
You do understand that they didn't fight in thunderstorms. Missions were scrubbed because of weather. Folks with limited playing time are probably not going to be thrilled about having a thunderstorm screw up their fun.
well it wont take long to learn to avoid them.. like I said, im not talking about an arena sized hell storm the size of the red spot on jupiter.. just.. SOMETHING.. other than the occasional stationary puffy cloud.. active weather doesent mean roving hurricanes of death.. just a little rain here and there.. some dark clouds to get lost in (should you choose to enter them).. really nothing more.. maybe some snow at higher alt.. nothing at all that would defacto shut down an area of play, thats probably going too far in the MA...
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Originally posted by Adonai
No Nukes, this is not an arcade game but realistic simulator.
Granted if this game had nukes, I'd quit playing, no sense to seeing a lone con over a base and watch entire base disappear because buff drivers have 50k perks to spend.
Way more than 50 points man....... Waaaaaaaaay more than that for nukes. If you perked the system the way i was saying you wouldn't have people dropping nukes everyday, it would happen far less often.
If this game had nukes it would be more realistic as you say. They actually had those you know. And it if perked properly you might have someone drop a nuke once every 2 or 3 months if that. i'm talking some serious perks and restrictions. But when you earned it, it would be all the more fun. And if you added the restrictions i was mentioning, people would drop nukes at such an infrequent rate because one, they'd have to build up a ***** load of points again, and two, the time restriction required that i mentioned. If you had to wait 6 months before you were allowed to drop a nuke again, it would make people that much more afraid to use it. And it could be kept in check. It would add more danger to the game.
Imagine on the text buffer. So and so's rumored to have nukes on board, get him!..Suspense....if you don't get him, a few people would get an interesting little show. The base would be destroyed, taken, and go to that team. The same way someone sneaks in and takes your base while you're not looking, it would be about like that. End of story. After that the base is conquerable again. And the way i see it, nukes wouldn't happen often at all, and it could be tweaked to do so.
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
Lead, don't expect serious answers, or to be taken seriously, when you request, or discuss the perk costs of, a nook. No one's asking you to suck man-ass, and you can't really get aircraft added by sending him booze. Until CT is done, you can pretty much expect things to remain unchanged. Yeah, it's not ideal, but it's not like there's any real competition for those interested in this genre. This is what we get, and if we don't like it, there's always WoW, I guess.
Hubs i don't expect to be taunted and made fun of by the business that i support with my own money. That's disrespectful to your customers. Just take in the info and say, "Yes were're considering this, No were're not considering this" that's all i'm saying. I don't need the attitude.
Where i come from business owners don't talk to they're customers like that. They act more professional. And if you did you'd go out of business. And it's no excuse that because you are on the internet, that you can treat the people that ensure your livliehood anyway you want.
And i feel an honest business should not act in such ways to it's clientele. Plain and simple. It's questionable..
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Planes are updated on an individual basis. Unless you've got something very minor like a graphics sorting issue where a prop shows up in front of the cockpit you're sitting in, or a leading edge slat that stays visible after the whole wing is ripped off, updates will only happen when they get around to the plane in question.
The 29 is just a personal wish, like you said. Looking to please every personal wish out there is the only fair approach, but it's also unfeasible.
Are you asking them to give updates on CT, but not to give updates on CT if it isn't nearly done (two weeks' worth of work remaining, no pun)?
That can't work.
Weather would be great for sure. It's probably the same as night, it turned off too many people to be worth having in the MAs. A significant difference with night, though, is that weather only happens on a fraction of the whole map, so you couldn't get stuck with it like you could with night. Back then it was possible for a player with limited time to play to find night time every time he logged on.
It would be really cool if there was turbulence and actual rain, but considering the way engine oil leaks were implemented, it's probably yet another thing that won't be done until it can be modeled well enough.
It does suck not having iconless clouds though, there's no doubt about that.
And there's nothing questionable about having a sense of humor. HT isn't mocking or teasing you, there's nothing dishonest about his reply.. if anyone's got an attitude, it's you, waving around the 15$ a month like it means you own a share of HTC and have a chair on the design commitee...
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Originally posted by Guppy35
You do understand that they didn't fight in thunderstorms. Missions were scrubbed because of weather. Folks with limited playing time are probably not going to be thrilled about having a thunderstorm screw up their fun.
Numerous examples of pilots being lost in storms but I doubt that's what folks want. I can't believe you'd fly for an hour only to get killed by weather and enjoy it.
As for some of the other stuff. In the last scenario there was wind and clouds. There were targets obscured by solid undercast. Again for a set mission in a scenario, it did add some serious immersion.
I doubt the attention span of the average MA pilot is going to allow for much appreciation of taking thier buffs on thier lastest "mishun' and finding out they can't see the target.
I'd think it would make sense for CT but for the MA hamster wheel it doesn't make much sense in my opinion.
That's why there could be seperate sectors on a map for weather. And it wouldn't have to be that many, for people who would like to do that. Others could fly as they do now.
And i've heard of pilots dispatched in weather in WW2 that would make you wonder sometime Guppy.
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Originally posted by LEADPIG
That's why there could be seperate sectors on a map for weather. And it wouldn't have to be that many, for people who would like to do that. Others could fly as they do now.
And i've heard of pilots dispatched in weather in WW2 that would make you wonder sometime Guppy.
And lots died. April 16, 1944 was Black Sunday for the 5th AF when they got caught in bad weather 31 aircraft and 32 pilots and crew lost.
June 1, 1945 when the escort Mustangs from Iwo got caught in a storm and 24 Mustang pilots were lost. They called it Black Friday.
I'm all for weather in scenarios or snapshots even. I pushed for it in DSG as it was a factor in November 44, the time frame that scenario was based. I just don't see it as a priority in the MA.
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Flying at 40,000ft is low? Just because LeMay had them flying low over Tokyo doesn't mean they couldn't fly any higher.
ack-ack
ack ack, look at boeings website... the B17 actually had a 4K ceiling advantage over the B29 31K vs 35K for the 17
I have the data posted in one of the countless b29 threads
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Originally posted by moot
Are you asking them to give updates on CT, but not to give updates on CT if it isn't nearly done (two weeks' worth of work remaining, no pun)?
That can't work.
And there's nothing questionable about having a sense of humor. HT isn't mocking or teasing you, there's nothing dishonest about his reply.. if anyone's got an attitude, it's you, waving around the 15$ a month like it means you own a share of HTC and have a chair on the design commitee...
Posts like this this should not be made unless this is a complete mistake.
"....Combat Tour is currently in closed testing and release is planned for the first half of 2006....."
- January 12, 2006 HTC Home Page
But seeing as they have been made before and in repeated fashion it makes you wonder.
In business Moot the customer is respected. Because it matters not the ammount of money. But fore the fact that without it's customers a business would not exist. And they all add to the piece of the pie that makes a business profitable and that should be respected. Honest inquiries about an organization should be looked at and handled with tact and professionalism.
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You are respected LEADPIG, you just don't have enough humor in you to take a joke in stride. HT doesn't just twiddle his thumbs all day cashing in 15$ payments while taunting his customers. But he will call a cat a cat, and a short quip is the most efficient way to answer both your request for info and adress the disconnect between your conception of HT's work and what it really is.
That homepage 2006 ETA is just print on some webpage.. BFD. You take yourself way too seriously. Look at Bigelow Aerospace's webpage. They aren't just toying around on the internet, they're at the leading edge of space development, and they've got almost identical outdated bits of info on their website.
And Bigelow knows how to run a business at least as well as HT, and surely better than you.
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Originally posted by moot
You are respected LEADPIG, you just don't have enough humor in you to take a joke in stride. HT doesn't just twiddle his thumbs all day cashing in 15$ payments while taunting his customers. But he will call a cat a cat, and a short quip is the most efficient way to answer both your request for info and adress the disconnect between your conception of HT's work and what it really is.
That homepage 2006 ETA is just print on some webpage.. BFD. You take yourself way too seriously. Look at Bigelow Aerospace's webpage. They aren't just toying around on the internet, they're at the leading edge of space development, and they've got almost identical outdated bits of info on their website.
And Bigelow knows how to run a business at least as well as HT, and surely better than you.
Oh i'm surely not saying that Moot. I mentioned in the earlier post. That Ht is doing a wonderful job and the ammount of things they have done are well enjoyed and appreciated and took a hell of a lot of work. An amount of work i don't understand and don't pretend to. But thats not even my point.
I also mentioned a few things that i wish would be looked into. Not today, not tommorrow, but in the future as an aside. They're just suggestions thats all. We all have the option of taking our business elsewhere if not satisfied. But that very reason is why you don't respond in such childish, unprofessional ways to people who pay your bills.
But i have no problem with this game as i have said. Aces High is a wonderful creation and surely the people who have invented it have done a marvelous job. I have told other people about the game because of this and have probably increased their fanbase as a result. And thats the thanks i get and the response i get. But that's not what i expect of a business owner to his customer, i don't care how small the contribution may be. Respond professionally with a simple yes or no answer and move on, that's all i ask.
As far as a sense of humor, i laugh when somethings funny, but i'm not laughing. Other than that ..... it's whatever.
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LEDPIG bro let dead dogs be
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
A WWI version would be superior to the Korean War Era. Just think on how little "running" would be taking place.
I'd love ww1 fighters. Hell even ww2 had bi wing aircraft. Would love to have some of those.
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The service ceiling of the B29 was 31,850 feet not 40,000 and very few of the actual airplanes ever got that high. The B29 was prone to engine fires and many aircraft were lost before they ever got to combat but even those that did get to combat had power problems that limited their ceiling so most never got to ceiling. On the day Enola Gay dropped the famous bomb it was at 26,000 feet.
I have flown other virtual examples and I dont care for the plane because of it. It has a AOA restrictor plate that is intended to keep the pilot from rotating at too high an AOA and breaking the tail off or killing the ball turret gunner and tail gunner. Even at the worlds longest runway (Edwards) there are pilots in AHII that couldnt get the plane off the ground. The B29 needs a lot of runway to build up speed to rotate and then it has just a shallow angle of climb which means disaster on the maps we have because of the way the fields are placed. Now of course HT could solve all those problems and still have the plane in the game and he has said he doesnt believe in random events causing problems so I guess you can keep hoping the B29 will be in the game one day.
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Originally posted by NHawk
We never had rain or thunderstorms, but they would be nice. :)
We did have rain (once upon a time)
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Originally posted by LEADPIG
..............If this game had nukes it would be more realistic as you say. They actually had those you know.
Yes they did have them, all two of them. There will never be a nuke in the game. The idea of the game is to simulate air combat. Everything else was added to help in that. Buffs are here, mostly for something else to shoot at, GVs are here just as targets for bombs, towns and field are here just so bombers have something to bomb so the fighters have something to shoot at, or defend again bringing more air combat.
A nuke will not generate more air combat. with each drop you'll wipe out sectors of the map making fields unusable days to simulate the "years" an area would be dead. The only thing it would promote would be more "win the war" attitudes. and we have more than enough of those.
This quote you pulled up
"....Combat Tour is currently in closed testing and release is planned for the first half of 2006....."
- January 12, 2006 HTC Home Page"
...is most likely the reason they give very little information out. Too many time they have set a "date" and had to miss it due to problems popping up that they didn't forsee. Maybe the week or two they took off to handle the H2H problems, maybe the time they took to set-up, and then swap to bigger and better servers, maybe the pizza party ran long. Dead lines are tricky, and with a project as big as CT it just adds to the problems.
Then each time one passes by, they get the "peanut gallery" posting here and spreading crap in the areas about how poor HTC relationship with the community, how they can't get anything done on time, how they screwed the pooch !!
To me this is a great game, and I have fun everytime I play. Anything they add on is bonus stuff to me. I think we have a great and varied plane set, the ground vehicle set is fun with a number of variations, the graphics are good ( I can tell a plane from a gv, and a GV from a tree) The sun comes up and goes down, the shadows move, What more do you need?
Like I said, I'm happy with what we got. Any thing they add, when ever they decide to add it, is like an extra piece of cake.
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Originally posted by The Fugitive
Then each time one passes by, they get the "peanut gallery" posting here and spreading crap in the areas about how poor HTC relationship with the community, how they can't get anything done on time, how they screwed the pooch !!
This is the part of the that bothers me, so many times I have heard people saying things about HTC and how they arent here for the customer. Well I think that is bull. Such a small office and yet they do so much. Everytime I have ever emailed Skuzzy, its only a day later at the most he replies. I've talked to Pyro, and his responses have been very quick and courteous. I've played other flight games, and none compare to AHII, and the support from the parent company. If you want to put it to the test, call Microsoft and tell them you'd like to see the B-25 added to the next Combat Flight Simulator. I <> you HTC, you have brought a lot of fun and entertainment to my nights.
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Originally posted by The Fugitive
Yes they did have them, all two of them. There will never be a nuke in the game. The idea of the game is to simulate air combat. Everything else was added to help in that. Buffs are here, mostly for something else to shoot at, GVs are here just as targets for bombs, towns and field are here just so bombers have something to bomb so the fighters have something to shoot at, or defend again bringing more air combat.
A nuke will not generate more air combat. with each drop you'll wipe out sectors of the map making fields unusable days to simulate the "years" an area would be dead. The only thing it would promote would be more "win the war" attitudes. and we have more than enough of those.
This quote you pulled up
"....Combat Tour is currently in closed testing and release is planned for the first half of 2006....."
- January 12, 2006 HTC Home Page"
...is most likely the reason they give very little information out. Too many time they have set a "date" and had to miss it due to problems popping up that they didn't forsee. Maybe the week or two they took off to handle the H2H problems, maybe the time they took to set-up, and then swap to bigger and better servers, maybe the pizza party ran long. Dead lines are tricky, and with a project as big as CT it just adds to the problems.
Then each time one passes by, they get the "peanut gallery" posting here and spreading crap in the areas about how poor HTC relationship with the community, how they can't get anything done on time, how they screwed the pooch !!
To me this is a great game, and I have fun everytime I play. Anything they add on is bonus stuff to me. I think we have a great and varied plane set, the ground vehicle set is fun with a number of variations, the graphics are good ( I can tell a plane from a gv, and a GV from a tree) The sun comes up and goes down, the shadows move, What more do you need?
Like I said, I'm happy with what we got. Any thing they add, when ever they decide to add it, is like an extra piece of cake.
exaclty....
why even have a wishlist thread a general discussion thread or any bbs at all if Hitech Pyro and skuzzy don't LOVE their customers?
they must love us you know kind of like god we dont see much of him but hes there. lol
i don't think any of them have time right now to worry about other features and yes that was a joke, not meant to piss you off. i pay my 15$ a month and i am very happy with the way the game is now.
Hitech and crew have ALWAYS treated me with respect and a good sense of humor.
yes it would be nice to add all the little things that would make it a better game, but i don't see the point in discussing this further until CT is DONE.
I am very sure those guys deserve a vacation.
what with putting up with constant whining from people (not specificaly you) about we need this we need that. im sure they read our ideas and take them under advisement, but i see no reason to get mad at them over a simple joke.
and yes two weeks is probably gonna be 2 years or more, thats the way the gaming cookie crumbles.
id rather have a excelent product that took 20 years than a piece of crap that was spit out in 2 years.
all the greatest things take time.
just my humble htc butt kissing opinion take it as you like it. :aok :aok :rofl
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
I don't think they really want to sit at their desks and watch it snow for 2 hours instead of play. [/B]
I think it would be cool as heck....I would find a Mig-3 and try to get up!!
Bring on weather!!
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I think almost anyone would say they do a good job with personal support of the customer. Leadpigs point is about HT's interpersonal skills instead of the customer support overall. I'm not saying hes a bad guy, actually quite the contrary. Some people are better off dealing with constructive criticism than others.
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Originally posted by Wingnutt
IMO..
get some dark clouds, thunderheads, .. some sort of ACTIVE weather would add an entire new layer of immersion and dare I say EXCITEMENT to the game.. Imagine having a digfight in the middle of a thunderstorm, with wild updrafts adding and then stealing shots from you, a visibility of .. next to nothing.. like fighting a ghost.. trying to bomb a target only to have it obscured by cloud cover.. do you dive below the clouds and risk interception, or hit a secondary? decisions, choices, problems, solutions, FUN!!!
AMEN!!! .......weather patterns would drive the game not hurt it!
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I just want to say this: I love the B-29 and think it would have a great place in this game, and it should be added whenever HTC gets the chance. But the day I get killed in-game by an atomic bomb is the day I close my account and never return to the game. There is absolutely no purpose for one player being able to kill off an entire sector in the arena with one bomb, and it is truly assanine to even suggest being able to do so.
NO ATOMICs IN ACES HIGH, EVAH, but please add the Superfort :)
See, the sad thing is, you guys asking for an idiotic and retarded atomic bomb are truly killing the chances this game will ever see a B-29.
:mad:
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HiTech,
Whenever you're ready to quit this, retire, whatever... release the B-29 and the nook... then, whoever drops the first one ends the game!
Give them what they want one last time :lol
Remember, be careful what you wish for... you might just get it.
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Originally posted by Wingnutt
IMO..
the angular jotty terrain,
Just an FYI, the angular jotty terrain is not the result of a game deficiency it is the result of the terrain designer. I have build a very rolling terrain, it is not easy but it can be done. The way the terrain tiles get laid out is also an issue, It can be made to look better but again it is a lot of work.
People want the hillsides and canyons and such, to make them look realistic is very tedious work. You can make the angular ones quite easily.
One thing we need is desert, stone, jungle and snow tiles. I have seen some created by players and they look great. They just need to be approved by the very busy HTC staff so that they don't cause framerate issues.
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Originally posted by thrila
What i do miss is when hitech/pyro/skuzzyused to arrive in the arena to chat and answer questions in blue text. Not sure it would really be feasible with the massive numbers we have nowadays
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B29s would be great..Add the nuke option for evil con mission.
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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
I think almost anyone would say they do a good job with personal support of the customer. Leadpigs point is about HT's interpersonal skills instead of the customer support overall. I'm not saying hes a bad guy, actually quite the contrary. Some people are better off dealing with constructive criticism than others.
Heck he even plays santa every Christmas!
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Originally posted by Wingnutt
I swear I gag every time an addition or enhancement of this game is denounced for the sake of "It would make it difficult for people with old computers to play"
weather
better terrain
better bomb effects
better rocket effects
better plane damage effects
the list goes on and on...
in the rest of the entire world we live in.. gamers upgrade their rigs to keep uo with the developers. only in aces high are developers held back and forced to languish for the sake of some geezers and their circa 1999 computers..
if you can afford to pay for the MA.. you can afford to get your crap box up to spec..
a $30 motherboard, a $75 processor, a $20stick of ram and a $50 video card..
is all it would take to run the dog snot out of this game, and even leave room for future upgrade..
the fasted rig in the world it wont be.. but AH2 isnt exactly doom 3 either..
if you can run quicken you can run AH2, and if you own quicken you probably have enough money to afford the upgrade, or why the hell would you have quicken..
where am I going with all of this? I haven't a clue, my phone rang mid way though typing this and the train is now far from the tracks..
dont make me have this discussion again.:furious
Please post links to these items as I would very much like to run the snot out of this game for $175.
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Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
I think almost anyone would say they do a good job with personal support of the customer. Leadpigs point is about HT's interpersonal skills instead of the customer support overall. I'm not saying hes a bad guy, actually quite the contrary. Some people are better off dealing with constructive criticism than others.
Here's the one man to get what i was saying. My opinion, AH rocks. The inventors are geniuses. Personal support of the customer, is excellent, i once had them respond within an hour of when i posted an E-mail. So all that is not my point.
I felt a little dissed when i put up a thread giving honest observations about the product i enjoy and some of the things i'd enjoy even more if were added. I don't care if they do what i've asked, today tommorrow or never, i'm just saying thats all.
Leadpig:
I guarantee I will spend just as much time on the things you asked for, as I spent ......
Oops already spent more time typing then it did to change the name on one arena.
HiTech
When i was told that i felt as if Hi-Tech were telling me, screw your opinion you don't matter. Which i thought was an odd response to my thread. I've seen him do this before. I felt it lacks business sense to say such a thing to your customers. Maybe it was a joke. Do i care what Hi-Tech thinks of my opinion, no, it's his game, i'd leave if i wanted to. I'd like to move on but people keep missing my point, which causes me to reinterate myself. As i hate being misnderstood on my opinion. Especially when i mean no ill will by it. It is what it is.
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Originally posted by The Fugitive
Yes they did have them, all two of them. There will never be a nuke in the game. The idea of the game is to simulate air combat. Everything else was added to help in that. Buffs are here, mostly for something else to shoot at, GVs are here just as targets for bombs, towns and field are here just so bombers have something to bomb so the fighters have something to shoot at, or defend again bringing more air combat.
thats funny that you would say this game is only a fight sim and flight sim and nothing else. bombers where only brought in for more air to air targets and gvs where brought in so Fight simers would be able to bomb targets on the ground.. could have fooled me but last i checked it was all about resetting the map. or did i miss something here.
you bring up nice points but now can you back them up with facts something that can be proven and if all your statements can be proven then prove them right now all you have is nothing cause i found no statement proving any of what you said.
again not doubting you but prove it. best way to do that is to have Dale post himself stating that this is only a flight sim or fighter sim. this would be intresting to see him post something like that.
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You suggested that because of the resources put into TT, other things that are (in your opinion) more important aren't being addressed. HT made the point that he spent almost no time on TT.
I just don't see how you take that as meaning "screw you and your stupid ideas". You are reading way too much into that one little post.
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Another point i just remembered is.
You folks have me suggesting that i'm saying that the atomic bomb should be used as the ultimate pork weapon.
I feel if you did as mentioned earlier. Perk the B-29 somewhere in the 175 to 500 range. (The B-29 carried quite a few bombs even without nukes so we can't have people running around free with that.) Perk the nuke seperately, say 600 to 1,000 perks. Perk points for using the nuke could only be gained by flying and scoring in the B-29. Then on top of that, if the bomb is used there would be a time restriction prohibiting it's use for say 4-6 months. I believe this would control it. Only those serious about it would work to earn it. And then they'd be scared to use it because of the time restriction afterward. It would make people think before using it. Sort of like the real bomb. You'd have very few people using it. And for those that did it would be a very special well earned surprise.
For those that saw it, it would be a neat little show, the field would be destroyed in one fell swoop and could be taken over. However the field would be open to action and up for grabs right after that. No need to simulate years of radioactive fallout. And the guy would have to gain those points allllllllllll over again. Hence it would be a neat little trick, used sparingly and well controled.
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9999900000<------------------------------Looking in the Hanger for the B29..lol
999000
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Originally posted by 999000
9999900000<------------------------------Looking in the Hanger for the B29..lol
999000
That's all you need, a 20mm in the tail of a 29 to go with the twin 50s. Geez yer dangerous enough with those 50s in your 17!
999000 = another reason to never bring the 29 to AH :)
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Originally posted by kilz
again not doubting you but prove it. best way to do that is to have Dale post himself stating that this is only a flight sim or fighter sim. this would be intresting to see him post something like that.
How about this? It's quite dated, and they may backpedal on this with so many people less interested in combat than in CTF these days, but here it is.
Originally posted by Pyro
The game is about aerial combat and that takes precedence to everything else. There will be tanks and such in the game but they won't ever be the main focus.
Vehicles will be useful for harrassing the enemy and capturing bases. There will be a lot more vehicle bases scattered around the terrain than airfields, so the travel distances won't be a huge factor.
But the gist of the message is that yes, we'll be putting more into this game than airplanes but our focus of the game is still aerial combat.
Or how about this from the Game Info section of the front page?
Aces High II is a massive multi-player online combat simulation centered around the World War II air-war.
I'm throwing this one in for the milkrunners. ;)
Fight against hundreds of real players from around the world
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Originally posted by 999000
9999900000<------------------------------Looking in the Hanger for the B29..lol
999000
Stop the presses !!
I retract everthing i said about the B-29
Do not, i repeat do not, let 999000 in a B-29
We must stop him !!!
:D :eek:
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
How about this? It's quite dated, and they may backpedal on this with so many people less interested in combat than in CTF these days, but here it is.
Or how about this from the Game Info section of the front page?
I'm throwing this one in for the milkrunners. ;)
if this is the case then why have the major focus of the game on base captures?????
why not do away with base captures since its just a air combat sim????
ow and loved the last one :D
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That's just it, kilz. I don't see a major focus on base capture, except by the players. Yeah, you get perks for it, but only the guy who flies the unarmed goon in. Yeah, the war gets you some perks when it's won, but you can get a lot more perks defending, in less time. Beyond that, the war (and it's perceived importance to some) is just a part of the game that allows for some variety of action, and also allows the fronts to move around, so it's not the same fight over the same base. It's part of the game, but it's not the biggest part.
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Originally posted by kilz
if this is the case then why have the major focus of the game on base captures?????
why not do away with base captures since its just a air combat sim????
ow and loved the last one :D
Ah HA! Now we get to the crux of the matter.
The "winning the war" attitude has, over the years, become the "norm" and many (dare I say most) THINK that the point of AcesHigh is "winning the war", and that's just too bad.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE a good base capture. If i'm in a mission attacking a field and bad guy's start upping i'm thinking "Whoo Hoo! now the fun begins!" Base captures are just THAT much sweeter when it's even odds and well defended.
So anyway, what he have now is players flying around in massive hoards overwhelming and capturing field after field chasing the goal of the all mighty "Reset".
The sad bit is that in the process these players never figure out how to "fight" worth a crud and end up being ezy kills for those that did. They miss out on what is the BEST part of AcesHigh, and that's the Aerial Combat.
Let's say me and 8 other people are defending a field vs. 20+ bad guys who are dying in droves wave after wave and EVENTUALLY get the capture off raw numbers alone.
Sure they got the base.
I landed 30+ kills vs. no or 1-2 deaths.
Who reallly won there?.
Bombers, GV's, base captures, resets, they are but mere "sideshows".
(somebody dig up the quote from HiTech where he states that if you think AcesHigh is about "winning the war" you would be sadly mistaken for me please)
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Originally posted by The Fugitive
Yes they did have them, all two of them. There will never be a nuke in the game. The idea of the game is to simulate air combat. Everything else was added to help in that. Buffs are here, mostly for something else to shoot at, GVs are here just as targets for bombs, towns and field are here just so bombers have something to bomb so the fighters have something to shoot at, or defend again bringing more air combat.
A nuke will not generate more air combat. with each drop you'll wipe out sectors of the map making fields unusable days to simulate the "years" an area would be dead. The only thing it would promote would be more "win the war" attitudes. and we have more than enough of those.
This quote you pulled up
"....Combat Tour is currently in closed testing and release is planned for the first half of 2006....."
- January 12, 2006 HTC Home Page"
...is most likely the reason they give very little information out. Too many time they have set a "date" and had to miss it due to problems popping up that they didn't forsee. Maybe the week or two they took off to handle the H2H problems, maybe the time they took to set-up, and then swap to bigger and better servers, maybe the pizza party ran long. Dead lines are tricky, and with a project as big as CT it just adds to the problems.
Then each time one passes by, they get the "peanut gallery" posting here and spreading crap in the areas about how poor HTC relationship with the community, how they can't get anything done on time, how they screwed the pooch !!
To me this is a great game, and I have fun everytime I play. Anything they add on is bonus stuff to me. I think we have a great and varied plane set, the ground vehicle set is fun with a number of variations, the graphics are good ( I can tell a plane from a gv, and a GV from a tree) The sun comes up and goes down, the shadows move, What more do you need?
Like I said, I'm happy with what we got. Any thing they add, when ever they decide to add it, is like an extra piece of cake.
Well said!!
Impressed,
Boner
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i am not saying its all about taking bases fellas. i love to dog fight to much to say that.
i can see where i miss lead you gents. so i will put it in a diffrent way.
i feel people Aces High Players play the game to only capture bases WAY TO MUCH. i am with Lute and feel a base capture is good from time to time but not non stop left and right with 100 players. now if its me and my squad that goes into a base to take it with enemy dar a sector and a half long I WILL LOVE TO TAKE THAT base from under them.
i do feel how ever this game is no longer (AH players only not HTC) Air to Air Combat any more. there is sometimes more gv fights going on the dog fights.
now please dont mind my last few post as for i was tired and just got off a plane from flying for ever so i re-read the post today and even i was lost on what i was trying to say. :D
Salute
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Originally posted by kilz
thats funny that you would say this game is only a fight sim and flight sim and nothing else. bombers where only brought in for more air to air targets and gvs where brought in so Fight simers would be able to bomb targets on the ground.. could have fooled me but last i checked it was all about resetting the map. or did i miss something here.
you bring up nice points but now can you back them up with facts something that can be proven and if all your statements can be proven then prove them right now all you have is nothing cause i found no statement proving any of what you said.
again not doubting you but prove it. best way to do that is to have Dale post himself stating that this is only a flight sim or fighter sim. this would be intresting to see him post something like that.
First I want to thank Hub for digging up all those quotes for me... saved me an hour or two! :D
Its easy to see why you would think this
"but last i checked it was all about resetting the map. or did i miss something here."
The sad part is a lot of people do just GV, or buff, or join hordes to steam roll a base, because that is all they know. I've been flying here since before AW was killed. The game was much more into the air 2 air then. I remember upping from a base 4 times fighting the same P38 with one other guy, we never did get him....nice flying Lazer, ya dweeb!! :rofl Back then the only time the map changed was when it got reset by HTC once a week. It was very rare to see someone win the war, even on Mindnao.
Too many people try to fly a fighter, get there butt handed to them, and look for an easier way. There is no easier way to learn fighters other than working with a trainer and getting your butt handed to you in the MAs, but jumping in a GV is pretty easy. Any one can spawn camp, and everyone gets lucky with the aim.... well not me, but most people. Buffing with the "simple site" we have now is also a piece of cake, but to saddle up on a guy in a fighter, and get into a firing solution, all the while your target is doing everything they can think of to last a bit longer so they can turn the tables, ahhhh that is THE thrill !
Those that look down on the "fighter" types, and won't take the time to learn them are missing the biggest part of the game. I feel sorry for them :(
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Originally posted by kilz
bombers where only brought in for more air to air targets and gvs .
Dont flatter yourself. You 1337 dewdz interweb fightzor pilots aren't the end all be all of the flight sim world.
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Oh, and the nukes idea has to be the most rediculous suggestions I've read anywhere.
Weather ,better effects, and more customizable loadouts would be time better spent imho.
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[This quote you pulled up
"....Combat Tour is currently in closed testing and release is planned for the first half of 2006....."
- January 12, 2006 HTC Home Page"
...is most likely the reason they give very little information out. Too many time they have set a "date" and had to miss it due to problems popping up that they didn't forsee. Maybe the week or two they took off to handle the H2H problems, maybe the time they took to set-up, and then swap to bigger and better servers, maybe the pizza party ran long. Dead lines are tricky, and with a project as big as CT it just adds to the problems.
Then each time one passes by, they get the "peanut gallery" posting here and spreading crap in the areas about how poor HTC relationship with the community, how they can't get anything done on time, how they screwed the pooch !!
To me this is a great game, and I have fun everytime I play. Anything they add on is bonus stuff to me. I think we have a great and varied plane set, the ground vehicle set is fun with a number of variations, the graphics are good ( I can tell a plane from a gv, and a GV from a tree) The sun comes up and goes down, the shadows move, What more do you need?
Applause Applause!!!! well said:aok
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Dogfighting in jets with air brakes rule. The best thing about Korea is you don't have to grab much cause u can zoom climb and get into it. Also you get way more flights per hour in because you can rtb and get back alot faster.
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Originally posted by Deth7
... Also you get way more flights per hour in because you can rtb and get back alot faster.
That has more to do with the design of the map than the speed of the plane. If you double the speed of the planes, but triple the distance between bases, you'd actually get less fights per hour...
Time travelled between fights is a form of traffic flow control, and would be expected to be adjusted by the map designer to achieve the desired effects. It wouldn't be reasonable to expect the same maps we currently have if the planes were much faster or slower than the ones we have.
MtnMan