Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: grizz441 on June 16, 2009, 02:45:02 PM
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Kind of just randomly thought of this idea from Belial's 3rd arena thread and thought it would be a really fun idea, that would be good for business, and help mix things up when doing the same old thing in the main arena starts to get boring.
The object of the game would be simple, capture the flag and get it back to your country's indestructible. Once this objective is accomplished, the map resets and the game starts over again. Maybe even keep stats as to the top flag getters and such. A new map would have to be designed which would be really small and strategic. Maybe only enable a few different types of airplanes, that don't carry much ordnance.
I think this arena could be capped at 100-150 players. You could autobalance the arena by making every tank in it Eny 3 or so, meaning that if Eny is out of whack just a little bit, you won't be able to drive your tank.
To be honest, I don't really think I would play this set up that much since I'd much rather be flying, but I definitely would do it when things got boring in the MAz. It would bring an entirely different strategic arcade type element to Aces High that would attract a lot of new customers. Just figured I'd throw it out there for HiTech and anybody else to read and comment on, but I only see positives coming out of implementing something like this.
I should also add that I don't think this type of game play should take away from the Main Arena and WWII historical elements that it brings and the essence of Aces High. I envision it as a fun little side game that would go a long way.
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I agree.
It would be fun, entertaining, and heart-pounding. However, this sounds more like H2H material than Online Arena material.
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It has sort of a AvA essense to it...
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That actually sounds like alot of fun.
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It sounds like a recipe for hording, when the focal point of a whole country is a single player or object. Not that it couldn't be fun, but I don't expect players would have the discipline to keep it reasonably orderly..
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It sounds like a recipe for hording, when the focal point of a whole country is a single player or object. Not that it couldn't be fun, but I don't expect players would have the discipline to keep it reasonably orderly..
Well, that's why I suggested that there be a strict cap on the arena around 100 or so. And if you make all the tanks Eny 3 or a similar concept, the arena will always be balanced, numbers wise... 33 players a side roughly. Yes, it would be a lot of teamwork and defense. I envision lots of hills and strategic points being taken that allows cover fire and such to be able to advance to certain areas to be able to make a push for the flag. I think it's at least worth discussing.
Worst case scenario? Nobody is able to capture the flag, but there is a lot of heart pumping tank action anyways.
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My bad, thought you meant for this CTF to include not just GVs but planes too.
I think terrain would need some work.. It'd be fun even without that though, so long as it didn't get carpet bombed.
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My bad, thought you meant for this CTF to include not just GVs but planes too.
I think terrain would need some work.. It'd be fun even without that though, so long as it didn't get carpet bombed.
Well I thought it might be good to have just a few planes enabled, that only carry like one bomb. Not sure which planes those would be. Just ideas floating around...
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That is a great idea! Sign me up for a M8 spot, since I can't hit a tank unless it is at point blank range anyway. :D
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I rekon add planes. Bomtard the gv carrying the flag and then its a race to where the flag was dropped giving both sides the opportunity to pick it up. The team carrying the flag would need aircraft to defend their gv from other aircraft trying to bomb it. Without aircraft we may as wel call halo.
Edit double negative
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I like the idea alot!! :aok
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It is a good idea and seems to be met with more +1's than my idea did soooo.
+1 :aok
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Check out SheGotYa's Sunday Night Scramble once in a while. Events are based off player suggestions/ideas. Belive there's been a CTF type game befpre in there.