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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: CAP1 on September 19, 2010, 08:14:39 PM
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no real narrative here.....just some screenshots from the ava........
last week in the 38G...
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avafullgunsight.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avatoday.jpg)
battling a 110 in a p-40...
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avap40.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avap40-1.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avap40-2.jpg)
following a 109 as he goes in....note the plane and shadow about to meet....
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avap40-4.jpg)
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cool shots cap :aok
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Yeah nice shots. But there's the problem with AvA IMO. The vast majority of players don't want to fly P40s, P47-11s, 110c or the 38g. If the oldest planes were so popular the you'd see WW1 packed to the gills.
What you have with the AvA arena is a select few players dictating which crappest planes the can put in rotation this week. Why not have ALL the planes included. Not just what a few players in control want. Obviously they're doing something wrong but they're too bull headed to accept that fact. What does it take for those in charge to realize this? If folks wanted to fly that crap, ENY whines would never be seen, players wouldn't log off when it kicks in and the WW1, early and mid war arenas would be as full as late war.
All the cool screen shots and AARs in the world won't get more players in there. Cool planes will. Of coarse this is just my opinion but lets be honest here. The AvA arena is a failure and they refuse to accept that fact or do anything about it.
Add the full plane set...leave it alone for 6 months to a year and see what happens. What's the worst thing that could happen? Only 5 players show up instead of the usual 10 or 15?
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Yeah nice shots. But there's the problem with AvA IMO. The vast majority of players don't want to fly P40s, P47-11s, 110c or the 38g. If the oldest planes were so popular the you'd see WW1 packed to the gills.
What you have with the AvA arena is a select few players dictating which crappest planes the can put in rotation this week. Why not have ALL the planes included. Not just what a few players in control want. Obviously they're doing something wrong but they're too bull headed to accept that fact. What does it take for those in charge to realize this? If folks wanted to fly that crap, ENY whines would never be seen, players wouldn't log off when it kicks in and the WW1, early and mid war arenas would be as full as late war.
All the cool screen shots and AARs in the world won't get more players in there. Cool planes will. Of coarse this is just my opinion but lets be honest here. The AvA arena is a failure and they refuse to accept that fact or do anything about it.
Add the full plane set...leave it alone for 6 months to a year and see what happens. What's the worst thing that could happen? Only 5 players show up instead of the usual 10 or 15?
well...i didn't want to fly the p40 either........but i wanted to fly there. if i'm correct, they plane set is constantly rotated. on friday, i flew the spit5, the hurri2c, and the p40.
you can't tell me that no one wants to fly the hurri, or the spit.........or the 109, of which there were 2 variants on friday. i see plenty of spitfires, hurricanes, and 109's in the air all the time.
which reminds me.......
this one is a downed 109, that crash landed near our base. i flew low alt looking for it. only on the film did i find it, by jumping into his plane.
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avadowned109.jpg)
(http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa135/1LTCAP/avadowned109-1.jpg)
as for the plane set.....if they enabled everything, then you'd just have another ma, with everyone flying the "hot rods"
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I honestly don't want to fly a hurri, spit or 109. The arena is so hit or miss on what you can fly. Add full plane set, keep it constant and see what happens is all I'm saying. Personally, if that were to happen I'd rather fly in there then the mains, but I don't ever see that happening. People won't come in masses if they're restricted on what they can fly. The 2 country idea is awesome but that's it IMO.
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Gonna have to check out the AvA. :salute
I tire of the arcade arenas quickly... :huh
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I honestly don't want to fly a hurri, spit or 109. The arena is so hit or miss on what you can fly. Add full plane set, keep it constant and see what happens is all I'm saying. Personally, if that were to happen I'd rather fly in there then the mains, but I don't ever see that happening. People won't come in masses if they're restricted on what they can fly. The 2 country idea is awesome but that's it IMO.
well......i do respect your opinion.
to be honest, i didn't put these up for any other reason than the fact that i had fun, and wanted to share what i thought were some pretty cool shots. i didn't want to start an argument over it, that's for sure. :aok
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I wouldn't want to see Ki-84s over Berlin or 109s over Guadalcanal.
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Gonna have to check out the AvA. :salute
I tire of the arcade arenas quickly... :huh
I wouldn't bother with it. i was just in there and all i could find was one plane and she ran home like a little sissy. Anyone can do that in the MA
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Yeah nice shots. But there's the problem with AvA IMO. The vast majority of players don't want to fly P40s, P47-11s, 110c or the 38g. If the oldest planes were so popular the you'd see WW1 packed to the gills.
What you have with the AvA arena is a select few players dictating which crappest planes the can put in rotation this week. Why not have ALL the planes included. Not just what a few players in control want. Obviously they're doing something wrong but they're too bull headed to accept that fact. What does it take for those in charge to realize this? If folks wanted to fly that crap, ENY whines would never be seen, players wouldn't log off when it kicks in and the WW1, early and mid war arenas would be as full as late war.
All the cool screen shots and AARs in the world won't get more players in there. Cool planes will. Of coarse this is just my opinion but lets be honest here. The AvA arena is a failure and they refuse to accept that fact or do anything about it.
Add the full plane set...leave it alone for 6 months to a year and see what happens. What's the worst thing that could happen? Only 5 players show up instead of the usual 10 or 15?
Hey lets let this guy run everything :aok
Everyone play his way ok?
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I wouldn't bother with it. i was just in there and all i could find was one plane and she ran home like a little sissy. Anyone can do that in the MA
all of the hurri, p40, and spit screenshots were from friday night.
two guys. daniels, and strike. both kept coming, and cj67 and i had a BUNCH of fun fights with these guys. not one single time did they try to run.
the p38 shots......twizzty, jeagr, i think ranger, and about 5 others were there.......again....not a single one that tried to run, although jeagr tried throwing his pink panties into my propeller. :noid
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just out of curiousity.....had i not said these were from the ava, what then would you guys be saying?
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I wouldn't bother with it. i was just in there and all i could find was one plane and she ran home like a little sissy. Anyone can do that in the MA
If folks would show up if they say they would, the AvA would be a great place. I tried twice and each time had 2-3 of us showing up. The AvA has potential.
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just out of curiousity.....had i not said these were from the ava, what then would you guys be saying?
They would have moved on from this thread as most do. The fact you said "AvA", forces some to come out of the woodwork.
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I really enjoy trying different plane sets, especially the early models. I just get a kick out of facing the same kind of challenges the real life pilots did trying to prevail against a nimble Zero in a Wildcat or P-40.
Not bullheaded, just don't think your idea is very good.
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If folks would show up if they say they would, the AvA would be a great place. I tried twice and each time had 2-3 of us showing up. The AvA has potential.
that's what i keep thinking. i went in a couple of times, and there were nearly 30 pile-its in there. with the smaller maps, that's actually a perfect number..........
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sorry cap1 but that would be JC67 and I..lol just saying :salute
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sorry cap1 but that would be JC67 and I..lol just saying :salute
:rofl :rofl :aok
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I apologize Cap, I wasn't meaning to be argumentative. Your screen shot are great. I was just voicing my opinion on the AvA....which I realize now I shouldn't have done. Ranger said it best by not wanting to see 109s running around Guadalcanal or KIs over Berlin.
I didn't mean to insult Slash and the rest of the AvA staff either. I'll dig up another thread on this topic to explain myself further and not hijack this one anymore then I already have. :salute
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Yeah nice shots. But there's the problem with AvA IMO. The vast majority of players don't want to fly P40s, P47-11s, 110c or the 38g. If the oldest planes were so popular the you'd see WW1 packed to the gills.
What you have with the AvA arena is a select few players dictating which crappest planes the can put in rotation this week. Why not have ALL the planes included. Not just what a few players in control want. Obviously they're doing something wrong but they're too bull headed to accept that fact. What does it take for those in charge to realize this? If folks wanted to fly that crap, ENY whines would never be seen, players wouldn't log off when it kicks in and the WW1, early and mid war arenas would be as full as late war.
All the cool screen shots and AARs in the world won't get more players in there. Cool planes will. Of coarse this is just my opinion but lets be honest here. The AvA arena is a failure and they refuse to accept that fact or do anything about it.
Add the full plane set...leave it alone for 6 months to a year and see what happens. What's the worst thing that could happen? Only 5 players show up instead of the usual 10 or 15?
1 when was the last time you flew in the AVA?
2 where were you last week and the week before when there were 20-30 people in there every night, with the AVA's "crappy" planeset?
3. why do you presume to know so much about an arena you either don't, or won't have anything to do with?
to be honest we have alot of stuff going on in there. that arena isn't for everyone, but the ones that go in there, enjoy it. we do have full setups with the late war planes, but each setup is unique. thats the beauty of it, not flying uber planes all the time. it forces people to learn planes they normally don't fly. not your cup of tea? no problem. to each his own.
maybe you should get involved with the AVA just a bit more, before beating it up. :salute
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I apologize Cap, I wasn't meaning to be argumentative. Your screen shot are great. I was just voicing my opinion on the AvA....which I realize now I shouldn't have done. Ranger said it best by not wanting to see 109s running around Guadalcanal or KIs over Berlin.
I didn't mean to insult Slash and the rest of the AvA staff either. I'll dig up another thread on this topic to explain myself further and not hijack this one anymore then I already have. :salute
no sweat man..........everyone is entitled to their opinions. i just didn't want this thread to degrade into a "shouting" match. :salute