Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: CAP1 on January 06, 2011, 02:19:59 PM
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if you were in htc's position?
seriously. everyone complains, then a good idea is presented, ht floats it, it gets positive feedback, then suddenly, there's threads complaining about it. none of these threads offers any decent suggestions to correct the perceived problem.
so, as the title suggests........what would you do to/with this game if you were in the hot seat?
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Tell everybody to shut up and play.
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so, as the title suggests........what would you do to/with this game if you were in the hot seat?
Sell the frigging thing to EA, Microsoft or whoever is willing to throw some money at me.
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Sell the frigging thing to EA, Microsoft or whoever is willing to throw some money at me.
Didn't he already do that, back in the day? I gathered that, having made his pot o'gold, AH was his hobby....
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Sell the frigging thing to EA, Microsoft or whoever is willing to throw some money at me.
:O
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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I would do what he is already doing, only half listen to the whines; act on any good ideas that the community seems to like (at least in the begining of those ideas). The problem with providing this kind of support for your game is that everyone will have their own idea of how to improve it and will whine about it until they get what they want. Act on the good ideas, ignore the bad ideas/whining, and keep working to improve a creation that is obviously loved by its creator.
I'm just glad that Hi Tech creations isn't like other game studios "well we just released our newest product, now lets support it for 6 months or 3 updates/patches (which ever comes first) then move on to our next generic shooter title!"
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I would go full bore on aircraft & vehicle development. No stone would be left unturned.
Once this is complete, or nearly complete I would focus on game play and effects.
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Perk the M-18 :uhoh
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I'd suspend all new aircraft and vehicle development, but sort out the remaining bugs, and put all effort into creating a bunch of new terrains to freshen up gameplay/experience. including creating desert and winter versions of the maps we already have.
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I'd bring Hot air balloons into the game.
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Make it so that u can not go strait for more then 30seconds with an enemy 1k in front behind and sides. :lol not really, I'd upgrade 190's turn radius
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I'd bring Hot air balloons into the game.
Id bring Infantry in to shoot those bastages down!!! :rock
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I'd get drunk,.....a lot.
Then try to find some moron who would deal with all the loony end users and laugh my butt off at him/her as he/she pulls his/her hair out. :)
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I'd get drunk,.....a lot.
We need to party. But, I dont think you can hang skuzz :devil :cheers:
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I'd get drunk,.....a lot.
Then try to find some moron who would deal with all the loony end users and laugh my butt off at him/her as he/she pulls his/her hair out. :)
wait?! you ARE one of those in the "hot seat". does that mean that we're all driving you to drink? :bolt: :noid
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Sell the frigging thing to EA, Microsoft or whoever is willing to throw some money at me.
the day they sell this to any Console game making company, i'm so gone
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wait?! you ARE one of those in the "hot seat". does that mean that we're all driving you to drink? :bolt: :noid
I think HT is the one drinking and skuzzy is the moron who gets to deal with all the loony end users.
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3 whines and they're out.........
:uhoh :uhoh :uhoh :uhoh
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I'd bring Hot air balloons into the game.
Booya!
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1125/hab.jpg)
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Take a vacation or two, maybe three.... :neener:
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I'd get drunk,.....a lot.
Then try to find some moron who would deal with all the loony end users and laugh my butt off at him/her as he/she pulls his/her hair out. :)
for the win....
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I'd get drunk,.....a lot.
Then try to find some moron who would deal with all the loony end users and laugh my butt off at him/her as he/she pulls his/her hair out. :)
AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!! hook line and sinker. JACKPOT!!! :aok
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if you were in htc's position?
seriously. everyone complains, then a good idea is presented, ht floats it, it gets positive feedback, then suddenly, there's threads complaining about it. none of these threads offers any decent suggestions to correct the perceived problem.
so, as the title suggests........what would you do to/with this game if you were in the hot seat?
Read the forum, hire some old duffer to rangle in the hoodlums on the forum so I don't have to, get a laugh or two a day from afar by watching the community, go ahead with doing what I was gonna do anyway, and go home to my wife and eat steak, everyday. :D
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I was on the board of directors of a fishing club with about 200 members. Never never again.
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Booya!
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/1125/hab.jpg)
this one makes me want to see barrage balloons over bases and/or towns. :aok
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id kill the arena caps and then trap the people who whine in their basements... :devil
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i'm glad this took a humorous turn.
i was kind of serious though. mostly because everyone complains, but when they say "this sucks", it helps no one. it gives htc no clue what to do about it, and it doesn't help the person complaining.
now, if the same complaint were "this sucks, because XXX happens when it shouldn't" or "what can be done about this problem?", may be more helpful.
i was kinda hoping to see some suggested fixes to the perceived problems.
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Gee Laverne
That's because there ARENT ANY!!!!
Lusche put the last reasonably, well thought out, and intelligent one, out there and it was semi adopted.
No matter what happens if three or more people are involved there's going to be at least one griper.
I've never EVER been bored with this game. Frustrated at my own lack of skill yes? Bored? nope.
Thus I resort to my previous statement.
Shut up and play.
PS. Fly the AVA because it's really cool, and kind of hard, and doesn't have icons, and has weather, and historical planesets, and awesome maps that change every week, and stuff.
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what he said........game is great players that havnt a clue are the issue....hmmmmm they should just get a damn tissue
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Take the money and run!
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Gee Laverne
That's because there ARENT ANY!!!!
Lusche put the last reasonably, well thought out, and intelligent one, out there and it was semi adopted.
No matter what happens if three or more people are involved there's going to be at least one griper.
I've never EVER been bored with this game. Frustrated at my own lack of skill yes? Bored? nope.
Thus I resort to my previous statement.
Shut up and play.
PS. Fly the AVA because it's really cool, and kind of hard, and doesn't have icons, and has weather, and historical planesets, and awesome maps that change every week, and stuff.
yea, your original statement was in all honesty the best one.
you also make a good point about fun. it's really somewhat easy(ok.....so easy an engineer could do it without messing it up :devil ) to make your own fun, regardless of which arena you fly in.
since you mentioned ava.......i wonder if a lot of the pile-its here realize that the weather that we've seen mentioned at times is often in the ava arena? :devil
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We're driving Dale Addnik to the drink? Oh man, I feel like a dirtbag...
-Penguin
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FLat out if Dale likes the idea say..... "this aint burger king kiddies" its my way and here is the high way!
go find a better flight sim!
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FLat out if Dale likes the idea say..... "this aint burger king kiddies" its my way and here is the high way!
go find a better flight sim!
Your avatar pretty much sums up everything
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I would of made sure 'Combat Tour' was completed.
I know it was a huge undertaking, but if it had enough time sinks it may have been worthwhile and kept people interested in Aces High.
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this one makes me want to see barrage balloons over bases and/or towns. :aok
You missed that, too.
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/97/barragebaloons.jpg)
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Id find a way to get the strats working in a way that would affect gameplay. Id put in aircraft factories that created perk planes.
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Id find a way to get the strats working in a way that would affect gameplay. Id put in aircraft factories that created perk planes.
these both sound like decent ideas. i thought that strat targets already did effect gameplay somewhat though?
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You missed that, too.
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/97/barragebaloons.jpg)
:D
i'm drooling.
can you imagine seeing them lined up along the coast at the ports? or around the cv fleets? they would definitly be a cure to the "lankstukas". :devil
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I would add the ballons, only add radar detonation... get anywhere close and they go boom. Instant tower. Until people learn to fly around them and get better, then I would take them down... Now the old settings don't seem so bad, now do they?
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I would add the ballons, only add radar detonation... get anywhere close and they go boom. Instant tower. Until people learn to fly around them and get better, then I would take them down... Now the old settings don't seem so bad, now do they?
:devil
doesn't bother me really....i don't run to ack, nor do i waste my time chasing one into ack.
rather than have em go boom though, i'd just make em indestructible...and yes, if you hit a cable, you lose your wing. :devil
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:devil
doesn't bother me really....i don't run to ack, nor do i waste my time chasing one into ack.
rather than have em go boom though, i'd just make em indestructible...and yes, if you hit a cable, you lose your wing. :devil
OVERMODELLED!!! LIKE THE BREW AND THE 30MM TATERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE!!! (I am crying as though in a whiner's shoes... They would use caps in such a situation).
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OVERMODELLED!!! LIKE THE BREW AND THE 30MM TATERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE!!! (I am crying as though in a whiner's shoes... They would use caps in such a situation).
:rofl :rofl :aok
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I would code some more options for the CM's of AvA and SEA. These would include ability to set different paramaters for winning the war, ability to choose which maps and in which order they would rotate, ability to hold arena settings through the resets.
I would also improve the AI capability to include ground vehicles and better robot pilots, and enable AI mission generator for said CM's.
I would implement a scaled down version of Combat Tour in the AvA arena using the volunteers to take up some of the workload.
I would continue to develop planes and vehicles that would be useful in historical set-ups regardless of their popularity in the LW arenas.
I would restrict the new H2H system in such a way that it doesn't destroy the arena system we have now.
I would then consider other things that weren't quite so self serving. :lol
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I would code some more options for the CM's of AvA and SEA. These would include ability to set different paramaters for winning the war, ability to choose which maps and in which order they would rotate, ability to hold arena settings through the resets.
I would also improve the AI capability to include ground vehicles and better robot pilots, and enable AI mission generator for said CM's.
I would implement a scaled down version of Combat Tour in the AvA arena using the volunteers to take up some of the workload.
I would continue to develop planes and vehicles that would be useful in historical set-ups regardless of their popularity in the LW arenas.
I would restrict the new H2H system in such a way that it doesn't destroy the arena system we have now.
I would then consider other things that weren't quite so self serving. :lol
:aok
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if you were in htc's position?
seriously. everyone complains, then a good idea is presented, ht floats it, it gets positive feedback, then suddenly, there's threads complaining about it. none of these threads offers any decent suggestions to correct the perceived problem.
so, as the title suggests........what would you do to/with this game if you were in the hot seat?
I'd ask HT what he would like to do next. :D
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First, I would make sure ALL of the planes the Germans used to bomb Pearl Harbor are in the game and modeled correctly. Then I would coad into the game that whenever someone ups a LA-7 or a Spit 16 it resets their perks and a hand comes out of the monitor and b*&^%slaps them. :neener:
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I would make some sort of Zone eny and make perks awarded differantly, depending on amout of green and red in vacinity, obviously the more green around when a kill is made you'll gain less perks, more red will gain more perks, I would also add the players name to nme icons, add smoke to buildings to easily see what is down, (for those who enjoy that part of AH) I'd also give EVERY plane a perk value, add an AI arena to go and collect perks and and get practice for the mains. Make it so maps can be changed every couple hours IE~ much easier for the 'war' to be won,(for those that are into that) cant think of anything else, just adding new planes and GV's.
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While many planes got introduced early (because they were great rides) you can't blame the developers for not doing Heinkels and Dorniers because they were for krap planes and their weaknesses showed through in the war and were quickly replaced with better models. The Finns especially LOVE the Brewster so it has been a great addition not only for historic appreciation but it makes a decent base defense ride.
The things I would do?:
1) Eliminate cross-country communication. If you really want to do that use a cell phone, Skype, email, or 200.
2) Changing sides time minimum to 24 hours. Just like in Air Warrior, the 24 hour limit forced players to look at the map and think strategically. You actually had to put some thought into why you were changing sides because you were going to be there a full day. This would be for the Late War Arenas ONLY.
3) Lengthen time of ords and troops "down" (having been destroyed) to one hour or more. However, if 10 resupplies of field supplies are made it goes down to one-half hour instead. As it is now, there is little reason to pork when it lasts so little time and that flies in the face of reality/realism. Porking controls the game. Most all sides are not only too lazy to pork they are in most cases too lazy to resupply. Increasing the "down" times would make porking more of a strategic element just like it was in WWII. For the "I hate the hordes" types, the answer would easily be proactive porking of ords & troops....provided the added "down" time made it worth it. Bring REALITY to this aspect because if one side in WWII took out the enemy's ords at a base you can bet your sweet cheeks it wasn't back up in action in an hour or less.
Maps: I would have a yearly (or bi-yearly) contest encouraging new map creation. All the map rules and requirements posted and as many attempts to use actual WWII theatre areas as possible (FSO maps would be awesome if all 3 countries had equal bases). The maps go up for votes on the MOTD (not forums) and the top three map creators get 6 months free gameplay. If other maps from the competition (that didn't win top 3....but) actually get used in-game the creator gets 2 months free play. This is to reward those for their hard work making maps for all of the rest of us. Map making is tedius and takes time and effort. I think that everyone would appreciate fresh maps. The current use "uterus" map gets retired for eternity and so does the Scandinavia map. A Winter map every now and then would be refreshing, especially for Russia/Europe where winter conflict was a reality as would a desert North Africa map.
The game, in and of itself is really a genius and the evolution since the Air Warrior days in terms of graphics, plane set, etc. If this game flipped to 1995 Air Warrior just for a day I think everyone would come to the conclusion of appreciation of just how far air combat sims, AH in perticular, have come.
Oh, and I'd add the "Brumbar" Panzer-Howitzer to the gv set. It could easily bring down a building with one shot but could also take down a hangar with one shot. It was slow, lumbering, and had little self-defense but it was a monster that had a huge howitzer. I'd also add the Lee/Grant tank to all three war arenas. It was a POS but had a heavy gun as well as lighter turret gun.
A raise for Skuzzy so he can buy some top shelf after work booze to wind down from having to put up with weasels on the phone all day and a lifetime supply of Rogaine for all the hair he's pulled out.
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Maps: I would have a yearly (or bi-yearly) contest encouraging new map creation. All the map rules and requirements posted and as many attempts to use actual WWII theatre areas as possible (FSO maps would be awesome if all 3 countries had equal bases). The maps go up for votes on the MOTD (not forums) and the top three map creators get 6 months free gameplay. If other maps from the competition (that didn't win top 3....but) actually get used in-game the creator gets 2 months free play. This is to reward those for their hard work making maps for all of the rest of us. Map making is tedius and takes time and effort. I think that everyone would appreciate fresh maps. The current use "uterus" map gets retired for eternity and so does the Scandinavia map. A Winter map every now and then would be refreshing, especially for Russia/Europe where winter conflict was a reality as would a desert North Africa map.
A raise for Skuzzy so he can buy some top shelf after work booze to wind down from having to put up with weasels on the phone all day and a lifetime supply of Rogaine for all the hair he's pulled out.
Both really good ideas :aok
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some nice ideas there.......