the only thing this will achieve is the better players getting the f4u-4 while most players will be lumbered with spit1.
as soon as a player gets a better plane he will dominate the sky.when that happens the lesser player will leave and not come back.
the only thing this will achieve is the better players getting the f4u-4 while most players will be lumbered with spit1.
as soon as a player gets a better plane he will dominate the sky.when that happens the lesser player will leave and not come back.
Not totally true. Some of us lesser players are here to get better. Going up against the better pilots is one way to learn. Perhaps those that are here to collect points might leave.
You are working to get better, but why? Just for your satisfaction, not for points. Now picture coming into an arena where you have to fly an inferior aircraft against superior aircraft flown by players much better than you. How long would you last? 3 good players can kill and keep down 10-15 poor players in weak planes. After an hour all you would learn is that no matter what you did they could and WOULD eat you for lunch! You would almost never get a kill, never mind ever landing one. You would forever be a "newbie" never advancing.
Not totally true. Some of us lesser players are here to get better. Going up against the better pilots is one way to learn. Perhaps those that are here to collect points might leave.
Thats the point, 2- those players that have the "skill" (read time to play a million hours a month each month) to be the one flying the uber rides will totally dominate this type of arena, never giving the newer players a chance to get better and advance.
1 -HTC is in business to make money and they do this by having people come back each month. An arena described as this one would be more empty than the WWI or AvA arena and be no help at retaining people. 3- It would be just a waste of time to build.
LOL Guppy.... I like that .... 200 channel: "..... you vacuum cleaner flying, jet noob!!" :furious
Well, I guess by the majority of the responses, imagination is = -10.
1) What Fugitive and many others don't get, is that there are numerous paying customers, flying in the AvA, WWI and other Special Arenas and for some of them, those are the arenas that are keeping their accounts open, not the Main Arena.
2) What Fugitive describes is exactly what is currently in play in the Late War Main Arena. The advanced pilots have perks built up the wazoo. Grizz and Kappa both excellent pilots and wingmen, dominate in 262s as well as, let's say Hellcats. The MA newb barely knows enough not to lift from a capped airfield. Yet, he may be unlucky enough to have to fight as many as 3 or 4 262s in his unperked aircraft, and under ENY circumstances, further handicapped to fly lesser equipment. Sure, if all I have to do is fly and land 3 or 4 sorties and I am now a Jet ace then, I can see how players in about 30 minutes or so would be able to severely outclass their opponents, but who would have settings that light?
3) Time after time, I have been told that a few moments in the Axis versus Allies Arena delivered more fun than months of flying in other Main Arenas. http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,304173.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,304173.0.html) That is an arena with only a few planes enabled. The Dueling Arena seems to do fairly well, especially the furball area. I guess the time spent on developing these areas was a waste in your opinion. Plus, simply adding this as a Arena Setting available to Special Events Arenas and H2H hosts (in the future) would not take up any more server space than already used since adding a new arena I admit is a huge leap.
I sure am glad that HTC doesn't have such a dim view of its customers.
You are working to get better, but why? Just for your satisfaction, not for points. Now picture coming into an arena where you have to fly an inferior aircraft against superior aircraft flown by players much better than you. How long would you last? 3 good players can kill and keep down 10-15 poor players in weak planes. After an hour all you would learn is that no matter what you did they could and WOULD eat you for lunch! You would almost never get a kill, never mind ever landing one. You would forever be a "newbie" never advancing.Did you actually know some folks dont care they just like flying. and Id fly a hurri1 at your 3 or 4 guys just for grins and giggles till they got real sad and started to vulch.
| Even, I found myself yelling on range, because it seemed that a friendly passed up the enemy on my 6 to attack the same guy that I had been attacking. I soon apologized and realized that the guy simply did not see the guy behind me due to the challenge of the no enemy icons. So, nobody is perfect, and I don't think HTC will ever find the perfect Arena to satisfy everyone. |