OK so is there a command staff in place? Who decided that group? What if the numbers are off and I want to switch sides. What if I could care less about winning the war and capturing bases as my limited AH time is spent looking for ways to bend my 38G against another pilot in his plane. Where do we fit in? Will there be specific assignments for all? What if I don't want to participate in a mission or some overall plan to win the war?
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if we had a central command ... every player will log into their own country ... where the whole country will decide and horde together
ok I'll bite ...
thing is, most people here are trying to work out how to stop this kind of behaviour, not find a way to make it easier.
But who is in charge of Central Command? Do we have a General worthy of the job?
It's already available on text in green.
I've been trying to find out how to turn it off since 2007.
well hordes are better than empty arenas dun you think? why stop the horde? if you can't beat it.. join it.. make it fun... make it interesting...
The easiest thing to do in this game is group up and hit something.
It's like you are asking for training wheels for your big wheel.
I'd say hordes are as bad as empty arenas, no fight in either case. they are also not fun or interesting for me.
I still think there should be a 1-country vs sheds arena for those players with zero Need for Achievement that do find unopposed toolshedding and basetaking fun and interesting. maybe park a few AI planes on the runway so people can vulch too.
do you really need a dictatorship? like i said...the mission leaders or the mission themselves decide who leads... we dun need a macarthur or a rommel or a zukov to lead the whole country... we just need to get organised. there is no status quo for this system.. no rank.... just need good mission leaders/planners to win the war...
OK who is going to take the lead in the organization?
But who is in charge of Central Command? Do we have a General worthy of the job?I vote for Corky........all those in favor say "I"
I vote for Corky........all those in favor say "I"
But who is in charge of Central Command? Do we have a General worthy of the job?
I vote for Corky........all those in favor say "I"
The most fun defense is just straight up defense.
organised defense is even more fun!
You said the best defense is offense, I argued that it's more fun to just defend. I never said anything about organization.
I'd say hordes are as bad as empty arenas, no fight in either case. they are also not fun or interesting for me.
I still think there should be a 1-country vs sheds arena for those players with zero Need for Achievement that do find unopposed toolshedding and basetaking fun and interesting. maybe park a few AI planes on the runway so people can vulch too.
Wasn't there some group called the "Rook Joint Command' or something like that, a while back? They used the BB board and common channels and were really successful at rolling up maps - could force a reset in a few hours, if I recall correctly. They formed this group using the tools currently available in the game - the nucleus I think was a few willing squads.
Anyway it sounds an awful lot like what Des506 is after.
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today was a good day for rooks :banana:... we took back our own bases :rock :rock and i did notice something else that might help in way :pray... if we had a central command... from this central command.. every player will log into their own country.. and onto a certain vox... where the whole country will decide and horde together*good for new guys who are learning to go on missions*.. so at any 1 time.. we will have a pool of resources to form missions... you can log in at any time of the day or night and go to this special vox for country mission... instead of having to just rely on prominent squads or persons to make missions.. .. beats flying alone and getting jumped without check sixes.. i do understand this will encourage the horde more but it will provide people with more fun..its a simple system...maybe i haven't thought it all the way thru.. pls advise... :salute
That's all I can remember about it, Des. I think it was formed in response to Rookland constantly being hammered and defeated. And it really changed the table when it was active - generated quite a few fights over the maps back then. It just shows organization is a very effective force multiplier in this game, because for the most part, countries as very disorganized. Everybody's doing their own thing, and when you get a group of people organized in such an environment, the results can be decimating to the opposition. Isn't that also what the vTards are all about? I'd check with them if I were you.
Enjoy your free time and have a blast in the game! Spread the word to your friends have get some of them on a two week trial. I think that'd be really a blast - winging with friends from school, kncoking down and capturing bases, protecting each other's tails, etc. Start small and form a squad. Creat fun missions and soon people will be joining and then you can really do some damage!
where the whole country will decide and horde togetherOn the OP, it seems like a good idea, but it rarely works in the game. Different preferences, schedules, skills and personalities will seldom allow for a clever and coordinated strategy.
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On the OP, it seems like a good idea, but it rarely works in the game. Different preferences, schedules, skills and personalities will seldom allow for a clever and coordinated strategy.
“Horde” is not the ideal. It goes against the concept of economy of force. Twenty guys on an airfield can spare three or four to take a neighboring vehicle base, for example.
In defense of the OP, I occasionally think about coordinated actions:
- Hit adjacent bases’ vehicle hangars and ordnance.
- Maintain high CAP. Disciplined CAP, as in, five guys don’t dive after the first red guy to appear.
- Take out hangars, as required.
- Get troops on the way and get the town down as they arrive.
The overriding question is whether or not it is fun. It shouldn’t feel like work. What ‘fun’ is varies from night to night. Sometimes, I just want to fly around and shoot people.
-1000000. If you want this then just join the biggest base-taking squad you can find. But leave it up to each player and squad how they like to fly, and how to pick their fights, and whether they want to take bases or not.
wtg dude..instead of helping :aok
OK who is going to take the lead in the organization?
if everyone was willing to listen?
RJO's , run by the rooks, had a large number of squad CO's getting together, deciding on what night the RJO would happen, email squad members the time and date. From the squad CO a temp commanders was appointed, who over saw all the operations for that night, large squad would be given a target to hit, two or more small squads were grouped together and assigned a target. We did roll a few maps. This also brough non squad personnel into the fight by join a mission as they were posted. The other countries complained and the eny process we now have would prevent any good RJO from working like it did back then.
DHawk
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My vote is for you!
Are you actually referring to Aces High?
like i said the idea is to have a pool of people to go a mission to do something... you have a squad that has mission... so be it.. i am sure you could do with more people in your squad mission rite? no? you want it a closed affair so be it too.. this is not going to affect your current gameplay watsoever.. except to make it more fun.. well if the majority of people in arena dun want missions wanna fly on their own like solo hunters.. so be it.. but at least there is a ready pool when you are ready to go..
It would lead to more base rolling, and the player base would take the path of least resistance to base taking, which is overwhelming force. The anarchic nature of AH is what makes it fun. More organization wouldn't necessarily lead to more "fun". You're assuming the goal is to take bases and win the war but not every player feels that way.
If you want something with more structure, there's FSO, Snapshots, and Scenarios. The MA is wide open, a lot of players enjoy it the way it is.
no dude.. i was referring to the schoolgirls in my class :bhead
Holly Donut Holes batman! :O that's worse! Google "cityvibe" - that should fix you up!
in whatever you're doing.. fiter cap.. killling cvs...defending bases... vulching bases... gv blitzkreig...... its about having more than 4-5 to 1 advantage ...
maybe i am speaking from a rook's point of view.. therefore most of the other countries dun get me...
I vote for Corky........all those in favor say "I"
you're "idea" is all over the place...wtf is the actual premise behind the "central command"? some obtuse way of allowing armchair generals do what they do already without some make believe command center? just looking at what you've said so far, you enjoy megahorde base rolling...if you lose just one base, while your megahorde is busy rolling a base your tactic is a fail. the idea is to take a base while sucessfully keeping the ones you already have. the only good thing about hordes is they are target rich environments.
Generally speaking there is no such thing as a "rook's point of view". All countries are being equal in having the same share of furballers, toolshedders, horders, "noble" duellers, GV guys and so on. Like in any chaotic environment like the AH universe, there are some temporary structures appearing every now and then. Some times one country get's ganged, then it's another country's turn for some time. Same for any kind of player's organization.
It simply goes in cycles: Some country gets rolled, at one point a sufficient number of players is not only fed up but finally manage to coordinate. With a bit of luck out of this tiny seed either a new base taking mega squad or a kind of alliance will grow. Quite often made up of players that are relatively new to AH and now think they are the first ones to be "organized" in such a large way; in truth they are just the 783st incarnation of the Big Locust.
After some time, the megasquad or alliance starts to crumble: Players leave the game, others get bored with flying around in the swarm,´generals fight each other more over the right strategy than they do fight the enemy.
We have been through this cycles a lot of times in every country, and old AH players can name a quite a number of former mega horde squads and alliances.
With a humble heart I accept your vote. Now as supreme commander I issue my first order. Disperse and disorganize! Life's too short to worry about winning a cartoon war. Get out there and dogfight!
the goal here is to have fun... in whatever you're doing.. fiter cap.. killling cvs...defending bases... vulching bases... gv blitzkreig... the idea i have is to have someone share that fun with you in a group~ this organising isn't abt winning bases.. its about having more than 4-5 people to fly with you...whatever the outcome comes out of the mission.. maybe i am speaking from a rook's point of view.. therefore most of the other countries dun get me...
I appreciate your enthusiasm - but again you're assuming there's always a mission and that people enjoy flying with large groups. My only mission generally is to find a fight somewhere, usually a smaller one. When things get more organized then either a giant blob of red or a giant blob of green, and neither are much fun.
It would be terrible to teach new folks bad habits right off the bat.
so you think there really isn't a point to this pool at all?
I was just putting things into perspective :old:
WHy would anyone want Corky to lead. We would just have a bunch of 38s running willy nilly spreading broken planes and parts all over the countryside. UNLESS..............he could organize a 3 sector 38 gv attack......imagine it, 30+ 38s rolling toward an enemy town dodging trees, shrubs, wildebeasts, sloths, fruit bats, crossing shallow rivers to reach to goal. It would be hours of heart pounding adventure.
Initiative, bro. If you want to take part in large strategic campaigns start your own! :aok
Yall ready have this pool of people, its called your team mates. You post a mission and those looking to join missions join. What more do you wAnt, oh thats right you want a horde to play your way.
My squad would never bend their knees to a Knight Central Command. -1
:salute
i dun see how getting organised via a proper system is regarded as bending knees....
I do, well said Waystin. And be careful Des, a Pig always pays his debts.
My squad would never bend their knees to a Knight Central Command. -1
good luck to anyone who wants to try though, organising knits would be like trying to herd cats :D
My squad would never bend their knees to a Knight Central Command. -1
But who is in charge of Central Command? Do we have a General worthy of the job?
+ more than you know.
You think this type of system would help the game, go talk to the crickets at WWII on line, the high command ( selected brown nose players) organized the fights, where to fight at and with how many resources to use, you start the battle, playing the game according to how the "high command" thinks you should, the fight starts stalling out you call for more reinforcements from " high command" they say NO and to RTB they have decided to already fight at some other town and allocate the resources there. I still have my account there with a rank of General in almost all the persona's you can play, i was asked to be part of command at times and always declined, it's not up to a certain group of people to tell others how to play a game that each individual pays for his own account. i think if you try that here your going to see a mass Exodus, go talk to the crickets in the other Game
when you go on missions... i think we have currently let the leaders do the thinking for us.. we just do the flying... they pick the particular targets for us to drop... they chose what alt they want.. they chose the plane... what do you do when you dun like either variable? you either make your own or join another rite? or maybe fly another plane but still join mission..this is not about bowing to a certain person or group or committee... this is abt getting a pool of people together to have fun via a certain mission wizard system. like you said everyone pays for their own acct.. you dun control gameplay.. you control the resources to where it is necessary and never again will you ever fly alone...... but thank you :salute.... i will have a look at them and see what i may gather to help us in anyway...
:salute
I vote for Corky........all those in favor say "I"
Forgive me Des, but I am just talking before thinking here. Not to mention it is bumping my post count. The Pigs have friendly squads within the Knights that we regularly interact with trying to achieve common objectives(68's, CH's, and some other great folks). The missions are rarely if ever published. The swine prefer to blaze our own path, as this allows us to be stingy with the red guys we find. :devil
This path is easy to track. Follow the trail of crispy strips of bacon ;)
That's the problem you make when you build huge hordes. You don't teach any strategies all you teach is how to roll a base with huge numbers. No skill, just huge numbers
Taking bases with 20 guys or so gets the job done, and is more fun for each player as they get to help.
You don't need a central command, you just need a good squad.
You don't vote for Kings....
Arthur: How do you do, good lady. I am Arthur, King of the Britons. Whose castle is that?
Woman: King of the who?
Arthur: The Britons.
Woman: Who are the Britons?
Arthur: Well we all are... We are all Britons... And I am your king.
Woman: I didn't know we had a king... I thought we were an autonomous collective.
Dennis: You're foolin' yourself. We're livin' in a dictatorship! A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working classes...
Forgive me Des, but I am just talking before thinking here. Not to mention it is bumping my post count. The Pigs have friendly squads within the Knights that we regularly interact with trying to achieve common objectives(68's, CH's, and some other great folks). The missions are rarely if ever published. The swine prefer to blaze our own path, as this allows us to be stingy with the red guys we find. :devil
so hording is a big issue for you i see.. and maybe you rather fly in small squads.. take maybe 4-5 bases on a good day.. and you prob also expect the defense numbers to be small.. cos if they aren't and you dun't take bases.. its called hording...well i dun think many new guys or even old guys will call organising a hording a bad habit...this game made anti-hording impossible... they tried splitting arenas cos we have so many whinners out there...so now with the 1 arena thing... i'd like to see you not take part in any horde... cos if you come over and attack with more then what we have for defence.. its called hording...sure taking a undefended base with 20 guys is easy.. but a responsive 20 guys who up to defend against you... its not going to be an easy lunch for sure...as for teaching the new guys.. i also realised we taught many of the new guys today during the long auto pilot climb flights today... they will learn first hand how to dive bomb,.. how to handle cerrtain situations... most imptly of all.. they get to learn and maybe become future mission leaders... true we need a few good squads... but generally.. we need everyone to help... score and perky hunters aren't left out... i can assure you... there will be lots of action...that young "let's winz de warz" hero man is where you are very wrong...the only people who truly enjoy hordes aren't old enough to shave yet, or they fly bishop, or both...
that young "let's winz de warz" hero man is where you are very wrong...the only people who truly enjoy hordes aren't old enough to shave yet, or they fly bishop, or both...
in the mean time, though your idea may work for someone like yourself who thinks he knows how to take a base better than the 100 or so guys who have been doing it for many years...and for the lemmings who believe they need to fly in a horde under the leadership of an armchair general...the majority are generally of the "do your own thing" mindset.
lol No need to track us, we don't hide :aok
Hoarding is a big issue for alot of people, we see it as a weakness for not wanting to learn simple combat skills in a flight/land combat game.
hey if the lemmings wanna up with us together and this group consitutues a horde... should we tell them lets break it up into smaller groups of .. say 4-5 planes so that the knit and bish can't say we horde? and battle it out 4-5 hours for 1 base? sounds a lot like a furball to me dude.... if you just wanna furball.. i am sure the DA has tons of action at furball city... as for the the 100 over guys.. i am sure.. they rather take bases with more help when they need it...what exactly have i said that is not abt doing your own thing? seriously? you need to read the rest of what i posted earlier...instead of posting just for the sake of posting...and you need to actually know what you're talking about before trying to get people who know better and agree with your hordeology theories...in case you haven't noticed the statements by people who have been at this a lot longer than you...your idea is lame.
and you need to actually know what you're talking about before trying to get people who know better and agree with your hordeology theories...in case you haven't noticed the statements by people who have been at this a lot longer than you...your idea is lame.
you're rating my exp instead of the idea? how is my exp related to the organising bit? are you trying a personal attack sir? well i'm guessing you rate my exp from the year i was registered rite? i'm sorry to disappoint you if thats the case..but this isn't abt me... or YOU.. or my exp in the game...this isn't even abt hording if you bothered to read what i post instead of ridiculous remarks such as this...this i abt ORGANISING the uncontrolllabe horde... either way you can have a disorganised horde or an organised horde....there is still going to be a horde... so dun make it abt exp cos its stupid...you have a grudge.. take it elsewhere... i need constructive remarks not stupid comments from a exp bigot like you..
you're rating my exp instead of the idea? how is my exp related to the organising bit? are you trying a personal attack sir? well i'm guessing you rate my exp from the year i was registered rite? i'm sorry to disappoint you if thats the case..but this isn't abt me... or YOU.. or my exp in the game...this isn't even abt hording if you bothered to read what i post instead of ridiculous remarks such as this...this i abt ORGANISING the uncontrolllabe horde... either way you can have a disorganised horde or an organised horde....there is still going to be a horde... so dun make it abt exp cos its stupid...you have a grudge.. take it elsewhere... i need constructive remarks not stupid comments from a exp bigot like you..
Your idea is not new. Been there, done that. Didn't work. Pissed many off and eventually led to ENY.never said it was new dude...i'm sure there is a way thru this organising business cos it worked for us today... 1 central vox..70% of rooks on vox...from the pool we were either attacking or sending people to go defend. and it worked.. we kicked bish off our island in no time..... bear in mind that numbers were the same today... if bish really wanted to defend.. i'm sure i will see a spawn of thousands of wirbs!......AAjagerX was also leading a mission today... which went well as well... small group.. not even considered a horde...but it was part of the organised roundup.. hence it worked :salute... so i am very sure there is still a glimmer of hope somewhere.....i remember a long time back.. waps3, whiskey, wonder and a bit recent was snoopy*the son*... were all good misision leaders.. they would communicate with knit or bish and set up a horde vs horde.. and say maybe a6ms vs f4us..everyday for a week...we need mission people like that.. rite now we only have an effective swoops and a dedicated few who help make missions for us... getting us organised.. :salute you make me love this game!
OK explain to me how one big Horde will benefit the game.
let's use an example here, you have 55 people ready what do YOU do?
there's two questions, lets see what you're answer is for each
never said it was new dude...i'm sure there is a way thru this organising business cos it worked for us today... 1 central vox..70% of rooks on vox...from the pool we were either attacking or sending people to go defend. and it worked.. we kicked bish off our island in no time..... bear in mind that numbers were the same today... if bish really wanted to defend.. i'm sure i will see a spawn of thousands of wirbs!......AAjagerX was also leading a mission today... which went well as well... small group.. not even considered a horde...but it was part of the organised roundup.. hence it worked :salute... so i am very sure there is still a glimmer of hope somewhere.....i remember a long time back.. waps3, whiskey, wonder and a bit recent was snoopy*the son*... were all good misision leaders.. they would communicate with knit or bish and set up a horde vs horde.. and say maybe a6ms vs f4us..everyday for a week...we need mission people like that.. rite now we only have an effective swoops and a dedicated few who help make missions for us... getting us organised.. :salute you make me love this game!
how do you take it out of context? does it have to be 1 single huge horde? can't it be multiple hordes... cos the definition of how how you guys consider hording is when you have more then the other... and further more... if you need further reference on how this worked for us today.. i think we had more than 50 for sure today.. pls read earlier posts... its clearly stated there...dun be lazy..
It will have the same effect no matter how you spin it. Apparently you only care about everyone agreeing with you. You're in the wrong place.
And quit calling me "dude". :lol
in what way is this a bad habit? hording? you want single furballs only.. go DA....it seems its only fair to you guys if maybe 4-5 guys pesistantly go thru 1 or more hour's worth of trouble just to take a base.. any faster than that.. its a horde.. i dun like it... too many people...
i think this method will actually help the new guys to pick up their skills in missions and maybe be good mission leaders one day..
Hoarding is a big issue for alot of people, we see it as a weakness for not wanting to learn simple combat skills in a flight/land combat game.
not taking anything out of context, i asked you two simple questions under this central command theory of yours. I'm still waiting for you're answers. my definition of a horde is no where near your thinking and has no bearing on my questions to you. you have 55 lemmings that will follow your command what do you do? how will hordes help the game?
i'm looking for constructive comments... help... not abt getting a majority of people to agree with me..or even accepting my idea... cos from this perspective.. its how simple stuff like getting organised get so hard..and how you can make this idea into a personal attack abt how i want people to agree with me..if i wanted to people to agree with me with everything i said i would get a dog.. and you sir are not dog.. so dun make this abt me again pls... keep your focus on the main point...
my question back to you is what would these normal people do on a normal day in aces tat you would do diff in a system like that?? have i not explained gameplay doesn't change? hordeing is a past old question... can you stop the horde? i can't.. so i make the time i get horded fun.. by gettting organised and hitting back.. so yes .. 55 guys.. anywhere that need hitting or defending will be sent (repeating myself here once again). easy as that.. how hard is it? so if i have to answer that question directtly... will hordeing help the game? prob yes... depending if its organised or not..no.. but since i can't change it.. i can have fun with it..
Personal attack? You're kidding right? I explained what happened in the past and the obvious flaw in such a large scale operations. You choose not to listen to others experience.
dear sir i told you.. we can carry on where the others have failed...if we think abt this constructively.. like a go home and think how to improve .. not think for 1o sec and blabber my mouth off.. and that is choosing not to listen? thank god you weren't next to the NASA people who sent man to the moon.. cos they will never get there...
".i'm sure there is a way thru this organising business cos it worked for us today... "
Seems like you found the answer and are just posting now to hear yourself talk.
'cause the fact is the means to play your way are there and have been.
Login, use the mission planner and YOU are free to organize any and all that will
listen.
Stop talking in textbonics too.
:aok
Now that IS a personal attack. You are learning :lol
I at least learned to spell in school. Yes, that was a personal attack there Einstein. :lol
my question back to you is what would these normal people do on a normal day in aces tat you would do diff in a system like that?? have i not explained gameplay doesn't change? hordeing is a past old question... can you stop the horde? i can't.. so i make the time i get horded fun.. by gettting organised and hitting back.. so yes .. 55 guys.. anywhere that need hitting or defending will be sent (repeating myself here once again). easy as that.. how hard is it? so if i have to answer that question directtly... will hordeing help the game? prob yes... depending if its organised or not..no.. but since i can't change it.. i can have fun with it..
"we" ?
If I may ask, who is "we"?
Ok sense you're now going to dance around two simple questions i asked. Busting hordes? yes we do it all the time, and beating the little seals untill they can't handle getting there rears handed to them anymore. then they attack another undefended base, We'll land and go there rinse and repeat. It's fun at first but gets old Clubbing Seals.well done sir :aok doing it without the defence horde... well it doesn't get old to sit in plane climb 15k.. dive down attack.. nor does it in spawn camping gvs too...but its gets old hanging in organised horde.. sorry but i do not see that point..
This thread is just one gigantic train wreck :rofl
and if i'm not there or any of the mission planner not there what happens? no mission? soemthings gotta organise the rest and get them into missions rite? like during the lull hours?you really didn't think that one through very well did you? first thing i'll point out...what makes you think the people online "need" someone to organize them, or that they want to do something organized? just because people don't post mishunz, doesn't mean there aren't groups doing something cooperatively...<gasp>...did you consider that in your graniose people's republic of des506 scheme?
sorry but i do not see that point..
"This thread is just one gigantic train wreck"
That it is
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I don't see the point of this thread. Everything you stated you wanted from the beginning already exists.
you really didn't think that one through very well did you? first thing i'll point out...what makes you think the people online "need" someone to organize them, or that they want to do something organized? just because people don't post mishunz, doesn't mean there aren't groups doing something cooperatively...<gasp>...did you consider that in your graniose people's republic of des506 scheme?what makes you think they don't...you speaking for yourself or for every rook? are you even a rook?
what makes you think they don't...you speaking for yourself or for every rook? are you even a rook?
I think the point of this thread was for everyone to agree with the OP and not to ask questions as to why his theory is flawed. I'm sure he's a longtime players whos seen it all.did you ask questions?? and why is it flawed?
...maybe i haven't thought it all the way thru.. pls advise... :salute
I do not want to be Organized..... I wish to keep all my organs thank you.
You asked, and didn't like the answers you got.
I'm not replying to your questions. I'm replying about how your so worked up over others answers. And yes, they did answer your question. And they even asked you some too. Maybe you should re-read this thread from the beginning to see them instead of skimming over it looking for someone who says, "I agree 100%!"
Don't reply unless I was a part of your little group? Then why post here?
wat answers? that it can't be done? eny? no one wants to get organised into missions? those are not answers.. that its a cycle after which it'll die? also are my answers not good enough for you? well.. iit won't work if you dun make it work.. so maybe i should address this question ONLY to those who were fighting there yesterday... they prob would have constructive ideas... and not say no.. cos my friend said no...
so dun reply if you are not from yesterday's group as a rook...thank you..
not worked up... you prob would get a bit pissed if people keep asking you the same questions all over again without reading your earlier posts...and then forming a general feel for what would help? so really.. if you just wanna be heard go rite ahead.. but i seriously welcome the guys who were with me yesterday...not to agree with mer.. but to maybe have a solution to contiunue this trend whioch is good for the rooks.. like skyryder says it everyday.. to all REAL rooks... rooks from day 1... you prob flown in your country for a long time.. i believe you know what works best for your country... for the rooks.. getting organised is step 1 in my opinion..good nite! god bless! :aok
That always makes me giggle...
That or shake your head in wonder :)
Someday maybe we can all be real Rooks..... :huh
Maybe that's why things are so hard for me in AH. I don't know who I am or what's real!?!?!? :cry
. . .the 783st incarnation of the Big Locust.Sounds like the end of “Ghostbusters III.”
it's not up to a certain group of people to tell others how to play a game that each individual pays for his own account.Mr. Zoom has a valid point. Voluntary cooperation is one thing; command should not be part of the game. I’m still up for some coordinated missions.
...and for the lemmings who believe they need to fly in a horde under the leadership of an armchair general...Lemmings? Et tu, Gyrene? Another popular denigration of people is ‘baby seals.’
either way you can have a disorganised horde or an organised horde....there is still going to be a horde...You’ve got to stop using the word ‘horde.’
This thread is just one gigantic train wreck :roflAnd I can’t look away.
Lemmings? Et tu, Gyrene? Another popular denigration of people is ‘baby seals.’ya i went with the lemmings card...i know it wasn't the best one to use but it's easy to picture...just a bunch of mindless milling around until one alpha male in the herd decides to move and the rest follow...the op is looking for a single playpen to gather the mindless beasts until one wannabe alpha male can come along and "organize" the horde, uh i mean herd.
only about 10% of the people who play the game read the message boards
Simple Answer, Not you :aok
Is there some hard data or is that just your estimate?
Funny you should post that.
Being around lawyers all day it's informative what they say about those being deposed and examined in the courtroom later at lunch.
"WE" means, either you are the king or queen of a sovereign nation, pregnant, or as they like to say "kick the w with a stick and it's an M...for ME"
Since those who say "we" really mean "me", they (who say "we") believe that a "we" brings forth more force and when on the stand they realize that the "we" actually means "me".
So, are you a king, queen, pregnant, or speaking for others as a designated spokesman?
That or shake your head in wonder :)
Someday maybe we can all be real Rooks..... :huh
Why is someone trying to turn the Rooks into the Bish?
Leave britney alone.
So, are you a king, queen, pregnant, or speaking for others as a designated spokesman?
its a simple system...maybe i haven't thought it all the way thru.. pls advise... :salute
YAY BEAR IS BACK
Where is DrDeath when you need him?
As long as its not required to join in if you dont want to I see no problem with it. The win the war types will flock together regardless. What would be nice is if the mission planner was more attractive. Maybe putting you in the ready shot we saw quite awhile back with all the pilots sitting. Do what AW had. Someone ran the breifing and people would raise their hands to speak.
Have a map that waypoints can be placed and moved around and notes added for all to see. Stuff like that makes it more fun.
Thank you, Father...
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I miss the old days. Remember this
My money's on Des becoming a "platinum" poster by the time this thread gets a decent burial. :D
:rofl :rofl :rofl
I think it's more like a committee... or a directorate... ? Nevertheless I was contacted by PM by one of them last night, while I tried to get a bit support for defending a rook airbase. I was told to stop giving out alerts on country channel, because it "would only divide the Rooks and keep them from joining out missions." I was also told defense is always useless and you have to attack all the time.
In other words: While they horde us, we horde them elsewhere, and the one who's taking down buildings faster than the other wins :)
But yesterday was the strange PM day anyway ;)
War is numbers that is how it is won. Complaining about a horde in a game of war is like complaining about a race car being to fast. While it is each players $14.95 and they can play like they want an arena commander with the use of just half the the players for two hrs a day could run the map with ease. Regardless of how you try to rationalize your view of this game the very object of AH is to capture the map and win and that is that.
I think it's more like a committee... or a directorate... ?
War is numbers that is how it is won. Complaining about a horde in a game of war is like complaining about a race car being to fast. While it is each players $14.95 and they can play like they want an arena commander with the use of just half the the players for two hrs a day could run the map with ease. Regardless of how you try to rationalize your view of this game the very object of AH is to capture the map and win and that is that.
Rook1: Oh. How do you do?
DES: How do you do, good lady? I am DES, King of the Rooks. Who is organizing a mission?
Rook1: King of the who?
DES: King of the Rooks.
Rook1: Who are the Rooks?
DES: Well, we all are. We are all Rooks. And I am your king.
Rook1: I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective.
Rook2: You're foolin' yourself! We're living in a dictatorship. A self-perpetuating autocracy in which the working class...
Rook1: Oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
Rook2: Well, that's what it's all about! If only people would...
DES: Please, please, good people, I am in haste. Who is organizing a mission??
Rook1: No one is putting together any mission.
DES: Then who is in charge right now?
Woman: We don't have a leader.
Rook2: I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to be a sort of executive officer for the week...
DES: Yes...
Rook2: ...but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting...
DES: Yes I see...
Rook2: ...by a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs...
DES: Be quiet!
Rook2: ...but by a two thirds majority in the case of...
DES: Be quiet! I order you to be quiet!
Rook1: Order, eh? Who does he think he is?
:D
I'm being repressed....
Complaining about a horde in a game of war is like complaining about a race car being to fast.
interesting you bring up racing.. real racing has quite strict restrictions. I also play Gran Turismo 5 on the PS3, and you remind me one of those guys that will start an online room called "street cars only", and jump into a LM or F1 ubercar while everyone else is wanting to run in their 300hp street cars.
as others have said, it isn't a game of war. its a game of combat.. i'm sure the LMP/F1 idiots online in GT5 have similar reasons for not wanting to actually race on an equal footing.. they just wanna "win", and to them the only objective is to win by any means necessary.
I didn't read the whole 12 page thread so forgive me if this has been brought up already but it strikes me that the OP's first post is a wish for a feature that we already have. Anyone can tune any of the vox channels between 101 and 199 and chat within the country, it would be courtesy if one was chosen that wasn't already in use by another group (some squads use non-squad vox so friends can join in). If the OP wants a dedicated channel to plan missions then all that needs to be done is find a couple like minded individuals and select a channel to operate on and take it from there.
Actually what he's looking for is a pool that "those who wish to" can add their names to. That way the "armchair Generals" can open the page to so a list of players available to use as resources in different types of missions. This way the "Generals" can plan their missions/horde better to roll base after base.
Personally I think anything that encourages hordes should be done away with. "I" think that the reason the squads are limited to 32 players is because it creates a workable force. If you have a squad of 32, on a squad night it should be easy to have 20 players show up. 20 players can be a pretty strong and in some cases able force. Having other squads to oppose them would create "rivalries" and before you know it we have small battles happening all over the place. If this is how the players worked it you would have the choice of half a dozen or more fights happening along both fronts.
Unfortunately people find the game and jump right in. Find that it's not as easy as it looks and compensate by teaming up with the largest force around. as ore and more join a horde is generated. If players looked at the game as the "challenge" of taking the base instead of looking at the game as "taking a base", then I think a lot more people would have a lot more fun.
You can NOT control the horde, ya just kinda point it in one direction and let it go. As for stopping the horde, well there really is no way to do that either, that's why they are so successful at rolling over bases.
You can't ask people to sit in the tower, or cap a field on the off chance your going to spot where the horde is going to pop up next. It's a game after all and people are looking to have fun. It is NOT fun sitting in a tower, nor circling a field at 10k waiting for your fuel to run out. That is why defense is so low on the list of things to do. Sure once a group is spotted the defense will get rolling, IF it looks like they have time to up before all the hangers are down.
Creating a pool of players to have "at the ready" even if people would hang around for it... would only be used for offense which means adding to the horde. It would wouldn't work as defense because a majority of players are below average in skill and would QUICKLY get tired of getting shot down by the horde and so would go look....once again... for those numbers they could hide in.
The forums are for discussing all things about the games. We are discussing your idea, and unfortunately for you so far it looks like most people don't like it or think it would work. The reason is we have seen these ideas in action before and have seen how they turn out. It doesn't end pretty.
The best you can do is post up a mission and if you get a bunch of takers run with it like you did the day you got the idea. If they don't respond then they don't want to play that way on that occasion. Try again later and you might get a different response.
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i beg to differ... we controlled the bish horde that day... the min the hrode entered dar ring... the call came... whoever that jsut landed or got killed... immiediately went on the defence... all on 1 channel... 1 big bellybutton squad sepearted into diff fronts...and each having defence and offence at the same time... lose 1 no prob.. we get it back after reorganising...
you've seen it work and failed because there wasn't a system in the game to support that function...all we had were a bunch of dedicated guys wit a common goal who failed because the sytem wasn't there to support them... have you ever thought it thru? you come in horde... every time this country has hordes to defend it... you stop come back again,, same thing.. you think hell... this is turning into 1 big furball.. so you stop* dun forget.. you have to fly wayyyy further than the defenders..... you THINK.. hey lets do sneaky missions.. steal bases... and how to take them objectively too..does it not stop hordes?
whats hasppening rite now.. is you see a horde...you think.... hell i'm not getting vulched.... not going to up... so the horde has it way... i salute the new guys cos they dun know much... they up trying to defend thinking help is on the way... FYI your kind of thinking killed them... not the horde.. now turn it back.... you already have 2-3 new guys defending... and ready pool.. you send whoever wants to help them...horde may not be diverted... but hell.. their easy base capture is gone...
OK, this is the last one I'm going to reply to or read for that matter unless you start using full sentences, paragraphs, and proper spelling. Reading your post, and understanding them is giving me a headache. The reason they teach you this crap in school is because MOST people use it in everyday life to communicate with others.
This happens sometimes as a large percentage of players that day "get into it" I myself have joined in and helped the war effort by defending or helping take bases. For the most part, I'd rather just find little fights and furball and couldn't care less about the "war".
No nothing stops a horde. A horde is 40-50 guys rolling over a base like a plague of locust. Some will up to defend but after killing a half dozen lemmings the FHs are down and MOST people look for a new fight (why fly all that way to get to a fight that is soon to disappear). The horde captures another base and moves on. Very rarely do hordes run into each other. Mayhem ensues, all fighters are as heavy as possible, and nobody has any alt, just speed which is soon either burned off in that first turn, or those that survive the HOs on the first pass continue on the their intended target both teams hoping to capture the target BEFORE he team they just passed does.
Many people, myself included couldn't care less about score. Upping from a field under attack is foolish, but we do it anyway to defend, and in my case grab a few easy kills :devil I have seen this type of organization many times. ROC did it for the Rooks for awhile, the BOPS did it for the Bish, and the vTards are doing it for the bish now. Large groups, well organized used to swarm a base under with numbers for the sole purpose to capture the base. Personally I think there is much more to this game. Grabbing a base is easy. I prefer to look for a challenge. I fly into multi-con environments, it's more fun to fly against 3 than it is to pick someone who isn't paying attention tho I won't pass up those kills either :devil The only reason a horde is fun...that I can see... is the sense of accomplishment a player can get being part of the horde that he can NOT get on his own.....yet.
Again, your idea will only work on those days the planets align and the majority want to work together. Use the mission planner. When the mission launches you see what you have for resources. That is when you plan on "what" the missions all about and hand out the assignments then. If only a few sign up, your a "porking mission" to kill dar someplace. If a bunch join, your a "base grab" mission. You don't need a special system/set-up to do what your looking to do.
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just FYI thats how it reads with no paragraphs ...
well you are speaking only for yourself.. do you represent the rest? how do you decide on 1 thing when the majority f the people haven't even heard it? you say you can't control the horde? we did... we upped in hordes too... it worked.. why it didn't for you... i shan't comment on that... you are that sort of person who lets everyone do all the work for you... you're just plain happy playing the same map till its time for change... well they have failed like i said cos the system didn't supoort them... we need to fully utilise the mission planner somehow...all i am hearing from you pessimist guys is that hey.. someone did that and failed.. lets not venture into that area again... dear sir... if you were part of the NASA operations.. man will certainly would not have gone to the moon... pls reject this idea on the attributes rather than fact that someone has done it and failed (note. they failed cos they arranged a time for 30 rooks to take bases.. at a time when no enmy is ard... eny killed them) also why must we only wait for the certain few mission planners? everyone should be able to up missions at anytime with ease even with dwindling numbers...... most of you represent a small part of the community... the rest i believe are interested in taking bases and winning the war... or getting bish and knits off our land.. besides the perks along the way...have any of you seen any points from the other side of fence, or are you so very sure it wouldn't work? this idea is to make lull hours more interesting.. as well as controlling the horde in peak hours...i believe i already know what the next comment will be like..you really don't get it do you? even after people who bothered to take the time and give your little idea more than the cursory dismissal it deserved, which you should have seen by now is all it was truly worth, you still insist on believing you have the answer.
Sorry but I am not wrong. War ain't base ball and he who get there first with the most wins. That is why all Armies in the history of the world mass troops at a single point to overwhelm the enemy. (D-Day comes to mind) You may not like it but this is how war works and there is and end to it.
Sorry but I am not wrong. War ain't base ball and he who get there first with the most wins. That is why all Armies in the history of the world mass troops at a single point to overwhelm the enemy. (D-Day comes to mind) You may not like it but this is how war works and there is and end to it.
Lowering town capture limit to 50% makes it easier for smaller units to take bases. This causes the horde to have to disperse some to defend. You wind up with more numerous, smaller(8 to 20players) fights. See the numbers
Lusche posted on my thread about lowering %. They show a clear decrease in base captures and increase in
kills per capture(more hording less taking).
we need to beat the horde at its own game.. getting organized...horde vs horde...