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Title: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Myg on June 08, 2013, 07:15:54 AM
- I wish for friendly bombers to have special radar icons (bombers only) and for the TA to be turned into a free arena for people without subscription accounts + I'd like to see the removal of the paid custom arenas to balance that out.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Rino on June 08, 2013, 09:31:53 AM
     Not sure I want the Training Arena cluttered with freeloaders.  It's supposed to be a spot where people can learn..especially
new comers to AH  -1
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: gyrene81 on June 08, 2013, 09:58:22 AM
     Not sure I want the Training Arena cluttered with freeloaders.  It's supposed to be a spot where people can learn..especially
new comers to AH  -1
agree with Bino.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: The Fugitive on June 08, 2013, 10:26:23 AM
agree with Bino.

Me too. No more freebies! You want to play, you got to pay. Is 50 cents a day too much?
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Mongoose on June 08, 2013, 10:28:32 AM
+ I'd like to see the removal of the paid custom arenas to balance that out.

  What do you mean by "the removal of the paid custom arenas"?  Do you want custom arenas discontinued?

- 100 to that.  I am currently using the custom arena as a recruiting tool to try and get some family and friends involved.  I'm not having much luck, but still.  The custom arena is badly unappreciated.  The custom arena is a great gift from HTC, which should be used more often.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: morfiend on June 08, 2013, 06:12:39 PM
     Not sure I want the Training Arena cluttered with freeloaders.  It's supposed to be a spot where people can learn..especially
new comers to AH  -1


 Agreed,I cant imagine what it would be like with a couple dozen freeloaders asking for help.

   However I think HTC might want to consider an extra 2 weeks free but with only TA access. It might just keep a few of those players that get frustrated easily around.


    :salute
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: mthrockmor on June 08, 2013, 06:32:42 PM
I would be interested to analyze AHs numbers around '2-weekers' and paid membership. Maybe a free TA is the ticket, maybe it would change nothing what so ever. Does AH do an exit survey of 2-weekers and why they do not prescribe?

boo
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: bj229r on June 08, 2013, 06:48:15 PM
You would have to have a full-time moderator in there, constantly kicking foul-mouthed 14 year old griefers
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: titanic3 on June 08, 2013, 06:54:23 PM
I miss H2H...I miss Denholm's airport map...I miss the 262s with 10000 rounds of cannons. I miss the Bridge of Hell GV Map. I wouldn't mind having free H2H back. I was there when the hackers showed up and got H2H shutdown...makes me wonder...is AH that vulnerable to hacks that HTC can't find a fix for it? Because shutting down H2H appears like they're saying "Welp, we can't fix it so pay or leave." Would love to see a reply from a HTC member.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Lusche on June 08, 2013, 06:57:22 PM
is AH that vulnerable to hacks that HTC can't find a fix for it?


They found it: Hosting arenas on their server instead of giving each player his own host. :)
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: titanic3 on June 08, 2013, 07:01:11 PM

They found it: Hosting arenas on their server instead of giving each player his own host. :)

So...is there a reason the custom arenas we have now can't be free? I'm a paying member, and certainly not begging for the game to free, just curious in general.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Lusche on June 08, 2013, 07:05:27 PM
So...is there a reason the custom arenas we have now can't be free? I'm a paying member, and certainly not begging for the game to free, just curious in general.

Hosting arenas on their servers means costs and additional workload for HTC. I guess the return is just not worth it.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: titanic3 on June 08, 2013, 07:11:14 PM
Hosting arenas on their servers means costs and additional workload for HTC. I guess the return is just not worth it.

Hmm..so let paying customers host and free players join?
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: JimmyD3 on June 08, 2013, 07:41:25 PM
Hmm..so let paying customers host and free players join?

Then who is the regulator? :headscratch:
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: MK-84 on June 08, 2013, 07:47:14 PM
I like the idea of icons designating between a bomber or a fighter.  It would make it far easier to see whats going on when I bring up the map. Perhaps instead of a dot, a small "+" symbol to designate a bomber formation.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Arlo on June 09, 2013, 07:21:11 PM
Hmm..so let paying customers host and free-loaders join?

Fixed.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: JimmyD3 on June 09, 2013, 08:26:39 PM
I like the idea of icons designating between a bomber or a fighter.  It would make it far easier to see whats going on when I bring up the map. Perhaps instead of a dot, a small "+" symbol to designate a bomber formation.

No need, just add 2 more dots for the drones, problem solved. :devil
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: titanic3 on June 09, 2013, 09:31:30 PM
Fixed.

Then I suppose every free MMO out there is for freeloaders.  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: gyrene81 on June 09, 2013, 10:27:26 PM
Then I suppose every free MMO out there is for freeloaders.  :rolleyes:
pretty much...only reason i waste any time playing some.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: MrKrabs on June 09, 2013, 10:36:01 PM
Hmm..so let paying customers host and free players join?

Turn this into minecraft  :rofl
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Zacherof on June 09, 2013, 11:52:42 PM
Turn this into minecraft  :rofl
your just digging yourself a hole at this point krabs :rofl
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Spikes on June 09, 2013, 11:58:50 PM
Then I suppose every free MMO out there is for freeloaders.  :rolleyes:
Don't worry. Arlo just had to reply with something. :)
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Arlo on June 10, 2013, 08:38:20 AM
Don't worry. Arlo just had to reply with something that makes sense. :)

Fixed again.  :)
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Bino on June 10, 2013, 09:17:07 AM
     Not sure I want the Training Arena cluttered with freeloaders.  It's supposed to be a spot where people can learn..especially
new comers to AH  -1

Bino agrees with Rino.  :aok
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Vinkman on June 10, 2013, 02:05:02 PM
- I wish for friendly bombers to have special radar icons (bombers only) and for the TA to be turned into a free arena for people without subscription accounts + I'd like to see the removal of the paid custom arenas to balance that out.

-1
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: thndregg on June 10, 2013, 02:23:44 PM
I like the idea of icons designating between a bomber or a fighter.  It would make it far easier to see whats going on when I bring up the map. Perhaps instead of a dot, a small "+" symbol to designate a bomber formation.

I think we are straying from the "fog of war" aspect- the aspect where one has to physically find out what it is they are up against and plan their tactics accordingly. We keep wanting to add this and that little convenience, and that slowly takes away from some of the mystery.
Title: Re: Radar icons for friendlly bombers, F2P TA + removal of paid custom arenas.
Post by: Myg on June 10, 2013, 02:37:09 PM
Note, for FRIENDLY *only*. There is no value in disseminating that "mystery" for enemy planes.