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Title: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Vudak on July 31, 2016, 05:13:01 AM
HiTech,

Can you please give me a suggestion for what I should do here?  There is a huge map where the only con attacking the portion I can reach is a 234 and I have another 320 minutes to switch sides? 

There's a set of bases flashing a few hundred miles away and I can't do anything about it.  Those 3-4 guys over there sure look like they're having fun.

Why there's even ENY or lengthy side switches or enormous maps when there's 21 people in the arena is beyond me.  If this was my normal flying hour, I wouldn't pay you any money for this game.

A good decision from a few years ago might not be a good decision now.  Please revisit your game play model.  Thanks.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: JunkyII on July 31, 2016, 08:05:45 AM
+1 side switch time back down to an hour...often times during the day there is only one front that is active.

+1 to certain large maps being removed
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Chris79 on July 31, 2016, 08:33:18 AM
I agree with side switch time, as for maps, unless two maps were reset in a short order, the MA map would have been either Crater MA or Mesa. Both of which are of medium size and fairly easy to find a fight. As for the truly large maps, I do agree that a certain two need to be done away with.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: JunkyII on July 31, 2016, 08:40:42 AM
I agree with side switch time, as for maps, unless two maps were reset in a short order, the MA map would have been either Crater MA or Mesa. Both of which are of medium size and fairly easy to find a fight. As for the truly large maps, I do agree that a certain two need to be done away with.
Crater and Mesa are good maps Trinity is one of the examples of too big
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: nrshida on July 31, 2016, 08:41:27 AM
If this was my normal flying hour, I wouldn't pay you any money for this game.

Sorry to hear it's getting this way at weekends too. These are my normal flying hours so I understand the frustration. I also often get trapped after changing countries to find a fight only to find they've also logged. I sometimes practice my BFM a bit but that gets boring. I sometimes wait for an hour hoping more players will show up but often they don't and I log and watch a film instead. It's a shame. A great Virtual Environment but largely underpopulated atm.

Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Vudak on July 31, 2016, 08:43:40 AM
I agree with side switch time, as for maps, unless two maps were reset in a short order, the MA map would have been either Crater MA or Mesa. Both of which are of medium size and fairly easy to find a fight. As for the truly large maps, I do agree that a certain two need to be done away with.
You call that a medium size? With these numbers you need about 9 to 12 bases a team.

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Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: JunkyII on July 31, 2016, 08:47:06 AM
You call that a medium size? With these numbers you need about 9 to 12 bases a team.

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Crater is large but it has one of the best tank fights in the game....maybe a small map from 0200 EDT to 1500 EDT and then all maps enabled the rest of the day??
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Vudak on July 31, 2016, 08:54:51 AM
Crater is large but it has one of the best tank fights in the game....maybe a small map from 0200 EDT to 1500 EDT and then all maps enabled the rest of the day??

If they'd just let us switch sides that'd be all it took.  You could have the largest map in the world and I could go find something to do.

Let's face it - the "wildly fluctuating ENY" problem he's talking about as being the reason we can't have a reasonable side switch isn't happening prime time with the 6 of us who'll actually switch, and ENY isn't doing anyone any favors this early in the morning, either.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: JunkyII on July 31, 2016, 08:57:15 AM
If they'd just let us switch sides that'd be all it took.  You could have the largest map in the world and I could go find something to do.

Let's face it - the "wildly fluctuating ENY" problem he's talking about as being the reason we can't have a reasonable side switch isn't happening prime time with the 6 of us who'll actually switch, and ENY isn't doing anyone any favors this early in the morning, either.
I agree
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Bruv119 on July 31, 2016, 09:00:07 AM
the fix is simple keep the switch times but swapping to a lower numbered team is always instant. 
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Vudak on July 31, 2016, 09:01:12 AM
An an update for Vudak's July meltdown...  Now, there's 34 bish to 12 Rooks, I'm stuck on Bish, but of course I can't do anything about this for another 90 minutes or so because I switched sides 4 or so hours ago and we wouldn't want ENY to swing wildly now would we.

But hey HiTech, you know best, forever and always  :aok

I must just be some clueless dolt to not see what's so great about this.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: nrshida on July 31, 2016, 09:02:40 AM
the fix is simple keep the switch times but swapping to a lower numbered team is always instant.

+1 squillion
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: cattb on July 31, 2016, 09:36:23 AM
make the time limit on side switching lower, but make it so the person switching has to go to the lower number team of the 2 switching to. Keep people from switching sides when getting close to a map reset just for the win.
Just a thought.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: SlipKnt on July 31, 2016, 10:52:15 AM
Should be pushed to the "wishlist"

And I agree.  Based on current numbers during those hours, I think 1 hour is appropriate for now.

+1
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: caldera on July 31, 2016, 10:55:13 AM
You call that a medium size? With these numbers you need about 9 to 12 bases a team.

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With the numbers right at this moment, six bases per side would be plenty.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: DmonSlyr on July 31, 2016, 11:00:07 AM
What if we ask Hitech to kindly change the Midwar arena to the smog 8 Map. It would allow for action and force people to fly planes that cannot runaway so easily.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: guncrasher on July 31, 2016, 01:20:14 PM
What if we ask Hitech to kindly change the Midwar arena to the smog 8 Map. It would allow for action and force people to fly planes that cannot runaway so easily.

think the ava guys would be glad to accommodate you.

semp
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: DmonSlyr on July 31, 2016, 01:38:13 PM
think the ava guys would be glad to accommodate you.

semp

The AVA is setup differently, lacks the plane choice, and is well, axis v allies. I'm not saying the AvA isn't fun. But that's just why it's not more popular i guess.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Max on July 31, 2016, 02:06:36 PM
the fix is simple keep the switch times but swapping to a lower numbered team is always instant.

+1  :aok I would do this without a 2nd thought of hesitation.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: guncrasher on July 31, 2016, 04:00:23 PM
The AVA is setup differently, lacks the plane choice, and is well, axis v allies. I'm not saying the AvA isn't fun. But that's just why it's not more popular i guess.

for what I understand the ava will set up your map of choice and plane of choice.  as long as you get with them.  hope they correct me if i am wrong.


semp
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Vudak on July 31, 2016, 04:34:25 PM
for what I understand the ava will set up your map of choice and plane of choice.  as long as you get with them.  hope they correct me if i am wrong.


semp
They will. But we're at a point in this game where we at times have less than 2 dozen in the MA, so the solution probably isn't to syphon off some people from there to send them into another arena. The solution is to make it playable for the 2 dozen in the MA.

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Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Bruv119 on July 31, 2016, 04:43:43 PM
that being said my last 3 logins there has been a good fight at every base I've upped from.

It's almost like the low numbers have assisted in opening up bases or fronts that wouldn't normally get captured.  You do need a little patience in working out what is going on however.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: FESS67 on July 31, 2016, 04:45:38 PM
I gave up last night and logged off.  Downloaded world of warplanes.  I am sure I will not like it much but it may be better suited for my timezone in terms of action.
Title: Re: Early Hours Boredom
Post by: Bruv119 on July 31, 2016, 04:49:28 PM
Say hi to vac death if you see him about.  Apparently he started the squad in that game and they have a meteor jet must be pretty awesome.