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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: cav58d on December 11, 2017, 11:09:59 PM
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Hoping this is just a phase, but for the past month and a half I log after a single sortie, and that’s if I even decide to login at all. FSO is keeping my sub but right now I’m at an all time low for MA gameplay. I spent $1,400 bucks a year ago to play AH exclusively and it sucks im to this point already. I’m trying new aircraft, vehicles, tactics etc but none of it is doing it for me.
Best thing might be to just not login at all for a month and hopefully the spirit is rejuvenated in 2018?
What do you guys do when interest in the game is in the dumps?
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Find a squad :aok
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Then dont log in and play other games 😁. For me I switch between IL2, learn a new plane in DCS, iRacing, Elite Dangerous, World of Tanks.
Weirdly I enjoy them for the lack of social interaction, no ego wars, only mission related chatter. Amusing here of how many peeps think they are big fish, God's gift to airmanship. I play AH every few months not for the challenge\graphics, but the social aspect and the fun of the various stuff u can do.
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Hoping this is just a phase, but for the past month and a half I log after a single sortie, and that’s if I even decide to login at all. FSO is keeping my sub but right now I’m at an all time low for MA gameplay. I spent $1,400 bucks a year ago to play AH exclusively and it sucks im to this point already. I’m trying new aircraft, vehicles, tactics etc but none of it is doing it for me.
Best thing might be to just not login at all for a month and hopefully the spirit is rejuvenated in 2018?
What do you guys do when interest in the game is in the dumps?
World of Warships, World of Tanks.......and a new game in the works Fighter Base
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It's a vast world in the gaming scene....Aces High has the potential, but a good size of it's player base keep it in the downward trend....the "everything is fine" crowd to be exact.
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds is an excellent shooter, DrSpek and I play together from time to time.
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Then dont log in and play other games 😁. For me I switch between IL2, learn a new plane in DCS, iRacing, Elite Dangerous, World of Tanks.
Weirdly I enjoy them for the lack of social interaction, no ego wars, only mission related chatter. Amusing here of how many peeps think they are big fish, God's gift to airmanship. I play AH every few months not for the challenge\graphics, but the social aspect and the fun of the various stuff u can do.
so that's where you and your jug has gone!!
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I’m trying new aircraft, vehicles, tactics etc but none of it is doing it for me.
Then don't play.
Seriously, it's a game, and games are meant to be fun for you, not a chore. Your experience will not get better if you try to force yourself to have fun.
Remember, a game doesn't even have to 'get force' to burn out on it. You have been here for a great amount of time, you have probably literally '
seen it all' a thousand times over.
Step away. Do something else. Don't get yourself buried in nostalgia "but it used to be that much fun!" If you really feel the itch to play the game as is, fly. Else don't.
I just wish I could always heed my own advice... :noid
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This is supposed to be a pastime activity, not a full time job. A pleasure instead of a burden. There's no virtual Uncle Sam wanting you, no need to stay alert 24/7 for the evil plots of the enemy.
My way is to play on weekends only, that gives me something to wait for. If there's someone I like to chat or wing with, especially squad members, I may stay longer. If not, a few sorties is often enough.
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This is supposed to be a pastime activity, not a full time job. A pleasure instead of a burden. There's no virtual Uncle Sam wanting you, no need to stay alert 24/7 for the evil plots of the enemy.
I knew my Aces High recruiter lied to me. I was told that the fate of Chessland depended on me. One day, I might be crowned king of a Chess country.
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I knew my Aces High recruiter lied to me. I was told that the fate of Chessland depended on me. One day, I might be crowned king of a Chess country.
Shhh! We're trying to encourage him to keep his account alive. Your kingdom needs subjects! :noid
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Sounds really familiar, now I don't feel quite so odd..
Last year I dropped about $2000 to update all my equipment to play AH3..
New Computer, Big Monitor, Controls, Headset, Keyboard, etc.. All new and up to date!
It was winter time, cold wet and nasty outside, so I was looking for something to occupy my time indoors.. My wife doesn't complain about me spending money on stupid computer crap, as long as I'm happily busy at home, and not out gettin loaded, and chasin wild women, lol!
I dinked around with the game for a while, until I got bored, and the weather changed!
So the new equipment just sat in the corner gathering dust.. Until winter came again, and here I am..
I wish that I knew what element it is, that keeps bringing me back to this game???
And, what element is missing, that makes my enthusiasm for it wane so quickly???
10yrs ago, I was absolutely obsessed with AH2, was hoping to find that again..
Well, they say you can never go back, I guess it is true in game land too!
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I don't fly it. tbh. forcing yourself isn't fun.
I've flown MA one night early last month...that's it.
It'll turn around or it won't.
I still fly FSO/create terrains for SEA/bounce the events/keep the russians off the ahevents website/try to find someone in ww1 once in a while.
If I can find some reason to go back to MA I will, right now i cannot.
I completely agree with Lusche. It should be fun, when it stops being fun, don't do it.
What do you guys do when interest in the game is in the dumps?
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so that's where you and your jug has gone!!
Mostly WOT, finishing my M37 restoration, my real life FW\RW squad lead obligations and wife\farm animals :)
:salute brother
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There's no shame in taking a break. I rotate in and out of playing the MA depending on what else interests me although I've noticed this year's seen a sharp decline in how much I play the MA. I've pretty much become a "squad night and FSO" guy lately, with the occasional couple hours in the MA if things are to my liking when I log in.
I've always felt Delirium's "stages of AH player" was pretty accurate in a lot of cases. This game has a shelf life for every single player, and the clock starts ticking the first time you log in. Different people last for different amounts of time.
Wiley.
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Honestly, I have felt this way twice in my short 5 years of playing. What snapped me out of it was changing things up. I rotated to another country. Also, I got into terrain making. I probably spend more time in the object and terrain editors than I do in the game.
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:)
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Hoping this is just a phase, but for the past month and a half I log after a single sortie, and that’s if I even decide to login at all. FSO is keeping my sub but right now I’m at an all time low for MA gameplay. I spent $1,400 bucks a year ago to play AH exclusively and it sucks im to this point already. I’m trying new aircraft, vehicles, tactics etc but none of it is doing it for me.
Best thing might be to just not login at all for a month and hopefully the spirit is rejuvenated in 2018?
What do you guys do when interest in the game is in the dumps?
Skinning or terrain building. Those soak up lots of time. When the game gets stale that’s where I go... Change of pace.
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Since AH3 went live I've built two terrains for the MA and am working on a third. I mostly login for squad night, FSO and a few nights each week during the month.
I've been playing the game just about non-stop for 15 years. The two years of the alpha\beta testing I did for AH3 kind of burnt me out looking at the environment. It did give me a place to start understanding about half the GV problems and some of the general game play problems not related to human personal issues. Those, I leave to the big guy, he gets paid the big bucks to understand his customers. I don't know if I want to look into skins. After two MA terrains built from scratch, I've developed a sense for the terrain and the game that is only possible in most art style applications if you bite the bullet and live in the application and it's environment for over a year. Most people forget I built a fourth terrain while doing the alpha\beta testing for offline gunnery practice called "gunnery". It's available from the custom terrain HOST download.
Now days, playing the game gives me research feedback for the current terrain I'm working on just like with the two previous terrains. So if anything, I login to learn about how terrains are utilized by the current generation of players.
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Lots of advice - I'd get a friend/squad you can fly with, even if it's in another game. Lots of us are into DCS, IL2, WoT, WT, all the other options, in addition to AH3. What you're experiencing is something every gamer goes through in any game they play longer than a week or two IMO. Just take a bit of a break, keep your sub running, and just come back when you feel the itch to.
Another option is to set some goals - ie try different stuff than you normally do, say fly just the Spit5 or Ki43 for a couple weeks or a tour, and set a hard roof of 10k for yourself. Or conversely, fly just the K4 or P47M, or some other E monster, and only engage in mid/high alt fights, managing your E and focusing on that type of fighting. Try for a certain kills/hour rate, that sort of thing. I know many crap on the stats, but if you use them for just personal benefit and setting goals like this, it can be a fun way to push yourself, and give you a reason to log in every night.
Not sure if you've tried VR, but if you haven't, and are looking for a way for the game to blow you away again, that's something you certainly could try, and would enjoy IMO. The cost has come down IIRC quite a bit for the Rift as well.
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See Rule #4
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Honestly, I have felt this way twice in my short 5 years of playing. What snapped me out of it was changing things up. I rotated to another country. Also, I got into terrain making. I probably spend more time in the object and terrain editors than I do in the game.
So that's where you've been. :aok
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Since AH3 went live I've built two terrains for the MA and am working on a third. I mostly login for squad night, FSO and a few nights each week during the month.
I've been playing the game just about non-stop for 15 years. The two years of the alpha\beta testing I did for AH3 kind of burnt me out looking at the environment. It did give me a place to start understanding about half the GV problems and some of the general game play problems not related to human personal issues. Those, I leave to the big guy, he gets paid the big bucks to understand his customers. I don't know if I want to look into skins. After two MA terrains built from scratch, I've developed a sense for the terrain and the game that is only possible in most art style applications if you bite the bullet and live in the application and it's environment for over a year. Most people forget I built a fourth terrain while doing the alpha\beta testing for offline gunnery practice called "gunnery". It's available from the custom terrain HOST download.
Now days, playing the game gives me research feedback for the current terrain I'm working on just like with the two previous terrains. So if anything, I login to learn about how terrains are utilized by the current generation of players.
You have done a great job.....I have tried making a map and I do not have the knack for doing it so hats off to you Sir. The maps even the old one's that have been retro fitted for this game are good......but its all the junk they added to these maps that have folks not having the same spark they had a year and a half ago, and I'm one of them. I really have lost interest in the game mostly come to meet up with friends and do a little GV ing what left of that. So we'll have to see how thing pan out this year and make a decision around summer time when my other hobby kicks in and I do not spend all that much time in AH III. Bring the magic back, cause the eye candy isn't doing it.
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I've always felt Delirium's "stages of AH player" was pretty accurate in a lot of cases. This game has a shelf life for every single player, and the clock starts ticking the first time you log in. Different people last for different amounts of time.
Wiley.
Here you go, very applicable to this discussion.
Becoming Involved vs. Not Subscribing (0 days - 2 months)
At this stage, the new player decides to learn the game, or get frustrated with the learning curve and quit.
Win The War vs. Learn to Fight (2 months - 8 months)
At this time, the newer player joins a squadron and decides which path his gameplay will be; either winning the war or concentrating on the fight. This choice depends greatly on the squadron the individual joins.
Popularity vs. One of Many (8 months - 3 years)
During this period the player seeks to gain notoriety or becomes one of the masses (voluntarily or not). Note that some never leave this stage.
Stagnation vs. Action (3 years - 7 years)
At this period the player leaves the game in boredom or branches out in the game to keep interest alive. Some even attempt to give back to the game to keep the interest alive.
Frustration vs. Acceptance (7 years +)
During this period the player decides that the new crop of players or tactics are the worst thing to happen to the game in a very long time. They lash out against any new idea or concept and often leave the game for several months at a time, vowing never to return. With few exceptions, they always return to the game eventually.
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Here you go, very applicable to this discussion.
Becoming Involved vs. Not Subscribing (0 days - 2 months)
At this stage, the new player decides to learn the game, or get frustrated with the learning curve and quit.
Win The War vs. Learn to Fight (2 months - 8 months)
At this time, the newer player joins a squadron and decides which path his gameplay will be; either winning the war or concentrating on the fight. This choice depends greatly on the squadron the individual joins.
Popularity vs. One of Many (8 months - 3 years)
During this period the player seeks to gain notoriety or becomes one of the masses (voluntarily or not). Note that some never leave this stage.
Stagnation vs. Action (3 years - 7 years)
At this period the player leaves the game in boredom or branches out in the game to keep interest alive. Some even attempt to give back to the game to keep the interest alive.
Frustration vs. Acceptance (7 years +)
During this period the player decides that the new crop of players or tactics are the worst thing to happen to the game in a very long time. They lash out against any new idea or concept and often leave the game for several months at a time, vowing never to return. With few exceptions, they always return to the game eventually.
I seem to be one of the ones that stopped at stage 3. My MA activities have dwindled hard over the last year though. I'm pretty much just a squad night/if I log in and see squaddies on and FSO/scenario warrior these days.
Wiley.
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I believe you're in the stage of Stagnation vs Action.
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I believe you're in the stage of Stagnation vs Action.
Always hardest to analyze myself, but what I *think* is keeping me from playing more is the lack of air activity that I like. I play if there's a good sized enemy bardar that doesn't appear to be stuck over its own base, but most evenings when I log in there's either enough bardar for 5 enemies, or half a bar somewhere under a green horde.
Wiley.
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What about when a player has been gone so long,
that the game has changed so much, it is like starting over..
LOL "Retread" maybe???
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What about when a player has been gone so long,
that the game has changed so much, it is like starting over..
LOL "Retread" maybe???
Ive found taking a couple months away from the game in the past has retriggered my passion for the game. Come back to new features, players, maps etc...
Im currently on 2nd shift.. so usually the action has passed by the time im done with work. Still fun to log in on the weekend occasionally and get my fix.
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Ive found taking a couple months away from the game in the past has retriggered my passion for the game. Come back to new features, players, maps etc...
Im currently on 2nd shift.. so usually the action has passed by the time im done with work. Still fun to log in on the weekend occasionally and get my fix.
Oops pushed the wrong button..
Headhunters, I remember you guys from back in the day..
Alpha81, Slipknot, Trojan, WWhiskey, Flatiron, Land, others..
Had some knock down drag out fights in Midwar arena..
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If i left AHIII there would be a vast void in everyones hearts :)
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If i left AHIII there would be a vast void in everyones hearts :)
For at least ten minutes, then we'd move on. ;)
Wiley.
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Here you go, very applicable to this discussion.
Becoming Involved vs. Not Subscribing (0 days - 2 months)
At this stage, the new player decides to learn the game, or get frustrated with the learning curve and quit.
Win The War vs. Learn to Fight (2 months - 8 months)
At this time, the newer player joins a squadron and decides which path his gameplay will be; either winning the war or concentrating on the fight. This choice depends greatly on the squadron the individual joins.
Popularity vs. One of Many (8 months - 3 years)
During this period the player seeks to gain notoriety or becomes one of the masses (voluntarily or not). Note that some never leave this stage.
Stagnation vs. Action (3 years - 7 years)
At this period the player leaves the game in boredom or branches out in the game to keep interest alive. Some even attempt to give back to the game to keep the interest alive.
Frustration vs. Acceptance (7 years +)
During this period the player decides that the new crop of players or tactics are the worst thing to happen to the game in a very long time. They lash out against any new idea or concept and often leave the game for several months at a time, vowing never to return. With few exceptions, they always return to the game eventually.
Never taken a break since 2007. I chose to subscribe and learn the game, joined a squad about 6 months later, I fight, I blow stuff up, I take bases, winning the war is cool if it happens but not the overriding purpose for me. Taking a base with no resistance is meaningless to me, lifting to get into a dogfight for the sake of getting into a dogfight is just as meaningless to me. Now fighting over possession of a field or trying to wrest a field from a determined enemy that is what it's about. The chaos of an all out scrap air, land and sea is where it is at in AH III. I have branched out in the game but it is usually in service to my Squad. The last step may happen eventually, but at 10+ years I am not there yet. I do credit my friends-those idiot Pigs for keeping me coming back. Truth is I pay my $15 bucks a month for the entertainment they provide, the game is a fun backdrop.
See you up there,
Way
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but its all the junk they added to these maps that have folks not having the same spark they had a year and a half ago, and I'm one of them.
Please help me understand "junk", opposed to: Hitech is a meenie and poo on him.
I can't change what is in the terrain editor and what I'm required to do to a Melee arena terrain to have it accepted for rotation. That's Hitech and he needs in most cases years of arguments while watching the community to decide on those kinds of changes from what I've observed. I have some control over how I create land, apply objects, orient things and paint the land.
The last terrain Oceania was a large scale experiment in doing that to the micro terrain around many feilds. I'm building a new terrain with a radically different topography now. If you need a break, give yourself a rest. These terrains take months to produce to the visual quality I did Oceania and you can see many streams running next to where a field will be placed. I'm considering placing the town for some on the other side of the stream and the same with two or three spawns leaving bridges as choke points. When I get to that stage and have to create the micro combat terrain for GVs around each field on the map, I've learned new lessons from Oceania once again about tank combat. The terrain editor has limitations while I have to follow some rules for the Melee arena to ensure balance anywhere I setup combat. I cannot change previous terrains once they are in rotation so I have to take my lessons and build a new terrain.
I'm working up the techniques and painting style to produce the new topographical features for this next project. I had a friend who was a potter who let me work with him, this is no different than creating a clay Bas-relief panel like you see in Rome. I know how Michelangelo feels now. Each of those squares is 1milex1mile and I create every square mile of this 10x10 terrain and paint it. So if you are burnt out with the game right now and unhappy, take a break while I get this monstrosity finished. I'm stuck here alone with it until it goes into rotation. Weeeeeeeeee...... :rolleyes:
Pssst......Don't tell Wasytin but, I build these things so everyone can romp across the terrain breaking things like a pig because we have so much fun following Waystin around....oink.... :O
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Bring the magic back, cause the eye candy isn't doing it.
The eye candy is at least two orders of magnitude better in AH3, imho. But also imho, the 'magic' was the terrain you drove through in AH2, not the air you flew through. And the magic is not lost. It merely hasn't been brought out into the sunshine yet. Great potential exists. Please be patient. A bunch of people are actively talking about this stuff, adding features and objects, trying out new software, working kinks out. I am 100% confident that the magic will be back, Dundee.
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Please help me understand "junk", opposed to: Hitech is a meenie and poo on him.
I can't change what is in the terrain editor and what I'm required to do to a Melee arena terrain to have it accepted for rotation. That's Hitech and he needs in most cases years of arguments while watching the community to decide on those kinds of changes from what I've observed. I have some control over how I create land, apply objects, orient things and paint the land.
The last terrain Oceania was a large scale experiment in doing that to the micro terrain around many feilds. I'm building a new terrain with a radically different topography now. If you need a break, give yourself a rest. These terrains take months to produce to the visual quality I did Oceania and you can see many streams running next to where a field will be placed. I'm considering placing the town for some on the other side of the stream and the same with two or three spawns leaving bridges as choke points. When I get to that stage and have to create the micro combat terrain for GVs around each field on the map, I've learned new lessons from Oceania once again about tank combat. The terrain editor has limitations while I have to follow some rules for the Melee arena to ensure balance anywhere I setup combat. I cannot change previous terrains once they are in rotation so I have to take my lessons and build a new terrain.
I'm working up the techniques and painting style to produce the new topographical features for this next project. I had a friend who was a potter who let me work with him, this is no different than creating a clay Bas-relief panel like you see in Rome. I know how Michelangelo feels now. Each of those squares is 1milex1mile and I create every square mile of this 10x10 terrain and paint it. So if you are burnt out with the game right now and unhappy, take a break while I get this monstrosity finished. I'm stuck here alone with it until it goes into rotation. Weeeeeeeeee...... :rolleyes:
Pssst......Don't tell Wasytin but, I build these things so everyone can romp across the terrain breaking things like a pig because we have so much fun following Waystin around....oink.... :O
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Gentlemen your first glimpses of what we the Pigs have dubbed the Facehugger map.
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Gentlemen your first glimpses of what we the Pigs have dubbed the Facehugger map.
:rofl I wonder if anyone will get the reference without a picture :rofl
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:rofl I wonder if anyone will get the reference without a picture :rofl
In space no one can hear you scream...
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You see what I have to put up with....Being a pig is one big party no matter who's living room we bust into and clean out the refrigerator and all the booze. Ooopsies, I mean country we burst into and lately no one has very good booze and all the refrigerators have been empty. Hey Waystin remind me why we leave those really old smelly boxes of Jester's chocolates in their barracks under their pillows. I mean the dang things smell like someones cat got PO'd those chocolates are so old........ :huh
You don't think anyone ever opens those things??
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I find that time away and watching dogfights on the history channel gets the juices following. I play early morning pac time and there are only joker's taking bases and I die a lot f m not careful. I am going to try a different time and see what happens, but yeah after a few sorties I'm done. I really liked the staged missions we did in the ma I'm ah2. It was fun and seemed to make sense. Now there are no missions, I would try fso but I'm not really good enough. I love this game but it's getting easier t oko not play. I might try a few other games as well. I don't know but I understand what your feeling. Peace
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You should, when i came back after not flying for 13 years, i could barely get the plane off the ground and still 412th took me in and let me fly FSO with them. I was lucky not to get completely lost. Really FSO is about having fun with a team, not about individual merits.
I'd really encourage you to get in there, it's one of, if not the best thing about Aces High. :aok
worst case scenario show up a little early and let everyone know you need a squad. Best case work it out with a CO beforehand. I would recommend the 412th.
I would try fso but I'm not really good enough.
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Had one of those Adrenaline Rush fights last night that makes me forget the slow times. This game can be a real hoot! :D
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Thanks kanth, I'll see what I can do. It's just a little embarrassing being the noob. When I first started I wore the badge proudly. Now after a few years I should know better. This game is like golf. You never know what's going to happen after the first nine holes. Lol.
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Thanks kanth, I'll see what I can do. It's just a little embarrassing being the noob. When I first started I wore the badge proudly. Now after a few years I should know better. This game is like golf. You never know what's going to happen after the first nine holes. Lol.
PM me if you're interested.
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Now there are no missions, I would try fso but I'm not really good enough.
FSO is not about being good enough. It's one of the few times you will fly with a group of players following a plan and carrying out orders as a team. They also have a vested interest in covering your 6 and surviving. Many flight leaders will tell you if you are in trouble, put your nose down and hit the deck. Landing safely counts towards your country's score. The environment eliminates lone wolves and rewards team work. Still, we all get caught at times by a superior force showing up higher and wiped out or, given a bomber assignment that is a one way trip. At that point it's about how you suck it up and deliver what you can. It's more like the real life realism many complain the MA is not.
If your squad is not a regular in FSO, check with Waystin to see if he has an open spot so you can fly with us POTW on a Friday night. We party in the tower, on the way to the first red guy, then it's pure business until we win or get stomped. There is always the next Friday night to get payback.
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It's more like the real life realism many complain the MA is not.
Scenarios are closer to realism than FSOs are due to so much inter-squadron competition (real or imagined) during FSOs. My last FSO I was told by other squadrons that "they are here to rack up scores and friendlies get in the way". Maybe that environment has changed, but it soured my opinion very quickly and I have not been back.
Please note, the 412 was NOT the squadron in question and the squadron that was involved did not survive Skuzzy's ban-hammer.
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How does one test the waters of FSO? Just show up early on Friday night?
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Yep you might pop in the fso forum and let them know you need a squad so they can get you setup beforehand OR just show up early like 10:30 or 10:45 and let folks know you need a squad. Someone will snatch you up. :D That's how i'm populating my squad hehehehe
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/board,60.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/board,60.0.html)
Delirium that's pretty horrific, glad those folks aren't around anymore. Luckily they were the exception rather than the rule.
remember it's a one life event but if you do die early, many folks then go into the main\melee arena to blow off steam. :cheers:
How does one test the waters of FSO? Just show up early on Friday night?
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Scenarios are closer to realism than FSOs are due to so much inter-squadron competition (real or imagined) during FSOs. My last FSO I was told by other squadrons that "they are here to rack up scores and friendlies get in the way". Maybe that environment has changed, but it soured my opinion very quickly and I have not been back.
Please note, the 412 was NOT the squadron in question and the squadron that was involved did not survive Skuzzy's ban-hammer.
Thanks for weeeing in the cereal. :rolleyes:
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The eye candy is at least two orders of magnitude better in AH3, imho. But also imho, the 'magic' was the terrain you drove through in AH2, not the air you flew through. And the magic is not lost. It merely hasn't been brought out into the sunshine yet. Great potential exists. Please be patient. A bunch of people are actively talking about this stuff, adding features and objects, trying out new software, working kinks out. I am 100% confident that the magic will be back, Dundee.
It certainly is lost, hills you were able to climb in AH II you are no longer able to in AH III. The "Clear Cuts" or roads that were in AH II are gone....... The berms that GV's could hide and ambush from.........gone. The barns where M3's could evade from aircraft.... gone and GV Dar has been added The results are quite a few GV people have left because of these changes, many from the 49th. I might not be here 8th when the magic happens I'm in the process of burning perks as it is, it will take a while to burn 9,000 vehicle perks.
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They have not evesn started on repairs of my home yet.
I may get my gear out and hook it up in my empty home. We are living in the RV in the driveway till the house is done.
They will not even be starting on my house till around april. Damn Harvey.
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The "Clear Cuts" or roads that were in AH II are gone.
Working on it.
Berms that GV's could hide and ambush from, gone.
Working on it.
The barns where M3's could evade from aircraft.... gone.
Working on it.
I might not be here 8th when the magic happens I'm in the process of burning perks as it is, it will take a while to burn 9,000 vehicle perks.
All I can do is ask for your patience.
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Working on it.
Working on it.
Working on it.
All I can do is ask for your patience.
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Hoping this is just a phase, but for the past month and a half I log after a single sortie, and that’s if I even decide to login at all. FSO is keeping my sub but right now I’m at an all time low for MA gameplay. I spent $1,400 bucks a year ago to play AH exclusively and it sucks im to this point already. I’m trying new aircraft, vehicles, tactics etc but none of it is doing it for me.
Best thing might be to just not login at all for a month and hopefully the spirit is rejuvenated in 2018?
What do you guys do when interest in the game is in the dumps?
hit the quit button. your ID will be there until the paid part of the month is over. this way you can come back if you want to. not because you are paying for it. With time your urge to play should return, perks will be gained, all will be well.
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Very sorry to hear that Shuff. Hope that things get back to normal for you as soon as possible. I miss getting shot down by you. Hope you have a nice holiday.
They have not evesn started on repairs of my home yet.
I may get my gear out and hook it up in my empty home. We are living in the RV in the driveway till the house is done.
They will not even be starting on my house till around april. Damn Harvey.
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Hoping this is just a phase, but for the past month and a half I log after a single sortie, and that’s if I even decide to login at all. FSO is keeping my sub but right now I’m at an all time low for MA gameplay. I spent $1,400 bucks a year ago to play AH exclusively and it sucks im to this point already. I’m trying new aircraft, vehicles, tactics etc but none of it is doing it for me.
Best thing might be to just not login at all for a month and hopefully the spirit is rejuvenated in 2018?
What do you guys do when interest in the game is in the dumps?
personally, i build a terrain, or try to come up with a new event, to get me going again. in your case, if you're having trouble staying interested, try something new. organize something and try it in the AVA or the SEA. ask to join the AVA or SEA staff. get more involved.
try building a terrain, large or small. if its small, the AVA is always interested. if its large, talk to hitech or the SEA guys. we're always looking for Terrain guys.
start a squad, get to know the guys that kill you and ask them to join up with you. if you cant beat them, join them.
hunt the guys that are better then you. find them and try to kill them. make it a game.
there are so many things you can do to keep your interest. hope this helps
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Start flying the ki43.
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wife and farm animals eh...sounds kinky :banana:
Mostly wife\farm animals :)
:salute brother
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It's a vast world in the gaming scene....Aces High has the potential, but a good size of it's player base keep it in the downward trend....the "everything is fine" crowd to be exact.
Player Unknown's Battlegrounds is an excellent shooter, DrSpek and I play together from time to time.
Gosh I love Pubg. Have you played the new map?
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I recommend listening to the BB King "the thrill is gone" and drinking maker's mark 46 till you pass out. And then doing it again. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :airplane: :banana:
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Mostly WOT, finishing my M37 restoration, my real life FW\RW squad lead obligations and wife\farm animals :)
:salute brother
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lol I have WoT with a few tier 9s and WoW but when I figured out I spent about $300 on a free game in the first 6 weeks of playing I stopped lol plus what makes this the best game for me is the community.. Being told on 200 great shot or man you're hard to kill all the way to you're weaksauce and please reup Scott66 were capping your base and none will up to get vulched ( I mean defend) I love all of these peeps!! You don't have this kind of chat on other games and you don't get to see the same people on your team and enemy unless you're in a clan.. So what I'm trying to say is frenchy please log back in and kill me in your beautiful jug :cheers: :neener:
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Every time I log-in, if I'm able to log-in, after several minutes in get the message "switching to UDP" or something like that, whatever that means, and then the game logs me out. If this doesn't correct itself shortly, I'm quitting the game and canceling my subscription. I just don't have the patience for this sort of crap anymore! This issue has been going on for quite a long time now.
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Every time I log-in, if I'm able to log-in, after several minutes in get the message "switching to UDP" or something like that, whatever that means, and then the game logs me out. If this doesn't correct itself shortly, I'm quitting the game and canceling my subscription. I just don't have the patience for this sort of crap anymore! This issue has been going on for quite a long time now.
just my 2 cents but I used to get that message allot and it turned out to be my internet provider causing it not Aces high.. That just my experience maybe different with you
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It means something is wrong with your network connection. You might post this in technical support so they can help you to find out what it is and get it fixed.
Every time I log-in, if I'm able to log-in, after several minutes in get the message "switching to UDP" or something like that, whatever that means,
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Every time I log-in, if I'm able to log-in, after several minutes in get the message "switching to UDP" or something like that, whatever that means, and then the game logs me out. If this doesn't correct itself shortly, I'm quitting the game and canceling my subscription. I just don't have the patience for this sort of crap anymore! This issue has been going on for quite a long time now.
http://www.hitechcreations.com/support/support-faq (http://www.hitechcreations.com/support/support-faq)
Try this. Grab ping plotter, check out where the system is actually failing.
http://www.hitechcreations.com/support/support-faq (http://www.hitechcreations.com/support/support-faq)
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Every time I log-in, if I'm able to log-in, after several minutes in get the message "switching to UDP" or something like that, whatever that means, and then the game logs me out. If this doesn't correct itself shortly, I'm quitting the game and canceling my subscription. I just don't have the patience for this sort of crap anymore! This issue has been going on for quite a long time now.
check with your internet provider--reboot modem-check for programs running in the background--if its happening a lot its probably your internet and or program running in the background or the computer. if nobody else is getting that many discos its probably not the game.
I usually only get that message once maybe 2 or 3 months- and I have satellite internet.
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Satanic internet?
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Came back here to see if it was worth joining up again. Played for a bunch of years until about 3 years ago, a move cross country caused a break from the game. Joined back up early last year. It just wasn't the same anymore. Sparse crowd, no missions, weird maps. I remember the fun we would have years ago with around 600 fliers logged in on a good night. We would run some crazy missions, like 20-30 guys all flying B-17s low level just to shoot down the interceptors, or mass GV rushes. Our squad (Alchemists)were always running missions, which to me was the fun of the game. We had a couple of great leaders (chewie and flak) who were mission pros, and that makes all the difference.When I joined back up last year there was just nothing there, blah, very dull, small crowd, hard to find a good furball. I sometimes miss the game but I think I will never find it again. What kind of crowds do you get on a good night now?
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Every time I log-in, if I'm able to log-in, after several minutes in get the message "switching to UDP" or something like that, whatever that means, and then the game logs me out. If this doesn't correct itself shortly, I'm quitting the game and canceling my subscription. I just don't have the patience for this sort of crap anymore! This issue has been going on for quite a long time now.
It’s your ISP. I have Frontier and deal with it constantly. They replaced my router and it’s even worse now.
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I have been here about 7-8 years now, the community and the squad in its different reincarnations is what is keeping me here, not the game itself.
I play other games, always with people I know, in a squad :
AH3
Cliffs of Dover, Blitz
War Thunder Tanks
Red Orchestra 2
Diversity is good when you get bored or the map suck, too few players, whatever reason.
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I don't play until I want to. Nuff said. :aok
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the community and the squad in its different reincarnations is what is keeping me here
True, for so many of us. I've made friends for life. Along with the pleasures of ordinary conversation in good times, they have supported me in my darkest moment. Yet I have never met them in person.
I would never have met them at all, were it not for this game.
Whenever I see a veteran stomping off because he/she doesn't like something about the game, I think: "Remember what you're losing."
- oldman
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Came back here to see if it was worth joining up again. Played for a bunch of years until about 3 years ago, a move cross country caused a break from the game. Joined back up early last year. It just wasn't the same anymore. Sparse crowd, no missions, weird maps. I remember the fun we would have years ago with around 600 fliers logged in on a good night. We would run some crazy missions, like 20-30 guys all flying B-17s low level just to shoot down the interceptors, or mass GV rushes. Our squad (Alchemists)were always running missions, which to me was the fun of the game. We had a couple of great leaders (chewie and flak) who were mission pros, and that makes all the difference.When I joined back up last year there was just nothing there, blah, very dull, small crowd, hard to find a good furball. I sometimes miss the game but I think I will never find it again. What kind of crowds do you get on a good night now?
Player numbers are the key. HT has been trying to increase interest in AH3 via internet ads and changes in game play, but the latter seem to have driven off some of the the mission-type long term players at the expense of trying to attract more minimal-attention-span newbies. Crowds when I left were maybe 160-180 on a good day prime time. If you're a fighter jock and available to play prime time it's probably still worth your while. If you're a GVer, bomber pilot, or mission-oriented player, not so much.
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Hoping this is just a phase, but for the past month and a half I log after a single sortie, and that’s if I even decide to login at all. FSO is keeping my sub but right now I’m at an all time low for MA gameplay. I spent $1,400 bucks a year ago to play AH exclusively and it sucks im to this point already. I’m trying new aircraft, vehicles, tactics etc but none of it is doing it for me.
Best thing might be to just not login at all for a month and hopefully the spirit is rejuvenated in 2018?
What do you guys do when interest in the game is in the dumps?
I've played off and on since the beginning of AH, you know, play a few months, lose interest, repeat. I've been back now for I dunno...three months. About a month or so ago I relented and joined a squad. It's completely changed the game for me. They're fun loving, freewheeling guys, whose don't pressure you to participate if you don't want. When they do organize an op, they're good at it.
Thanks TA's for taking me in!
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Come join us in Scenarios. There is one coming up by the end of February.
It will cure what ails you. :aok
Scenarios are the greatest, funnest, bestest, most-fulfilling, most-wholesome, awesomest hobby there is. :aok
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Came back here to see if it was worth joining up again. Played for a bunch of years until about 3 years ago, a move cross country caused a break from the game. Joined back up early last year. It just wasn't the same anymore. Sparse crowd, no missions, weird maps. I remember the fun we would have years ago with around 600 fliers logged in on a good night. We would run some crazy missions, like 20-30 guys all flying B-17s low level just to shoot down the interceptors, or mass GV rushes. Our squad (Alchemists)were always running missions, which to me was the fun of the game. We had a couple of great leaders (chewie and flak) who were mission pros, and that makes all the difference.When I joined back up last year there was just nothing there, blah, very dull, small crowd, hard to find a good furball. I sometimes miss the game but I think I will never find it again. What kind of crowds do you get on a good night now?
I feel your pain. For me I still get that same thrill by flying with guys that I love flying with. People dont put up missions like they used to, and many times there arent enough people to join the missions anyway. But with 4 or 5 squaddies, we can get stuff done.
Unfortunately, the numbers problem, and subsequently almost every other problem, wont go away until HTC figures out a different way to make money instead of the antiquated and dying subscription method. Ive proposed my ideas. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
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It seems there’s always someone bringing up the lack of mission postings. Anyone can post a mission. Why not post one and move forward with it?
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It seems there’s always someone bringing up the lack of mission postings. Anyone can post a mission. Why not post one and move forward with it?
No one joins them. the majority of the "gamers" haven't a clue as to what is involved in a posted mission. Joining and waiting for a mission takes too long for many players.
Today's players are not looking for the nostalgia of participating in a posted mission.
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No one joins them. the majority of the "gamers" haven't a clue as to what is involved in a posted mission. Joining and waiting for a mission takes too long for many players.
Today's players are not looking for the nostalgia of participating in a posted mission.
Understand and have experienced the same situation. But, occasionally there will be a few guys ranting in game about no missions being posted. If no posts a mission then there are no missions to join; a self fulfilling prophecy. There’s an opportunity to be a part of the solution or continue the problem.
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Understand and have experienced the same situation. But, occasionally there will be a few guys ranting in game about no missions being posted. If no posts a mission then there are no missions to join; a self fulfilling prophecy. There’s an opportunity to be a part of the solution or continue the problem.
The type of player who does missions is for the most part the type of player who flies strategically, to accomplish an objective, as opposed to flying for a short term adrenaline buzz fighter vs fighter. HT seems to be trying to recruit the latter in order to boost player numbers. If he succeeds, then missions will come back again someday. But the game, for now, is discouraging that kind of play.
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People complained about NoE misions until they changed the dot dar to 65 feet because it was unfair the defenders had no chance to save their bases. Then that was not enough so they added the M3 resup. missions died at that point. there is a reason people avoid combat to take bases because its stacked in the favor of the defender. make bases easier to take and you will get the steam rollers back. if there is a steam roller then there is kills and fun to be had for everyone.
its like a football game do you like a low scoring defensive game that is boring or do you like a high scoring game that is entertaining.
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Understand and have experienced the same situation. But, occasionally there will be a few guys ranting in game about no missions being posted. If no posts a mission then there are no missions to join; a self fulfilling prophecy. There’s an opportunity to be a part of the solution or continue the problem.
Puma is right on target. Mustng2 and I have a couple of missions. We should run more but sometimes we just do not have the time. It takes time to set up the missions. In AH2 ET had quite a few canned missions but when we went to AH3 and map changes a lot of those were lost. Add to that the problem with trees, buildings and hills at the end of runways you have to do a test takeoff if using bombers and heavy fighters.
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I think the NEED for the mission function has died with the advent of vox. Our squad runs missions without having to set it up. "Meet at A46 for a mission." Once there: 'Everyone in 110G's, 2 bomb load out with rockets and we need one person to bring troops.' Done. No pull down menus, etc., just verbal instructions.
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No one joins them. the majority of the "gamers" haven't a clue as to what is involved in a posted mission. Joining and waiting for a mission takes too long for many players.
Today's players are not looking for the nostalgia of participating in a posted mission.
Prior to moving over to Rooks last year, Bish ran missions constantly. Has that ended?
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I think the NEED for the mission function has died with the advent of vox. Our squad runs missions without having to set it up. "Meet at A46 for a mission." Once there: 'Everyone in 110G's, 2 bomb load out with rockets and we need one person to bring troops.' Done. No pull down menus, etc., just verbal instructions.
35Whelen
That’s a a good thing that your squad can pull something together that quick and easy. The advent of more Lone Wolf players sometime makes a coordinated takedown near impossible and turns it into a multi hour event with no success. On the other hand, when the same players turn up at the same objective (Randy, yourself, and a few others) and actively work together, the base gets taken easily.
It’s all about teamwork, or not. Everyone gets to play how they want for their $14.95.
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Gosh I love Pubg. Have you played the new map?
What are your steam IDs?