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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: DmonSlyr on March 06, 2022, 08:15:05 PM
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I havent really been playing that much.. to much work going on. When I get to play. I get maps like BowlMA that take up the whole weekend with slow long boring asss fights. I fly a 20 minute sortie only to instantly die twice to ack tonight from 1 bullet. I get 3 miles from the ship going 335 mph doing evasives, and instantly blow up. The 20k p51D that dives on me gets the kill as im dodging him near the field and the ack isnta blows me up. I cant continue to waste my time. Maps like bowl MA are completely a waste of time. Thats why only 100 players are on this weekend. It's not worth my time to fight ack more than the damn players. Maps like bowlMA and crater are destroying what is fun about this game. When bases are 25 miles away it's a total buzz kill, what do you expect people to do during the time it takes to get to a base? Sing kuumbiahh together, only to die instantly to ack from 3k away going 350 mph. Then the other time it's gang 4 on 1 when ever possible and people wonder why people only fly P51s and run.... I'm not going to spend 20 minutes to fly 25 miles to a base to instantly die to stupid bellybutton ack. Just not fun. When only 100 players fly on the weekend, it's because of the stupid bellybutton maps. I'm just wasting the short amount of time I have to play video games flying to a base. It's too damn slow on these big maps. Really not having fun playing video games anymore. Too much insta death after I plug a plane with 20 20mm in a cross shot and only get their gear. in other games I got poeple shooting me in the back every time I get a spot. Same crap where I shoot them 49 times and they don't die. Idk, I'm just not having fun playing video games right now because my efforts get short circuited with BS that pisses me off. I'm gonna have to take a break because it's just wasting my time and pissing me off with this dumb crap.
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Lets get this straight, there is never one ship, its either 3 or 6 ships. And those ships are covered in a bewildering amount of guns whos singular job is to destroy aircraft.
And yet you are surprised that when you get within 3 miles of said ships you die?
Perhaps you might want to consider flymylittlepony.com?
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When bases are 25 miles away it's a total buzz kill, what do you expect people to do during the time it takes to get to a base? Sing kuumbiahh together.
My break was 13 years, for the same reason..
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Lets get this straight, there is never one ship, its either 3 or 6 ships. And those ships are covered in a bewildering amount of guns whos singular job is to destroy aircraft.
And yet you are surprised that when you get within 3 miles of said ships you die?
Perhaps you might want to consider flymylittlepony.com?
Arent you a bit old to be gaslighting people?
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It's a massive shame, 15 minutes of hitechs time could really make the game a whole lot more enjoyable for us. Fuggin guy doesn't give a dang anymore. Shameful.
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Lets get this straight, there is never one ship, its either 3 or 6 ships. And those ships are covered in a bewildering amount of guns whos singular job is to destroy aircraft.
And yet you are surprised that when you get within 3 miles of said ships you die?
Perhaps you might want to consider flymylittlepony.com?
You should let Violator show you how to fly a fighter
In the meantime you can stfu
Ack is overkill here to give those who can't fight a place to hide
Eagler
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That map is terrible
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I get your frustration Vio, I was having a similar experience last night. However abit later me trodgor shane and acouple other guys went to the match play arena and had a real blast crashing into one another.
-Stepsis
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That's where the most fun is Bopgun. Wish there was fights like this all of the time I could join in when I don't have long to play. Really bored of flying far distances and getting alt for maybe 3-4 sky high P51s or the gang mob when it takes 20 minutes of my time and dont really have other friendlies around. These huge maps don't bring the fights in the off hours. There is no choke point and everything is scattered. I cannot go across the map to fight because it's 10 sectors. I've already switched for the night to help the bish getting double teamed, then the rooks finally decide to attack the knights and the bish are left hanging with no one to fight.
I am just frustrated with video games, it's not just AH. I guess I'm just not patient enough to sit around, and am too competitive which makes it stressful when BS kills me and they should have died. It seems like my bullets don't register and I'm left asking "how did this guy not die" and when I spend too much time floating around or not getting the kills I think I should get, and die too easily on top of it. I get frustrated and feel like it's just a loss for me.
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That's where tonight's MNM is a great change from MA
More fights/kills there in an hour than all week in MA
Eagler
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try monday night madness, maybe it will perk you up a bit. if not, all that flying in fog and between buildings and around bad guys will!! LOL
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I'd love to guys, but unfortunately Mondays are a tough night for me to fly.
I know it's hell of fun and definitely one of the best parts of the game. I'm glad you guys have kept it going.
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Arent you a bit old to be gaslighting people?
gaslighting? I stated facts. There's a difference.
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You should let Violator show you how to fly a fighter
In the meantime you can stfu
Ack is overkill here to give those who can't fight a place to hide
Eagler
I don't have much trouble dealing to either of you. But I guess that's because my panties aren't bunched up in my crack ;)
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I mean before you go you can coordinate with me and I will get you some great fights started. I'll get a base push working and we will invite on 200... That's always one way to get the fights going....
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gaslighting? I stated facts. There's a difference.
Yeah ok. In a condescending manner. If you get frustrated with someone elses opinions like that, maybe you should take a break from the internet for a bit.
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Umm I think you've got it backward, I'm not frustrated in any way whatsoever. And occasionally the ack does get me. But the acks is a known, it hasn't really changed in a long time. So if I die in the ack (CV or field) I write it off to my own poor judgement. I just find it funny that someone who has played the game so long has a hissy when they fly into CV ack and die.
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Because they flew 20 min to watch people hug acks
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If anyone else (especially someone not so well known) was upset with the game and decided to leave, would it cause this much furor?
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I'm just irritated with overall gameplay. Don't get to play much and when I log it's small scattered fights on a huge map only to fly 20 minutes to get instantly blown away because I dared to get near the field or 3 freaking K from a CV to engage someone.
Vulcan, you might think it's just a regular thing, but I'm tired of "regular". Been dealing with it for a long time and it just seems like it's getting worse or never getting better. I've held out a while because this was one of my passions, but im just irritated with it. Tired of getting ganged by 4 18k P51s, 190D and spit16 at the same time, tired of having to spend too much time twittling my thumbs to get to a base. Tired of my team having no fights on the huge map and forced to switch, only for the tide to change an hour later and leave me fighting ack to attack a base for some sort of action. It sucks to watch all of the furballers leave. When there is no more emphasis on ACM and everyone just has to jump you in a fight going 450 to get the kill. You can call it "muh SA" all you want, but not all of us want to fly a P51D at 19k for 20 minutes to have success. It really is the most boring way to fly. Ive done it and proved it in a Temp. Is that really what you want the game to be? I think some of these guys here really feel my grief and sentiment, and I thank them for that.
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Bollocks, it's the same it's always been. Same thing used to happen in WB. Same thing used to happen in WW2Online. The best thing you can do is turn around and go find a fight somewhere else. tbh most of the time when I'm out of proxy range I just bail, I won't give them a free kill but I don't give a flying f about my score.
I fly odd times because AH peak clashes with real life, I still manage to find enough fights to have fun.
I have young 3 boys, if they get angry at a cartoon game they know it's time to step away from the game and walk the dog or something.
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you should have been on a few hours ago when some dick posted some bs news not verified and made nobody flying for several minutes.
semp
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Bollocks, it's the same it's always been. Same thing used to happen in WB. Same thing used to happen in WW2Online. The best thing you can do is turn around and go find a fight somewhere else. tbh most of the time when I'm out of proxy range I just bail, I won't give them a free kill but I don't give a flying f about my score.
I fly odd times because AH peak clashes with real life, I still manage to find enough fights to have fun.
I have young 3 boys, if they get angry at a cartoon game they know it's time to step away from the game and walk the dog or something.
It's not the same as its always been. People use to have pride in ACM and learning something more than just BnZ in muh easy run plane. The maps use to have fights on all sides during the day because there was enough players. It's killing me when I log in on Saturday afternoon and there is BowlMa or CraterMa with scattered small dars and really no fighter action with 60 players. If I switch, who knows if that medium dar on the other side represents a good fight. All I see constantly is both sides ganging the Bish to a pulp until they get 25%, then both sides will leave to go fight each other leaving the bish with no action. There just isn't enough people or choke points to make it worth taking off when I might see 1 or 2 red guys to shoot at who are 20k that I've got to search for an engage on these large maps. Only for them not to roll again if i kill them because it takes too long. Or my team is hoarding and there is no point for me to take off because the other team doesn't want to fight back. I can go fight the hoard by myself, but that is a 20-30 minute sortie taking off from a back field and hoping I don't get jumped by 5 30k P51Ds that bring me to the deck for more guys to jump in. All I can do is voice my dissatisfaction about what I'm witnessing with regards to gameplay and maps on the weekend. I can tell its not good for the game when I only see 100 players during primetime. The biggest reason for that is lack of fights because there is no incentive for a path to action. People want furballs and big action. Some of you will disagree, but the #s speak for themselves. I just wish there was some adjustments to be made to make the fighter aspect better. I wish ack could be toned down just a bit because the defender doesn't have to worry about a 20 minute flight. One person attacking a base by themselves has a very hard time dealing with ack. After 2 passes your plane is either gone totally, or on the verge. A noobie, is going to get tired of this flying that far again. A noobie wants big action and wants to know where to go to be apart of the fight. Ack isn't going to defeat a huge hoard anyway. I just find it so irritating to get instantly blown out of the sky by a field gun or puff ack when when I'm in the middle of ACM maneuvers after spending 10 minutes twittling my thumbs to get there. If I am having trouble with this, you can bet so many others are too when an attacker spends 10-15 minutes getting to a base only to die quickly.
There are some good maps that provide really great action on all sides during off hours. Those maps always show better #s in the 120s to 150s. That's what we need to push for. Just please put these huge maps with far bases to the side for a while and you will see better #s. I'm just really irritated with gameplay and it's finally caught up to me.
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I agree that a lot of the fields on many maps are too far apart.
However, I don't know where "20 minutes to fly 25 miles" comes from. You can take off in a Spit16 with 100% fuel, break the dar ring at 15k, and be 25 miles away going 285 IAS in less than 7 minutes. Probably frustrating for a newb to fly 6 or 7 -- or even 10 -- minutes to get shot down, but it's not "20 minutes".
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I agree that a lot of the fields on many maps are too far apart.
However, I don't know where "20 minutes to fly 25 miles" comes from. You can take off in a Spit16 with 100% fuel, break the dar ring at 15k, and be 25 miles away going 285 IAS in less than 7 minutes. Probably frustrating for a newb to fly 6 or 7 -- or even 10 -- minutes to get shot down, but it's not "20 minutes".
The whole post is filled with over-exaggerations.
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I agree that a lot of the fields on many maps are too far apart.
However, I don't know where "20 minutes to fly 25 miles" comes from. You can take off in a Spit16 with 100% fuel, break the dar ring at 15k, and be 25 miles away going 285 IAS in less than 7 minutes. Probably frustrating for a newb to fly 6 or 7 -- or even 10 -- minutes to get shot down, but it's not "20 minutes".
7 minutes just to get there in a spit16, one of the fastest climbers in the game. Then you fly around for 7-15 minutes hoping for a couple of kills, maybe longer depending on how much gas you have, then If you don't die, going to land, which takes another 3-5 minutes. Overall, a 15-25 minute sortie if you don't die quickly after the 7 minutes of twitteling your thumbs to get there. In video games, 7 minutes is a while, especially when you aren't really doing anything. Especially if you die instantly to ack when you get there, or get jumped by the gang. I'm talking about roughly a 20 minute sortie getting ended in 2 seconds from a puff ack or field gun while you are performing ACM against an opponent. So no, I don't think it's an exaggeration, especially when most players don't have more than a 5 K/H. That's extremely low for a combat game.
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Ive been back a month after a 14 year break. Same group of guys that want to fight. Been fortunate to find them most of the time. My ceiling of 5k makes it interesting. Lasting longer before death. Still cant hit sh*t but can land most of the time..
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Ok, a 20 minute sortie is different than 20 minutes to go 25 miles. My wife's Toyota can do that. :D
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There are one or two maps (ie. ND Isles) that have really long drives from the spawn point, even for a M-8. I usually log off and come back the next night.
I realize some maps are better for the dogfighters, some for the guys that like to bomb stuff, and others for GV'ers. On any given night there is something for most players in AH.
If there is an abundance of air cons I have to switch to a tank even though the M-8 is my favorite ride. We all adapt to the terrains in AH. Just roll with the punches.
This is a fun sim. Take a break when you need to.
:salute
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When I got frustrated with the MA I checked out other arenas in particular the AVA. Had a lot of fun in there. The TA to hone skills. Squad nights on Tuesdays. Then of course I lived for FSO and events.
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When I got frustrated with the MA I checked out other arenas in particular the AVA. Had a lot of fun in there. The TA to hone skills. Squad nights on Tuesdays. Then of course I lived for FSO and events.
I go talk to my wife, till she gets frustrated, then she tells me to go play the game or watch videos or pron, either shut up or just leave me alone.
semp
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We have a KOTH you could fly in if this Saturday night is available.
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FYI take a break get some donut and enjoy the various JOY'S that life and God has given us all to love and enjoy!!! THIS is coming from a guy who played for far more than a decade!
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FYI take a break get some donut and enjoy the various JOY'S that life and God has given us all to love and enjoy!!! THIS is coming from a guy who played for far more than a decade!
Only one decade? :)
The wife and I were discussing how much she spent for the wine of the month club she subscribed to for 10 years..she then brought up AH that I have paid for going on 21+ years..it's about even..
Yes a break helps in anything you feel burnt-out doing
Eagler
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I have been on a break since May last year, I still read these forums but was definitely in need of a break.
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I have been on a break since May last year, I still read these forums but was definitely in need of a break.
Break is over!
Get back to MA and back to work! :)
Eagler
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When bases are 25 miles away it's a total buzz kill, what do you expect people to do during the time it takes to get to a base? Sing kuumbiahh together.
My break was 13 years, for the same reason..
You do realize that that 25 miles in a fighter that is doing 350 MPH is just 4.6 minutes away..
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You do realize that that 25 miles in a fighter that is doing 350 MPH is just 4.6 minutes away..
What sort of hacks do you have to always be going 350 on takeoff and climbout?
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What sort of hacks do you have to always be going 350 on takeoff and climbout?
Yak-3
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Noticed A LOT of yak3's about lately
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Noticed A LOT of yak3's about lately
Not lately, nopoop. It's been true ever since the Yak3 was introduced.
Basically, it's the Russian version of the Spit 16.
Good to have you back, if I haven't mentioned it before.
- oldman
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Good to be back :x
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Not lately, nopoop. It's been true ever since the Yak3 was introduced.
Basically, it's the Russian version of the Spit 16.
Good to have you back, if I haven't mentioned it before.
- oldman
With an ENY 2 points lower than a spit9...can't stand this plane ever since it came out
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We didn’t have a single Yak round in KOTH Saturday……