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Title: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: Guvna on May 11, 2024, 10:15:42 AM
Back in the day when i played this, there were multicrew b17 runs, territory swapping hands etc, is it like that these days or more dog fights?+
Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: The Fugitive on May 11, 2024, 10:36:52 AM
The numbers are a bit lower, but all the activity is still here. Buffs groups now may only have a couple of players but we still have them. Base captures and strat runs are still here as well as fighters duking it out.

Come on in, the waters fine!  <S>
Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: oboe on May 11, 2024, 10:55:00 AM
We have tons more custom skins now.  Up to 64 different skins per aircraft.  And there are around 20 different terrains in the rotation, some real world - like maps of the entire European Theater and Black Sea regions.

The Dickweed Heavy Bomber Group is still active and terrorizing the skies with large, high altitude heavy bomber missions weekly.  Still plenty of dogfights at U.S. prime time as well.   

Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: Shuffler on May 12, 2024, 09:28:01 AM
Only your hairdresser will know for sure.....
Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: Banshee7 on May 12, 2024, 09:45:57 AM
Back in the day when i played this, there were multicrew b17 runs, territory swapping hands etc, is it like that these days or more dog fights?+

I would say the players left lean more towards land grabbing than dogfighting.
Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: Animl-AW on May 12, 2024, 10:46:09 AM
Keep in mind these are summer numbers of 105-120
Last winter the MA numbers hit 160-200
Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: Animl-AW on May 12, 2024, 10:55:48 AM
I would say the players left lean more towards land grabbing than dogfighting.

Could be true, but its always been for decades, ya may not have noticed during higher numbers. This can be good because its what incites dogfighting to protect a base.
Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: thndregg on May 12, 2024, 02:19:01 PM
Back in the day when i played this, there were multicrew b17 runs, territory swapping hands etc, is it like that these days or more dog fights?+

There are a fair amount of guys, now a lot older - myself included - that have been maintaining the bomber element and trying to add to it. While I'm not much of a fighter guy at all, bomber squads/groups, and spur-of-the-moment missions were and still are my favorite things to promote because it's been a proven magnet for a good fight. Whether it aided in grabbing a base or not, it was still tons of fun, and two hours or so passes by like nothing. It takes a lot of patience to generate that kind of action, but it does happen.
Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: TylerMac on May 13, 2024, 07:11:41 AM
I was worried about the lower numbers but I jumped back in a couple weeks ago and it's still lots of fun. :aok
Title: Re: Is this game still active for the territory control?
Post by: Eagler on May 13, 2024, 07:26:47 AM
Best $15 you can spend today for entertainment imo

Eagler