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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Dadtallica on November 01, 2026, 05:36:58 PM
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OK, the results are in and I want to thank everyone who voted or shared the poll! I would be happy to do more of these if you all crowd source some more targeted questions.
In no way should this ever be considered a plan for development or a reason for it no matter how many people ever answer. It’s just nice to inject some new point of views on some very stale old arguments. Plus, what’s been changing now is some great news and good or bad I look forward to whatever progress is made. We spent a long time thinking we were done.
There were 115 total visitors, with 45 submissions for 39% click-through. If I had gotten this kind of results in my customer survey days, I would’ve been a genius! It’s also interesting to see the difference between responses of the people who put their name on it, and the those who chose to remain in the shadows. :noid
And yes, of course, as will be stated a million times without reading any of this or the results… it’s well known this does not represent everyone who’s ever logged into the game since the dawn of the Internet. If only someone had told me before! :rofl From my research, the best estimation the 45 would probably be at least 12 to 20% of the active Main Arena player base. Just a guess.I would love to get a bigger sample size or target those who only play events. I also added a page showing the progression of the answers and their changes. I was first so you’ll definitely know what I said lol! :banana:
I was definitely surprised by some of the results for sure. Love to hear what everybody else thinks. A little more fighter heavy in here than I kind of thought. I think that would even out with more answers. I’m not sure many of the other ones would even out. I think they would progress as they have. Only time will tell. I I thought the win the war group would be a little more heavy in here too.
Enjoy!
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Very interesting, Dad, thanks for all the effort you put into this.
- oldman
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Very cool.
I put my name out there so it was known that I was participating but not an active player. Didn't want to be sneaky.
That said I've decided to not to participate in any polls that are not directed at players who are not active.
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Very interesting, Dad, thanks for all the effort you put into this.
- oldman
Thanks Old… If you have ideas for more questions, let me know!
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Very cool.
I put my name out there so it was known that I was participating but not an active player. Didn't want to be sneaky.
That said I've decided to not to participate in any polls that are not directed at players who are not active.
OK, thank you for sure and you are appreciated. But… also I’m calling BS!
There is absolutely no way given how you talk about this game and everything else in your life that you wouldn’t enjoy playing with the rest of us so just knock it off
Get back in there and play and participate and maybe the voice you think you don’t have will become something more relative.
Otherwise, thank you again, but ummmmmm. :cheers:
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Some surprising data, especially about air-to-air, and for other things you'd get an entirely different read from the forum.
Good drills :rock
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would love to see a poll in game on some of these. I like the statistics breakdowns. Good job.
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Isn't it safe to say that the majority of respondants are active players? Why duplicate this "in game" ? Who would code, monitor and tabulate the results?
Great work Dad! Thanks.
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Because it's a very small sample and because it's unofficial. An in-game poll would be very accurate. An in-game poll ensures that the people who are responding actually play the game.
You could also get some interesting breakdowns. Like time zones, what country in game, what time those people play and a bunch of other useful information. Even what stats they have in game and what they fly and what they do in game
AI would/could tabulate the results.
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We got it more people means more answers. Could you please say it several more times?
Nobody knows yet.
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huh?
An in-game poll would be useful and reliable. Your poll is interesting but it's not going to be accurate compared to an in-game poll.
I hope to see in-game polls. That would be really interesting.
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Yes as has been stated everywhere 100s of time.
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Even in-game poll questions would have to be considered. I'm pretty sure online games are not run based on democratic votes of what people say or think they want.
It would be good to gauge customer sentiment on certain things, I'd think.
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Because it's a very small sample and because it's unofficial. An in-game poll would be very accurate. An in-game poll ensures that the people who are responding actually play the game.
You could also get some interesting breakdowns. Like time zones, what country in game, what time those people play and a bunch of other useful information. Even what stats they have in game and what they fly and what they do in game
AI would/could tabulate the results.
Based upon empirical evidence, even if a dedicated in-game poll were made possible, the results would mimic what's already known...and you would argue with the outcome. :banana:
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Based upon empirical evidence, even if a dedicated in-game poll were made possible, the results would mimic what's already known...and you would argue with the outcome. :banana:
Here’s the glitch, we don’t know that until it’s done and compared.
Clipboard window is a browser and can run a internet based poll. Can run the same setup.
I think the poll is very well done. It’s where the link is placed COULD skew it.
70-80% of players only come here when they need info. So yes a vast number may not even know of the poll, better yet take part in it. It should not be open to non-players to skew it. Several don’t have the best intent.
Not positive, but I think as open based I can probably play around and put in many votes. You’d minimize that in game
It’s very well done setup tho. So kudos to that
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...and you would argue with the outcome. :banana:
How dare you Max. That's a paying customer you're attacking there! :rofl
Yes as has been stated everywhere 100s of time.
I think it's a good initiative. You actually got useful data. :salute
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Based upon empirical evidence, even if a dedicated in-game poll were made possible, the results would mimic what's already known...and you would argue with the outcome. :banana:
First of all I'm not arguing against anything. I'm saying that I would like to see in-game polls. Been saying that for awhile. Is that arguing about something?
An in-game poll would be highly accurate. And it can be correlated with a lot of interesting statistics based on actual players. Where they are located, what times of day they play, what country they play for, what they actually do in the game. There's so many things that could be interesting and useful.
What evidence do you have that it would mirror what this poll was? You have zero evidence of that. Lol.
It's the same thing when people think that they know what people want in the game. You don't know what people want the game. You have a feeling based on what you feel. I do the same thing. Everybody does that.
Good job on the pole. It was interesting. Not saying it was not interesting.
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Here’s the glitch, we don’t know that until it’s done and compared.
Clipboard window is a browser and can run a internet based poll. Can run the same setup.
I think the poll is very well done. It’s where the link is placed COULD skew it.
70-80% of players only come here when they need info. So yes a vast number may not even know of the poll, better yet take part in it. It should not be open to non-players to skew it. Several don’t have the best intent.
Not positive, but I think as open based I can probably play around and put in many votes. You’d minimize that in game
It’s very well done setup tho. So kudos to that
I shared it, others shared it with others, inside the game. Anybody could’ve done the same instead of just complaining about who didn’t answer. Not directed at you…
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Damn… now THAT is a well-set-out set of data! 😂📊
I can practically see Lusche’s eye twitching from here. The old stats-and-graphs maestro, watching someone else roll out a comprehensive statistical masterpiece that he used to present himself.
Somewhere, a spreadsheet is crying, a graph is being fondled, and Lusche is quietly muttering, “Now THAT’S how you present data!” while simultaneously dying a little inside. 🤣📈
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You may have heard this before from me.
Give players what they want, not what they ask for.
Or similar to Ford's quote
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
HiTech
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I want a cigar bar added to the O’Club!
You may have heard this before from me.
Give players what they want, not what they ask for.
Or similar to Ford's quote
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”
HiTech
I’ve been trying to explain to everyone that it’s a no-win situation for you to do a poll, but nobody pays attention lol.
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It depends on what the poll is.
If you ask people in game things about satisfaction with the game, then that's not worthless.
For instance. Upon exiting the game you could inquire if they had any issues in the game. Do they feel like they were getting gang-banged? Did eny why kick in too hard?
You can get an idea and feedback for how people feel about aspects of the game. You don't have to ask them what they would like or not like about something or about a change that they want to have happen. You could simply ask them how the features of the games are working for them. What works and doesn't work.
Obviously Dale comes to the forum and listen to people here and takes action based on what people say here and half the people here don't even play the game. At least in the game you would get something from people who are playing the game
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I’ve been trying to explain to everyone that it’s a no-win situation for you to do a poll, but nobody pays attention lol.
I don't think a poll should be a vote. But that doesn't make it worthless.
Yes, they may have said they wanted faster horses. Then you analyze and determine what they are really asking for is increased speed.
But if you had never bothered listening to the ask, you would never have discovered the underlying need.
A lot depends on how well the poll is worded.
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Yes, they may have said they wanted faster horses. Then you analyze and determine what they are really asking for is increased speed.
The subtlety being the only way they could imagine moving faster was through quicker horses, being unable to visualise a new mode to achieve the improvement. Laypeople setting their own constraints and worse doing their own design work seldom helps in any domain of advancement.
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So according to this poll, thank you Dred, I have been 100% correct in my analysis over the years. This was over 100 votes so I think there is some merit there.
1. More fighters play than any other style. Ive made that argument multiple times, and talked about why fighters leaving is the biggest part of the player base.
2. DOT dar - been asking for changes ever since the first time it changed.
3. ENY - although mine is a differnt reason, perk more planes and adjust some planes lower, perk b26 and tu2 easy mode CV killers.
4. Importance of war. Its not important for me personally, but the overall strategy objective of the war is what keeps me here. The war battle is what is fun and its great strategy to try to play the long game if you can. Everyone wants to benefit the war, but they have to find a place to fit in.
5. Mandatory switching- never been for that.
6. 2 country war - always been a no on that. Its a map problem. With 2 teams only 1 side of the map would ever get action at a time, and you couldn't change up who you are fighting against. 3 teams keeps it real.
7. Smaller maps or zones - Ive always preached that from the beginning.
8. County switch waiting period - always thought it should be lower. Been making that arguement for years. I think 2-3 hours respects that current battle better, but without knowing the actual situation on the other side. A wrong decision switch could be costly to your own objective as a fighter.
So yeah, my analysis and reviews of the situation have been spot on to the overal assessment of players.
I dont think ingame results would change that much other than figher vs Jabo players probably.
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So according to this poll, thank you Dred, I have been 100% correct in my analysis over the years. This was over 100 votes so I think there is some merit there.
1. More fighters play than any other style. Ive made that argument multiple times, and talked about why fighters leaving is the biggest part of the player base.
2. DOT dar - been asking for changes ever since the first time it changed.
3. ENY - although mine is a differnt reason, perk more planes and adjust some planes lower, perk b26 and tu2 easy mode CV killers.
4. Importance of war. Its not important for me personally, but the overall strategy objective of the war is what keeps me here. The war battle is what is fun and its great strategy to try to play the long game if you can. Everyone wants to benefit the war, but they have to find a place to fit in.
5. Mandatory switching- never been for that.
6. 2 country war - always been a no on that. Its a map problem. With 2 teams only 1 side of the map would ever get action at a time, and you couldn't change up who you are fighting against. 3 teams keeps it real.
7. Smaller maps or zones - Ive always preached that from the beginning.
8. County switch waiting period - always thought it should be lower. Been making that arguement for years. I think 2-3 hours respects that current battle better, but without knowing the actual situation on the other side. A wrong decision switch could be costly to your own objective as a fighter.
So yeah, my analysis and reviews of the situation have been spot on to the overal assessment of players.
I dont think ingame results would change that much other than figher vs Jabo players probably.
Just to clarify, it was over 115 visits with 45 votes.
Thanks for your POV!
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good job on the poll!! :aok
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Just to clarify, it was over 115 visits with 45 votes.
Thanks for your POV!
Ah, I see. I know this one is over, but on future polls add in the single kill counter messages. Id be curious to see consensus of that.
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Yes, I wouldn't mind an in game poll. I had no idea there was a poll as I don't hang out on the forums much other than if there is a big changes and I want to add my thoughts on them. From the looks of this poll my input would have added one to a lot of the less popular options, IE level bombing, and winning the war. After all, without the goal of winning the war I see very little reason to bother shooting at you. To fight just to fight gets quite dull for me. I want a reason to fight.
Sorry, started going off on a tangent there. :) SO yes, in game poll please!
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Yes, I wouldn't mind an in game poll. I had no idea there was a poll as I don't hang out on the forums much other than if there is a big changes and I want to add my thoughts on them. From the looks of this poll my input would have added one to a lot of the less popular options, IE level bombing, and winning the war. After all, without the goal of winning the war I see very little reason to bother shooting at you. To fight just to fight gets quite dull for me. I want a reason to fight.
Sorry, started going off on a tangent there. :) SO yes, in game poll please!
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I’ll probably do another one again at some point with some more targeted questions. Stop by and hear more often and you won’t even need to vote. Everyone will know how you feel lol! :cheers: