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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Buzzbait on July 08, 2002, 12:10:20 PM
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Salute
Don't like the Pizza Map?
Try the CT. :)
Small beautiful Burma map, with all new 'Flying Tigers' planeset.
Enjoy! :)
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Had a great deal of fun thier on Saturday. Lots of team work and tactical flying and the terrain is great.
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"Don't like the Pizza Map?
Try the CT. "
sorta like curing that headache by smashing your big toe with a hammer.
lazs
Public Relations Officer for the BK's
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Nice Lazs. Why not just get a fork in the thigh. Just as effective.
CT rocks. It always has, and it always will.
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:eek: My favorite thing is hitting the same finger twice with a hammer.... The second time feels yummie
The CT is fun if your in a LA5
Gatr
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fork...No, you would have to at the very least smash your big toe with a large hammer to duplicate the pain of the CT. I will give you this tho... "rocks", if large enough and dropped from sufficient height.... might work allmost as well.
lazs
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Lazs, if you haven't got anything good to say, go eat some cheezies and watch porn.
The CT is still a great arena.
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Change the icon setting back to normal and I'd give L'Arčne Vide another try. Assuming the radar was sufficient to point you to an area of activity, of course.
Maybe that change would make L'Arčne Vide a bit less vide.
But I'm sure this is a blasphemous suggestion and I should be whipped with the cat for even making it.
;)
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Toad, I found fights easier and faster in the CT than I did the first night of 1.10 in the new MA (the only night I've played the new MA).
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Icons? What icons? Turn them off. Much more fun in the CT
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Nifty, I'm not one of the ones having trouble finding fights in the MA. In fact, the "new" MA to me is pretty much like a bigger "old" MA. I just don't see that much difference given that I almost always fly fighters, almost never drive GV's and rarely fly bombers.
In fact the major difference for me is that I'm usually in a P-40 now. I"m still having my normal amount of fun.
All that aside, given the amount of time the CT has been running with essentially no change in the % of player participation, it seems to me that there must be a fundamental element of the CT that makes it less attractive than the MA to the vast majority of AH players.
I ask myself what are the major differences and which one might be the big "turn off" for players.
Is it the usually restricted planeset?
Is it the Axis V Allied aspect?
Is it the difference in icons?
Is it the difference in radar?
For me it's the artificially restricted icons. I don't mind restricted planesets. There's always some fighter I'd be interested in trying. Axis V Allied is actually a bit of a plus for me, so that isn't it. Radar? As long as there's sufficient range so that when I long in I can figure out what field is close to the action without pleading for info in the text buffer I'm OK with it.
As I said, I'm only speaking for myself here. I have flown extensively, I have flown WW2 aircraft, I have participated in WW2 aircraft airshows and I feel I have a pretty good idea of when/how far away I can tell a Mustang from a -109 and when I should be able to see actual aircraft markings.
While I said many times that I've never found an Icon system in any game that was perfect, I certainly don't think the icon settings in L'Arčne Vide are an improvement over those in the MA.
(For those of you really interested, I've posted what I'd like to see in the way of icons many times on this BBS. A search should quickly turn it up.)
However, as I said, the idea of changing icon settings in L'Arčne Vide is undoubtedly blasphemy. But those settings are what keep me permanently out of the place.
Just my .02.
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ahh, then disregard my post.
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If I were as thin skinned as a CT aficianado then I would refrain from posting in a general forum where a lot of people might read and respond. I would find a small forum that is pretty much deserted and where disagreeing is frowned on. Say.... Oh, the CT forum.
lazs
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FIGHT NICE NOW KIDDIES...
Gatr
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S! Lazs
Perhaps if you weren't so convinced that you speak for everyone, you might have noticed that this Forum is entitled:
GENERAL DISCUSSION
Not :
LAZ'S ROMPER ROOM
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S!
And by the way, it seems a lot of people are enjoying the current CT setup... :)
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The CT is not for everyone. A vast majority obviously prefer the atmosphere of the ma. I just feel bad that so many haven't even tried the CT, or went there with an attitude determined to find fault. They don't know what they're missing.
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CT is great!
Was the first game I joined in AH, flew with a mouse all day & never even came close to hitting an enemy :D
I'm prolly gonna signe up for paying account soon and cant wait to play in CT!
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Burma is well matched up for a Pacific Theatre set-up :)
The usual "jousting" we see in PTO setups are a little more difficult this time, since the A6M2 is a faster plane :) Usually the P-40s fly in with alt advantage, and its up to them how to use it. One mistake and they are toast!
When flying A6M2s on the other hand, you don't really care much whether the enemy is higher or not. The A6M2 is just uber! This often leads to overconfidence and you would start tangling 1v1 and get knocked out by a second P-40 which you never saw(thx to the reduced icon range ;) ).
"Burma" IMHO is one of the best CT setups so far, almost on the level of BoB. Planes well matched, differing tactics on each side, plenty of fights and great immersion.
Two thumbs up