We have is so much better than I thought

[Zoney]

I also came from WB when Doomed did.  We were all part of the best, most deadly Luftwaffe Squadron in the game, JG27.  WB's lost our entire squad (20 of us) when we migrated to Aces High.  We knew this game was here for a long time but as HiTech stated we stayed there because of the camaraderie we felt, and because of the Sunday event they hold.  The "straw that broke the camels back" for most of us was the last update where US planes were substantially upgraded and the Luftwaffe stuff was left to rot.  This is a better place.  There is more to AH and more pilots flying.  There is plenty of room for everyone here to fly as they interpret the game.  I was the last of my squad to come over, there was virtually no Luftwaffe left and even though I prefer to be the underdog, it had become absurd.

[Yeager]

I remember when this very websight was nothing but a simple front page basically telling people to "stay tuned" for something special.  That lasted for the better part of a year and a half.  The day AH went public I dropped WBs in a NewYorkMinute.  Never could understand why anyone would want to stay there after having experienced the slide into wallowing mediocrity once the senior development teams bailed out to create their own businesses.

[colmbo]

I think it's time to cross recruit, get to work Skuzzy and Pyro  offer them 3 months free to switch over to AH.  Of course they could do the same thing but we know were not leaving 

Won't work...at least not for me.

Nothing wrong with AH, I played for a couple months and had a good time but the squad and friends are still in Warbirds.

And new guys don't get treated as badly as some may want you to think. <G>

[gyrene81]

Won't work...at least not for me.

Nothing wrong with AH, I played for a couple months and had a good time but the squad and friends are still in Warbirds.

And new guys don't get treated as badly as some may want you to think. <G>

Yeah, Warbirds is great for people with bad vision and those who don't like change...but then you have to put up with bases in the middle of small towns where the runway runs through the local church...let's not forget the graphics that haven't been updated since, well, I have yet to find anything that says they were updated since the original release...and my favorite feature, the used Q-tip looking trees that are planted firmly 50 feet above the ground that you can fly under and sometimes through...and that is the only vegetation you have.

After only a few months paying too much for too little, I couldn't stand it.

How exactly do you repackage a turd and try to tell potential customers they can get 2 free weeks to fly in the public toilets when the main website from 1997 still shows you get 30 days free? And the turd you download off the website has more to it than the turd you get charged for in the store.


That fellas is WildBills expertise...he can take packaged crap, make the blind see it as new and get people who don't know any better to buy it.

[TnDep]

Actually I said that as a joke but everyone took me serious sry

[Bradman]

I remember when this very websight was nothing but a simple front page basically telling people to "stay tuned" for something special.  That lasted for the better part of a year and a half.  The day AH went public I dropped WBs in a NewYorkMinute.  Never could understand why anyone would want to stay there after having experienced the slide into wallowing mediocrity once the senior development teams bailed out to create their own businesses.

I went the other way. I went from WB to WWIIOline when they went live. I stayed with them until they implemented that stupid brigade spawning bs. I'm thinking of trying them out again after their beta goes live. I miss strafing soldiers at FBs in my 110 

I don't pay much attention to who is who in the dev world so what if any connection does AH owners have with WWIIOnline owners?

[Toad]

I don't pay much attention to who is who in the dev world so what if any connection does AH owners have with WWIIOnline owners?

IIRC, HiTech created Warbirds along with Pyro. He had significant partners in WB like John “killer” MacQueen and Robert "gunjam" Salinas and one other I think.

When the team broke up at WB, HT and Pyro went on to AH, Killer and Gunjam went to Cornered Rat and did WW2OL.

That's my faded memory of it.

[Toad]

HT struck gold with the Furball Island in the DA.  

Totally agree, Mars.

I've been away 2 years or so since a computer meltdown. I really enjoyed tangling with you at Furball Island last night.

For the guys that live for the fight it is a great feature. It's not whether you can escape a furball with lots of scalps while there is a continuous feed of new enemies; usually that's hard to do. It's the quality of the fights and the number of quality fights that count. Yeah, you get picked by the guys that have to fly the late war monsters; there will always be that. The key though is that per minute of time spent, you have far more quality engagements than you would in the MAs.


I have a feeling the WW1 setup is going to be similar, with high quality FMs and little strat. It should draw mostly guys that like to fight.

Things are looking bright.

[TnDep]

<<S>> Toad yeah it's fun I think I saw you in there last night.  Welcome to fly knight was me next time 

[stickpig]

Not sure how WB compares....never was there. After reading this post I went over and checked the main arena forum...(curious to see what they bitcch about)
Recent post asking is there was a way to rearm the plane without exiting the plane. WOW are they really this far behind?