Petition for Night, weather, wind

[rival7]

we need weather,nights and every other thing that should not be taken away.there
is an option to change the color of the con
name which is usually red to whatever color. so why not have what we all pay for. don't fix what's not broken, HTC.

[mars01]

If your a good fighter pilot then why not take up the challenge of dropping a buff at night, Imagine the tracer fire from bombers and fighters again very cool

It's not about the challenge of killing something at night, which would last all of about 10 mins.  I also think it would be easier as a fighter because the bomber gunners would have a very hard time see anything but muzzle flashes.  Not much of a challenge.

It's also more about having only a couple hours to log on and fight.  So instead 1 of those two hours I am stuck in night.

Now lets look at night if it is done coprrectly.  I.e no icons.  If you have icons there is no reason for night.  What is the point if I can still see you comming from 6k or even 1k away due to your icon.  This is one reason I always thought night was a waste.  I'd be flying along in the dark, hoping I am flying toward some enemy dots, then whammo there is the Icon.  Kinda goes against the whole cover of darkness thing.

Next is the gamma setting.  If turning up your gamma is still possible thus rendering night to day, then night is useless.

Now if it's done right there should be a limmited plane set.  Only those meant to fly at night.

So now combine these things with the few cool bells and whistles Spotlights ---> Landing Lights ---> Runway Lights that will be cool for the whole first ten mins, and you have one of the two hours where I and many others log off just so guys can hide from each other.

BTW landing lights wouldn't be all that much either.  I don't think fields were lit up like Christmas trees as they are today.



Night and weather are fine for the CT or TOD not for MA.

[Howitzer]

Originally posted by rival7
we need weather,nights and every other thing that should not be taken away.there
is an option to change the color of the con
name which is usually red to whatever color. so why not have what we all pay for. don't fix what's not broken, HTC.

I want quad damage, invisibility icons, armor plating, super armor plating, heat seaking rockets, and the option of a big fat ole' boomstick hanging out my window that will evaporate whatever it touches (don't forget to add an atomic bomb to this list).  

I feel since this game is essencially a FPS (first person shooter) that I am really paying for these things that exist in other FPS games, yet I am not seeing them  =)

Not meant to be a dig on you in any means, just two sides to this coin.

[DaddyAck]

Originally posted by mussie
Put head lights on the GV and that way you could see.

Again if you hear an plane cut your lights.

If your a good fighter pilot then why not take up the challenge of dropping a buff at night, Imagine the tracer fire from bombers and fighters again very cool

Exactly, give the GVs some headlamps and voila. (Oh about the tracers, it would be cool but to be historically acurate I would disable my tracers)

PS.  I respect the oposing views of the anti-night faction, and to that extent I ask you now.  Is there no compramise that can be found?  The daytime hours dominate the MA giving you that which you hold dear ;however, for tose like myself whoom feel that there is fun to be had flying at night, or with light to moderate weather patterns can not have that.  I would like to come to some sort of logical and mutually agreeable solution to this.   I am proposeing 30 in game minutes (not realtime but by the game clock) of night.  That way you, those whoon seek the day light have the majority share of the MA game clock and those like myself can have at least the 30 game clock minutes  of night.   On the issue of weather, I propose something more like small random weather patters like showers or a small storm, not the massive feild grounding storms I have been acused of wanting.  Please my freinds hear me out and let us try to come to somewhat of an agreement, if not on weather at least we can come to a mutually acceptable compramise for night.  Thak you for your time.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[mussie]

I have just had one of the best sessions in the MA

myself and a number of others took and held three VH bases it was awsome to work as a team and not just fly around looking for a fight (not that I mind looking for a fight in the MA)

I had my first fight with a ME and I lost (110 vs ME) but it was because I pushed my plane to far again brill

 FATAL1 BTW nice fight

Night Or Not I will keep playing this game it is brillient and addictive.

How ever if HTC made these options available I would want them.

The reson for this is again the simulation side of the game as above working togeather to take an objective is cool it requires more than point and shoot which is what gives this game its long term playability

Do what you will HT I will always be flying, crashing and being shot down here.

[x0847Marine]

Originally posted by 101ABN
would like to have the night back, good for the Lancs.  Some adverse weather would be cool too.  Rain would probably be a pain to program but some winds and fog would be a welcome sight.

Another game I play, Wings Over Vietnam.. outstanding BTW.. has nasty Nam style rain & fog to fly through.

...and cool cockpit reflections, where the sun reflects off the cockpit shell.

Quite a pain when escorting B52's and those pesky Migs show up... it's also a huge pain trying to locate SAMs, you hear "sam launch" but see nothing until that creeky finger of death smoke rises from the clouds.

But I digress... got my vote.

[Shuckins]

How about just having a night time operations special arena separate from the main arena...perhaps one or two nights a week, allowing those who want to participate in night operations the opportunity to do so?

By the way...I just love the whining by those who want daylight only, because they just simply prefer to not have their time online compressed by the inconvenience of darkness, and don't give a fig about the desires of the other members of the community.

Your desires are no more important than ours.  How about compromising a little.

[sullie363]

Remebering back to AH1, night and weather added value as far as I was concerned.  With a removal of these items, I feel that AH2 has become less sophisticated than AH1 which is not a good thing in my opinion.

[Badboy58]

My vote is no for night. I never liked it and I am glad its gone. The icon illumination defeats the purpose of stealth under the cover of darkness. I just changed the gamma to play but it didn't make it fun. I would never quit because of the night i just wont play during that time.

My 2 cents

[sullie363]

Night did take away icons for GVs which allowed for some very fun missions.

[maxxius]

i vote yes to night.........

the only thin i would to is limit icon range to 500 feet

lights on planes and gv's and runways and in towns


turn tracers off in bomers duyring knight for bomer oprator only so that the pilot of the attacing plane can still see them

[DaddyAck]

Seems that a limited night time could be put in place.  Given the Ideas that this thread alone has produced i think that it would enhance the night time play.  

BY the way Kudos to all of you that are comeing up with the ideas (eg. GV lights, town search lights, limit icon range, shorter period of night like 20-30 min)

[rabbidrabbit]

I'm betting this is a dead horse since there is no input from HTC.

[Howitzer]

Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
I'm betting this is a dead horse since there is no input from HTC.

I'm betting you are right, they took it out for a reason, I don't see them putting it back all of the sudden like this.

Nice attempt though, can't fault for that.

[sullie363]

I don't think I've ever seen HT say in the forums, "I like the idea, I'm gonna do that."

Instead, things just show up in patches.