TOD predictions...

[Grizzly]

Originally posted by TrueKill
<---- still has no idea what TOD is. oh and i know what it stands for but what will TOD be?

In short, it will be more of a roll player game where players are assigned to missions and rated based upon their performance. The player character will be promoted or demoted based upon this performance. Missions will be designed by HTC or ranking players based upon a general strategic goal. Teams will be historic with accurate vehicles and plane types. Performance will have less emphasis on kills and more on mission success, so if you finish the mission as ordered, you will be rewarded. Dig around in this web site to see if you can find more information from HTC on Tour Of Duty, like press releases.

[beet1e]

Originally posted by Grizzly
In short, it will be more of a roll player game where players are assigned to missions and rated based upon their performance. The player character will be promoted or demoted based upon this performance. Missions will be designed by HTC or ranking players based upon a general strategic goal. Teams will be historic with accurate vehicles and plane types. Performance will have less emphasis on kills and more on mission success, so if you finish the mission as ordered, you will be rewarded.

Yes. The combat (whether air sea or land) will have some purpose - other than being a contest to see who best understands the AH flight model code, and who has the most finely tuned stick settings.

[Wind]

Is TOD going to replace the "when in doubt, grab an LA-7" mentality?

W~

[NoBaddy]

Originally posted by Wind
Is TOD going to replace the "when in doubt, grab an LA-7" mentality?

W~

Generally, you will fly what the mission requires. At least that is my understanding.

[Wind]

Originally posted by NoBaddy
Generally, you will fly what the mission requires. At least that is my understanding.

Sure hope so!  Halle-freaking-ulah!

W~

[DamnedRen]

Originally posted by beet1e
Yes. The combat (whether air sea or land) will have some purpose - other than being a contest to see who best understands the AH flight model code, and who has the most finely tuned stick settings.
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I coulda sworn the purpose was to get up and have fun. Hopefully that's why everyone is flying?  

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The Damned

[TequilaChaser]

Originally posted by eskimo2
There is something about the format of online air combat that turns most air war enthusiast off.  I don’t know if it sounds too intimidating, competitive, complex, hard-core, nerdy, or whatever.  The vast majority of potential prop flight sim enthusiasts would just rather buy a box game and go about playing it as they have played every other boxed game that they have played.

AH TOD is not for us; it is for them.
 

from all the people I have plugged AH to, they mostly say it is "too intimidating, competitive, complex, hard"

and TOD is for them, it is being geared up and aimed toward the new customer / player base, not the current. Some will leave the MA and stay in TOD some will go try it out and return and others will quit all together, and so we have it, life rolls on, the world keeps turning.....another day another dollar

TC

[Kweassa]

Such a stupid statement it is laughable. The more boring / timid "pilots" maybe but "better quality of pilots".

 That's how you'd measure pilot skill in the MA - by how many he kills without being killed.

 But alas, the ToD is expected to be a bit closer to organized environment - and if 'timidity' or 'boringness' is gonna get fullfil the mission without risking unnecessary lives of wingmen under my command, I'd gladly do it.

 Surely, people can prefer the 'not timid' and 'not boring' way of fighting in the ToD too, but seeing how many people in the MA usually never return to land their planes, you'd probably never become leader material.

 You see, in the MA, being average and n00b and dweebey is something to be laughed at. Except in the ToD, we're gonna have those guys flying with us. And the better pilots have a duty to keep them alive, and do the job needs to be done at the same time, instead of use the lesser pilots as bait to become fodder so you can cherrypick 12 kills and rtb alone, like you guys do in the MA.

 
 So laugh it up! See you in ToD

[GA]

Its really shame that TOD did not hitt the nett, It should have been finish for over a 1 year I think .

Some like furball and just love to have Kills as there goal, but I think even more pilots that fly this games like real missions and historicals events more;)

Flights sim is not a Arcade game like AH have become, the only mission is to capture a base? What fun is it in that, maybee some times but not evereu SN/mission you fly with your squad.

Like many in here also play IL2, so Do I and have gone totaly over to it. You have and exelent mission with new mission who generates new mission and historicals txt with mission and info with it. You fly with real people and AI. Great fun .

Ok I have played AH about 5 years intil now, but Awaiting for TOD to return to the game. Ofcourse things like TOD is verry complex but I hope HTC can master it;)

[thrila]

I think the more successful pilots in ToD will be the guys with a good aim.

[save]

"ToD is aimed towards two groups....

*WW2OL Players
*Il-2 Players

Not MA players

Its a way to expand buisiness not relocate customers.

Tex"

3 groups - *Warbirds players

In WarBirds  ww2arena has exacly what HTC wants to accomplish.

Not for everyone but  good diversity.

[beet1e]

Originally posted by thrila
I think the more successful pilots in ToD will be the guys with a good aim.

By "aim", do you mean objective/purpose? If so, I agree.

[hubsonfire]

It sure would be nice if we had ever gotten any concrete information on the game we've been waiting for for years.

*HINT*

If I'm still alive when ToD comes out, I'm sure I'll check it out. The thing I'm most curious about is whether it will look/fly just like AH2. I guess I'd also like to hear something more than 'we're working on it'.

[dedalos]

Originally posted by Kweassa


 Imagine a 12~20 man USAAF squadron, flying with 20~30 bombers in escort duties, meeting 10~15 Luftwaffe fighters..

 

And if the buffs continue to have the ability to hit a target moving at 400mph from 1.5K out, these fights will last about  5 to 10 seconds.  The time it takes to make a single pass and RTB for a new engine.

[Westy]

"And if the buffs continue to have the ability to hit a target moving at 400mph from 1.5K out, these fights will last about 5 to 10 seconds. "


 That's hogwash IMO.   In the MA if you're coming in at 400 and at 1.5K out the "easy target " pilot nails you then to be quite blunt... you must REALLY sukk.  IMO it would be embarrassing to admit getting shot down by a buff in AH under just about any circumstance.  

(*being vulched taking off or climbing up to a bombers "6" should earn the player an AH "Stupid Player"  award).


 As for bombers and the TOD?  Even though I've not participated in an AH scenario in about 3 years I still follow the forums and read the AAR's posted by the participant.   And in each scenario when the bombers were detected and then intercepted they were decimated.   IMO the TOD bombers would need to be tougher to maintain player interest in using them over the long run.  




(HIYA GRIZZLY!  Nice to "see" you and hope all is well.)