which is best and which is worst

[storch]

In your opinion what are the best and worst aspect of this game?

In mine the very best is finding someone who is willing to fight and not run to ack or run three sectors.

The very worst is the game play currently embodied by two squads, one on the bish team and the other on the knights teams which consists solely of capturing lightly or completely undefended bases for the apparantly sole purpose of obtaining a low score.

I was wondering how other players felt about the game and what keeps them playing or what causes them to want to leave?

[Keiler]

Good: Teamplay (when it works), combined arms (when it works), communication (when it works), missions with a plan, having joined a squad with good people, general immersion, people picking (sometimes weird) planes out of preferrence, not specification and being leathally proficiant in them

Bad: playing for score/rank, taking this game as or more serious as/than RL, whining, belittling, cussing, excuses and lamenting on 200, voice channel spammers, the never ending HO/alt-monkey discussions, aeroquake(TM) (huge furballs), people just picking the plane that has it all (including training wheels) above all else.



Regards,
Matt

[Latrobe]

The best things are people who don't run, unless there's a huge horde chasing them or they are out of ammo/fuel, and being in one of those hordes that are actually trying to take bases, always talking it up on range helping one another out. The horde also usually has another horde to fight for the base but you end up getting the base anyways because of everyone helping one another, but of course its one fun time getting the base.

The worst things are HOers, Vulchers (On people who are landing), TT bombers, Wheelchair generals, squeakers, hackers (how dare you ruin H2H), and people who don't follow the rules in the TA (On purpose).



HQ Raids are also fun

[Ghosth]

Best, any good fight, win or lose where you had a chance to go 1 on 1 with no interruptions. Extra credit for doing the same to a plane in a position of advantage, ie reversing the tables on a hi p51, 109.

Worst, logging in to find both bish and rooks beating up the knights on a map that is old enough to go to school. Logging from that arena into the other one, to find the exact same thing.


Priceless, logging in late sat night to find 3 other squad mates on. All of who were interested in flying same plane from same base at the same time in 4 man group. Had 3 hours of the most enjoyable flying I've ever had in AH.
Outlaw, Bison, Lucky13, you made my night!

[Lusche]

Worst:

 - Constant whining about "Bish/Nits/Rooks suck/can't get organized/ waste resources" on own countrychannel

- Players that throw poo on ch200 or in Pm's - and claiming to be acting in "persona" doesn't makes it better.

- I am addicted.

Best:

- There is nothing good about this game. I don't know why I just can't quit

[thndregg]

Originally posted by storch
for the apparantly sole purpose of obtaining a low score.

Oh how verrrrrrrrrrryyyyyy rich, insightful, and inciteful. Here we go again.

[Simaril]

Originally posted by thndregg
Oh how verrrrrrrrrrryyyyyy rich, insightful, and inciteful. Here we go again.

Don't worry about it, ThndrEgg. Interesting to note what kind of people completely forget that "taking this game [too seriously], whining, belittling, cussing, excuses and lamenting on 200" is FAR worse for AH than any particular play style can ever possibly be. (Thank you Keiler for putting it so well!)


Even though I end up flying lone wolf 90% of the time, when hordes show up I don't let them bother me...I just go somewhere else, because if you want you can find just about anything you want in the game just about all the time. (Yes, I am a spiritual disciple of that Destroyer of Worlds, Guppy35)




And to answer the thread's query:

Best for me is building good friendships with squaddies (Wish I could have flown with you four longer Sat night, Ghosth!). Right up there is getting  to continually meet and fly alongside good folks who share my love for historic aviation -- while pursuing a hobby that gets deeper and more challenging the more I learn.  


Worst is " taking this game [too seriously], whining, belittling, cussing, excuses and lamenting on 200. "

[Shifty]

Best- When you die.

Worst- When I die.

[FrodeMk3]

Originally posted by storch
In your opinion what are the best and worst aspect of this game?

In mine the very best is finding someone who is willing to fight and not run to ack or run three sectors.

The very worst is the game play currently embodied by two squads, one on the bish team and the other on the knights teams which consists solely of capturing lightly or completely undefended bases for the apparantly sole purpose of obtaining a low score.

I was wondering how other players felt about the game and what keeps them playing or what causes them to want to leave?

You know, Storch, this is kind of a hard question-I've seen some really good sticks leave, but for reasons ranging from money troubles and simply burning out on the game, to RL issues like work, family, or simply not being able to upgrade to a new PC that could handle the switch from AH1 to AH2.

I don't think you could blame all the bad things on just two squads. I've seen all kinds of different gameplay since I started, and things changed quite a bit at the split.

[storch]

I wasn't blaming anything on anyone I was expressing what I considered to be the worst aspect of the game in my opinion.  note that I did not name the the squads, I don't want to offend anyone nor am I trolling.  I'm merely polling those that wish to respond and there is no correct or incorrect response as we are considering opinion amongst peers.

[Jeff W]

you know storch i know the sqauds you are referring to i happen to be in 1 of them and we witness your blabber all  the time on the 200 ch and there are some good  people in this game that dont like large furrballs that go on in the LW arenas and some dont have the high power computers to handle it so we try to stay where everyone can play with less problems and the way i see it everyone pays there 15 bucks to play and they should be able to play anyway they choose so

[scottydawg]

Originally posted by Keiler
Good: Teamplay (when it works), combined arms (when it works), communication (when it works), missions with a plan, having joined a squad with good people, general immersion, people picking (sometimes weird) planes out of preferrence, not specification and being leathally proficiant in them

Bad: playing for score/rank, taking this game as or more serious as/than RL, whining, belittling, cussing, excuses and lamenting on 200, voice channel spammers, the never ending HO/alt-monkey discussions, aeroquake(TM) (huge furballs), people just picking the plane that has it all (including training wheels) above all else.



Regards,
Matt

Thread over.

[storch]

Originally posted by Jeff W
you know storch i know the sqauds you are referring to i happen to be in 1 of them and we witness your blabber all  the time on the 200 ch and there are some good  people in this game that dont like large furrballs that go on in the LW arenas and some dont have the high power computers to handle it so we try to stay where everyone can play with less problems and the way i see it everyone pays there 15 bucks to play and they should be able to play anyway they choose so

howdy jeff.  I'm sorry but I missed the part where you stated what you thought the best and worst aspects of the game are.

[Fulmar]

In the Main Arena...

Best:  Working with your squad as a team, either capturing a field or fighter sweep etc.

Worst:  Players fighting for the sole purpose of get their K:D ratio up and their rank lower.  The game used to be about capturing fields, not follow the congo line to the furball.  I guess insert your "I'll do whatever I want with my $15 a month" comment here.

[Lusche]

Originally posted by Fulmar
The game used to be about capturing fields, not follow the congo line to the furball.  

Hmmm.. you are not playing for a long time I think.

This complaint is as old as AH. One random quote from the year 2000:

Originally posted by ra
Pilots are getting more and more comfortable with the furball till you die method of gameplay.  Hardly any planned missions anymore.  People who knock down fields end up calling for C-47s that never show up.
ra

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