I wish more people would play!

[Mak333]

I feel that hardly anyone wants to play these types of scenarios?  Everyone is hording in the Main Arenas....  I find it hard to believe that only a handful of players like the realistic scenarios.  Why aren't there more people on Axis vs Allies?  I have wondered this for years!

[captain1ma]

mostly because everyone has their own idea of what realistic is. you can't please everyone. based on that, that is the reason why there arent more people in there. that and some of the tactics that arent liked by all groups or squads. in my humble opinion 

[whiteman]

Numbers man, most will flock to the arena with biggest numbers. Also some times the AVA doesn't have the plane selection we do now. I love flying the F4U and F6F but some times those plane aren't available, that some times is a reason for people not coming in.

I like the realistic match ups we get in here, even if we have an LA-7 flying next to a spit16 and F4U at least their on the same side.

[blkmgc]

I feel that hardly anyone wants to play these types of scenarios?  Everyone is hording in the Main Arenas....  I find it hard to believe that only a handful of players like the realistic scenarios.  Why aren't there more people on Axis vs Allies?  I have wondered this for years!

Through the course of time, squads (and singles) that enjoy mission based play and squad sized opps that mean something than kill score will be attracted to this. Simply because its something more than MA play. Which isnt bad , mind you, just different. Those that want more can now find it, imho.

[Damionte]

Nufbers though do matter a lot. I am a recent flyer in the aVa. I've been a casual player in Aces High for about a year now. When I pop on I want to go to where people are doing things.

If I only have an hour to play I don't want to spend 45 minutes looking for a fight. After I get shot down in 30 seconds, I no longer have time to spend another 30 minutes looking for another fight.

I think that's the main reason you don't see casual players in the AvA. There are not enough people on most of the time. They also don't generally know what's going on in the "War". If a casual players jumped into the AvA arena right now, having not gone through the forums they wouldn't know what to do.

They'd bounce around fields for a bit realizing that they can't find a plane to fly. After a few minutes they'll give up and go back to the MA, or the DA, where it's easy to find a fight.

[Trukk]

Spawned in as German, spent about 10-15 minutes looking looking for any action at all.  Finally saw two bandits break the radar at an airfield with no aircraft, launched from another airfield to engage, bandits died to AAA before I could get there.  Augered and went to Blue.

[Anaxogoras]

Good point damionte.  The log-in message in the AvA could go a lot further at displaying helpful information for newcomers.  That said, I hardly play in the AvA because there are zero people there almost every time I fly.

[VWE]

When you get tired of flying around for 30 minutes without even seeing anyone, come to the mid war where most of the AvA has already gone.

[storch]

I fail to see the need for large numbers to be equated with good play.  some of the very best fights I have ever had were in the AvA with another like minded player, just two of us on.  the absolute very best small fights I have ever been in have been between 8-12 players.  of course that is now a thing of the past, the war has completely taken the fight out of the AvA.

[Stampf]

I feel that hardly anyone wants to play these types of scenarios?  Everyone is hording in the Main Arenas....  I find it hard to believe that only a handful of players like the realistic scenarios.  Why aren't there more people on Axis vs Allies?  I have wondered this for years!

Hiya Mak.

What timezone are you in?  Best numbers in the Arena are 8:00 PM to midnight, EST.  Plenty of good fights and strategic and tactical game play.  Here is just a sampling of some units enemy kill tallies over the past 48 hrs, for action related basis comparison only.  It’s interesting to note also, that being as the vast majority of this action comes in the above compressed time period of Prime Time EST, this window finds lots of good game play, for those looking for it.

Avengers  40 Kills
353rd FG   51 Kills
367th         15 Kills
JG11       101 Kills
JG54         49 Kills

Salute, hope to see you up.  The equation is simple.  The more people who play, the more people will play.

[oceans11]

Last night at 11:30 Pm there where 51 people on.
More than I have ever seen .
We had a great time.
I was shot down and enjoyed it . Go figure.
The cloud cover and wind variables that have been introduced are also a plus.
It make you really have to work to find your enemy but that is exactly what had to be done in a normal real life scenario
HAts off and a  to the Staff and Veterans who worked the DAR -DOt thing out

[Jappa52]

Last night at 11:30 Pm there where 51 people on.
More than I have ever seen .
We had a great time.
I was shot down and enjoyed it . Go figure.
The cloud cover and wind variables that have been introduced are also a plus.
It make you really have to work to find your enemy but that is exactly what had to be done in a normal real life scenario
HAts off and a  to the Staff and Veterans who worked the DAR -DOt thing out

Agreed!! 

[Chilli]

Spawned in as German, spent about 10-15 minutes looking looking for any action at all.  Finally saw two bandits break the radar at an airfield with no aircraft, launched from another airfield to engage, bandits died to AAA before I could get there.  Augered and went to Blue.

  Trukk,

Heya bud.  Attendance has always suffered in the AvA since the arrival of the spit MA arenas.  Mostly, due to the experience of casual players that you described above. 

One way to really catch on to how much fun it can be is to bring the 78th in on an announced operation.  I love flying with you guys and certainly would be a worthwhile challenge to fly against you.

I would suggest scheduling it for the opening day(s) of a round in current setup mode.  Those targets hit will not be tallied for points so it will be more of a friendly engagement.

I hope to see you soon to bring some of that FSO flavor to this arena as well.

[Trukk]

I guess that's the point I was trying to make.  The arena needs to be attractive for the casual players, and the experience I had is too common.  There were guys in the arena, I just couldn't find them.  The AvA needs to attract the casual players in order to turn them into AvA fans, but the current setup doesn't do that.  It needs bardar.

Edit:  We escorted the buffs on Sunday and had fun in that organized event, but that's only a couple of hours a day, it's the rest of the day (and the customer base it serves) that is the problem.

[Dichotomy]

I was in for a bit tonight.  trying to get on more often to give you boys an easy kill