Here's another bright idea.
Why don't the brilliant minds at hitechcreations roll back the last update and give a new date for the change?
There was absolutely no warning at all. Most that are affected have lower rated machines but were doing fine and having fun. At a minimum AH could have introduced the patch with a couple of arena's for a couple of months and gradually converted all areana's.
Everyone understands that change is inevetible but this one isn't that significant. It simply adds greater ground effects which the average player doesn't even notice after the first half hour!!!! We have a couple of long time pilots affected by this who are now forced out and if they are I'd have to consider following them. Please consider rolling it back until a better plan is found.
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