Evil Con Mission: Superfokker

[Westy]

"Is that really necessary? We're just sharing opinions here."

 Just ignore tourrette 'tards like him.  They shoot off like a champagne
cork in topics such as this.  

[doc1kelley]

First, remember, HTC doesn't care WHERE you fly. Early war, mid war, late war, AvA, DA, TA or WWI arena. As long as your having a good time, and keeping your acct active they are happy.
Simply stated more options means more happy customers, as your drawing from a bigger base.
Adding WWI is just one more string for the bow, one more different thing that you can do.

If you were paying attention the last couple patch's there have been HUGE changes in foundation stuff. Changes that may not effect us for a bit, but that set the stage for everything that follows.

They will start testing those with the WWI planes first, as they have a nice small set, 4 birds, and they can dial in all the bells and whistles.

Once that is all set then the really big job is of upgrading all the WWII planes to the new damage model with 4x as many damage points. That one will take time. But its much easier to do most of your testing in a small arena, with  limited #'s of people, and only 4 planes. Then take what you learn from there and start putting it to work on the WWII planes.

The idea was also raised to have a once an "anything goes" arena where there would be no perked planes, or field capture, and all the evil con missions from the past could be flown and enjoyed.

Who wins, the Shark with laser beam or the super fokker? 

I don't know about you, but to me these are great and exciting times to be flying here in AH. Lots of new stuff constantly in the pipeline.

Attaboy HTC! Rock on!

Thanks for the heads-up Ghost!  I'm actually excited about the possibilities that we could have given to us.  I know... two weeks...roflol   
I think I'll be waiting for these changes but I really do think that HTC has turned the page this time!

All the Best...

    Jay
  awDoc1

[Yeager]

Most people agree, a WW1 planeset would benifit the entire community.

Shuffler, I simply do not share your opinion that HTC has been strained to provide the developement they have so far, and I do not believe adding a few planes from other eras will hurt anyone in this game anyway.  Yeah, I would like my Yak9 and B26 updated.  I am sure HTC has it scheduled for a future release (remember, the future is good).

[Shuffler]

Most people agree, a WW1 planeset would benifit the entire community.

Shuffler, I simply do not share your opinion that HTC has been strained to provide the developement they have so far, and I do not believe adding a few planes from other eras will hurt anyone in this game anyway.  Yeah, I would like my Yak9 and B26 updated.  I am sure HTC has it scheduled for a future release (remember, the future is good).

Most people?? Where do you get your info from. Please post it for us all to consume.

Well opinions vary. Let's see... last year at con there was an announcement that later was determined it would take too much manpower. So there is a definite limitation in resources. When your a small outfit, any.... and I do mean ANY, draw on manpower is an important issue. That is something I'm sure HT has thought about any time some new idea hits the mill. Hopefully this one will not negatively impact our WWII aircraft enjoyment.

[Waffle]

Here is the spec sheet for the Super Fokker

[Knite]

Lol Waffle. That's awesome. =)

I love the climb rate and secondary fuel especially. haha

[Enker]

Here is the spec sheet for the Super Fokker

Waffle, you win.

[Wmaker]

Here is the spec sheet for the Super Fokker

Bwhahahahah!

But Waffle, how do you explain those pimped exhausts considering the rotary engine? Are they there just for looks like with the teenies driving around with those rediculous rear wings?

[CVA]

I look forward to a WWI arena. I hope they do it. (no Spit 16 on my 6 anyway) It could be fun, even if they cut the early war arena to do it.

[JimmyC]

Fuel  ....  corn liquor   
 classic 
  Jimmy

[MORAY37]

While the WW1 arena idea is interesting, to be fair, Air Warrior did it already. That, and a Korean Theater with F86's and Mig-15's.

While both were fun for a couple of hops, neither arena had any sort of population at any time past introduction.  Think early war arena, present day.  No matter which opinion you have, most people will end up back in the Late War arenas quickly, because of the amount of choice they have there.  Plane choices, Vehicle Choices, Fighter,Angles or BnZ,  Bomber, attack, defend,capture..you get the point....  I remember going into either arena in Air Warrior, and struggling to find another fight.  As well, remember that there were no "e-fighters" in WW1, so everyone is going to end up in the same "best turner" doing the same thing.....

I'd be happy with or without this arena.  Whatever. I suspect it will run the very same course it did previously, under a community that was much tighter than our seasonal squeaker land.  At least it is something new, I hope it garners new subscriptions in some way.

[BaldEagl]

While the WW1 arena idea is interesting, to be fair, Air Warrior did it already. That, and a Korean Theater with F86's and Mig-15's.

While both were fun for a couple of hops, neither arena had any sort of population at any time past introduction.  Think early war arena, present day.  No matter which opinion you have, most people will end up back in the Late War arenas quickly, because of the amount of choice they have there.  Plane choices, Vehicle Choices, Fighter,Angles or BnZ,  Bomber, attack, defend,capture..you get the point....  I remember going into either arena in Air Warrior, and struggling to find another fight.  As well, remember that there were no "e-fighters" in WW1, so everyone is going to end up in the same "best turner" doing the same thing.....

I'd be happy with or without this arena.  Whatever. I suspect it will run the very same course it did previously, under a community that was much tighter than our seasonal squeaker land.  At least it is something new, I hope it garners new subscriptions in some way.

I didn't spend a lot of time in the WWI or Korean arenas in AW but took a flight there every now and then.  It seems to me there were always 10-20 people in the WWI arena.  I never had a problem finding a fight there but Korea was a little more sparse IIRC.

It was a BIG adjustment though hopping into those VERY fast turning bi-planes.

[Yeager]

Most people?? Where do you get your info from.

From reading this thread silly   

Just off the top it looks like 70% are either for or dont care, with 30% going for the thumbsdown.  A misguided 30% but hey...like has been said previously, HTC will do what they think is in their best interest.  Look for a WW1 arena soon lol

[jimson]

  A misguided 30%

Maybe they just have a different opinion than you.

Is that a concept? that anyone who disagrees with you may not necessarily be wrong or misguided?

[Motherland]

From reading this thread silly   

Just off the top it looks like 70% are either for or dont care, with 30% going for the thumbsdown.  A misguided 30% but hey...like has been said previously, HTC will do what they think is in their best interest.  Look for a WW1 arena soon lol

Reading through the thread the split is about 50/50 among people who have strong opinions and 50/50 among those who's opinions aren't strong.

Personally I really wish HTC would flesh out the WWII planeset to the point where we could run a multitude of scenarios without a host of substitutes, (really the only ones we don't have many subs for are 43-45 USAAF vs Luftwaffe), work on core game systems and polish the graphics, however I also think that the WWI arena will probably be fun.