First, Toad never told you to go to the WWII arenas. He simply told you that everything you are asking for, you already have.....in the WWII arenas.
Second, exactly how do you expect to accomplish any of the objectives listed in this thread? Ground fire was lethal to WWI planes and it's thought that a soldier on the ground killed the Red Baron. Balloons/Zeppelins had lots of wires around them and were defended with AAA and it was nearly suicidal to attack them.
Other than recon flights planes in WWI didn't have any strategic offensive value. In light of that, what you are asking for is kinda silly.
Toad comes off as one who's not willing to share his sandbox. He wishes to absolutely exclude those players who don't fly fighters from having anything to do with the WWI arenas even if they don't interfere in the least with the game he likes to play. I believe this to be a very selfish and elitist attitude.
Who really cares exactly what roles various equipment payed in WWI. This is a game. Inclusion of WWI bombers and GV's would only add something to it and allow those "other kids" to play in the sandbox too. I laid out a very easy to implement way to make that happen without affecting the current WWI arena play at all and, in fact, to your point, the fighters would have little to no strategic offensive value to the GV/bomber aspect.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not a toolshedder and really like the way the arena is now but I'm also not selfish enough to exclude a large portion of the player base so, in response to the argument happening in this thread I tried to come up with an idea that might be palitable to all. But no, even that wasn't sufficient. It had to be Toad's way or no way. He clearly seems like a child who doesn't like to share. There's just no other way to view it.
The argument that it will devolve into the MA's has no merit if it was HT's clear intention to avoid that. If that's not HT's intention then any other suggestion is just that and it will become another MA no matter who says what.
The argument that Toad will be "stuck" with a WWI furball lake is also pointless. What the WWI arena is now is three furball lakes with trees instead of a lake. I'm sure HT or any map developer could replace furball lake with terrain and trees. And BTW most of my time playing just before WWI has been at furball lake. I like the short flight to the action and the challenge of staying alive although I'm not very successful at it and that's why I also like WWI so far but again, I'm willing to share.
I'll quit posting in this thread now. It's pointless to attempt to enlighten totally closed minded people.
Off to WWI to fly through some cherry powerups, whatever the h*ll they are (again, I think only a child would know).
And finally, I have nothing against Toad. At least he's passionate about what he likes. I'm just telling it like I see it.
