MY ARENA CAP IDEA

[Chilli]

Thanks Holmes 

A voice of reason, from someone who actually might have friends 

What you peeps don't get, or are trying to read into this is some sort of uber large squad, trying to dominate a single arena.  That is not the case.  I belong to a small squad and we all have different schedules.  The likelihood that more than a few of us get on at the same time is amazing.  I think that it is just awful that arena caps, split even the smallest of groups into different Late War Arenas (PERIOD)

[TnDep]

Grown men don't want to swap from 1 arena to the next and then back to another.  Were not kids and shouldn't have to switch arenas from one to another.  If we like the orange map and were playing in there you should be able to go in there and have fun instead of it saying 250/200 or whatever.  If you want to fly with your squad and chat it up and have a good time you should be able to do so without switching arenas. 

Good Points Chilli and Holmes

[The Fugitive]

See Rule #4

[TnDep]

See Rule #4

[321BAR]

   what if u got no taste?!?  i base most of my decisions on coin flips....

well you would be the lucky one to get it right eh?

[Traveler]

Thats why there is the dynamic cap system. If 600 people are logged in 300 are in one arena and 300 are in the other. That give them 2 arenas with enough numbers to make it fun for everyone instead of one with 500 and the other to split 100 between 3 countries.

If it were only that way, but if you check the numbers from time to time you are more likely to find it with one arena maxed out at 200 and one with 100 with a cap set at 150.

At least that's what I noticed.

[The Fugitive]

If it were only that way, but if you check the numbers from time to time you are more likely to find it with one arena maxed out at 200 and one with 100 with a cap set at 150.

At least that's what I noticed.

yup thats pretty much how it would be with 300 people logged in. Now bump that number up to 600 and you get 350 in one and 250 in the other. Fun in both arenas because the numbers are there. If it was a set number instead of dynamic caps you would have 500 in one arena closed out, and 100 people pissed in the other arena.

[hitech]

ok, so ive read that the capping is a result of aces high not growing. i was ready to cancel due to lack of interest on my part in the main arena and lack of new maps.  ww1 saved me. but anyways,
  so here goes my idea: instead of capping the number of people in an arena, how about capping the number of planes a base can support in the air? lets say a small base can support 20 aircraft, 30 for a medium base, 40 for a large base. this way you will force a country to spread the fights. we all know its really annoying to not be able to get in the "big arena". what was evident was that  more  players liked having the caps removed by looking at the numbers.

       by capping the number of planes a base can support, missions will need to be planned different. town killers up from 1 base, fighters from another.  this kind of change will allow squad nights to not be interupted, will allow everyone to be in the arena with the big numbers, will limit the hordes in 1 small area.  the maps are large enough to support this, the are too big to have a cap of 200. hopefully skuzzy will read this idea as i have not read this anywhere else. 

What does any of this have to do with why arena caps exist?

HiTech

[TnDep]

What does any of this have to do with why arena caps exist?

HiTech

I don't know but I think he's on to something there.  Stop a lot of these noe horde's if only 10 can up from a small field ect. 

[ImADot]

What does any of this have to do with why arena caps exist?

I don't know but I think he's on to something there.  Stop a lot of these noe horde's if only 10 can up from a small field ect. 

Title of the thread should have been "My Horde Cap Idea".   

[TnDep]

Title of the thread should have been "My Horde Cap Idea".   

  maybe or we've gotten off topic

[321BAR]

maybe or we've gotten off topic

or onto a better +1 topic?

[Traveler]

What does any of this have to do with why arena caps exist?

HiTech

As far as I know arena caps exist because new players were not becoming subscribers,  the MA contained to many players.  That when the arena cap system was implemented the new players started signing up in droves and older long time players stopped leaving the game. Or at least that's the word that Skuzzy put out.

If that is the reason, perhaps you could have the two LWA arenas with the current cap system and that would be the only LWA that non subscribers could access, that way they are forced to play in a safe, controlled,  fun environment.  Just add one more LWA with no cap environment so that the squads could get in and the old timer  would have an arena with no caps, None subscribers would not have access to this unsafe, uncontrolled, environment.

[hitech]

Just add one more LWA with no cap environment so that the squads could get in and the old timer  would have an arena with no caps, None subscribers would not have access to this unsafe, uncontrolled, environment.

Are you seriously so clueless as to think people do not see the net effect of this? Or that I would in any way take this seriously?

HiTech

[321BAR]

If that is the reason, perhaps you could have the two LWA arenas with the current cap system and that would be the only LWA that non subscribers could access, that way they are forced to play in a safe, controlled,  fun environment.  Just add one more LWA with no cap environment so that the squads could get in and the old timer  would have an arena with no caps, None subscribers would not have access to this unsafe, uncontrolled, environment.

idk if this is a suck up moment to hitech but wouldnt this lead to NOBODY paying to play?