Author Topic: Herding Arenas !!!  (Read 7374 times)

Offline Traveler

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3148
      • 113th Lucky Strikes
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #105 on: July 05, 2010, 02:10:10 PM »


What it comes down to though is that HT consider large numbers of customers sharing an arena a bad thing for business because everyone behaves badly.


what exactly does that mean "everyone behaves badly"  I don't get it. 
Traveler
Executive Officer
113th LUcky Strikes
http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/113th_Lucky_Strikes

Offline Traveler

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3148
      • 113th Lucky Strikes
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #106 on: July 05, 2010, 02:14:05 PM »
Your allowed to complain all you want, but it isn't going to do any good. While "caps" suck nobody has come up with any better way that is fair to populate 2 arenas. Many have tried and all have failed due to one thing or another.

As the OP posted, it's your $15, but remember your $15 is being paid for what HTC is supplying, and they are supplying a game WITH caps.

Not that it matters, but I never played Genie, I started when AW hit AOL. I do remember 5 1/4 inch drives, as well as those lovely tape drives that you would load up your game BEFORE supper so you could play AFTER supper   :rolleyes:

Except on Tuesday nights, I guess on Tuesday HT doesn't thing caps are important.
Traveler
Executive Officer
113th LUcky Strikes
http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/113th_Lucky_Strikes

Offline Traveler

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3148
      • 113th Lucky Strikes
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #107 on: July 05, 2010, 02:31:24 PM »
OK Spin lets do it your way. HTC sets the cap at 300, you log in and your number 310, that means your stuck in an arena with 9 other guys. Would that make you more happy than you are now? Seeing as the community CAN'T police itself the first 300 people on WILL all go to the first arena.... it doesn't even matter if its orange or blue, it's the population that matters.

On the other hand HTC's way has 200 in the first arena and the other 110 are in the second arena. Sure you still can"t get into the "200" arena, but atleast you have 110 people in the second arena making it more playable for EVERYONE.

You can complain all you want. The problem is first, people have been complaining for years and guess what WE STILL HAVE CAPS! Why is that? It's because like it or not it the ONLY fair way ANYONE has come up with to populate 2 LW arenas. Hitech has said he will listen to ANY proposal to do it differently as long as it populates the two arenas fairly/evenly.  You can say YOU think the numbers are going away and the game will fail if this continues....blah, blah blah, but Hitech has said his numbers have INCREASED since he split the arenas and added the dynamic cap system. Without seeing the numbers, it's up to you to decide if it's the truth or not, but the numbers of people on-line when I log in seem much higher than before so I tend to believe him. 

Caps are here to stay. Work WITH THEM, it's a lot less stressful and you can have a bit more fun.

You could have one arena with no caps, or two arenas and let the customers go where they want.  It seems to work on Tuesdays .
Traveler
Executive Officer
113th LUcky Strikes
http://www.hitechcreations.com/wiki/index.php/113th_Lucky_Strikes

Offline rvflyer

  • Nickel Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 738
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #108 on: July 05, 2010, 02:39:05 PM »
You could have one arena with no caps, or two arenas and let the customers go where they want.  It seems to work on Tuesdays .


  :airplane: I hear more rants about TT than any other day of the week because of the huge numbers and people having FR and lag problems.
Tour 70 2005 to present

Offline The Fugitive

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 17921
      • Fugi's Aces Help
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #109 on: July 05, 2010, 02:59:32 PM »
You could have one arena with no caps, or two arenas and let the customers go where they want.  It seems to work on Tuesdays .

Suggest away, HTC has stated that they will not go back to a single main arena full time. They have the proof in numbers that it was bad for the game.


What don't you people get?  :rolleyes:

Offline uptown

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8566
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #110 on: July 05, 2010, 03:35:48 PM »
Would someone please tell me why folks would rather come here to the BBS to complain about arena caps, then just log in to the Blue arena?
Lighten up Francis

Offline RTHolmes

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8260
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #111 on: July 05, 2010, 04:14:03 PM »
the fights are better in here ;)
71 (Eagle) Squadron

What most of us want to do is simply shoot stuff and look good doing it - Chilli

Offline uptown

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 8566
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #112 on: July 05, 2010, 04:19:38 PM »
 :rofl alrighty then  :rofl
Lighten up Francis

Offline bravoa8

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 1571
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #113 on: July 05, 2010, 04:23:06 PM »
Hard headed squadies don't wanna go to the blue with you when the orange is full?

Offline FALCONWING

  • Silver Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 943
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #114 on: July 05, 2010, 04:53:10 PM »
Well I was one of the most vociferous against arena caps when they came out....and i still don't care for them...I must say that in general I have no problem getting into the arena I want when I want.  Of course it can often mean exiting and reentering the game a number of times to find the numbers i need to get into the arena i want.....an annoyance but not a deal breaker.  Costs me typically bout 5 minutes.

I guess I would like to understand the benefit of arena caps in order to support them more...in other words how have they helped the game?

 :salute
SECRET ANTI-BBS BULLY CLUB

Offline bj229r

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 6732
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #115 on: July 05, 2010, 05:19:42 PM »
It's likely somethin that could be best quantified on an excel spread sheet
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers

http://www.flamewarriors.net/forum/

Offline AWwrgwy

  • Platinum Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 5478
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #116 on: July 05, 2010, 05:27:10 PM »
Well I was one of the most vociferous against arena caps when they came out....and i still don't care for them...I must say that in general I have no problem getting into the arena I want when I want.  Of course it can often mean exiting and reentering the game a number of times to find the numbers i need to get into the arena i want.....an annoyance but not a deal breaker.  Costs me typically bout 5 minutes.

I guess I would like to understand the benefit of arena caps in order to support them more...in other words how have they helped the game?

 :salute

I can search the boards for direct quotes if you like but apparently numbers were going down when there was one large arena.

After the split, numbers were going up again.

So, Split = Growth.


wrongway
71 (Eagle) Squadron
"THAT"S PAINT!!"

"If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through."
- General Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay

Offline kilo2

  • Gold Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3445
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #117 on: July 05, 2010, 05:28:12 PM »
Suggest away, HTC has stated that they will not go back to a single main arena full time. They have the proof in numbers that it was bad for the game.


What don't you people get?  :rolleyes:

It is not a question of "getting it" or not. As a paying customer one of our few rights is to complain about something if we don't like it.
X.O. Kommando Nowotny
FlyKommando.com

"Never abandon the possibility of attack."

Offline gyrene81

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 11629
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #118 on: July 05, 2010, 05:29:14 PM »
Is your internet connection free?
So, you wouldn't have an internet connection if it wasn't for AH?
jarhed  
Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. - Terry Pratchett

Offline The Fugitive

  • Plutonium Member
  • *******
  • Posts: 17921
      • Fugi's Aces Help
Re: Herding Arenas !!!
« Reply #119 on: July 05, 2010, 07:24:44 PM »
It is not a question of "getting it" or not. As a paying customer one of our few rights is to complain about something if we don't like it.

OK complain all you want, it isn't going to change. Either accept it, or go play WoW.