Arena Cap stuff

[cveirs]

I just wish to ask a question about the Pink arena totals that change every 15 minutes or so. I wish to fly with my squadron and can't get in because the total is set to 100, 200 etc...  and the arena is full. Which makes it very difficult to get into the arena in the evenings. Then it jumps to 400 for about 5 minutes and back down to 200. Is there a dot command to over ride this? There must be a way to fly with your squadron when you have squad night. By the way when are we going to get some new maps in AH? Thank you

[Lusche]

There must be a way to fly with your squadron when you have squad night.

There is a way... called "let's all meet in other arena"

[pervert]

I just wish to ask a question about the Pink arena totals that change every 15 minutes or so. I wish to fly with my squadron and can't get in because the total is set to 100, 200 etc...  and the arena is full. Which makes it very difficult to get into the arena in the evenings. Then it jumps to 400 for about 5 minutes and back down to 200. Is there a dot command to over ride this? There must be a way to fly with your squadron when you have squad night. By the way when are we going to get some new maps in AH? Thank you

Just keep logging in and out and you will get in as the totals change. I've never had to wait longer than 5 minutes about the same time as it takes to long in on the forum and write a post out   

[meandog]

lad to see the longest wait for you has only been 5 min. I have had nights of clicking for up to nearly 20 minutes while listening to the squad over TS talking about what they are doing IN the game. I don't understand why the pink arena is like this especially at peak times.

[Lusche]

lad to see the longest wait for you has only been 5 min. I have had nights of clicking for up to nearly 20 minutes while listening to the squad over TS talking about what they are doing IN the game. I don't understand why the pink arena is like this especially at peak times.

You are already having the answer to this in your own posting. Your squad is in pink arena, you are outside, but they are not willing to meet up with you in LWBlue. And that's why it is the way it is. Instead you are trying to get in and get in and get in....

[pervert]

lad to see the longest wait for you has only been 5 min. I have had nights of clicking for up to nearly 20 minutes while listening to the squad over TS talking about what they are doing IN the game. I don't understand why the pink arena is like this especially at peak times.

How do you do it? I quit out at the arena clipboard and then go back into the username log on screen and log in out until the cap changes.

[grizz441]

The caps jump up one hundred more when Blue reaches 70% capacity.

[APDrone]

I just go into LW blue, then exit.  2 or 3 times and 90% the time the numbers change so I can get into Pink.

I think the longest I've ever had to wait was 8 tries before it finally opened up.

By going into blue, it adjusts the numbers of that arena which, I believe, impacts the slots in pink.

I could be wrong, tho.

[Traveler]

It's never a problem on Tuesday evenings.  that's when they run it like it should always be run.

[meandog]

You are already having the answer to this in your own posting. Your squad is in pink arena, you are outside, but they are not willing to meet up with you in LWBlue. And that's why it is the way it is. Instead you are trying to get in and get in and get in....

I might just be a simple man...but that doesn't make any sense at all...if they are in there why in the world would they get out....have them just quit the mission there on to change arenas? Why should our squad sufer just cuz sum1 can't get in?

Now I might give that logging into blue and back out a try to see what that does...thanks for that info.

[Larokkit]

Yeah its a gripe and i should'nt post when upset but its a consistant problem for me.

  There are 150 people in the pink arena with a 100 cap. There are 12 in the blue with 3 and 4 on the other teams. That means 1 or 2 are fighting each other and i have to hunt a whole map for 1 or 2 people. No problem if i have all day . Between work and kids i get very little fly time.. maybe an hour or two a week.This makes an outstanding game not a lot of fun.

 I dont feel its good to squeak without at least offering a suggestion. So here are couple: 1.Dont institute caps until peak fly times. Or  2. (my fav.) do away with it all together and if people don't like large numbers they will go to the other arenas on there own.

  OK, done. know its nothing new but need to vent so i can justify paying my $15 for a while longer.

[meandog]

I would like to understand it so here's the question.....

Why are there caps on the arenas?

[Soulyss]

I would like to understand it so here's the question.....

Why are there caps on the arenas?

Do a search for arena caps, and/or posts by HiTech and Skuzzy (who was just paraphrasing things HT had said previously IIRC).  There have been a lot of threads over the years about it and the reasons have been given.

[Lusche]

I might just be a simple man...but that doesn't make any sense at all...if they are in there why in the world would they get out

Because off YOU maybe? Because a squad should be about camaraderie? Not expecting them to drop everything instantly... but how about "let's meet all in 15 minutes in LWB to have some fun together"?

[gyrene81]

It's never a problem on Tuesday evenings.  that's when they run it like it should always be run.

So you enjoy the massive b.s. noob session that is Titanic Tuesday...have you looked at the actual numbers at peak times on Tuesdays versus the rest of the week?


Arena caps server a purpose, if you can give a valid argument for changing them, HiTech may consider it.