Get rid of MA

[minke]

Got my kevlar helmet on for this one, but it is a sincere wish.

replace EW,MW and LW and have a series of AVA theatres.

BoB (EW, no base captures)

ETO (LW, base capture enabled, emphasis on GV bases, huge amount of strategic bomb strat)

PTO (MW/LW predominately carrier based, capturable bases)

The following arenas more specialized with the appropriate A/C and GV to these theatres

North Africa and med, Burma and India, Eastern front.

Leave the DA, TA, WW1 etc as they are. It may just be pie in the sky thinking, but why not pour available time and resources into creating these maps? I would much rather fight in an immersive environment with realistic planes, with a resonable expectation of the kind of stuff i'm going to encounter. If I want 'arcade' stuff I can go to the DA. If this is the premiere WW2 combat experience, lets make it one. The MA has had many improvements, virtually all of them good, if not great. The MA's aint what they were when I started and I think it is time for a refresh: arena,gameplay and map wise.

 

[Lusche]

Guess why the AvA is empty and the MA is full.

So as the AvA fails to attract the majority of players, you want to take their MA away?

[minke]

AVA is empty because it is empty. Take away the MA and then axis fights the allies  just like WW2.

[Lusche]

Same thing:You wanna force us to play that way because YOU want it, and you do not care about what anybody else wants.

Well, i can do same: I'm not interested in AvA and it's almost empty anyway, so get rid of it. 

[BrownBaron]

Ignoring the thousands of other reasons this is a bad idea....I wonder which side would be more popular. What with at least a third of the population being spixteen dweebs, or HurriIIc dweebs, or Yak dweebs, or Pony dweebs. Not to mention bombers. You'd have to be on the allied side to get a decent bomber.

[minke]

Not forcing anything, just have panzers v shermans, FWv spits, F4U's fight Zekes etc and do it with historical and realistic maps

[Plazus]

Lusche is right on this. If someone wants a more historical setup, they can just go to the AvA for that. Many people fly the MAs for their own personal reasons, and taking that away is likely to piss off a lot of people. Also, I can pretty much say that majority of the people will fly Allies because that is where majority of their EZ mode planes are (Spits, Hurris, etc.). The Axis will almost always be outnumbered mostly due to their limited planeset, and flight difficulty. IE: a 190 is more difficult to fly than a Corsair.

[Lusche]

Not forcing anything

By taking away the MA setup?

[BrownBaron]

Not forcing anything, just have panzers v shermans, FWv spits, F4U's fight Zekes etc and do it with historical and realistic maps

Ah, tanks, nearly forgot about those. What with teh invincibl3 Tig3r being available only on one side.

[BrownBaron]

Also, I can pretty much say that majority of the people will fly Allies because that is where majority of their EZ mode planes are (Spits, Hurris, etc.). The Axis will almost always be outnumbered mostly due to their limited planeset, and flight difficulty. IE: a 190 is more difficult to fly than a Corsair.

This.

[Lusche]

PTO (MW/LW predominately carrier based, capturable bases)
 

F4U-1
F4U-1D
F4U-1A
F4U-C
F4U-4
F6F
FM2
Seafire

vs

A6M2
A6M5



Which side will get all the players?

[BrownBaron]

F4U-1
F4U-1D
F4U-1A
F4U-C
F4U-4
F6F
FM2
Seafire

vs

A6M2
A6M5



Which side will get all the players?

Geez, Lusche, you left out the Ki84 and the Ki61. You're so biased.

[E25280]

Geez, Lusche, you left out the Ki84 and the Ki61. You're so biased.

Carrier based.  If he wanted to list land-based aircraft, the ratio would barely change after adding all the US and British aircraft. 

[VonKost]

Not sure this is the best idea, but a huge turnoff for me is the mixed sides of the main arenas. Whoever decided it would be cool to have allied planes shooting down allied bombers?  

[minke]

Yup, Tiger is a really good tank, but I see far more M4's than Tigers in MA. As for the amount of people flying only EZ mode planes, I agree with this too. But if you just want to fly a spit16, pick,vulch and ho then you can do this in any arena. ENY restrictions would make one of these guys choose something else and maybe, just maybe may learn some acm.