It was a sorry game play yesterday. I bombed some things both in my 38 and B24's, Helped defend a number of base, once even getting kills in a wirble. Rooks won the war and we had a map reset. Switched to the Blue arena and had some great fights 1on 1 and 2 on 1. Some I won, some I lost, others were a tie (get you next time Deuce!). Fights wound down, and switched back to Orange ran a few more buff runs and had a few more fights.
All in all it was 7-8 hours of pure hell! WTG Hitech Creations!
Nice, I am glad that you had fun. I am assuming that you did all of this during OFF hours game play. Oh, and nice job helping to capture A15 (yes, I was there and you were instrumental). Although, it was less than a sector away from Rook HQ, and bombers were tearing up strats and zeroing in on doing the same to HQ, I was informed that Bishops had held that field all day.
This is what the OP and others here have been referring to. Changes that allow a base to be so heavily defended that once it is captured (even deep into enemy territory) , it only takes a small force to defend, while attacking resources have to be efficiently organized and heavily manned.
The balance is OFF.Yes, I do enjoy this game..... Yes, it is fun...... But there are times like yesterday, that prove a point. If you care nothing about repeatedly loosing dar for entire country both friendly and enemy, you keep battling away in Tank Town with your buds and have a blast (radar means little to you in such a battle). Your prospective about having fun will be different from those who time and again are turned away from the maproom because one hidden object has not been discovered, and the ticker has run out.
Furthermore, putting on rose colored glasses and seeing only the good points, is not a healthy approach for development. Recent evidence of reduction in base capture does not necessarily mean there is a reduction in those interested in capturing bases.
It is good to know what your player base is interested in. Not as important what your player base thinks of each other.