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Offline Tinribs

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WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« on: November 30, 2010, 02:15:40 PM »
The problem with the ww1 arena is it doesnt really have any appeal other than to get as high in the rankings as possible,to achieve a respectable rank you practice often and most importantly fly the all conquering DR1, then appear in the arena on the last few days of tour to bag a few newbs and become a hero.
Theres got to be something better than this.
To add a little more interest in scores and variation of the planes flown by pilots in the arena I propose that each pilot be ranked in individual aircraft and not overall as at present.eg,
WW1 arena Tour 12
DR1 winner/ Ehre/ runner up/ iwlf
F1 camel winner/SCTusk/runner up/Sid................and so on.
The other main problem is the current score system gives no reward to the few regular players and everything to the gold diggers who hi-jack the arena in the last days of a tour.
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and some new planes would be nice. :cheers:
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2010, 02:21:46 PM »
hmmmmm, 8 regular players,  4 planes x 2 places = everyone will get there name on the front page  :D  interesting
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2010, 02:42:27 PM »
We have a WWI arena?     :headscratch:

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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2010, 02:45:28 PM »
We have a WWI arena?     :headscratch:

Of course. :rolleyes:

Tho I'm not sure if there are 8 regular players.

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Offline Shuffler

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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2010, 03:02:31 PM »
8 is stretching it a bit.

Why is there even score. Remove score all together and have fun.

Add a few barns for barnstorming. Have different barns with different size doors all color coded. Hey look I went inverted through a blue barn.... whooopeeeee!!
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2010, 03:10:43 PM »
Why is there even score. Remove score all together and have fun.

Why is there in any of the Arena's, bet the game would improve if they didnt exist, you only need perks for planes not rank
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2010, 03:11:55 PM »
Why is there in any of the Arena's, bet the game would improve if they didnt exist, you only need perks for planes not rank

My God..... quick... to the wishlist threads...... :D
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2010, 03:26:37 PM »
My God..... quick... to the wishlist threads...... :D

lol  wouldnt that be the MOAT  hahaha
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2010, 03:29:37 PM »
lol  wouldnt that be the MOAT  hahaha

DOH!!   :rofl
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2010, 03:32:04 PM »
WW1 has seen a suprise boost in numbers around the time the off hours arena closes.  

I've had quite a bit of fun chilling out in there whilst the other arena populates but find myself staying until the numbers drop off again.

My Camel can take any DR1 / DR7 pilot out 1vs1!   You just need to work your advantages and good SA can prevent the interruptions from dishonourable pickers.
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2010, 03:38:18 PM »
The arena changes have helped MW too. The other night there were over 60 in there.
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Offline Tinribs

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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2010, 03:50:30 PM »
WW1 has seen a suprise boost in numbers around the time the off hours arena closes.  

I've had quite a bit of fun chilling out in there whilst the other arena populates but find myself staying until the numbers drop off again.

My Camel can take any DR1 / DR7 pilot out 1vs1!   You just need to work your advantages and good SA can prevent the interruptions from dishonourable pickers.
I admire your confidence Bruv but against a top DR1 pilot i seriously doubt that.
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2010, 03:55:35 PM »
I admire your confidence Bruv but against a top DR1 pilot i seriously doubt that.
Sounds like a chalenge !  :neener:
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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2010, 03:57:12 PM »
I like WWI arena sadly few people or none in there to warrant a lot of time in there for me. So here is my 2 cents worth for a change to maybe generate some interest.

Take the Ozkansas map & specifically the tank town island portion of it.  Make the airbases like a WWI airbase & leave the vehicle bases on the map & can't be captured & neutral :headscratch: lets say like Sweden during WWII . Now condense all the bases on the map so they are closer & leave the auto acks up on the vehicle bases & turn all the soft guns including the 17 pound guns in to auto acks as well. Give them a maximum firing range of 4k as an example.



So why do this? Well now when ever you take off you have to get to a certain height when flying in WWI in stead of the current 50 foot max ceiling we have by most players now. So with doing this the fight will be pushed up where it belongs. This will force the dr1 out of it's element of low turning dog fights & stop the huge numbers of people that only fly it. Also just a new map that will at least make it interesting from that persepective. To the best of my limited know how of map making this could be a quick fix.

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Re: WW1 an idea to generate a little interest
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2010, 04:08:33 PM »
Add these lol......

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