Melvin, we ask for your forgiveness and patience. Us "Navy guys" are in a squad so we were waiting and hoping more players or another squad would come in and appose us. We learned from this and now know that we will have to switch sides to keep it balanced. We have already discussed this on our squad message board today. Because we had so much fun there we are very willing to do the work to fit in, grow the arena, and have even more fun with new friends.
Kudos to VMF-222 and Zoney for not coming back to the bbs and simply telling us that it's their $15, and we can all shove it.
Some guys talk about "Gentleman's rules" and that sort of thing, but to me the big deal is in keeping sides relatively even. So I read this post this morning, and I got to thinking about it on the way to work. (Long, boring drive.) I started thinking, "What kind of incentive is there for a squad to split up in the AVA?" I came up with what I believe are two good reasons to send pilots to the opposing side. I feel these reasons will suit any squad, but at the moment they are directed at the Navy Guys.
A) It gives one the opportunity to get a feel for the strengths and weaknesses of an enemy aircraft that one might otherwise not fly very often. Consider it to be extremely valuable intelligence.
B) Use the AVA as a sort of "Top Gun" situation. By having more experienced pilots flying enemy aircraft and using enemy doctrine, it provides the opportunity to teach and evaluate other squad members in the art of dispatching said enemy aircraft.
Once again, thanks for the response and I hope to see you all again. I've got to eat and rack out now. 0300 comes awful early.
