Its getting lonely in here! Aussie time is dead in MA.

[Perrine]

I think a free to play system could work, just not sure how the coading would go.

Lets say the free players login and have the option to fly  a limited set of planes/vehicles.

FM2
F4U-1
P-40B
P47-11
109-F4
A6M3
Spit9

Osty
Panzer

JU87
B26
Boston

A mix of planes and vehicles, but nothing that would be over powering in the game. Also a list of planes that few would give up paying the subscription they pay now to get on the "free" bandwagon. You can still play in the mains with everyone else, but you can only use this equipment. If you pay the subscription you get all the equipment that is available.

The free would bring in more folks to try the game. They would have an unlimited time to get the hang of it and to see what is available to the subscribers. How many would switch.... I don't know, but it shouldn't cost HTC any more for the servers as they are already in place and increase use should already be covered. Only the coad would need be worked over to bring the free players into the same world as the rest of us. Those that do switch over would cover that cost.

The advantages would be many. More players would boost numbers maybe even in those areas (Euro, Aust) that have the low numbers now. Possible increase in subscriptions as players look at all those Ponies and Spit 16s screaming around. I don't see a down side as I don't think many would cancel their subscriptions to play for free giving up all the "good" rides they enjoy now.

How about making training and Interwar-Early War arena FREE!

seriously that arena needs a population.

load it up with pop-up advertisements (everytime you log in) for Aces High related things... such joysticks, powerful computer add-ons such as video cards, monitors, Track-IR etc.  HTC should pretty much get some passive money by doing this.


Also... feeling that you've outgrown early war arena?  Subscribe to access other arenas and more planes.  Isn't that a nice hook?

[titanic3]

How about this. Give them a time limit to fly. 1 hour a day.

[Perrine]

How about this. Give them a time limit to fly. 1 hour a day.

sounds more restricting than Fugitive's




to reiterate, make Training and Inter/Early war arena free

[titanic3]

sounds more restricting than Fugitive's




to reiterate, make Training and Inter/Early war arena free

Should be restricting...otherwise people will just take advantage and fly for free because the benefits of full price is not worth it.

[Bruv119]

I think the aussie numbers are down because of an un-precedented amount of the men folk attending AA meetings, thanks to the lions tour and the current Ashes score line.

[The Fugitive]

sounds more restricting than Fugitive's




to reiterate, make Training and Inter/Early war arena free

The idea here isn't to give away a free game, it is to tease people with just enough of a taste to have them subscribe.

[Zoney]

BTW more people in Aussies/ NZ time would make the games better, cant stand playing in US time way to many tools for my liking! 

As one of the U.S. Toolbag players, I look forward to a time we might be playing together so I can shoot you out of the sky.  Is there any possibility that the reason for your frustration is because you suck?

[palef]

No zoney, the frustration is due to the lack of people. It really is hopeless and most of the 60 or so people seem to be tools waiting for an overnight-reset-perk-bag.

[FTJR]

No zoney, the frustration is due to the lack of people. It really is hopeless and most of the 60 or so people seem to be tools waiting for an overnight-reset-perk-bag.

QFT

[JimmyC]

 

I think the aussie numbers are down because of an un-precedented amount of the men folk attending AA meetings, thanks to the lions tour and the current Ashes score line.

  ooh yeah baby  tell it how it is

[beefie]

My rehab center only lets me play at night so the AA thing is not the problem, the people sitting in the towers waiting for a possible reset get me so pissed off that after a few hours i hit bottle or sniff some petrol and then it all starts over again, rehab all day having to listen to lots of other peeps taking about how aces made them drink we hug and cry smoke and drink lots of coffee, then rinse and repeat, we all log on and stare at the empty map, hit the flagon or fuel again! its a viscous cycle.  

Sports is not the reason we drink so much even when we are succking so bad, i follow the real aussie sports and we are doing really well at the moment:
Wife Carrying Championships
March 31, Singleton, New South Wales

Nude Olympics, Maslin Beach, SA

Darwin Beer Can Regatta, Darwin, NT

Giant Platypus Throwing, Nymboida Heritage Festival, NSW.

Australian Dunny Derby, Winton, Qld

So far Aussies are all in the top spots this year, so i can rest easy.

[phatzo]

You forgot the hemp Olympics at Nimbin.

[phatzo]

I think the aussie numbers are down because of an un-precedented amount of the men folk attending AA meetings, thanks to the lions tour and the current Ashes score line.

ever heard of luring someone into a false sense of security???

[beefie]

You forgot the hemp Olympics at Nimbin.

Hay fatz, it because of doing so well at the hemp Olympics that i didn't remember them 

[Daddkev]