Top pilots get perkless aircraft for next tour.

[BluBerry]

So, would you risk your company on such a proposition?  It is easy to risk somebody else's company which is why I ask if you'd risk your hypothetical company on such a guess.

I'm a risk taker, so yes I would.

Subscription numbers have been falling steadily.  When they reach a certain point HTC will close up shop.  We may be near that point, we may be a ways from it, we don't know.  HTC does, I am sure.

I agree they have been declining but I do not think it is based off of anything other then how slow this game gets updated.. it feels like the same game from 2005 when I first checked it out.. thats whats killing it imo.

[BluBerry]

Exactly.  If you couldn't care less, then....just go and care less.  That it matters to you means you do care in a hostile fashion.  I don't care about score, so I just ignore it.  It isn't hard to do.

See this is where we differ, I think it's safe for me to speak for Revo.. the point isn't that we are unable to ignore score.. it is that we feel the people who are trying to protect their precious score are taking away from the game by not engaging in combat.. in a combat game.

Spending 15 minutes flying behind someone who is running away the entire time sucks.

[LCADolby]

He needs ack runners, else his manned ack would be dormant

[Megalodon]

So it's just one of many things that can individually motivate a player for some time. And the more different things in AH to explore and draw motivation from, the better for the game.

 I'm glad we agree on adding 3-4 planes to the GV bases then...just exactly what you said above

 

[Lusche]

I'm glad we agree on adding 3-4 planes to the GV bases then..

We don't.

[Lusche]

Spending 15 minutes flying behind someone who is running away the entire time sucks.

So would climbing up to bombers who can simply bail after the drop because there's no score for them to hurt. Or the fighter from your example can also just bail instead of run for 15 minutes, as there is no downside to it anymore.

Thinking that the removal of score would by large change the arena into a place of noble and honorable aircombat is wishful thinking

[Karnak]

See this is where we differ, I think it's safe for me to speak for Revo.. the point isn't that we are unable to ignore score.. it is that we feel the people who are trying to protect their precious score are taking away from the game by not engaging in combat.. in a combat game.

Spending 15 minutes flying behind someone who is running away the entire time sucks.

You are concluding things as fact that are not actually known to be fact.  The behavior you describe, for both participants, cripples their score.  In reality we don't know why the guy running chose to run.  My suspicion is that he simply lacked the confidence to engage and didn't want to get shot down, but I can no more claim to know that than you can claim to know that he was running due to score.

[ReVo]

-1 for the original wish.
And what is this under your messages? 
Anyways, I have used the ack to clear my 6 more than once and I wasn`t thinking about the score when I did that. I just didn`t want to be shot down. Taking away the score wouldn`t change anything in that respect imho. After gaining some experience you can pretty much tell what you and your aircraft can do and when the situation is or is becoming hopeless. In that case why not dive down and reset the dogfight or let the ack get rid of the enemy.

That was an amusing moment in my Aces High career. I was being chased by no less then 10 aircraft.

[ReVo]

You are concluding things as fact that are not actually known to be fact.  The behavior you describe, for both participants, cripples their score.  In reality we don't know why the guy running chose to run.  My suspicion is that he simply lacked the confidence to engage and didn't want to get shot down, but I can no more claim to know that than you can claim to know that he was running due to score.

I won't say that score is the only motivation for running but it can be a big part of it. Most people don't understand how it works anyway so to them not dying at all costs will improve their score.

Replying to an earlier comment about declining numbers: Perhaps this should be a taken as a sign that changes need to be made? I am excited beyond your wildest imagination about the new terrain engine. Every time I see a new video on the main page I squeal like a schoolgirl. But as wonderful as it is I think that unless we change the way the game works it won't bring people back for more then a tour or so to check out the new features before they get tired of the same "Chases High" experience that we've come to expect.

[Megalodon]

We don't.

 then you don't mean what you said 

[Tinkles]

then you don't mean what you said 

Just means the way you twisted his intent didn't fit your perspective.

 

[Karnak]

then you don't mean what you said 

False.

Wanting more diversity of gameplay options does not mean thinking every idea is good.  Suggestions must be evaluated in the context of the game.  You ought to try that rather than just thinking of how it would benefit you.

[LCADolby]

I love diversity, it works so well in games small staff.[/blatant sarcasm]

[Lucifer]

A mega -1

[Vortex]

ie the top bomber pilot can fly 29s without perk loss for the whole of the next tour.

Actually the perk system is a55 backwards. You should spend the perks once you launch. No chance of getting them back, and no perks earned on the flight.

The way its currently setup its simply a tool for seal clubing, nothing more.