the game has been updated several times since I got here 7 years ago. many new planes have been added. some things have changed like f3 mode in the il2.
and I am not against updates to the game, I actually want more. what I find amusing is you bringing up the "old player utopia" that the game once had. this never happened except in your mind. when I got here 7 or 8 years ago it was horde against horde and the main whine was "way too many squeakers" and "hordes", and how the "quality of the game players was in decline". does it sound familiar? we have players right now complaining that they dont find a 1v1 in the ma anymore, while mentioning that it wasnt like that years ago. really? with 1000 players online they let you have a 1v1 often?
they way you want players to play the game has never happened. sure there are some squads that will plan a mission and you yourself have mentioned that you planned many more but that wasnt the rule it was the exception. just like it is today.
you really want new players to stick around then you should really ask for the attitude of some squads and some players to change. for example the attitude of some players who think it's bad to ho on the first pass but ok to ho on the second pass. really a ho on the second pass is better? what is the dang difference? or the other hilarious thing I find is the "let's go to the da" and prove yourself after one of the two didnt like the results of a fight they just had.
semp
Sorry, I've been here almost 12 years. In that 4 or 5 year gap between us don't you think I might have been telling it true? Yes we had hordes..... but not every night not every base capture. Yes people jumped into 1 vs 1, but not 6 and 7 at a time and more people did respect the fight and would ask before jumping in, unlike today where kill count is so important.
Sure HTC has added planes and updated the graphics, but if the game play continues to be bastardized less and less people are going to stay and play it... and PAY for it. After all there are FREE flight games out there that suck about as bad as this one is become tho in different ways. Why should people PAY for this one?
Lets see, pay $15 a month to be bullied/harassed by adolescent big mouths, fly in a horde bombing the same buildings over and over, milk run for hours in buffs, or defend against 5 or more to 1 odds,
orrrrr play for free with a crappy flight model (that most players don't care about because they DONT fly/fight) beautiful graphics and thousands of players. Free and easy, or expensive and hard, whos going to draw the bigger numbers?