former player thinking of coming back

[Flyboy]

Hello

I used to play AH since 2004 until 2009 (before that i played Warbirds) but had to stop playing because of real life issues.
finally I have some extra free time in my hands and i still have a warm place in my heart for WW2 History, aerial warfare and planes in particular.
I've been scrolling in the boards (even found my old account) and really got "the itch" to give the game another go.

i would like to hear your opinions about certain aspects of the game

• what are the numbers in the main arena (is it still the main arena?) in European prime time, midweek and weekends?
  are there scenarios in European "Friendly" times?
  system requirements, is the "Recommended System" in http://www.hitechcreations.com/gameinfo/gameinfo-minimumreq enough\overqualified? I'm currently working from a laptop.
  how is the gameplay now days? squads, teamwork,flying tactical vs furballing and mindless hording? (hope I'm not touching a sensitive issue )
  

anyways it is nice to see some old names, it brings up nice old memories

[FLS]

The numbers in the main arena are higher than any other flight sim's online arena.

Laptops will need at least 512MB dedicated memory for the new graphics version. Check main page for pics.

Game play is the same as always. If you're new you think it's great. Once you can duel you may think it's stale and boring and everyone else is "doing it wrong".

[-pjk--]

Long time flyboy, nice to see you.

Game is same as the time you left: hording, moaning etc...
Eurotimezone players number has dropped a lot , nowadays i and most of us finns play weekends.

[The Fugitive]

The download is still free. Download the game and run it off lime to see if your laptop runs it.

As for the arenas, it's only $15 to run for a month. Drop in and check it out!

[Lusche]

• what are the numbers in the main arena (is it still the main arena?) in European prime time, midweek and weekends?
  

At this very moment, 127 players on Ozkansas.
Generally the numbers at euro prime go from 90 to about 160  players in the Late War arena during euro primetime. EW ranges from 0 to 5, MW about 5 to 10 players during the same time. AvA & WW1 are generally empty, DA mostly is empty as well.

Weekend numbers for the LW arena can be as much as 50% higher during Euro prime.
"Euro friendly" do happen on a regular base.

[ROC]

Look at what happens when you quit thinking about it:

   
former player thinking of coming back

    

former player coming back

Thinking is over rated. 

[Max]

I remember you Flyboy, glad you're thinking of returning. Quite a few "old timers" are returning to the fold. 

[TequilaChaser]

I remember you Flyboy, glad you're thinking of returning. Quite a few "old timers" are returning to the fold. 

what Max said!

is great to see a post from you, Flyboy! hope you've been doing well....... jump on in, the water is still fine

cheers

TC

[pipz]

Come on back and give it a go!

[Flyboy]

as i said, its nice to see familiar names
pjk, TC, good to know you are still around! (TC, i see the KOTHs are still running)

i cant run the game on my laptop, need to get a proper PC and stick first
can the technical guys say what they think about the "recommended system", also a recommendation for a system that could run the game in the highest detail?

[Swoop]

How much you wanna spend?

[Tumor]

  Good grief, just do it

[wpeters]

as i said, its nice to see familiar names
pjk, TC, good to know you are still around! (TC, i see the KOTHs are still running)

i cant run the game on my laptop, need to get a proper PC and stick first
can the technical guys say what they think about the "recommended system", also a recommendation for a system that could run the game in the highest detail?

Check out the post in hardware forum

[bozon]

as i said, its nice to see familiar names
pjk, TC, good to know you are still around! (TC, i see the KOTHs are still running)

i cant run the game on my laptop, need to get a proper PC and stick first
can the technical guys say what they think about the "recommended system", also a recommendation for a system that could run the game in the highest detail?

Hello Flyboy, it has been a long time.

I used to play AH on a 14" dell laptop. Most modern laptop with an Nvidia card (mine was Nvidia/Intel dual chip) can run AH on reduced, yet playable settings. The new AH (now in alpha) will shift a lot of the processing power from the CPU to the GPU, so a good card will be even more important and CPU less so. On the brighter side it means that performance will generally be better. I have a new desktop with a moderate 130$ graphic card and a moderate i5 processor and I run AH at nearly max settings - the difference in visual quality is worlds apart.

Try it offline and play with the settings. Try lower details and lower texture resolutions.
I hope to see in online soon. 

[Getback]

You would be most welcome!