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Offline 49ZERO

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Need More Bombers
« on: December 10, 2016, 10:42:41 AM »
There are many players that would like to win a war once in awhile. It would be very nice if players would fly more bombers to help the war effort. I am getting tired of being one of the few work horses in aces high 3. The player population is at a point where victory is not possible without all taking the time to bomb strats and towns. I realy would appreciate it if players would do one strat raid before fur balling the rest of the day. Back in the dark ages I was able to fur ball and also take bases because of the player numbers. My desire to win a map is stronger than fur balling and spawn camping. I am asking for a little more bombing and a little less fur and camp. Just taking 1 hour of your game time in a bomber would help balance the maps. Thank you and if you need tips on how to be a god in bombers just ask.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2016, 10:48:54 AM »
There are many players that would like to win a war once in awhile. It would be very nice if players would fly more bombers to help the war effort. I am getting tired of being one of the few work horses in aces high 3. The player population is at a point where victory is not possible without all taking the time to bomb strats and towns. I realy would appreciate it if players would do one strat raid before fur balling the rest of the day. Back in the dark ages I was able to fur ball and also take bases because of the player numbers. My desire to win a map is stronger than fur balling and spawn camping. I am asking for a little more bombing and a little less fur and camp. Just taking 1 hour of your game time in a bomber would help balance the maps. Thank you and if you need tips on how to be a god in bombers just ask.
There were a lot of bombers the other night, hitting Knights' strats.
Some took the time to climb to 26k, while some others were very low Lancs.

I just hung around 26k in my P-38 and getting shot down like a trooper.
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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2016, 11:00:21 AM »
There are many players that would like to win a war once in awhile. It would be very nice if players would fly more bombers to help the war effort. I am getting tired of being one of the few work horses in aces high 3. The player population is at a point where victory is not possible without all taking the time to bomb strats and towns. I realy would appreciate it if players would do one strat raid before fur balling the rest of the day. Back in the dark ages I was able to fur ball and also take bases because of the player numbers. My desire to win a map is stronger than fur balling and spawn camping. I am asking for a little more bombing and a little less fur and camp. Just taking 1 hour of your game time in a bomber would help balance the maps. Thank you and if you need tips on how to be a god in bombers just ask.

There was a time when almost NOBODY bombed strats. People took bases by FIGHTING for them.  Now players seem to need the crutch of bombing strats to force players to resupply instead of defend.

You want to take bases, run missions. Use tactics and skill to take down the town, cap the field and get troops in before the paltry 30 minutes of down time has expired.

I would be happy to join missions that result in fights. Bombing strats, no I don't think so.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2016, 11:15:57 AM »
There was a time when 2 or 3 missions where up at one time. There was a time that you could get 12 players to jabo. There was a time when every thing you mentioned was implemented daily. The time you speak of is long gone. 1 or 2 players can resup a town in less than 10 minutes . 1 or 2 players can defend a town from 5 attacking it. The glory days are not here again. There is no shortage of skill since only the long time players are left. There is a shortage of team work on 2 of the 3 countries and that's why 1 country wins 99 percent of the maps. Strats have to be hit to compensate for 3 players willing to take a base. It would be very easy to fly for the country that wins all the time. What I am asking for is more players to up bombers. It is easy to be critical of any suggestion to make a more balanced game. You win in the amount of posts but my strategy of victory begins with strats holds true in the current status of the 2 countries that lose all the time.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2016, 11:54:07 AM »
You play for country's who mostly only want to furball what do you expect.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2016, 12:09:44 PM »
There was a time when almost NOBODY bombed strats.

That was also the time when the strats were broken and bombing them nearly pointless. Then strats were changed & fixed at the same time. You finally had a target for large, long range escorted bomber raids. Good times.  :old:
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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2016, 12:24:22 PM »
There are many players that would like to win a war once in awhile. It would be very nice if players would fly more bombers to help the war effort. I am getting tired of being one of the few work horses in aces high 3. The player population is at a point where victory is not possible without all taking the time to bomb strats and towns. I realy would appreciate it if players would do one strat raid before fur balling the rest of the day. Back in the dark ages I was able to fur ball and also take bases because of the player numbers. My desire to win a map is stronger than fur balling and spawn camping. I am asking for a little more bombing and a little less fur and camp. Just taking 1 hour of your game time in a bomber would help balance the maps. Thank you and if you need tips on how to be a god in bombers just ask.
Tell your buddies to stop hating on my nerfing town resupply threads then....Defenders don't have to try to hold a field...takes a lot more for attackers. Nerfing m3 resupply would even this out so you wouldn't have to focus so much on strats...you wouldn't need as coordinated missions to take a field as you do now.

I killed 20 bish tanks and m3s last night holding a town....fields should be defended by tanks and planes...not supplies.

I'm all about working to take bases...but I'm not going to waste my time when it's too easy for an M3 to hold a field with supps...I'll stick to defending and furballing....that's where the action is.
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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2016, 12:46:13 PM »
There was a time when 2 or 3 missions where up at one time. There was a time that you could get 12 players to jabo. There was a time when every thing you mentioned was implemented daily. The time you speak of is long gone. 1 or 2 players can resup a town in less than 10 minutes . 1 or 2 players can defend a town from 5 attacking it. The glory days are not here again. There is no shortage of skill since only the long time players are left. There is a shortage of team work on 2 of the 3 countries and that's why 1 country wins 99 percent of the maps. Strats have to be hit to compensate for 3 players willing to take a base. It would be very easy to fly for the country that wins all the time. What I am asking for is more players to up bombers. It is easy to be critical of any suggestion to make a more balanced game. You win in the amount of posts but my strategy of victory begins with strats holds true in the current status of the 2 countries that lose all the time.

I fly Rook also, I know we almost never win a map. I also know it is not the "be all, end all" of the game either. I do fly buffs and Im pretty good at it. I do jabo, and Im pretty good at it. Fighters.... not so much but it is the most fun thing to do in this game ....for me.

What good is a big strat run if after that hour or two you cant get anyone to team up and hit a base? I think a few runs to pork suppling fields, and then a bunch of run to the field your attacking and fighting for would be more fun, and it may take you the hour or two of the start run to capture the base this way but it would be a lot more fun.

That was also the time when the strats were broken and bombing them nearly pointless. Then strats were changed & fixed at the same time. You finally had a target for large, long range escorted bomber raids. Good times.  :old:

True, but the point is that fields were STILL captured. People worked "for the win" in stead of just using some backdoor crutch. The game is missing combat, and I think that hitting strats is just another way to avoid combat. Very few are going to take the time to get to the best attack alts and lie in wait for these buffs. In the hour or two a mission like that would take I could get a dozen kills and die twice as many times.

49zero, You want more participation, just keep posting missions. Add a twist to them, dont do the same old thing every time. Plan a co-ordinated mission, up buffs 30 minutes before your fighters and then launch the deack crew 10 minutes before the jabos. Timed out right everyone hits the field with in minutes of each other and you can have a great attack going. 6-8 guys can do a lot of damage..... if they are skilled.

Winning the map isn't the "goal" you should be reaching for. Fighting and winning the battles will bring about the win for the war, but most people dont look that far into the future. They have an hour to play. If a good mission is running they gets some action and have some fun. That is what you should be looking for. The more fun they have, the more often they will join, the more often you team will be pushing for the win.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2016, 04:03:21 PM »
I understand Zero,s position and appreciate his effort in game.  He is a huge contributor.

I really wish the starts were not part of the game.  It gives the country with the most players a bigger advantage in that they have the extra players to keep the starts down.  The buzzsaw map is the worst of these.

I took a buzsaw bish port with just me and a squad mate carrying troops.  That is just not right.

I love to capture bases and hate to lose them.


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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2016, 04:10:15 PM »
This is absolutely pointless to have a war game with no objective other than to fight. According to the arena message it says the requirements to win the war. The winning side is rewarded perk points. If fighting is the only objective then why even bother with base takes or victory conditions. Just put a 24 hour timer on all maps and market it as a first person shooter game. The glory days of this game was when it was advertised as a world war 2 game and players felt part of a team. To fight epic battles with the ultimate goal of winning the war. Once it became more of a free for all shootem up type game with no strategic goals the population nose dived. There are much better games for the quick and the dead to play but long ago the appeal was the epic struggle to achieve victory.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2016, 04:12:53 PM »
This is absolutely pointless to have a war game with no objective other than to fight. According to the arena message it says the requirements to win the war. The winning side is rewarded perk points. If fighting is the only objective then why even bother with base takes or victory conditions. Just put a 24 hour timer on all maps and market it as a first person shooter game. The glory days of this game was when it was advertised as a world war 2 game and players felt part of a team. To fight epic battles with the ultimate goal of winning the war. Once it became more of a free for all shootem up type game with no strategic goals the population nose dived. There are much better games for the quick and the dead to play but long ago the appeal was the epic struggle to achieve victory.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2016, 06:32:34 PM »
This is absolutely pointless to have a war game with no objective other than to fight. According to the arena message it says the requirements to win the war. The winning side is rewarded perk points. If fighting is the only objective then why even bother with base takes or victory conditions. Just put a 24 hour timer on all maps and market it as a first person shooter game. The glory days of this game was when it was advertised as a world war 2 game and players felt part of a team. To fight epic battles with the ultimate goal of winning the war. Once it became more of a free for all shootem up type game with no strategic goals the population nose dived. There are much better games for the quick and the dead to play but long ago the appeal was the epic struggle to achieve victory.

you ever think that some people just have an hour or two to play.  so they like to furball.  I used to fly bombers a lot but then I had a lot of time back then. now I am lucky if I get a couple of hours a week.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2016, 06:37:19 PM »
There are many players that would like to win a war once in awhile. It would be very nice if players would fly more bombers to help the war effort. I am getting tired of being one of the few work horses in aces high 3. The player population is at a point where victory is not possible without all taking the time to bomb strats and towns. I realy would appreciate it if players would do one strat raid before fur balling the rest of the day. Back in the dark ages I was able to fur ball and also take bases because of the player numbers. My desire to win a map is stronger than fur balling and spawn camping. I am asking for a little more bombing and a little less fur and camp. Just taking 1 hour of your game time in a bomber would help balance the maps. Thank you and if you need tips on how to be a god in bombers just ask.

The work horses were thinking the bomber types need to start fighting.

Really no reason to win a map. Many like to fly and fight. You can fight over any land or water.

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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #13 on: December 10, 2016, 06:40:06 PM »
You play for country's who mostly only want to furball what do you expect.

I have no idea who wins a map the most. I don't care about the map. I care about the fights.
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Re: Need More Bombers
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2016, 06:57:12 PM »
This is absolutely pointless to have a war game with no objective other than to fight. According to the arena message it says the requirements to win the war. The winning side is rewarded perk points. If fighting is the only objective then why even bother with base takes or victory conditions. Just put a 24 hour timer on all maps and market it as a first person shooter game. The glory days of this game was when it was advertised as a world war 2 game and players felt part of a team. To fight epic battles with the ultimate goal of winning the war. Once it became more of a free for all shootem up type game with no strategic goals the population nose dived. There are much better games for the quick and the dead to play but long ago the appeal was the epic struggle to achieve victory.
I would disagree with this...its main attraction over any other game is the combat...not the strategy for the map....but the map being part of the machine that pushes the fights along is good so I'm in agreement that the war is important.

I will throw this out there...you running supplies instead of upping a tank or plane to fight for a base doesn't make the epic battles you are talking about....Throwing it out there....you gameplay vs what you're saying in here is contradicting itself.
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