This game has ran its course

[Shuffler]

Dude.  Enough of the reminiscing.  You're making me feel old.  Get your butt back in here.

- oldman

 

[STXAce8]

http://www.waronline.com/index.php

[Electroman]

http://www.waronline.com/index.php

Gee - that looks awfully familiar....oh wait! It's made by HiTech Creations too!

[Krupinski]

Oddly enough, AH has no real competition. Warthunder is an arcade. DCS is a great sim, but poor game (furnall arena is the closest it comes to AH). IL2 has some private servers that can somewhat resemble a persistent arena, but that is it.

There's a persistent server in IL2 called Tactical Air War. The server itself restarts every 3 hours to maintain stability and smooth gameplay. Any losses/gains are reflected in real time and are not affected by the server restart, airfields can even be captured by dropping paratroopers on them. The war starts in the early days of the Battle of Moscow, through Stalingrad then onto Kuban/Crimea. This server is not private.

[Charon]

Dude.  Enough of the reminiscing.  You're making me feel old.  Get your butt back in here.

- oldman

I am. Good to see ya.

I now have track IR and I'm trying to get used to that.  The hat switch and modifier button mappings are still ingrained but I would like to make a full transition. I probably need to spend some time tuning track IR to get it a bit more fluid than it is now for me. Part of that is I'm also excited about getting my jet fix over at DCS (which I don't see as a replacement for AH in the WW2 department) and track IR or VR are a must there as it seems like you need to map every button and another 2-3 controllers worth of buttons just to get a plane off the ground. Interestingly the planes I'm MOST excited about there are the Viggen, F-5 and Skyhawk.

It's probably been a bit longer than 8 years actually. I now have a 12 year old son who I have created an account for and set up a functional control scheme. Have to pry him off Madden and Fortnight.

[waystin2]

There's a persistent server in IL2 called Tactical Air War. The server itself restarts every 3 hours to maintain stability and smooth gameplay. Any losses/gains are reflected in real time and are not affected by the server restart, airfields can even be captured by dropping paratroopers on them. The war starts in the early days of the Battle of Moscow, through Stalingrad then onto Kuban/Crimea. This server is not private.

Could it handle a group as large as the Pigs on one side? 

[JOACH1M]

Could it handle a group as large as the Pigs on one side? 

yes

[Debrody]

I know i am very much late from the discussion, but reflecting to the OP and the runners: if you fly a d9, a jug or something simmilar, and diguise yourself as an easy prey, they wont run : )

Something else. Could someone inform me about the numbers, or post an average number chart in peak hours and off hours? Lusche maybe? Thank you in advance!

[guncrasher]

debrody a fight only takes 2 guys.  while numbers arent 600 like before. i have log in almost every day early in the morning till i get tired.  about 8 or 10 hours.  i dont play the whole time but i find it fun to still log in every day.


semp

[Lusche]

Something else. Could someone inform me about the numbers, or post an average number chart in peak hours and off hours? Lusche maybe?

Euro prime time is something between 40 and 80 players these days (two hours ago it were 71 players), on a weekend it can push towards 100 near midnight. Worst off hours numbers can go below 20 around noon.
But in the past few months, these numbers have stabilized somewhat.

For peak numbers someone else has to chime in

[DmonSlyr]

I know i am very much late from the discussion, but reflecting to the OP and the runners: if you fly a d9, a jug or something simmilar, and diguise yourself as an easy prey, they wont run : )

Something else. Could someone inform me about the numbers, or post an average number chart in peak hours and off hours? Lusche maybe? Thank you in advance!

I saw 150 on today (Friday) at 8pm est. There was a good map on (newer map) and you didn't have to fly all day to the next base. There were furballs on all 3 sides of the map. Made me think of the old days for a minute. Maps that work well really bring great fights.
If you know what you are doing, you can still get about 25 kills in a 3-5 hour time span.

[DaddyAce]

At one point this evening the MA had 200 even when I logged in, maybe about 1900 MST.

[TequilaChaser]

http://www.waronline.com/index.php

hmm...still in building mode, I know, but noticed the website is not secured ( https )

[The Fugitive]

I know i am very much late from the discussion, but reflecting to the OP and the runners: if you fly a d9, a jug or something simmilar, and diguise yourself as an easy prey, they wont run : )

Something else. Could someone inform me about the numbers, or post an average number chart in peak hours and off hours? Lusche maybe? Thank you in advance!

Weeknights its around 150 + or -, weekend 200 + or - Eastern prime time. Those numbers will hold about 3-4 hours. Once the East coast starts loggin off the number just keep dropping.

Some nights you can find a number of good fights going, but if the rolling base horde gets the band back together you can pretty much forget about finding fights. After that its all "pick and run" type crap.

[DmonSlyr]

HUGE FIGHTS GOING ON IN THE MA THIS WEEKEND. THAT GRINDER MAP SPARKING A LOT OF ACTION!