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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #15 on: January 09, 2019, 05:04:30 PM »
Numbers seem to be rising. Knee jerk reactions looking for quick responses can go both ways..... good quicky, bad quickly. Much better to take small steps and watch the road. It is a business, not a ball game.     :salute

Hence the reason HTC is using a new title to test the effectiveness limited feature F2P accounts.  They can see if it shows promise before deciding if they want to fold that improvement into AHIII.

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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #16 on: January 09, 2019, 05:05:05 PM »
How long do you get to play Monopoly before you have to buy it. :)
Pretty bad analogy considering it costs the same amount to buy Monopoly as it does for 1 month of AH and you have Monopoly for life. Monopoly is not SaaS.
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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #17 on: January 09, 2019, 07:37:02 PM »
Pretty bad analogy considering it costs the same amount to buy Monopoly as it does for 1 month of AH and you have Monopoly for life. Monopoly is not SaaS.

I am trying to make it simple in case you know who we are talking about are trying to read this.
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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #18 on: January 10, 2019, 12:52:59 AM »
How many of you when you log in would toggle your ID to be in a queue for guests to the game to do vicarious ride along's where they can only observe in commander mode while you play? It would probably be good that they don't hear VOX and maybe see range text. But no communication to anyone playing the game. I know many players who look at join requests from strangers as an irritation. This could also become vicious with live streaming or screen capture to abuse and embarrass someone. A bit of that took place near the end of AH2.

Or they could join a CM or AI CM who did a CMeye trip through the Live MA once every 15-30 minutes like a tour bus at a wildlife park full of battling Velociraptors.

I would have allow any new player in my plane any time.. good idea actually.

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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2019, 01:58:29 AM »
I would have allow any new player in my plane any time.. good idea actually.

you do realise this is what I let Middy do one time!    :devil 

still he got a good few years out of it so point proven. 

as for the OP idea it has some merit, would be pretty easy to mailshot old subscribers call it Big weekend or something.

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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #20 on: January 10, 2019, 03:33:19 AM »
Numbers seem to be rising.

EU prime time numbers seem to be dropping.

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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #21 on: January 10, 2019, 05:17:02 AM »
Numbers are traditionally going slightly up around the holidays, only to drop down again afterwards.
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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #22 on: January 10, 2019, 08:42:57 AM »
EU prime time numbers seem to be dropping.

There is no such thing as a Euro prime time. For us on this side of the pond the game have been pretty much dead for a long time. You can only play at weekend nights if you want to find any decent number of players online.
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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2019, 11:43:33 AM »
There is no such thing as a Euro prime time. For us on this side of the pond the game have been pretty much dead for a long time. You can only play at weekend nights if you want to find any decent number of players online.

This..

And if people have issues that players join there plane than there should be an option that could turn off the request for that player. Easy fix.

I am pretty much agreeing with Lazer. I would let any new player join my plane, heck I would even let them take control if that means they have fun.

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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2019, 12:09:29 PM »
I would also let anyone fly with me.
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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2019, 02:21:11 PM »
I would let any new player join my plane,

Would? Did! Every time. The last random join request I got was in 2010 or something.

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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2019, 04:18:51 PM »
Would? Did! Every time. The last random join request I got was in 2010 or something.

I got one just last week I believe, may have been the week before. Never heard of the guy before. He stayed a bit.
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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2019, 08:28:17 PM »
Would? Did! Every time. The last random join request I got was in 2010 or something.

I had one just last week. Dont if it helped him or not but I had a good fight and won and another fight that I didnt do so well in but limped home with it.

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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2019, 09:16:06 PM »
I think mine was concerned I did not have a designated driver.
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Re: Suggestion: Unpaying accounts - not free planes
« Reply #29 on: January 12, 2019, 06:29:29 AM »
Me too, unless its Zack1234, he have no underwear  :D

This..

And if people have issues that players join there plane than there should be an option that could turn off the request for that player. Easy fix.

I am pretty much agreeing with Lazer. I would let any new player join my plane, heck I would even let them take control if that means they have fun.

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