How many forum only flyers do we have my guess is less then 20? Definition being the visit here on a regular basis
HiTech
I am one, who no longer plays, but pops in and peruses the forums once or twice a week.
My story just for feedback/info.
I played in the MA off and on for many years, (I think I started in 2005) as life would allow me the time to do so. The last time I came back was when AH3 went live, and got on Steam. I had hoped that the new eye candy and new exposure on Steam would bring back a large player base. My favorite times was Titanic Tuesdays, more players always was more fun for me. I played solo for years, then joined a prominent squad for years, then when I came back with AH3 I flew solo again.
I was a flyer, never got into the GV game. I would love just diving into a big furball and having at it til I died, or try to get out and land if I got a few kills, sometimes I'd like to hang on the fringes of a big furball to see if I could get into a good 1v1 fight, base defenses was always great fun too. If I couldn't find a good fight, I'd join up on a player mission to try and stir up a fight somewhere. Even though I wasn't always in a squad, I'd readily join a posted mission if it looked fun, and I met some very interesting characters that way.
When I came back with AH3, it just wasn't the same magic for me, the days of big furballs was gone, I did find the occasional great 1v1, 1v2, 2v2 fight, but it wasn't often enough to keep me interested. But most surprising to me was that nobody ran missions anymore, the functionality was still there, but nobody ever posted, so the prospects of stirring up a big fight, and the camaraderie of flying on mission channel with some different and interesting characters, was also gone.
So I only lasted a few months in AH3 before I dropped my subscription again. If the player numbers came back up to the glory days of the split MA and Titanic Tuesday, I'd come back in a heartbeat. Sadly it seems to me that that is very unlikely to ever happen. I would guess this is a game, great as I think it is, that just doesn't appeal to the upcoming, short attention span, instant gratification, generation.
Of course my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it.
