I decided to give Wings of Liberty server second chance. Logged in, took Bf109G4 and took off to direction of frontline. After a while, someone called all to come strafing as enemy was retreating. As he didn't mention the location, I asked it, in country ch. Got two sardonic replies in Slavic languages (I speak Bulgarian enough to understand) and after it, silence.
Full of morons, that server, IMHO. Newcomers clearly not welcome. On the other hand, at Advance And Secure Planes And Tanks I have found really nice small community. EU Official 1CGS Server Planes and Tanks is also ok and good for beginners, as it has icons and external views.
Partially why I was never a fan of PvP type servers concept. Questionable on many levels, and restrictive to numbers, separates the numbers, many times unleashed bad behavior. And like I mention before, without AH around to feed that epic MP fix, those games would become more noticeable of lacking, when thats one’s only choice. AH actually helps these games with many.
Those - eye candy with staged missions/AI, splintered population. Questionable FM
This - authentic MP, 100% human interaction with full population. More realistic FM than most.
Those sims would be outstanding had they taken on MP arena style, like real scenarios/events.
I think many would become disenchanted if they could not get the MP adrenalin fix.
I think PvP has been a long standing pitfall, its a bandaid IMO.. Kelton at Kesmai (AW) got it right, big maps and MP. AH is AW, it’s a clone on steroids.
Its all personal preference. Whatva blows your skirt up. I’m not fond of PvP, if that’s what its called today.
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-the village idiot