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Offline Dadtallica

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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #45 on: October 22, 2024, 06:11:51 AM »
All of if this is subjective.


NDIsles may not be well suited for 8AM but it’s a whole lotta fun at 8PM.
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #46 on: October 22, 2024, 06:55:38 AM »
Agreed, I think the old radar system from AH2 should be back. Old GV dar, old air dar, all of it. I’m going to catch hate from the GVers but also change the spotting distance to what it was before. There were plenty of time I could hide in a tree in the old AH and not be spotted… now you can sit next to a building and not be spotted. The old GV dar made sneaking bases so much easier as well vs the awacs. I shouldn’t be able to spot a goon on the ground just because I fly next to him, that’s bogus
Ideally they should leave tracks when they’re not on roads similar to bomb craters that dissipate after a short time. And they should certainly kick up a cloud of dust when they move above a certain speed or fire their main gun.

But you’re not wrong about the GV icon range in my opinion. Especially since they paint aircraft on radar but are nearly impossible to see from the air until you’re in their lap. It’s definitely an imbalance. Even a storch can’t find them. This thing where a wirb has icon on me but I don’t have icon on it is kinda BS. GV dar should go away too but the icon should be increased to compensate.

The hide and seek thing is getting tired but, believe it or not, I think the GV guys deserve equality without being easy fodder for aircraft. I think it would also be cool if the GV guys has a camo option similar to a rearm pad where it takes 30 seconds after they stop to simulate loading branches and stuff that makes them harder to see (reducing icon range) but goes away after they move again.
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #47 on: October 22, 2024, 07:09:30 AM »
If the map list can't get an edit, I  don't hold out much hope for actual programming changes..

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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #48 on: October 22, 2024, 07:12:14 AM »
If the map list can't get an edit, I  don't hold out much hope for actual programming changes..

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I know. Which is why we should be able compromise with simple setting adjustments.
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #49 on: October 22, 2024, 07:16:35 AM »
I know. Which is why we should be able compromise with simple setting adjustments.

Just his input to the thread would be fantastic...

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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #50 on: October 22, 2024, 08:42:12 AM »
I’m thinking a good way to prove, or disprove, points made is to run a spread sheet for 30 days, or two rotations, on the maps and collect player numbers data on prime-time hours, each hr from 7p-10p.

Then total those numbers for each map over 30 days or 2 rotations.

Then I can hopefully run a poll(s) for each map.

Sometimes what we think, or speculate, isn’t correct against hard data.
Log the poll findings into the last column next to each map numbers total.

One flaw in this concept is different week days tend to vary on numbers as its own pattern. Wed and Thurs tend to have lower numbers despite the map in rotation.

Point being, if HT doesn’t keep this data it could be a good way to present a possible case.

I have doubts map could not be removed.


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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #51 on: October 22, 2024, 02:21:52 PM »
All of if this is subjective.


NDIsles may not be well suited for 8AM but it’s a whole lotta fun at 8PM.
whats good for the goose is good for the gander!

If a map doesnt work at all times of day to support action it should not be in the existing rotation  :cheers:
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #52 on: October 22, 2024, 03:25:26 PM »
whats good for the goose is good for the gander!

If a map doesnt work at all times of day to support action it should not be in the existing rotation  :cheers:

That’s not how life works comrade.
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #53 on: October 22, 2024, 04:42:27 PM »
I logged a couple sorties today and yesterday at the same time.... 15 more players and x3 the action on both ends of the map.

Ndisles vs whatever the name.of the one currently up.

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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #54 on: October 22, 2024, 05:14:36 PM »
I logged a couple sorties today and yesterday at the same time.... 15 more players and x3 the action on both ends of the map.

Ndisles vs whatever the name.of the one currently up.

LOL, you guys need to learn the map names, makes trouble shooting issues a lot easier. NATOMA is the map that follows NDISLES. :aok
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #55 on: October 22, 2024, 06:07:52 PM »
I think oboe in another thread about maps from me uploaded a tile picture of all of them but there have been some updates since.

We need  new map map oboe!  :cheers:
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #56 on: October 22, 2024, 06:19:47 PM »
I think oboe in another thread about maps from me uploaded a tile picture of all of them but there have been some updates since.

We need  new map map oboe!  :cheers:

Is this the one your talking about?  https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,409555.0.html

....or this one?  https://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,406875.msg5388472.html#msg5388472
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #57 on: October 22, 2024, 06:46:45 PM »
I know this is going to sound crazy, but sometimes other players like the map(s) you don't.
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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #58 on: October 22, 2024, 07:11:37 PM »
I know this is going to sound crazy, but sometimes other players like the map(s) you don't.

Why I mentioned running a spread sheet with map and player numbers. Comments tends to end up all over the place. And only a group of the whole population read bbs.

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Re: Not a wishlist request, this is a plea
« Reply #59 on: October 22, 2024, 07:18:04 PM »
LOL, you guys need to learn the map names, makes trouble shooting issues a lot easier. NATOMA is the map that follows NDISLES. :aok

No, we need less garbage maps to remember.  I'd venture not everyone spends the amount of time here that 75% of the current population does.  We aren't regulars.  But i can see garbage spawns and lame gameplay when I spot it.

Ndisles.used to spark some really good furballs between a8/a7 and similar bases.. now it's loaded with puffy ack.

Quit with this resupply trash and spawns to strats and start fighting...

Or start designing some 18 wheeler cargo haulers.