Author Topic: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES  (Read 4611 times)

Offline LilMak

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #45 on: November 13, 2024, 06:31:37 PM »
Good luck making Dale change perk cost (or eny). Sadly never gonna happen.
He should forced to play his game at least 6 hour per week. Then maybe we’d get a change or two.
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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #46 on: November 14, 2024, 12:16:57 AM »

 cmex is back ..... no way....lol..  if he wasn't a shade before returning it won't take him long before he is destroying everyone in his Niki ... welcome back  cmex !

From what I could see the other night, he hasn't lost a step.  If he gets a shot, bad things happen.

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #47 on: November 14, 2024, 01:33:24 PM »
He should forced to play his game at least 6 hour per week. Then maybe we’d get a change or two.

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #48 on: November 15, 2024, 04:27:29 PM »


KOTH was my first experience here.....and I got shot down by Spek in a c202.

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #49 on: November 15, 2024, 05:01:18 PM »
I think its safe to say that it's HOW people are flying these days, not WHAT they are in.  At least to a large extent.  You can fly a tempest/262/190 very aggressive, people just take the easy road and run more often than not.

I'm not going to put myself in a lesser plane because 90% of the remaining player base is scared to merge with even a c47.

Offline Banshee7

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #50 on: November 15, 2024, 05:10:45 PM »
I think its safe to say that it's HOW people are flying these days, not WHAT they are in.  At least to a large extent.  You can fly a tempest/262/190 very aggressive, people just take the easy road and run more often than not.

I'm not going to put myself in a lesser plane because 90% of the remaining player base is scared to merge with even a c47.

Right. "Let me fly my EW/MW plane into a horde of red with zero teammates coming to help just to see how long I can last before I die because it's all about the fight." I'll pass.
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Offline Lazerr

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #51 on: November 15, 2024, 05:42:04 PM »
Right. "Let me fly my EW/MW plane into a horde of red with zero teammates coming to help just to see how long I can last before I die because it's all about the fight." I'll pass.

Yeah it's all about the situation too, all furballs/large forces fighting for a base have different sets of circumstances.

I have different moods too, sometimes I want to roll and kill everything, sometimes I want the challenge of everyone diving on a fat p38.

Nothing being posted here is going to change the habits of what we have left in the MA.  Adjust or accept are about your only options.

Different folks, different strokes.  Most of these people have been here a long time, and a knife fight in a phone booth isn't what they are looking for.  It's very obvious when you get them in a position where they HAVE to fight.

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #52 on: November 15, 2024, 10:30:02 PM »
Right. "Let me fly my EW/MW plane into a horde of red with zero teammates coming to help just to see how long I can last before I die because it's all about the fight." I'll pass.


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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #53 on: November 16, 2024, 08:32:13 AM »
I think its safe to say that it's HOW people are flying these days, not WHAT they are in.  At least to a large extent.  You can fly a tempest/262/190 very aggressive, people just take the easy road and run more often than not.

I'm not going to put myself in a lesser plane because 90% of the remaining player base is scared to merge with even a c47.

I’ve been out turned by C47. :(
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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #54 on: November 16, 2024, 04:06:21 PM »
I think its safe to say that it's HOW people are flying these days, not WHAT they are in.  At least to a large extent.  You can fly a tempest/262/190 very aggressive, people just take the easy road and run more often than not.

I'm not going to put myself in a lesser plane because 90% of the remaining player base is scared to merge with even a c47.

Well it does matter because HOW they fight is abled due to their top level plane. A tougher plane means one cannot use that HOW so much and must depend on using other skills in the situation to survive which makes the game more fun for the other side. (But who cares about that all that).

I certainly understand the 0 teammates thing while both sides of your country is being gang. Thats not really what I'm talking about. I'm more concerned with these planes being used in abundance while attacking and hoarding already. Where there is no sense in flying these top level planes. They are being overused from an attacking POV against teams with very little defense and it makes not wanting to defend at all.

I know it may not do much, but I'm trying to encourage players to fly mid war planes for the good of the game and to help boost your own skills a little bit by learning better tactics and not feeding into the BnZ and run slow boring gameplay tactics that have taken over.


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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #55 on: November 16, 2024, 06:26:53 PM »
Everyone wants change.... but no one wants to change. Don't blame the game.
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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #56 on: November 17, 2024, 12:40:18 AM »
How's this for an idea; do away with perks.  Give EVERYONE a limited number of the uber fighters a month, and limit the maximum kills they can score in a month in all of the uber fighters.  Say one 262 per month, 5 tempests, 8 pony d's, 8 -4 Corsairs, 8 190 D-9's, etc.  They would certainly not be in the arena as much.  Give unlimited Spit V's , 109G-2's, etc.  This would ensure there would be turn fights with minimal running and picking.  limit altitude around the forward edge of a battle area, say 10k max, above that BRUTAL down winds.  around strats, let it go up to 20 Kft.  But most importantly, go back to dot dar for everything, and below 100 feet above ground level, nobody can see a plane, on either side. 

Same approach for tanks, uber tanks only get so many per month, and only so many kills in ubers. Make an uber arena, unlimited altitude, any fighter, any time.    Just a thought.

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #57 on: November 17, 2024, 05:52:38 AM »
Give me brutal winds and I will figure out a way to harness them.

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #58 on: November 17, 2024, 07:58:25 AM »
Everyone wants change....

but no one wants to change. Don't blame the game.

This

Everyones wants everyone else to change so they don’t have to. All the 100s of ideas prolly just won’t happen.

Old saying “when someone decides to volunteer to lay in my coffin for me I’ll live the way they want me to”  since thats not going to happen …<shrug>

That said, everyone has good intensions.

But when it comes down to it, ya gotta bend for the game, not the game bend for you, otherwise it will go in 100 different directions to please each one.

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Re: GET OUT OF THE NOOB PLANES
« Reply #59 on: November 17, 2024, 07:59:46 AM »