seems like the CT becomes what it was intended to be when about 15+ players are on.
A lot of times when I log in, i find the situation somewhat disorienting till I've been there about a half hour and have seen what the two sides are up to.
how about disabling flight and vehicles in the arena during the non prime time hours, and possibly posting a synopsis on the progress of the previous evenings war, ala newsreel on the arena log in clipboard. Just a short paragraph or two noting side total A/C wins and losses, bases captured, CV's sunk. A War Bulliten, so to speak.
Then have an East Coast CM enable the fields at 8:00pm eastern, and have a West Coast CM lock 'em back down at Midnight, Pacific on weekdays, and let it go 24/7 on weekends and holidays. Next day, somebody from the CT Team reads the previous evenings log, posts the War Bulliten on the CT's log-in page. During the day, folks could log on to the arena, check the bulliten, sniff the arrested lay of the land, maybe direct some fleet movements and start planning for the upcomming evening war.
Squads would likely like to get in on the action; possibly even scheduling regular squad nights in the CT for squad activities they could do in an enviorment a whole lot less chaotic than the MA.
Should i note here that I'm realllly stinkin toejam-faced right now?
tomorrows hangover will no doubt be a doozy.