Originally posted by streetstang
You guys want a controled enviorment. Wait for TOD. I've said it before along with countless others before me. And I'll keep saying it. The beauty of this game, and the MA is that you can jump in there and fly any plane at will.
As a 2 month new player, IMO your opinion on "The beauty of this game" is what makes it less realistic, and a bit ridiculous.
Can I please import my early 70's era Phantom from Wings Over Virtnam, a game I've mastered? I think that would add to the beauty.
Whats the goal here anyway?, a huge BS free for all? Because the MA sure as hell looks nothing like any real war, actually it is just a big BS free-for-all come to think of it. Yea, it's an entertaining, even fun, BS free-for-all... but is this a flight sim or sci-fi? Right now it should be the "Fiction Arena" where planes that never flew against eachother go head to head.
I like his idea, somewhat, because as of now I really dont even see a real point in perking anything.. there is already a climate where certain aircraft vastly outclass others, so why not just unperk everything and let the Sci-fi arena carry on business as usual. Toss in a few UFO's and cows that blast ack from thier anus and it wouldn't really matter since the MA is already so far removed from reality.
I'll say it again, the "game" is fun, but it seems like a real shame to me that such great realism & detail was put into these aircraft, yet the main arena is little more than a giant unrealistic mess. Leveling entire towns that have magic buildings that just re-appear?.. whats that!!! lol
I really have to laugh sometimes at how heated and serious some discussions get on particular planes abilities, it seems many people here are real sticklers for realism... yet they happily jump into a Mess Arena that's as 'real' as a $4 bill.
As arcade like as BF 1942 is (or the better WWI mod for BF Vietnam), it's a lot more realistic that this alleged flight sim, you fight for 1 country using thier gear in maps that represent actual scenarios..
So in the end, whats the point of this game? is it a "sim" or a nutty sci-fi adventure?
I really dig on the squad nights and CT, flying closer to the was it "was", the MA is the way it wasn't, i.e fiction... and trying to ballance fiction, IMO, is next to impossible... but I do like your idea.