Any CT setup is the imagination of the ct cm whos turn is up. These CT cms go out and find guys to make maps specifically for the ct so that that map can be used in there set up. Some maps were originally designed for an event. Some have historical flavors, some dont. But the CT is not an HA. There have been many a ct set up thats pure fantasy. Take Nuttz's Perdona, its a great fun map. Most of the time it was run with most planes enabled. Sometimes it served as an eastern front set up etc. They even ran a Korean set up.
The ct when it first came out had no field capture and was truly a combat arena with limations on radar, icons and the land grab of the main. There was no strat or any of that.
It drew the same numbers as we see now. Only different people flew there. When the Ct was turned over to cms by pyro those originally cms made a thread looking to find out what they can do to increase its appeal. The majority who replied wanted field capture, scoring and most of the main settings. But they wanted an arena that ran a variety of plane match ups. The cms rotated their set ups each week to keep the arena fresh and if some didnt care for BoB it would only be ther a week. This brought in a new group but the older group stopped flying there. So the numbers stayed about the same. High numbers are in the 60s.
Any historical parts of the ct are what a particular cm wants to include in his set up. The cms themselves have different ideas and approaches. When I was a cm I never ran a pac set up because quite frankly they suck. But Sabre Jarbo and Buzzbait and Brady all ran variations of pac set ups so no one missed out. I know buzzbait ran F4us f6fs vrs the lw on the norway map a few times.
The ct cant run strictly historical set ups because the gaps in the planeset dont allow it and if a set up is to out of balance the arena numbers drop off. They can try to come with good plane match ups on good maps. Some plane match ups on a particular maps suck, some are fine. The current ct set up is lotsa fun. Its the best pac set up I have yet to fly in. This is due to the map and the creativity of the CM. Not because this or that particular plane is enabled. Cms will also make adjustments to keep decent gameplay. Like removing a plane or reassigning airfields so that the best fights occur.
Theres a core of maybe 25 folks who will fly the ct no matter what. The rest are casual folks who fly set ups they like or to try out a new map.
The big draws for the ct is always new maps the rest depends on how balanced the gameplay will be.
As to "fairness" thats a leftist liberal term. "Funness" is better. In this set ups its fun to fight Fm2s, f4us, f6fs in an a6m5. In the slot map its no fun fighting F4u-1s with a6m2s. It doesnt matter how historic it was.
Whats the difference between the ct and the main? Not much any more but in the beginning it was very different. The main difference now is the maps and the plane match ups. You can escape the spit, spit, spit, spit, spit, p51, p51, la7, la7, la7 furball.
BTW the shoki would be nice
btw tardlo
I said this ct set up was fun. I said chasing you around in circles is not fun. I cant believe getting 2 kills an hour is fun either but thats your thing. I finally understand your objections to training in Ah2:tod.
