new flight sim - Aces High

[Revvin]

Originally Posted by tk471138

like i said i said something that they didnt like....

Was it something you said while in the server or on their forums? I've not seen anyone banned for speaking out on their forums. Not trying to start anything, I'm just curious. I played Aces High for many years, if it was something said on the forum, perhaps something derogatory about America then I could see that happening as their moderation at times was very one-eyed. Guys were often allowed to berate other players even down to simple things like the way they played their game but it seemed fair game if they were part of the 'in crowd'.

I used to play the more strategic element of the game flying bombers and as such got no end of insults from some of the players there who hated the fact I flew bombers even though I used to try and make things realistic with large formations and escort to take out strategic targets rather than their beloved airfields. It seemed fair game in the forums for members to berate those who flew bombers despite them being an integral part of the game along with the strategy employed in the main arena. It seemed sometimes this vocal minority 'had the ear' of the designers because they seemed to want to make it harder and harder for those who liked to fly bombers to actually return to base from a sortie, it was like they liked the idea of players flying bombers but only to line up the targets for a duck shoot for the rest of the population.

Some gameplay decisions started to kill enthusiasm but the final nail in the coffin for me was the arena caps. In US friendly time zones I suppose it wasn't such an issue but for Euro time zones, or in fact any time outside US prime time the arena caps meant the numbers rarely climbed higher than 100 and often sat around 60 players. At the time I was also playing IL-2 offline and enjoyed what I felt were better flight characteristics and graphics. Before long I came to to conclusion I may as well fly IL-2 for free online and get not far off the kind of numbers I was getting online in Aces High where I had to pay a subscription.