I posted this previously a couple of months ago on another thread but it definitely still applies and I still have (remote) hope that someone in WG will see the light and give this an actual try. If it does not work it can always be removed but I think they would make a lot of their customers (and themselves) a lot happier.
I have been saying this over and over but hopefully with this thread the developers and management will see this.
Guys....please....let's be real. 1.9 version appealed to a very loyal but insufficient fan base.
2.0 in realistic terms can attract new players but will not be able to retain them. It is a rinky-dink arcade joke.
Please.....there is a simple solution to all of the issues that with a little thought and effort is realistically not that difficult to implement.
MAKE THIS A TWO-MODE GAME!!!
I mean really.....any modern pc for the last seven years can handle the load. If it cannot (for some absurd reason), no big deal, MAKE IT A SELECTABLE DOWNLOAD JUST LIKE SD OR HD!!.
With 2.0 to attract new players, 1.9 (full, original, and complete) to bring back all of the OP's and to give the new 2.0 players something to advance to (Thus RETAINING THEM!!!!) instead of letting them just bolt for the next new 'trendy' whatever game this game would have a very realistic shot at true viable success.
Although not substantial enough on their own...you have THOUSANDS of former players with simply VAST levels of dedicated experience, tactics, developed Clans and infrastructure, techniques, relationships, fantastic user community, etc...etc....etc....that will not eat this [edited]load. We all took everything else that worked and failed. But in case you have not noticed.....NOT....THIS.....TIME!
Combine this with the new players you can and have attracted with 2.0 you have a honest, for-real-chance at establishing a viable, sustainable player base. And I mean that from a business standpoint.
The other side of the business standpoint is you give your customers what they want....and what YOU ALL PROMISED. And that is CHOICES!.
The OP's stuck by you for YEARS!......I...Mean....For....Actual.....YEARS!
Every update...good or bad (I will leave you to self examine your true realistic results of all of those updates on an individual basis).
But with this one.....Not this time buddy. Virtually all of us left.
No one is flying.
You can hide the stats but I can see who is and is not flying in my Clan. Same for all of the other OP Clans.
I know because there is no movement AT ALL of the original clan rankings. There has not been for MONTHS!
I used to play this game 2-4 hours a night. More on the weekends.
Now you are lucky if I put in one or two battles ever couple of weeks.
That also has not changed in 3 or 4 months (now about 7 months) and is not going to.
I don't want another game that is a stupid arcade wiz-bang-shoot-em-up for 7 year olds.
Simply put....1.9 pushed off new users because they would get seal-clubbed and raped.
Establish a base level of xxx number of battles in 2.0 with new users so they can build experience, aircraft, options, etc.... before they can advance to the 1.9 level.
Make 1.9 a premium or pay level if need be.
I have proposed this on multiple threads. Do you read what is being said out there!!!???
I would be happy to discuss this at a more intricate level with any developer or management so this could become a workable, viable, real option.
If you did that then this game has a real shot of becoming enjoyable and workable for all for both an entertainment and business standpoint (thousands of free customers just waiting for a reason to come back. Business, Marketing 101 people!!???)
I miss flying with my clan mates and respected opponents.
Please be reasonable and open to some new ideas. We all want to come back. But virtually no one is going to eat the 2.0 update. We wont be back this time if it stays that way.
Just give us a real reason to do so. For all of us that stuck by you for so very, very long I do not think it is asking too much.
Keep 2.0 live and running. Just give all of the OP's back 1.9 as it was as another option/mode since this would be what we, the customers, are asking for and the choices you promised us.
My last real flight was the night of the 2.0 update in my Ta 152. I made it a point to remember it.
I believe all of the OP's know EXACTLY why I did that.
Thankyou for your consideration.
soshootmenow
Edited by soshootmenow, 15 May 2018 - 01:24 AM.