I agree completely, in alot of the games I play I see something to the effect of 4 Marshall's and two generals vs a general and an air commodore , and sometimes the numbers are even but one side just masacres the other in a matter of 4 to 6 minutes

I still think we should get some points for capturing the carrier. It could be a few points every few seconds or 25 or 50 when you take it from red to neutral or neutral to blue. A lot of CTC games just turn into dogfights because people don't want to sit on the carrier and not get anything for it.

Actually that is how it was before and then people would just sit there and move carriers from red to blue none stop so they could get points. That is why you will get points from capturing BOTH carriers

Ahh, makes sense. So when you get both carriers do you get more personal points or do you just get the usual points that you get from being on the winning team? Maybe some bonus points from being the one that did capturing when the game is over if it is not already that way.

Zup,

Below are quotes from another thread. I wanted give you a chance to chime in before I did anything.

ParrotHead wrote: Big man hug to you too Dave, with two thumps on the back...

When Z announced this several players volunteered to fly in the little leagues as "coaches". I think most of them even agreed to fly with blanks or limited weaponry.

I think I may even start a "coach" account. I can afford the extra $5 and might even be fun. When that one hits level 10, I could start over. Coach PH... I like it.

McFate wrote: How about creating an "Instructor" Squadron.
Volunteers would have to start a new account.

Xxx Instructor xxX

In addition to all of the "conduct yourself honorably" stuff the rules could include:
Do not shoot unless shot upon and first aptly warned.

There would be no motivation to shoot. It would only make you level out.
I suppose it may take moderator controls to manage the jerks.

There may need to be a dedicated part of the forum. Sounds like a lot of work.



Thanks to all of you who do so much to keep it all going as it does. Hopefully the pains will be because things are growing.

I think the idea of starting a "Coaching" squad is great. It wouldn't require any additional programming on your part. It would require folks to purchase a second account, but I don't think people would mind that all. Those that join would agree they're doing it to better the game and not "abuse" the new guys. I don't think it needs to be moderators. Honestly, those guys do enough. We could simply use the systems already in place to report it when necessary.

I'd be glad to set up the squad, put together the thread and rules, but would like to know this is something you have given your approval before I take it any further. Please advise.

PH

if you want to create your own squad and stuff to coach lower ranks, i have nothing against it. I just can't do such changes on my side, it's lot of work with lot of risks to introduce bugs.

Thanks Z. I'll look into it and figured this was better than trying to add programming.