The designers obviously saw some flaw in previous BF dynamic and have change it, whether they change it to make the majority of the casual players happy or flying machines were OP. The money is where the majority is. If pilots are the majority, what kind of game would it be now? It is becoming apparent that each BF that comes out significantly different from the previous in terms of vehicle, so is it that big of a suprise that it wasn’t going to work the same in BF3? It appears that the direction they chose is everything is vulnerable to infantry. Well if we did consider the past, its no suprise that there might be past players who have some kind of grudge against pilots and taking off is pretty hard (heli). Jets…they are not going to be shot down by a player unless a jet gets too close and have the advantage of out OB region that other vehicle do not. Air space should be bigger, I definetly agree.
Personally I love to see jets at the top of the food chain with a higher ceiling than anything else, but only for air superiority and not very effiecient for ground anything. Attack planes next which the jet plane is its natural predator. (Personally I think asking for a limited/special conquest map for those players would have been better and easier to obtain)
ANYWAYS…
Nice quote but your using it wrongly. I am talking about here and now, which doesn’t pertain to the past BF’s. The whiners are all generally the same, they are selfish and don’t think of anythig but of their own needs and wants. The pilots that are not asking for the world or crying about how everyone but themselves suck…etc, I have no problem with them. The appear to be the small minority of pilots and probably don’t voice their opinion much, its the whiners and self rightious pilots that I despise the most for being so self absorbed.
For the rude ones, I am glad that MAA just makes their playing experence, and are probably getting everything you deserve. The more humble pilots, sorry it went this route.
I would imagine next gen consoles had huge impact on sales so a direct comparison would be pointless. BF4 came out before ps4 or xbox one were available so just imagine the number of people who waited for the next gen console before buying the game. The sales will probable take a huge spike compared to earlier release, but considering they outsold COD for the first time shows promise.
Its still LOWER, the game is selling less, still so no it has nothing to do with newer consoles, the game is garbage and garbage player friendly. Its going to die at the current rate its going. The maps and piss poor balance is too significantly negative as well as the terrible launch, plus the bad rep of abandoning BF3 i the state it was in.
Why are they F2P? Seriously. I mean, I want to OWN my Ace Combat games. I like to have the box for the titles I love. Pay for MP. pff whatever. Are they going to severely limit single player to force people to pay to play for MP. No one in Saudi Arabia plays this franchise. I’m going to end up playing with Japanese players with 500+ ms ping just like AC:AH. I hope I’m just being pessimistic here. I want SP to be as long as AC5 and Zero with many side stuff to do.