Has AE Gotten any Better?

I've taken a lot of time lately to get back into the swing of things and improve the game. Has it had any effect?

I've taken a lot of time lately to get back into the swing of things and improve the game. Has it had any effect?

Miller, a lot of the older longer players of this game would appreciate you returning to (Keep this Sim Alive)

You would have your reasons for being away so long and letting the game get to a state that it was in, however that’s your own business and we have no right asking, so myself, I am pleased you have taken the time to re-vamp AE, by adding this new avenue may get AE back to some respect that players should show.

Keeping an (Active) role on the game will only keep the AE sim advancing once again.

Thumbs up from me

I think for the moment its too early, its not saturated nor have gates run out so its hard to say personally.

Great to see the game with a new energy in it.

Haven't done one-ways but whenever an airline leaves, loadfactors still shoot up to 100% I think.

Its definitely exciting, the new developments, so i'd say yes. But the sim1 timeframe seems a bit slow for the 1946 version, we're not going to get very far before people start demanding a reset.*

However, in any respect its progress at least & more than I was hoping for in an update! Really looking forward to the sim2 reset as well!






*I'm not whining by the way, so please, none of the standard-response 'well its a free game, so deal with it' stuff people. I'm just pointing it out. If its been said before, then profuse apologies for not extensively trawling the forum until my clicking finger falls off...

Enjoying the changes quite thoroughly

Miller

WB

But the poll vote number will tell you that many vacated AE and now you must look at advertising in different areas to gain new members.

Like the changes

However the poll number of voters is (Voters: 13)

Yet 410 airlines are in the 1946 sim

I think this round has and will continue to provide a challenge to everyone since we are talking about different aircraft than previous AE aircraft and certain things dont hold up in this current round. I think it has brought new life into AE.

Im also one of those really looking for a more thorough update though...

Don't know if this should be a bug report, but the charts generated from the 1946 sim1 Financial page still have the years 2003-2005 on them. Otherwise, it is interesting to see how differnt things were mid 20th century. It seems much easier to turn a profit. Perhaps it might be because I entered the last game a bit late in the cycle.

CJH
Colegiate Air

Good. Better, but it's not as good as the others.

It's not fantastic yet, as there are still creases to iron out in the game, but it's still good. KUTGW =)

But the poll vote number will tell you that many vacated AE and now you must look at advertising in different areas to gain new members.

Like the changes

However the poll number of voters is (Voters: 13)

Your assumption that the number of people who have voted in the poll represents the number of people on the forum is grossly flawed logically. (In fact due to human nature a "normal" person does not routinely vote in polls or take surveys)

As I discussed before (while trying to dispute Watchdog's claim that the game was dead), from different data sources there were 70+ active members in the forums and 200+ members in the game right before the reset (what "active" actually constituted I never found out), this seems to be somewhat confirmed by the fact that around 250 airlines signed up the first day (assuming ~ 10% were feeders, this means there were a good number of airlines checking everyday even at the end of what I consider to be the worst round we've ever had).

But I digress.

1946 start to me is wonderful... it brings in new challenges for players. I think it brings people on a more equal footing because the gains you get from a better equipment is significant, but not totally overwhelming, this is useful on the early stages of the game... With aircraft entering and ceasing production, it's just another challenge to deal with...

Perhaps the next round should be a crazy round from 1918 - 1939... *grin*

somehow i think ill pass on the 1918-1939 round lol. i think the 46 start is pretty good, although i cant wait to get new planes. this puts us all pretty close together. the only complaints that we can really have is the price discrepancy between the dc3 and the other planes that results in the long line. great job miller, and keep the great updates coming!

Your assumption that the number of people who have voted in the poll represents the number of people on the forum is grossly flawed logically. (In fact due to human nature a "normal" person does not routinely vote in polls or take surveys)

As I discussed before (while trying to dispute Watchdog's claim that the game was dead), from different data sources there were 70+ active members in the forums and 200+ members in the game right before the reset (what "active" actually constituted I never found out), this seems to be somewhat confirmed by the fact that around 250 airlines signed up the first day (assuming ~ 10% were feeders, this means there were a good number of airlines checking everyday even at the end of what I consider to be the worst round we've ever had).

But I digress.

I am no web expert but if I take what I see as factual then thats the way I read it.

As I reply there is 26 voters to this topic poll.

I see why you state above the reg forum members hits, but can you explain why there is such a vast difference in actual members (Visits) against say web-crawlers and bots who search the WWW?:puzzled:

I have looked at (On Line Players) and seen 1 member with 39 visitors. Are you trying to say that those 39 Visitors are all members looking without signing in?

Still, we have run against this question many times and the amount of members in the game just a few weeks after any reset verses the visitors and members in the forum is and tells a different story.

Moderators who look at the forum controll numbers may shed some light on this......

This is what I just looked at:

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Sim 2: My first Q400 is pulling in $1.9m+. It makes it tempting to stick every new plane I get on that route.

Back to the drawing board again.

I feel the game has gotten a lot better. I have already committed to not playing sim 1 because of a lack of time in real life. Now the school semester is closing and sim 2 started with a huge selection of cities to fly to so I think I'm actually going to play sim 2 for the 1st time. I'll looking forward to taking over TLL in Estonia as that's where my family is from as well as a few other new places. I'm also glad to see Sacramento is now properly SMF instead of SAC.

As for AE as a whole, it's the best out there IMO as far as airline simulation. I'd have really enjoyed the challenge of the new sim 1 if it were to start after all my exams.

As for AE as a whole, it's the best out there IMO as far as airline simulation. I'd have really enjoyed the challenge of the new sim 1 if it were to start after all my exams.

Exams are no excuse for not playing AE .

Sim 2: My first Q400 is pulling in $1.9m+. It makes it tempting to stick every new plane I get on that route.

Back to the drawing board again.

I figured I'd try something different for a change and started in Denver. Unfortunately routes into JAC, BOI, COS, and all of the smaller cities that are in the 100-500 mile range, would barley make a profit. One of them was even in the negative with only one frequency and no competition.

I see a few people are already sticking as many aircraft as they can on certain routes. I seriously think we should be limited to 2-3 gates per non-terminaled or non-home base airports. This would eliminate people having 50+ frequencies on the same route.

Exams are no excuse for not playing AE .

I guess he just wants to get good grades and can forgo AE for a while... unlike some of us

There seem to be a limit on how many planes I can stick onto routes at the moment as prices *do* come down.

Time to dump a couple more "super-routes" in the coming game "months" before seeing what hubbing does...

Another thing I noticed is, the bankrupt script is fixed at every 2 weeks, regardless of a reset!