Stormbringer748

Old topic and slightly biased, for me at least, seeing a QANTAS B747-800, standard livery, is rather nostalgic and also one of the most recognisable brands in the world. When your on a good thing, stick to it : )

You just cleared up my next question regarding alliances, which is unfortunate, because if they actually functioned somewhat similar to real life you could get some very interesting market plays taking shape. Dare I say it but maybe in the next update? I'm trolling sorry, but what is the current situation with the game? I understand the original architect maybe no longer with us, but is there someone working towards an update or is this it, for ever and a day?

My bad Mr Robinson, I misread your original reply. Cheers for clearing my pin saga up, makes sense and I'm already finding it useful for when there are competitors on an established route.

Firstly, that's not the "sole objective" of the game; different players have different ways of playing and different measures of success. I tend to play with something approaching realistic seating layouts and realistic IFS, and if you play your cards right you can build an airline that way. You probably won't ever get to number 1 on valuation - I never have - but not everyone bothers about that and it's perfectly possible to play that way. Other players choose to go for unrealistically dense seating layouts, scam IFS etc which would never work in real life. Sometimes they succeed, but they can also fail just as easily as I can if they're not watching the competition. Not to mention that it's way more satisfying for the rest of us to put a spamliner out of business, or force them to close down a route, than it is with a non-spamliner...

I have to concede that you are correct, if the definition of winning is approaching the game with a level of realism, maintaining your chosen market and being content with that, but unfortunately, strictly speaking, awards are not given for that approach, I wish they were, but they're not, unless of course as you suggested you join forces and monopolise the market, but that in itself makes you no better than the "spamliner", you just end up being a bunch of bullies, justifying your actions based on the purists approach. Don't get me wrong, in my mind both approaches have their own merits, but let's not pretend one is better than the other. As I said, unless awards are based on several factors and not just simply valuations, I don't see things changing anytime soon.

The idea of AE is that it's not too 'tight' on money, so you can do things the way you want and run little airlines on odd routes, or whatever you fancy. The flip side of that, though, is that you can make ridiculous amounts of cash if that's what you want to do.

 

I've never understood why anyone cares what other players get up to, though.

 

I agree, we're all different and approach the game with varying points of view. Being content doing your own thing is rewarding, but if your approach on playing AE causes frustration, mix things up a little, try a different starting point. There are so many ways to get ahead in this game, it just requires time and dedication to carve out your own niche market.

P.S. under the routes tab, next to the specific route, there's a pin to the left and I can't figure out what it does?

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