NEXT GAME??

[JIMBORICHARDSON]

Is there any set date for the next game starting ? ? ?

[swiftus27]

when 1.1 is finished.

[JIMBORICHARDSON]

any set date for that ??

[swiftus27]

Sami, a thought...

We have discussed this elsewhere.

Can we make a 50 player game
1 Continent (NA would be nice)
Game time: 5-8 years
Airplane Production:  Quadruple current levels

Make this game specifically for newer players only HOWEVER, you hand select a few veterans who you want to be a part of the game (all in different alliances) who can help guide the newbs in how to be successful in it. 

[JIMBORICHARDSON]

Maybe a game with about 200 players like air travel boom but with less players to free up the big airports like LHR.

[swiftus27]

Big airports are not always the safest bet. 

[JIMBORICHARDSON]

yeh but most of the rich airlines you see are at large airport.  i dont always go to big ones because there is never enough good route that are not already been used.

[swiftus27]

Yes, they may be at a large airport...  These are the people who do really well early.  Except everyone is gunning for them and their cities.

Many airlines at these airports fail under pressure. 

[Kontio]

I agree, the biggest airports are not the best because many people want to be based there and all others want to fly there from their hubs. All routes will be saturated and all slots will be gone. For that reason I think it is best to find a hub city that is large but not huge like LHR etc.

[JIMBORICHARDSON]

LHR is the worst for airport slots.

[masoniclight]

Yes, a training style game for even some of us who love this game to pieces but really seem to suck at it.. I would love to see some kind of tutorial game. And, yes if you all were wondering, I am still here.

[swiftus27]

I'd volunteer to mentor new players.

[toyotaboy95]

can we start it in july, when the exams end

[Dorito_25]

So no one knows the exact date...just when version 1.1 developments have been completed...ok then...

I don't know what I should do. Wait for the next game, or start already. All the current games a quite difficult. There's just too many people. (As we all have figured that out already).

[Kontio]

I don't mean to rain on your parade, but we already tried a limited private game for 25 people. It was hard to find 25 people to sign up before the game could be opened. All of those didn't even start the game when it was created. Then many people dropped out because there were too few players and the game was boring even though the game was limited only to North America and Europe.

With the proposed game, it might cause a problem that a private game would generally cost more credits to join than a regular game. Many new players thinking of joining the game feel that 10 credits is far too much to invest before trying out an almost fully featured free demo game. That's something like 4 euros for a game that lasts months, you can't even get a decent pint of beer in Finland for that money.

Also, taking a fraction of the players in the current game worlds and increasing aircraft production would mean basically unlimited suppy and unlimited growth. Believe me, it is not as much fun as it sounds. Starting out in a world like that really teaches you nothing, IMHO.

[Sami]

I could warm for some 50-100 player one continent game, that is not private but public and open for anyone to join. But the new aircraft production rates wouldn't be increased in any case.

[JIMBORICHARDSON]

50-100 player game in europe

[Davva9961]

I would play

[JIMBORICHARDSON]

I would play if the gameplay time was about 1995-2011 same as air travel boom

[Filippo]

me too