We all know LHR,HND,LAX,JFK etc get slot blocked very quickly, and it puts off new players joining these hubs. Every so often there is an infra increase so 1000+ slots to buy, ideal time to start a new airline at the hub. But for people not in the game there is zero visibility of when these slots drops will occur. If people knew in a real world week or month that LHR would have a slot drop, they'd be more likely to join the GW.
Suggestion - publicise Jan 1st the slot drops/infra projects planned for that year at the major hubs in that gameworld. So on discord/forums etc have a page
Dawn of the Millennium
Jan 10 2023 (11:00 25/02/2021) LHR infra 4 to 5
Jun 16 2023 (23:00 12/03/2021) JFK infra 6 to 7
etc etc
Simon
Quote from: groundbum2 on February 24, 2021, 09:59:23 AM
We all know LHR,HND,LAX,JFK etc get slot blocked very quickly, and it puts off new players joining these hubs. Every so often there is an infra increase so 1000+ slots to buy, ideal time to start a new airline at the hub. But for people not in the game there is zero visibility of when these slots drops will occur. If people knew in a real world week or month that LHR would have a slot drop, they'd be more likely to join the GW.
Suggestion - publicise Jan 1st the slot drops/infra projects planned for that year at the major hubs in that gameworld. So on discord/forums etc have a page
Dawn of the Millennium
Jan 10 2023 (11:00 25/02/2021) LHR infra 4 to 5
Jun 16 2023 (23:00 12/03/2021) JFK infra 6 to 7
etc etc
Simon
ok... so i know there is open slots in lhr on tuesday. i am joining the gameworld on tuesday, there is a major competitor at LHR, but i am very determined! i race to the airport, order 3 planes and grab my 20 slots a day! by the time i can order more planes the slots are getting low, by the time i have a 7day schedule setup, the slots are back to 0. now i have a 7-plane-airline at LHR! yippie!
i am currently in a GW, after not even 3 years LHR was out of slots. after a big airline there went BK, i got slots there easily (even though it hurt my profits a lot by implementing two new planes for the route) and luckily i did, because slots soon were sold out again.
only high slot GW config can attract players midgame.
AoF is an excellent example. Top slotted LAX airport with 1600 AC+ already based there has at least 30+ slots even at golden hours.
Other top airports have even more. LHR after 2 recent major BKs are 50% free.
maybe an idea would be, that instead of slot limitations, the prices just rise (not like now, but REALLY) - and smaller airlines get lower prices than bigger ones.