Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26257239-20150724203251/@comment-75.95.173.188-20151007213204

B. Kupchenko wrote: 75.95.173.188 wrote: B. Kupchenko wrote: 75.95.173.188 wrote: DRosencraft wrote: Yeah, Windhover and Avalanche both come already at lvl 5 and without the initial nuisance procurement cost. Think this may be the first time they've done somehting like this. Hopefully they'll do this next time the prize is a superplane. Then maybe those things will actually be useful. God no, that's unfair and completely unbalances the game. If you want a superplane then you better pay and earn it by being a real flying ace. I find this only acceptable if said superplane would be a top 20 reward. No it wouldn't. A lvl 5 R-101 (for example) is 1021 points. By comparison, a lvl 9 Su-37 is 1036 points. And it would still cost 14 million credits or more to take the R-101 to lvl 6. Right now the superplanes are borderline useless unless you're a huge cash player. Spending hundreds of dollars on the game does not make you a "real ace." It just makes you a guy with a lot of free cash and time. Cst rating don't mean anything in the game, all they detirmine really is how powerfull the SP weapons are from the start.

Furthermore I barely spent any money on this game and I can easely compete in the tournaments with the top tier "money spenders". Earning money is not hard at all when you are good. Having expirience is the key in this game and frankly for the whole series, that's what makes a real ace.

@DRosencraft

Talisman ain't that hard to research or upgrade, already gotten it to level 4 in less than 2 days and is already competitive in the game. It starts becoming expensive around level 8-9 which is pretty much around the same levels as the standard F-15E. If you can't tell the difference between the flying characteristics of a 850 plane and a 1050 plane, I don't know what to tell you. It's clear and obvious.

You were the one who brought up only being able to get a superplane if you're a "real ace," which is categorically false. We're not talking about being competitive in tournaments, we're talking about earning the credits needed to buy and upgrade superplanes. I don't believe that you're earning 90 million credits in a reasonable amount of time without spending a significant amount of real cash. I've been playing this game consistently since last June and I don't think I've hit 90 million yet.

Besides, if you don't think plane cost matters, what's "unfair" and disruptive to the "balance of the game" if they gave away lvl 5 superplanes? You can still earn and upgrade one on your own if it makes you feel good about yourself.