watching an aviator rack up kills on wake is not fun. it's fun for him, but not so fun for 32 other people that last about 20 seconds before another airstrike hits. i mean yeah, i could buy a joystick and learn to fly, but that just doesn't appeal to me as it doesn't appeal to many other players. repeatedly bombing a map filled with red dots doesn't float my boat, no matter how much it'll boost my stats. many others feel the same way. sure you can have 100,000+ points flying a jet around, but you have to ask yourself "was getting there fun? did i actually enjoy each and every kill?" at some point it just has to get monotonous, since it'll be a rare occasion that someone will fight back.
basically it boils down to people want to actually play the game, not just being an ant ready to be stomped. my guess is that the developers themselves got so sick of it that they decided something had to be done.
Last edited by i3igpete (2006-07-19 03:37:51)