Team Mis-Balancing Leads to Empty Servers

[[Warship]MidnightLightnin]

This issue is self-explanatory and a frequent problem on some servers, especially the EU servers - see the image. The team balance shown persisted for the full length of the game.

 

I just do not understand the mentality of pilots who think its ok to join a team that is already overwhelming the other team - shame on you. There seems to be a culture of win at all cost without putting yourself at risk these days. 

 

I'm 60 now and have been playing fighter games since Air Attack in the late 90's on dial up. It wasn't perfect back then but on the whole people balanced teams when they joined, sure they might have wanted to fly a Spitfire but if there were too many on GB they would join GE and fly a 109 until they could move back without upsetting the balance. 

 

There is no honour or skill in shooting a plane down when you have a 4 : 1 advantage. All it does is piss people off and ultimately they leave.

 

A couple of years ago there was an attempt to start a new "Air Attack" game, it failed for several reasons but a key issue was a very small group of expert pilots sitting in arenas and instantly killing new pilots who popped in to see what the game was about.

 

IL2 is almost certainly losing players because of mis-balanced teams.

 

So whilst you guys who like to have an unfair advantage in numbers are having a great time, taking easy kills and racking a score, spare a thought for the brave pilots on the other team who are out-numbered, getting runwayed every spawn, and having an awful time.

 

Because you are driving them out of the game - keep this up and it will result in empty servers.

 

Ok, so that's the rant over but I ask you this. 

 

Please, when you join a game check the teams first and join the team with the lowest numbers. Keep checking and if the game goes out of balance swap sides, its only for a few minutes and you might find that flying other planes is actually pretty good.

 

Can I also recommend to server admins that you implement team balancing - I assume that is possible in IL2(?)

[said_e]

Nobody will address this

 

I harmed myself over this physically and uninstalled the game

[BlitzPig_EL]

Interesting screen shot.  Usually it's the other way around.

 

Back in the heyday of online air combat, the BlitzPigs would always fly for the team with the lowest numbers.  What this meant in real terms was that on European theater/East Front scenarios we flew for the Allies, and in the Pacific we flew for Japan.

[RedKestrel]

1 hour ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

Interesting screen shot.  Usually it's the other way around.

 

Back in the heyday of online air combat, the BlitzPigs would always fly for the team with the lowest numbers.  What this meant in real terms was that on European theater/East Front scenarios we flew for the Allies, and in the Pacific we flew for Japan.

It usually depends on the server and the time, but yeah, traditionally in this game the sides have been stacked for Axis. 

I've found the side-stacking has been better the last couple years than when I first started. I still remember flying solo on KOTA, and the thirteen guys on the other side talking to me in chat to get me to come to where they were flying so they could actually get a fight. I was like, I'm not letting you bounce me until at least the second date, buddy. 
 

[Cynic_Al]

On 5/22/2021 at 3:51 PM, said_e said:

Nobody will address this

 

I harmed myself over this physically and uninstalled the game

 

The usual method is to make a stern remark about the situation in the chat.  Don't threaten to self-harm, that will just incite everyone to join the same team.

[said_e]

32 minutes ago, Cynic_Al said:

 

The usual method is to make a stern remark about the situation in the chat.  Don't threaten to self-harm, that will just incite everyone to join the same team.

I didn't threaten haha that would be bad

[JG1_Wittmann]

On 5/26/2021 at 5:29 AM, RedKestrel said:

It usually depends on the server and the time, but yeah, traditionally in this game the sides have been stacked for Axis. 


 

I  haven't flown on combat box in some time.  On finnish  server,   the times I have seen an imbalance,   80% of those times  it is  reds outnumbering axis.   I will say  that  seeing a 4-1 imbalance there,   I think the highest I can recall during my flying time is  slightly less than 3 to 1.   Most of the time  that happens when I have seen it is after say 10 PST    and  it's not very often at all.