ATAG Dedicated Server is up!

The server is great fun and the performance is quite good even though it is on the other side of the globe.

Much fun and full of action. Loads of AI aircraft coming all the way.

[Bewolf]

Been there yesterday and had a blast. I was escorting a group of italien bombers at 6500 meters above the english coast when I noticed two spots to the lower behind. Going down on them in a wide turn downwards they revieled themselves to be a Spitfire and a Hurricane climbing behind the bombers.

I got the Spit in my first past and saw it diving trailing smoke the last time before going for the Hurricane. After a bit of great dogfighting he lost a wing and went down like a stone. Unluckily in both cases I only got a "killed KI" message.

After that I went down the coast and looked for easy prey, just to be hit all of a sudden by two Spits. I got my ailerons shot out and a red screen immidiatly with some evil shaking in the cockpit. Managed to get back to the french coast before that Spit driver delivered his coup de grâce. After respawning, before taking off I used the time the engine required to warm up again to have a cig (really neeed that one after the last sortie) and have a look around. It was at that point that a spitfire started to attack the airfield and strafed warming up and taking off aircraft. Now I am not impressed by pilots that attack planes on the ground (but consider it a legit tactic), but the sights and sounds cooming with this attack were absolutely stunning. Felt like being there and gave a good impression of what it must have felt like sitting on the ground and being attacked by aircraft. The roar of the engine, the impression the Spit gave while climing, turning and coming back again, guns blazing, simply fantastic.

Overall the server delivered great perforamance, the best so far I've seen, lots of pilots active and a really great atmosphere and communication between pilots.

Consider ATAG my new standart server. =)

[ATAG_Bliss]

Thanks fellas

And thanks everyone that helped us last night getting the mission rotation working! Much appreciated. We had around 20 people on coms last night and met many new faces. Very good stuff!

The missions run every 3 hours and then rotate. (only 1 of which is static time) There's a morning, mid day, and dusk mission. There is no need to leave the server on rotation. You will transported to the next map automatically.

Let us know if you have any problems. Thanks!

[ReconNZ]

Sounds great Bliss, looking forward to catching you all online again!

[TomcatViP]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Bliss

Thanks fellas

...dusk mission...

Dusk are dark in EU. We are not polar bear. Wait... let me see

[ATAG_Bliss]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

Dusk are dark in EU. We are not polar bear. Wait... let me see

The sun is still out in that mission....., But so is the moon

[ReconNZ]

Hey Bliss

Did you turn down bomber spawn rates? - we flew last night through two rotations and there were very few bombers spawned - lots of lfying around waiting for spawns.

Was very stable though and the rotation seemed to work well.

Cheers as always

Recon!

[ReconNZ]

Also Bliss there seem to be far less lower altitude bombers now. ANd a few people were commenting tonight on the reduced frequency of the bomber flights.

[Blackdog_kt]

I think shifting the bombers to higher altitudes was done on purpose because most people were simply furballing on the deck, as a means to give them an incentive to go higher and create more tactical variety.

I could be wrong though and it won't be the first time, i just remember it being discussed at some point recently

[JG52Krupi]

Wow night map

2:00 AM Moon to fly

2.35 AM Couldn't see my hand in front of my face... turned off illumination and almost couldn't find it to turn it back on LOL