Il2

[TheSwede]

I solely fly in Warbirds of Prey servers. Spit vs 109 has been the primary server for pilots lately. I dont know why the pacific server lost all its pilots. But its a great server and good maps.

You have to take into account that not everyone uses HL. Me personally use xfire so the number of pilots on HL + other server browsers make Il2 rather popular.

Its a great game and the mods have stretched the life cycle and I think Il2 will played online beyond the release of SoW. Virtual pilots will probably want to fly other arenas than BoB until the SoW series expand.

[JG27_PapaFly]

You must take into account that out of those 200-300 players on HL, more than 50 are empty hosts.

I've been trying in vain to recruit a few sticks to teach them fullreal teamflying and accurate bombing for a year now. Back in 2004 folks were very eager in joining squads. It's the steady decline in seriously interested players that bothers me. All in all, we do struggle in a slow downhill trend.

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by JG27_PapaFly

You must take into account that out of those 200-300 players on HL, more than 50 are empty hosts.

I've been trying in vain to recruit a few sticks to teach them fullreal teamflying and accurate bombing for a year now. Back in 2004 folks were very eager in joining squads. It's the steady decline in seriously interested players that bothers me. All in all, we do struggle in a slow downhill trend.

Correct.

And about 25% more players join via x-fire or other alternatives, because they thought HL had been abandoned, when it was no longer developed.

Beyond that, Thrusday is not a good test to see how many players play a game. Come back over the weekend and you'll see some pleasant surprises.