Look at all the players on MP!

[ATAG_Dutch]

I was on the Syndicate server for a couple of hours last night. There were roughly 40 people online at the time, but many came and went over the couple of hours.

The chatbox was full of people asking 'How do I get into the game?' and 'Which button do I press?'.

Once they were in the game, they were asking 'How do I start the engine?' or 'What do I do with prop pitch to take off?'.

So, two observations;

1) The game needs a 'help menu' for new multiplayer users. 'Click your flag, then run your mouse over the white airfields, then click on the airfield, then go to loadout, etc, etc.
It would be great if this could be included in a patch at some stage in the future, but the trouble is that there'd need to be guides for all the different permutations available so the onus would probably fall on the server providers.

2) It appears to me that many new players want to re-enact the Battle of Britain on the Channel Map, rather than 'airquake on the Isles of Doom'. So maybe a Channel map with simple engine management would attract more players.

Full real is fantastic, but if we look at the numbers on the various Hyperlobby servers, mission based simplicity such as UK Dedicated 1 is still more popular on a regular basis.

Just a couple of thoughts......