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Posted by: TAR18A
« on: August 28, 2019, 04:55:36 am »

Him having two airlines with a total combined capacity of 8k on a route with only 700-ish direct demand isn't simply stiff competition, it's him literally crowding all of the legitimate players out. I'm just lucky I'm flying a plane with low fuel consumption and aggressive pricing to at least turn something. Most weeks I actually lose on it.
Posted by: Arctyc
« on: August 26, 2019, 03:34:32 pm »

I'm also victim of this scummy playstyle. I have a route that SHOULD be raking it in big, but he's forced everyone else on the route to drop prices to the point it's barely profitable. And even worse is that it's a route from one major hub to the other. If we have a route that's like that, and it's being route-trolled to the point it's not profitable despite the fact that it should, then the playstyle shouldn't be allowed. It ruins the fun for any user, veteran and newbie alike.

Barely profitable is one thing... That's stiff competition.

This guy is literally hunting my routes, and operating massive capacity at a HUGE loss to himself, because he has billions saved up on his multiple accounts that he's been running for a year, and doing it specifically to try to troll me in particular.
Posted by: TAR18A
« on: August 25, 2019, 09:49:08 pm »

I'm also victim of this scummy playstyle. I have a route that SHOULD be raking it in big, but he's forced everyone else on the route to drop prices to the point it's barely profitable. And even worse is that it's a route from one major hub to the other. If we have a route that's like that, and it's being route-trolled to the point it's not profitable despite the fact that it should, then the playstyle shouldn't be allowed. It ruins the fun for any user, veteran and newbie alike.
Posted by: trans nations
« on: August 25, 2019, 09:47:39 pm »

5 airlines in the same alliance?  :o
Posted by: LuckyPierre
« on: August 25, 2019, 04:10:33 pm »

@Arctyc I appreciate your help :) Thanks!
Posted by: vani56
« on: August 24, 2019, 02:23:14 am »

This guy should be banned..... Perhaps I could give him a bit of his own medicine as his hub is Seattle, one of my bases.
But still, his accounts should be suspended! What an as*hole..... ::) ::) ::)
Posted by: Arctyc
« on: August 22, 2019, 05:54:06 pm »

Oh, and I almost forgot... the admittance to it all:

"[04:45:25] Tundra Air: arctyc. you're too small to understand what we are talking about. We've played this game for a year and we're just trying to show you what its like"
Posted by: Arctyc
« on: August 22, 2019, 05:49:27 pm »

Let me first set the scene... It's a quiet tuesday evening... I'm in chat, there's one or two new players, one or two old players... New players are asking questions, typical day. Here's a paraphrasing of how the chat went.

New player: I have a base here or there and some routes, yadda yadda, not making much money.
Me: Here's some ways you can try to expand to grow and make more money
Old player: I'm waiting for V2, this game is dead, growth is stunted, only 5 players are in control of everything and they're all in the same alliance.
Me: Don't put new players off the game, there's plenty of room to grow.

Now that line really triggered this guy, because he spent the next 2 days rebuilding his multiple accounts and, well, have a look for yourself:

We'll start with my main line. 3 days ago I was the only flight on this route. I was charging 1600.

Look, 3 BRAND new airlines out of nowhere, each with very high capacity somehow show up the same time... interesting.

But wait, there's more.
I was also alone on this route, charging about $700, now, competition is fine, I don't expect to be able to keep a monopoly, but consider the surrounding circumstances...


And more...






and more...









LOL @ This one specifically:

That's a lot of capacity for not a lot of demand. Operating at a huge loss because you're butthurt is just hilarious to me.

And that's not even all of it, that's just what I felt like collecting.

So, let that be a lesson... If you are going to try to empower new players to keep playing in the face of an upset old player... be ready.