Admiralbumfluff

In my opinion the armor crews aren't really fit for I&A, alot of newbies play it and it's a casual game mode, it's not AWE. For me, I&A is a game mode you can jump on and play solo or with a group depending what you want, that includes playing armor solo. In I&A 3 I can do a sides until i get an MBT and enjoy solo crewing it. In I&A 4 if I want to play armor, I'm forced to join an armor crew and people that I might not know/ like, or simply never play armor, because I prefer and many others do prefer to play solo. Not forced into a group. If I wanted to play with crew/ in a group, I'd join a group in I&A, or play AWE. If the reason for armor crews is to limit the amount of armor pieces, just limit the amount of tanks allowed at the same time. Also, I believe this would make APCs be played more. Since choosing a specific role for playing armor and then choosing the Marshall isn't very common.
 
Everyone in the group can buy vehicles, so why can't everyone in the group lock them? The owner of the vehicle should be able to lock it, not the SL. The Orca, Hellcat, Kajman and Xi'an all have transport seats, and it could be annoying when you land at base and someone rushes towards the chopper, gets in and starts asking for transport.
 
That is, of course, what I prefer and my opinion is.

I am going to be frank and hope that you see my honesty as constructive and not complaining for the sake of it.
 
If you keep I&A 4 in it’s current iteration, it will change the climate of EU1. I started playing Arma on EU1 and stayed because I enjoyed the relative freedom it gave me to pick and learn a role and also squad up with whomever I wanted to and have my friends in roles that they wanted to play as well. I enjoyed being able to earn reward vehicles and drove them without needing to change slots to do so. 
 
It was also simple and fairly idiot-proof. A great place where new players can learn and also feel welcome in the AW community. 
 
I feel that while I&A4 does have positives to it, I just am not motivated to play it. I feel restricted and overwhelmed . I do not like the map and that I cannot see all the objective markers at all times. i don’t want to grind a few hours just to get the loadout I enjoy playing with. It is changing what was a casual server into something less so. You have AWE to offer a more serious experience for those wanting it.
 
I also wonder if you, Ryko, have spent much time on I&A3 and seen what makes it so special and also the sort of players who regularly play there and how they approach the game. I wonder if the changes are even being made with the current player base in mind or if these are taken simply from the perspective of experienced and more serious players.
 
So I ask that you conduct a little experiment while the beta is up. See how long your regular players are on server for compared to I&A3. Look at guys like TheScar and Pickle who easily log some of the most hours on EU1. Players that are the backbone of your current community.
 
I personally average seven hours a day playing Arma and had the best weekend this past weekend with a lot of fun and bullshittery. I have made friends and feel part of a great community. I fear these changes will take a lot of that away and it makes me incredibly sad.
 
I am sorry if this comes across in any way badly as that’s not my intention. I hope you will see this as coming from a passionate player who is invested in not just the game but the community too.
 
 
 
 

The capture UAV side mission is missing something:
 

 
Additionally its spawn location is less then ideal:

 
And finally the wreck of that slammer between the black and red lines is a player who got shot by an enemy neophron, without any warning of any kind, after driving that entire distance and having his final destination basically in sight.  No warning, no means of self-defence:

I was playing alone this morning as AT infantry, using Hunter HMG and enemy CAS jets spawned on me 3 times. Yeah it is interesting when one jet come up to kill you but I don't enjoy much when same neo keeps spawning again and again untill I leave hunter and never hop in back. Also same goes for the CAS and CAP jets. It doesn't always happen but, the moment they take off, a stealth Shrika spawns already flying at center of map. Also it directly attacks CAP and CAS without even using its active radar. I understand that it is because of the ambient but how fast an enemy jet could be when NATO jet starts engine, they notice that with their radars, UAVs or satellites and take off before the NATO jet that is already in process of taking off? how it can live track NATO jet without even using radar?. What Im saying is, it should take some time for enemy to take off their CAP jets, also their CAS jets shouldn't spawn over only 1 hunter with 1 infantry inside.
 
Another problems are about newbies. As I was also a newbie, I can understand their mindset, they just want biggest and coolest guns in game. So the first thing they do is occupying CAS slot and trying to control a jet that they never tried before and blowing up the jet while taking off. And then CAP jet follows the same fate. just because a newbie (there are alot of newbies btw) wanted to play with cool guns we won't have access to jets for another 1 hour. Just only this morning 4 different newbies hopped in CAS jet blew it up in average of 2 minutes and then disconnected. So basicly life time of CAS jet was shorter than 10 mins in last 4 hours. What Im suggesting as solution is, either make jet respawn times much more shorter or find a way to discourage random people from using those assets, like paying X amount of points to occupy the slot.
 
Also each player should be allowed to lock the reward vehicle they bought. It is so unpleasant how other players occupy other crewman slots and hopping in the vehicle you bought and giving you orders, or begging you to come back to base and pick them up. Not even mentioning people who threw tantrum in side chat because the other crew members didn't want to share their vehicle.
 
Apart from that IA4 has an interesting style and making me enjoy the game.

AW MVP 2020: Me Obvs
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Lindi
too nice for his own good
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Stanhope
for keeping my beloved I&A3 running this year ❤️
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: no idea, if I'm honest probably @MidnightRunner
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020:  @LH5
for his impressive ban streak at the start of the year
AW Best Team Player 2020: The Scar
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020:
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @Gambit
🤣🤣
AW Tacti-cool member 2020:
AW Underrated Member 2020: The Scar although I don't know his profile on here.
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @BruceLee
for his musical masterpieces
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020: I would be much too biased to even pick 😂
AW Best Pilot 2020: I can't hand this to anyone, it's either Gambit or Whigi but they are tied IMO
AW Worst Pilot 2020:
AW Best Voice 2020:
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: @itsmemario
AW Worst Joke 2020: @LH5
for ruining everything about dad jokes
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum):
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in):
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2020:
AW Best Driver 2020:
AW Worst Driver 2020: @Xwatt
AW Best Fail 2020:
AW Best Ban of 2020:
AW Team Speak Channel 2020:
AW Best Screen Shot 2020:
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020:
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: @BruceLee
AW Role Model 2020: @MidnightRunner

AW MVP 2020: Me Obvs
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Lindi
too nice for his own good
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Stanhope
for keeping my beloved I&A3 running this year ❤️
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: no idea, if I'm honest probably @MidnightRunner
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020:  @LH5
for his impressive ban streak at the start of the year
AW Best Team Player 2020: The Scar
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020:
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @Gambit
🤣🤣
AW Tacti-cool member 2020:
AW Underrated Member 2020: The Scar although I don't know his profile on here.
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @BruceLee
for his musical masterpieces
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020: I would be much too biased to even pick 😂
AW Best Pilot 2020: I can't hand this to anyone, it's either Gambit or Whigi but they are tied IMO
AW Worst Pilot 2020:
AW Best Voice 2020:
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: @itsmemario
AW Worst Joke 2020: @LH5
for ruining everything about dad jokes
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum):
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in):
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2020:
AW Best Driver 2020:
AW Worst Driver 2020: @Xwatt
AW Best Fail 2020:
AW Best Ban of 2020:
AW Team Speak Channel 2020:
AW Best Screen Shot 2020:
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020:
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: @BruceLee
AW Role Model 2020: @MidnightRunner

AW MVP 2020: Me Obvs
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Lindi
too nice for his own good
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Stanhope
for keeping my beloved I&A3 running this year ❤️
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: no idea, if I'm honest probably @MidnightRunner
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020:  @LH5
for his impressive ban streak at the start of the year
AW Best Team Player 2020: The Scar
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020:
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @Gambit
🤣🤣
AW Tacti-cool member 2020:
AW Underrated Member 2020: The Scar although I don't know his profile on here.
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @BruceLee
for his musical masterpieces
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020: I would be much too biased to even pick 😂
AW Best Pilot 2020: I can't hand this to anyone, it's either Gambit or Whigi but they are tied IMO
AW Worst Pilot 2020:
AW Best Voice 2020:
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: @itsmemario
AW Worst Joke 2020: @LH5
for ruining everything about dad jokes
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum):
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in):
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2020:
AW Best Driver 2020:
AW Worst Driver 2020: @Xwatt
AW Best Fail 2020:
AW Best Ban of 2020:
AW Team Speak Channel 2020:
AW Best Screen Shot 2020:
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020:
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: @BruceLee
AW Role Model 2020: @MidnightRunner

AW MVP 2020: @Xwatt 
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @SkullCollector 
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @chicken_no6
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: @chicken_no6 
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020:  @Admiralbumfluff takes no sh!t
AW Best Team Player 2020: @Bomer
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020: @SiegeSix
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @chicken_no6
AW Tacti-cool member 2020: @BruceLee
AW Underrated Member 2020: @GhostDragon
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @WinterMute aka Captain Jack Sparrow
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020: 
AW Best Pilot 2020: @Whigital 
AW Worst Pilot 2020: tbh its not been that bad this year.
AW Best Voice 2020: echo version of @Bomer
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: @LH5 with hi back ofc
AW Worst Joke 2020: ACRE
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum): Drunk @MidnightRunner singing for the whole night. https://youtu.be/F3WAEch22N0?t=978
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in): https://forums.ahoyworld.net/topic/15253-liberation-feedback-thread
 
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2020: status bot
AW Best Driver 2020: Cant really think of one
AW Worst Driver 2020: @Xwatt
AW Best Fail 2020: ACRE
AW Best Ban of 2020: revers ban appeal
AW Team Speak Channel 2020: EU 1
AW Best Screen Shot 2020: thanks to @SkullCollector for this one.
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020: "is toast flying"
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: ...
AW Role Model 2020: @MidnightRunner

AW MVP 2020: @chicken_no6 
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Lindi
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @LH5 and @MidnightRunner for their patience in liberation, @Stanhope for helping me with some ArmA3 editor codes.
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020:  @Admiralbumfluff was 
AW Best Team Player 2020: @Bomer
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020: @Gambit
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: @Art3misZA
AW Tacti-cool member 2020: @Stryker990 rumor says he spent half of this year in arsenal.
AW Underrated Member 2020: @TrollSlothy, new player yet one of the best pilots I have ever seen.
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: TBA
AW Best Pilot 2020: @Gustis40g @TrollSlothy
AW Worst Pilot 2020: Ed and Ted Rollins...
AW Best Voice 2020: @chicken_no6 
AW Worst Joke 2020: "Hi Back" @LH5
AW Best Moment 2020: All the Piccle Island zeus ops and This
AW Worst Driver 2020: TBA
AW Best Fail 2020: @TheScar tried to catch me in the act of uncalled CAS, for a whole year. He never did...
AW Best Ban of 2020: Can't recall the name but yesterday a guy banned for continuous uncalled CAS and then joined in TS and literally ordered admin to remove ban...
AW Team Speak Channel 2020: EU1
AW Best Screen Shot 2020: I wasn't there but its better than my screenshots.
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2020: TBA
AW Candidate for the Hague 2020: TBA
AW Role Model 2020: Senor Octopus 

Like that I'm still in the running for strictest admin 😂
 
Still deciding on my nominations

AW MVP 2020: @GhostDragon for all his work behind the scenes
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @Lindi
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2020: @chicken_no6
AW Most Active Staff Member 2020: 
AW Strictest Staff Member 2020:  @Admiralbumfluff
AW Best Team Player 2020: 
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2020: 
AW Most Friendly Member 2020: 
AW Tacti-cool member 2020:
AW Underrated Member 2020: 
AW Most Incoherent Member 2020: @RiverWolf
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2020: Too many to remember 😎
AW Best Pilot 2020: @Whigital
AW Worst Pilot 2020: 
AW Best Voice 2020: @Murph Batman
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2020: 
AW Worst Joke 2020: All of the puns, so many puns
AW Best Moment 2020 (can be in-game, on Team Speak or Forum): Any of the random Liberation emergent stuff, getting randomly flanked or cut of.
AW Best Forum Post (please put URL in):  
AW Best Driver 2020: We have good drivers?
AW Worst Driver 2020: @Xwatt, as is tradition
AW Best Fail 2020:  
AW Best Ban of 2020: The reverse ban appeal. Appeal a ban that doesn't exist, get banned when admins realise what you've been up to.
AW Team Speak Channel 2020:  EU1 of course
AW Best Screen Shot 2020: The WW2 shot from Johnson, such an awesome campaign and a showcase of the potential of our gamenights
AW Role Model 2020: @Whigital
 
Will finish this later

@Art3misZA
if you are on when GAMBIT is on server you can always ask him for tips or I would gladly give some pointers next time I'm on server. Just glad to see people interested in learning to properly fly instead of playing a glorified game of lawn darts.
 
If you learn using ghost hawks they are they best to start learning with due to being between all the other choppers and a great middle ground between them all so adapting your techniques is easier for smaller and larger choppers is easier.

Thank you for everything @Xwatt
you have been amazing throughout and done a cracking job.
 
Big shoes to fill but I'm sure those two will be capable of doing so.
 
Don't be a stranger dude

Thank you for everything @Xwatt
you have been amazing throughout and done a cracking job.
 
Big shoes to fill but I'm sure those two will be capable of doing so.
 
Don't be a stranger dude

Thank you for everything @Xwatt
you have been amazing throughout and done a cracking job.
 
Big shoes to fill but I'm sure those two will be capable of doing so.
 
Don't be a stranger dude

Ahoy,
 
I thought now would be a suitable time for a community update, as the title suggests I have a major announcement to make, and the last community update was in March, so I think the time is right to give the community an update about the current situation at AW.
 
Xwatt Leaves Core Staff
As the title of this community update suggests, I will be stepping down from CS. The main reason for this is that my own personal schedule has been getting increasingly busy and with that, I feel that I cannot the devote the time to AW that it deserves, therefore the sensible decision would be to step down. @Ryko always puts it best, real life comes first and must be given priority. I'd like to thank @Mark T for giving me the opportunity to become a Core Staff member, and I would like to thank the current CS team, and the staff team for the support they have given me over the years. But most importantly, I would like to thank you, the community, for backing me and supporting the decisions I have made in the past few years in an effort to positively move this community forward.
 
On a brighter note, I would like to congratulate @MidnightRunner and @Norris, our new members to the Core Staff team. I have no doubt that these two will be able to make a positive impact to AW for years to come, and they have my full backing for any decision they will make. Midnight will be taking over the role of AWE manager, and Norris will be taking over the role of Public manager. I would like you all the congratulate these two, and I want you to support them wholly as you have supported myself.
 
I&A4
The development of I&A4 is now back into full swing, and masses of progress has been made in priming it for public release. Just under a week ago, we completed a full 100% run of the mission, highlighting the progress in stability and allowing for persistent mission progress over the span of a few days. Please continue to leave your feedback in the dedicated I&A4 feedback thread, it is immense help in aiding Ryko to develop the mission. Feedback can be anything from bugs and missing items, to your feedback in how you think mission should be played. All feedback is welcome, and ultimately will shape the end product for the mission.
 
 
AWE and Gamenights:
AWE has had a ton of progress since the last community update in March, and we will continue to support the growth and development of the server for the foreseeable future. Currently, the server is rotating maps and factions after every one run of Liberation, and this method is aiding in keeping player retention, compared to the two runs that we did in the past. Support has been mostly positive for the switch back to CUP and ACRE, and we will continue to listen to community feedback about how we can better improve the server. Be sure to attend our Liberation Sunday events, in which you can find information for that in the events section of the forum.
 
As for Midnights campaigns, we are currently in a transition period between moving towards a new campaign in both the Tuesday, and Friday operations. For the Tuesday campaign, this will be moving towards a zombie orientated mission, and the Friday campaign will be moving back to the PMC series, and more information about that can be found here:
 
 
Alongside Midnights missions, we have two gamenights from @BenjaminHL planned, keep an eye out on the events section of the forum for the dates of those missions.
 
Final Note:
As always I want to thank the community for helping us to move forward in a positive direction. I want to thank the donators for their continued support in keeping AW financially stable, even during a pandemic where peoples income may be reduced. Being a community powered by your donations is a portrayal of the support you have for our community, and we will continue to make the suggestions and needs of our community the focal point before any major decisions are made.
 
On a more personal note, I would like to thank all of you for the support you have given me as Core Staff for the past few years. I have absolutely loved it, and it is with regret that I have to step down, but I am in no doubt that this community will continue to live on and prosper, as it has done since it has been founded. I would like to give my personal congratulations to @MidnightRunner and @Norris, both of you have my full backing, and I am excited to see the progression of AW a few years down the line from now.
 
Thank you all,
Xwatt & The CoreStaff Team.
 

feels like yesterday when you crossed my path back in the days of olde I+A 2.x and its kind of a way you walked down here to this point since then
We had quite some laugh and i m glad to see my prediction you becoming CS didnt turned out that bad after all as i imagined
Also,i still recall that utterly surprise when you handed me my ass on HLL in comparison to your ARMA skills tehehehe
 
Heads up,job well done
👊

We keep a record of bans and naturally also keep logs on what happens on our servers. They serve many purposes like debugging and also in certain cases player tracking. I'm sure this comes as no surprise to a good player as yourself. It also serves the Admin team and myself as the community referee when making up our minds about bans and their consequent follow up. 
 
In your case the pattern is clear, there is plenty of trolling, breaking of rules and finally racism. All of the above are clearly against the rules of AhoyWorld. So I indeed agree with @LH5 that a ban is in order. Racism is and never has been a joking matter on AhoyWorld servers.
 

This ban appeal had me confused as there was no ban report and you stated being already unbanned so I looked into it.
 
The ban was supposed to be a kick as a final warning but ban was hit instead, a mistake that has been made by many of us as they are so close together hence why you were "unbanned already". However once I looked into this I saw your previous exploits on server under your other names and have reapplied a permanent ban.
 
You have played on our server for a while and racked up a fair few warnings, kicks and a ban under your other names. I shall place the 2 most notable names I have found so you know what i'm talking about.
 
Clintwood: you were well warned for offences then kicked for teamkilling, ramming assets, disabling friendly heli's, insulating other players then later temp banned.
Agent1: you went on a roll harassing a player and insulting them for almost 30 minutes straight before being kicked.
 
So I think its fair to say you should be well versed in our rules and that racism is no joke.
 
I pass this on to @Lindi for anything that follows.

Hello again [2ndLt]Metalboy,
 
I will take your word and remove the ban. I urge you to read the rules of Ahoy and EU1 once more to make sure there will be no more incidents. Repeat offenders very rarely get a second chance.
 
 
 
Regards 
Lindi

i shall read them all twice, i shall try to be the most upstanding and examplerary player on the server from now on.
also i thank you for giving me another chance,
i wont make you regret this, it means allot
 

Ahoy all,
 
With the return of AWE, the Staff team have been formulating ideas about how to better make use of the roles we have available. With this, we looked into how to better make use of the current Field Ambassador program, and how to reintroduce the AWE Veteran scheme, to identify and recognise players we see as ideal role models for the atmosphere we are trying to establish across our modded server. As always, I stress that these roles are not being reintroduced to create a sense of hierarchy, but to instead recognise players that go the extra mile to help newer players, enforce the ruleset and provide an enjoyable experience to their peers. As Field Ambassadors are a greater bar of entry then Veterans, they will have added benefits that the veteran programme does not provide. The benefits of being in both programmes are as followed:
 
Field Ambassadors
A Field Ambassador, is a player who is recognised by Staff, as being an role model who contributes frequently to the community.
 
-  Selected By Staff
- Exclusive Teamspeak Tags
- Exclusive XML
- Access to a discord channel with Field Ambassadors and Veterans (where both will get access to mission testing and feedback discussion with Staff)
- Access to the "mission makers" discord chat, used directly between Staff and Devs in communicating the current and future development of AW
- Acces to AW Gitlab, to report issues and give feedback on opinions on "to be delayed" features that will/won't get added to our missions
 
AWE Veteran
An AWE Veteran, is an exemplary and experienced player who is recognised by Staff.
 
-  Selected By Staff
- Exclusive Teamspeak Tags
- Exclusive XML
- Access to a discord channel with Field Ambassadors and Veterans (where both will get access to mission testing and feedback discussion with Staff)
 
We hope that by overhauling these schemes that it would both reward players that Staff believe to be making a positive impact on our servers, but also giving us a direct line in incorporating non-staff roles into the future development decisions we make at AW.

One of the underused features on the I&A3 are the supply crates you can load into your chopper at mainbase.
While they have a wider range of supplies in them than i expected some of the ammotypes are not represented (AK ammo or missiles like the vorona)  and in general there is not enough of some ammotypes to adequatly supply a bigger group of people.
I understand that we have a empty supplybox at the vehicle liftzone at mainbase which we can fill with the help of steve senior and bring to the battlefield. However the fact that you can only slingload it makes it quite a i would call it clumsy method of supply as you have to content with the occasional desync ripping the crate off your chopper and having to fly rather high for the box to not get destroyed hitting the ground. We already have the loadable crate from steve senior so i would ask if we could get the ability to load in that customfilled ammobox into the aircraft either in a similar manner as the standard steven senior crates or have them attach in the cargobox of larger aircraft which have a cargobay like the huron, mohawk, xian and possibly the vehicle transport blackfish.