DD today?

[Asgar]

3 minutes ago, 15th_JonRedcorn said:

Hoping we see some more of the p-47 D-9 today.

fixed it for ya

[Legioneod]

26 minutes ago, US103GarvenDreis said:

Looking at the Pictures I'm going to take a wild guess that wing pylons are also optional.  

I never really considered them as modifications, I just figured they'd be on whenever you have bombs or droptanks if they ever add them. Unless you are carrying ordnance I don't see much point in ever having pylons, they slow you down by quite a bit, some people just like the look I guess.

Edited August 9, 2018 by Legioneod

[=27=Davesteu]

The list of modifications available to the fat pigeon (Razorback & N look way better!) is what I'm most interested in right now.

D/F has been announced and for sure a mirror. Probably additional .50 cal ammo. Maybe the 4.5" rocket launchers and bombs are regarded as mods, maybe not.  I don't expect and I'm not interested in HVARs (for BoBP that is).
 
My main concern is regarding this:

5 minutes ago, US103GarvenDreis said:

Looking at the Pictures I'm going to take a wild guess that wing pylons are also optional.   

I hope they are optional in the way of a "remove wing bomb racks"-modification and not tied to a bombload like the Fw 190 A-8's ETC 501!
The majority of (both) aircraft had them installed all the time. By having the racks attached to unmodified aircraft the overall picture would be much more accurate. If you want to remove them you can do so by selection. This would be the most accurate and versatile way of doing it.

[Legioneod]

18 minutes ago, =27=Davesteu said:

The list of modifications available to the fat pigeon (Razorback & N look way better!) is what I'm most interested in right now.

D/F has been announced and for sure a mirror. Probably additional .50 cal ammo. Maybe the 4.5" rocket launchers and bombs are regarded as mods, maybe not.  I don't expect and I'm not interested in HVARs (for BoBP that is).
 
My main concern is regarding this:

I hope they are optional in the way of a "remove wing bomb racks"-modification and not tied to a bombload like the Fw 190 A-8's ETC 501!
The majority of (both) aircraft had them installed all the time. By having the racks attached to unmodified aircraft the overall picture would be much more accurate. If you want to remove them you can do so by selection. This would be the most accurate and versatile way of doing it.

This would be a good way of doing it. Extra .50 cal ammo would be great, standard could be anywhere from 2,000-2,800 rounds and max would be around 3,400 rounds iirc.

Edited August 9, 2018 by Legioneod

[JonRedcorn]

53 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Asgar said:

fixed it for ya

I'd definitely like to see some more of that awesome plane as well. Love everything in the new planeset we are getting, I'd very much love to see a yak-3 or yak-9 as a collector plane come out one of these days though.

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

I suspect we will go back east, much later in this series, someday and  the Russians will get their late/end of war AC. Rather than being offered as Collectors. Still gotta do Pacific (in two or three installments) and hopefully Sicily and Italy. Far East and Battle of France are outside possibilities. If CLoD North Africa doesnt stick, I can see us going there as well. Somewhere in that mix will be a return to The East - if I were laying bets I'd say after the Pacific wraps or at least after the second installment.

 

*all guesses and no facts whatsoever

[Legioneod]

10 minutes ago, II/JG17_HerrMurf said:

I suspect we will go back east, much later in this series, someday and  the Russians will get their late/end of war AC. Rather than being offered as Collectors. Still gotta do Pacific (in two or three installments) and hopefully Sicily and Italy. Far East and Battle of France are outside possibilities. If CLoD North Africa doesnt stick, I can see us going there as well. Somewhere in that mix will be a return to The East - if I were laying bets I'd say after the Pacific wraps or at least after the second installment.

 

*all guesses and no facts whatsoever

After the Pacific I'd prefer if they went back to the western front. I'd like to see them stick with the 9th Airforce in it's tactical role, they could do the invasion of Normandy or go even earlier to the invasion of Sicily/Italy, though I think the 12th might be better for an Italy scenario. I also wouldnt mind if they mix it up, like doing 1 pacific, then 1 west, and 1 east, etc. that way we don't see the same theater for too long and we get a healthy mix of scenarios.

Seeing one theater for too long and you'll eventually grow tired of it, pretty much why I'm not keen on going back to the eastern front any time soon.

 

Normandy is what I hope for after the Pacific, it would allow for an expanded planeset for the western allies and would allow the germans to have more variants aircraft.

 

Typhoon

Spitfire or Mosquito?

P-51 B/C

P-47D-20 (razorback)

B-26 as collector

 

Not sure what aircraft could be used for the Axis as many of the fighters are already in-game as far as I can tell. Would be a good opportunity to add more bombers to the german lineup I think.

 

[CountZero]

1 hour ago, II/JG17_HerrMurf said:

I suspect we will go back east, much later in this series, someday and  the Russians will get their late/end of war AC. Rather than being offered as Collectors. Still gotta do Pacific (in two or three installments) and hopefully Sicily and Italy. Far East and Battle of France are outside possibilities. If CLoD North Africa doesnt stick, I can see us going there as well. Somewhere in that mix will be a return to The East - if I were laying bets I'd say after the Pacific wraps or at least after the second installment.

 

*all guesses and no facts whatsoever

 

I hope they do Yak-9U as collectable after or during BoBp preorder as red side will need some 1944 year fighter for MP atleast, so why not get some money on it.

 

There is planty of late war soviet side fighters so they should not fear to not have any for maybe some more late east front expantions:

Yak-3

Yak-9B
Yak-9T
Yak-9D
Yak-9U
La-7
P-39Q

 

bigger problem is german side as you already have most of their fighters in game

 

They could still do some late east front like this for example:

Yak-3
La-7
P-39Q
Il-10
Tu-2
vs
Bf-109G10
Fw-190A9
Ta-152C
Me-210 or 410
Ar-234B

 

Edited August 9, 2018 by 77.CountZero

[Danziger]

I'm afraid it's too late for a DD today

[Legioneod]

16 minutes ago, 77.CountZero said:

 

I hope they do Yak-9U as collectable after or during BoBp preorder as red side will need some 1944 year fighter for MP atleast, so why not get some money on it.

 

There is planty of late war soviet side fighters so they should not fear to not have any for maybe some more late east front expantions:

Yak-3

Yak-9B
Yak-9T
Yak-9D
Yak-9U
La-7
P-39Q

 

bigger problem is german side as you already have most of their fighters in game

 

They could still do some late east front like this for example:

Yak-3
La-7
P-39Q
Il-10
Tu-2
vs
Bf-109G10
Fw-190A9
Ta-152C
Me-210 or 410
Ar-234B

 

 

Eventually they should just start releasing aircraft packs to fill out the theaters.

An aircraft pack for Bodenplatte for instance could be:

 

P-47D-20 (Razorback)

Typhoon 

Bf-109G-10

Spitfire Mk XIV

P-51D-25

Ta-152

FW-190A9 or later variant.

P-47M

etc.

 

I wouldn't mind paying 60+ dollars for an aircraft pack, even if it only contained 4-5 aircraft.

 

 

 

[JonRedcorn]

A small aircraft pack could be really cool, like 4-5 planes for 60 bucks. Maybe stick with some more variant based craft to cut down on the dev time. Do like 1-2 new planes and the rest existing models with small tweaks. Basically I just really want to see the yak-3 and yak-9 in game haha.

[Asgar]

i would love a surprise Me 410 announcement

[=621=Samikatz]

For late war German fighters there's also /AS variants of the existing 109s, along with the aforementioned G-10. The redesigned nose cowling would give it a visual distinction, and the different engine would give it its own performance. A more significant and interesting difference than G-2 --> G-4 at least! They could also be produced fairly quickly and I'm sure the 109 fans would still love them all the same

33 minutes ago, 77.CountZero said:

Tu-2

 

I really, really want the Bat, it's such a fantastic looking aircraft

[Voidhunger]

AS variants are pointless at low/medium altitudes. There is only G-10 variant left.

[=27=Davesteu]

4 hours ago, =27=Davesteu said:

The list of modifications available to the fat pigeon (Razorback & N look way better!) is what I'm most interested in right now.

D/F has been announced and for sure a mirror. Probably additional .50 cal ammo. Maybe the 4.5" rocket launchers and bombs are regarded as mods, maybe not.  I don't expect and I'm not interested in HVARs (for BoBP that is).
 
My main concern is regarding this:

5 hours ago, US103GarvenDreis said:

Looking at the Pictures I'm going to take a wild guess that wing pylons are also optional.  

I hope they are optional in the way of a "remove wing bomb racks"-modification and not tied to a bombload like the Fw 190 A-8's ETC 501!
The majority of (both) aircraft had them installed all the time. By having the racks attached to unmodified aircraft the overall picture would be much more accurate. If you want to remove them you can do so by selection. This would be the most accurate and versatile way of doing it.

Furthermore, I'd like to add the M27 cluster (6 x 90 lbs fragmentation), M1 (6 x 20 lbs frag), and M26 (20 x 20lbs frag) to the wishlist. For some reason only the VVS has cluster munition (PTAB) at the moment, which is a bit disappointing considering the historical importance of Abwurfbehälter (AB) cluster bombs to the Luftwaffe arsenal during the second half of the war. Maybe at least the USAAF can get something similar.

 

4 hours ago, II/JG17_HerrMurf said:

Still gotta do Pacific (in two or three installments) and hopefully Sicily and Italy. Far East and Battle of France are outside possibilities.

Far East means Burma? Or even including the SWPA?
There are very few scenarios based in the Pacific Ocean Theatre serving a Sim like this well. So why should the Far East be outside possibilities, but multiple parts concentrated on the POT? British Fourteenth Army (Burma) isn't called the "forgotten Army" for no reason, but "Forgotten Battles" proved to be a very popular add-on. Even if Burma wouldn't sell because it's too unknown they still could (and should) do New Guinea and/or the Solomon Islands. The Asiatic-Pacific-Theatre is vast, but the Pacific area itself very limiting scenario-wise.

[Legioneod]

1 minute ago, =27=Davesteu said:

Furthermore, I'd like to add the M27 cluster (6 x 90 lbs fragmentation), M1 (6 x 20 lbs frag), and M26 (20 x 20lbs frag) to the wishlist. For some reason only the VVS has cluster munition (PTAB) at the moment, which is a bit disappointing considering the historical importance of Abwurfbehälter (AB) cluster bombs to the Luftwaffe arsenal during the second half of the war. Maybe at least the USAAF can get something similar.

 

 

Far East means Burma? Or even including the SWPA?
There are very few scenarios based in the Pacific Ocean Theatre serving a Sim like this well. So why should the Far East be outside possibilities, but multiple parts concentrated on the POT? British Fourteenth Army (Burma) isn't called the "forgotten Army" for no reason, but "Forgotten Battles" proved to be a very popular add-on. Even if Burma wouldn't sell because it's too unknown they still could (and should) do New Guinea and/or the Solomon Islands. The Asiatic-Pacific-Theatre is vast, but the Pacific area itself very limiting scenario-wise.

New Guinea is a must imo 1943-44 would be nice.

 

As far as the P-47 loadout goes I'm very curious to see all the different variation we will get, the Jug could carry many different munitions.

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

It's an outside possibility as it has not even gotten a sniff from the DEV's in these forums thus far.

[danielprates]

7 hours ago, Legioneod said:

B-26 as collector

 

+ 1

[=27=Davesteu]

9 hours ago, II/JG17_HerrMurf said:

It's an outside possibility as it has not even gotten a sniff from the DEV's in these forums thus far.

I hope you are wrong.

Seriously, Okinawa would be the worst scenario yet even if they did a Formosa - Okinawa - Kyushu map. I'm saying this as an Asiatic-Pacific-Theatre advocate!

Carrier scenarios are a big part of the public image, but they tend to be extremely monotonous and the initial excitement will wear down sooner or later. I can't see the overwhelming demand for a second release after this. Especially as it's not going to be as scenic as films suggest.

 

9 hours ago, Legioneod said:

New Guinea is a must imo 1943-44 would be nice. 

I'd go with 1942 - end of 1943, but yes, New Guinea is pretty much a must and most versatile.

Edited August 10, 2018 by =27=Davesteu

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Jason did say he would revisit/re-evaluate the Okinawa scenario based on customer input/reaction to the original announcement.

 

He didn't commit one way or the other but Solomons/Guadalcanal/New Guinea doesn't seem too far fetched.

 

Again, disclaimer on the SECOND sentence; 100% opinion and not a single verifiable fact to be found there regarding theater.

[=27=Davesteu]

Yes, I'm aware. I was curious about your statement on the Far East. I simply don't want a "Pacific Fighters 2" as the Pacific Ocean Theatre is so limiting.

 

But for now I'd be happy about a DD introducing the USAAF & LW cluster bombs.

Edited August 10, 2018 by =27=Davesteu

[[CPT]milopugdog]

12 hours ago, 6./ZG26_Asgar said:

i would love a surprise Me 410 announcement

Yes to this! I love the cockpit layout.

[Asgar]

it's an amazing attacker cockpit, great downwards visibility and two 13mm machine guns for defense. internal bomb bay, option to add MK 103s or even a 50mm cannon ...this plane gives me wet dreams

edit: it would also be the perfect opportunity to introduce the Stuvi to IL-2 and retroactively add it to the Ju 87 and 88

Edited August 10, 2018 by 6./ZG26_Asgar

[sevenless]

12 hours ago, Voidhunger said:

AS variants are pointless at low/medium altitudes. There is only G-10 variant left.

 

Yep, and once the K4 is done it wouldn´t be that much work to do.

[Finkeren]

Well, there are still all the early Emils, and of we ever dip into SCW-territory the Bs and Cs as well.

[clouddancer]

What is a DD?

[[APAF]VR_Spartan85]

1 minute ago, clouddancer said:

What is a DD?

Well it can be many things.... bra size, ski hill difficulty, someone’s name....

but here it is known as...

developer diary

[clouddancer]

Thank you. Too scared to ask before.

[Diggun]

Did anyone else notice how Jason actually said the word 'Hurricane' during his Q&A last week?

 

So exciting.

[sevenless]

7 minutes ago, Diggun said:

Did anyone else notice how Jason actually said the word 'Hurricane' during his Q&A last week?

 

So exciting.

Yep. He also mentioned that the Arado 234 almost made it on the BoBP list, so there is hope. Also he explicitely mentioned YAK 3 and 9 ?

[=27=Davesteu]

9 minutes ago, Diggun said:

Did anyone else notice how Jason actually said the word 'Hurricane' during his Q&A last week? 

He was talking about how the Hurricane perfectly fits Burma and could (will) be introduced this way, right?

[Trooper117]

He also talked about Korea to Froogle... that K word keeps cropping up!

[Diggun]

1 minute ago, =27=Davesteu said:

Hurricane perfectly fits Burma

Hurricane perfectly fits pretty much anywhere except western Europe 1943-on. Hurricane was responsible for 2/3rds of ALL EA destroyed in the air by the RAF during ww2.

[=27=Davesteu]

1 minute ago, Diggun said:

Hurricane perfectly fits pretty much anywhere except western Europe 1943-on. Hurricane was responsible for 2/3rds of ALL EA destroyed in the air by the RAF during ww2.

He (thankfully) said no BoB, Murmansk hasn't been announced yet and the Asiatic-Pacific-Theatre still has to be done. There is simply no way around the Hurricane and Burma.
Burma would also serve the Ki-43 very well, which, just like the Hurricane, is overshadowed by its companion (A6M Zero) despite claiming more kills.

[Asgar]

okay okay guys, let's not overwhelm Jason, for now it's enough to make the B-25 flyable after BoBP and add the Me 410 for the Germans at the same time. ?

[Herne]

2 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Asgar said:

okay okay guys, let's not overwhelm Jason, for now it's enough to make the B-25 flyable after BoBP and add the Me 410 for the Germans at the same time. ?

 

Steady on man, I'm all for the ME-410 but didn't you know there is a queue ? the beautiful Mosquito, and glorious Spit XIV surely have priority

Chocks away, and Tally ho.

[Asgar]

2 minutes ago, =FEW=Herne said:

 

Steady on man, I'm all for the ME-410 but didn't you know there is a queue ? the beautiful Mosquito, and glorious Spit XIV surely have priority

Chocks away, and Tally ho.

wrong and wrong  the 410 has been in queue since Bok was announced 

[Diggun]

In the race to the front of the queue the Mossie kicks the 410's ass. 

[BOO]

4 minutes ago, 6./ZG26_Asgar said:

wrong and wrong  the 410 has been in queue since Bok was announced 

perhaps but us Birtish types are world renown for our expert queuing prowess. And the mossie will be there at the front though a sustained campaign of passive/aggressive edging in, bag placement, muttering and sending Jean for the flask and sandwiches whilst we guard our position without making eye contact with anyone. 

[Asgar]

pfffff. dude, 40 years of socialism in East Germany, if anyone has experience with queues it's us ...did someone say bananas?