DD today?

[Field-Ops]

1 hour ago, DN308 said:

Be prepared to see more Russian planes and less US

Maybe not, diversifying the market is good strategy money wise and no doubt the team saw that result. 

 

Eastern front to Berlin all falls within the realm of "things theyve done before" and from the recent interviews it sounds like MTO is more likely. So if our hunch is correct we've got at least another couple years of brit/american planes plus some Italian axis for a change. 

[Rjel]

It does feel like the end of an era. This December will be 10 years we’ve been here.  By far the longest I’ve ever been involved with any website. I thought it would be quite a milestone for the community to reach and something we’d celebrate together but life has a way of throwing us a curve sometimes. Like most changes in life anymore, I look at the future here with a little trepidation. I always try to look for the best but…

[Trooper117]

1 hour ago, Rjel said:

It does feel like the end of an era.

 

Yes absolutely... however, as sad as it was to see our man Jason go, for me, I'll continue as normal.

If they produce something I would like to see I'll probably buy it... if it doesn't float my boat I won't.

[Monksilver]

5 minutes ago, Trooper117 said:

If they produce something I would like to see I'll probably buy it... if it doesn't float my boat I won't.

I broadly agree with that but personally, I am more interested in what sinks boats than floats them. 

e.g.- 

[Trooper117]

As the saying goes 'I'd buy that for a dollar'...

[DN308]

3 hours ago, Field-Ops said:

Maybe not, diversifying the market is good strategy money wise and no doubt the team saw that result. 

 

Eastern front to Berlin all falls within the realm of "things theyve done before" and from the recent interviews it sounds like MTO is more likely. So if our hunch is correct we've got at least another couple years of brit/american planes plus some Italian axis for a change. 

I hope you are right. But I feel that the ongoing events eastward Europe won’t bring good news concerning this label.

Recent changes in the team and seemingly difficulties let us feel something. A certain wind of change.

 

My own feelings

[Trooper117]

I think anything that could be seen as glorifying Russia kicking Nazis, or invading Finland might not be a good idea in the current world scheme of things...

[BlitzPig_EL]

Just the opposite in the home market,Trooper117.

[Rjel]

59 minutes ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

Just the opposite in the home market,Trooper117.

It’s hard to imagine the home market being larger for this title now than it is in the Western market and even the in the East. 

[DD_Crash]

It would make a LOT of sense to have a DD/Statement from the Devs but am not holding my breath.

[Trooper117]

1 hour ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

Just the opposite in the home market,Trooper117.

 

Yeah,... the Russian forums would lap it up I would imagine. That's why I asked earlier would just the Russian market be able to sustain the title... 

[CountZero]

1 hour ago, Trooper117 said:

 

Yeah,... the Russian forums would lap it up I would imagine. That's why I asked earlier would just the Russian market be able to sustain the title... 

They can have options of west front DLC and separate vvs collector airplanes, or east front DLC and separate  west collector airplanes, to please both sides.

Edited October 26, 2022 by CountZero

[Vishnu]

Please give us a DD.   All this negativity is making my brain hurt.  

[MAJ_stug41]

GIB DD, iar 80 screenshots pl0x

 

Sicily when? 

 

I AM EXCITE

 

Etc etc

But really, do hope there is a dd tomorrow.

[Vishnu]

Perhaps today?

[ITAF_Rani]

20 hours ago, stug41 said:

Sicily when?

Maybe Sicily (or other project)  the Devs wil tell us in December...

At moment Sicily/Med seems to have more credit...but Devs can easily surprise the comunity with samething totally different...

[=gRiJ=Roman-]

IMHO if the next DLC is not an aeronaval one with carriers and torpedoes ... this sim is doomed. Check out Enigma's video featuring IL2 46 with 86 players online playing I the Pacific and planning a SEOW. We are dying for aeronaval battles!!!

Of couse, it is just MY humble opinion and has nothing to do with my squad or with the pilots who participated in that event.

I really hope the next DLC bring something new: torpedoes, spotting, etc

 

 

Edited October 28, 2022 by =gRiJ=Roman-

[Avimimus]

1 hour ago, =gRiJ=Roman- said:

IMHO if the next DLC is not an aeronaval one with carriers and torpedoes ... this sim is doomed. Check out Enigma's video featuring IL2 46 with 86 players online playing I the Pacific and planning a SEOW. We are dying for aeronaval battles!!!

 

Well we know for sure it isn't that. We've been told for years that it isn't happening any time soon... at least two modules have been released successfully since then...

 

So, I suppose you can either curse the series and hope it fails - or give it a chance and hope it succeeds at something else...? Your choice.

[DBFlyguy]

DD for the week along with status of last years pre-orders, search and rescue has been dispatched....

[Rjel]

4 minutes ago, DBFlyguy said:

DD for the week along with status of last years pre-orders, search and rescue has been dispatched....

That could also explain why we don't have any TBFs in the sim.

[DBFlyguy]

3 minutes ago, Rjel said:

That could also explain why we don't have any TBFs in the sim.

You may be on to something there....

[Avimimus]

9 minutes ago, Rjel said:

That could also explain why we don't have any TBFs in the sim.

 

We could actually get those without Carriers or the Pacific btw.

 

During Normandy there were a couple of squadrons of British operated Avengers flying off land bases. While they sometimes patrolled off Cornwall, during Normandy they were actually deployed to protect the landings - and flew patrols up and down the French coast.

 

The only wrinkle is that, so far as I can tell, these patrols were flown at night and most of these Avengers (maybe even all of them) were equipped with a simple radar system use to detect surface contacts.

 

So I could definitely see an Avenger as a Collector Plane for Normandy... even without carriers or torpedoes... except for this issue around them having radars.

[[CPT]Crunch]

I'd settle for some screenshots of the C-47's tire tracks in the dirt, throw us a bone.

[Rjel]

I’d heard about Corsairs and Hellcat flying patrols during D-Day and the later landing in the south of France but hadn’t heard anything about Avengers. They would’ve been meat on the table for a nightfighter. Gutsy crews. 

[Feldgrun]

Maybe FC2 Maps are also lost at sea? We have been told that everything will proceed as promises, but the delay in specifics or deliveries is not encouraging.

 

I'd be thrilled with Hellcat, Corsair & Zero collector planes, or even the promise of future planes. We could fly them on any map & pretend it was somewhere in the Pacific, just like Kuban was the English Channel before Normandy map.

[=_=HeavenAndClouds]

C47 dd should be dropping any minute... 

[DN308]

Guessing on:

 

- we will finish what is ongoing and close to finish

- we will do whatever possible to finish each project 

- we will have to make a pause then (until something going on somewhere is over…)

[Blitzen]

2 hours ago, =SquadTag=Username_ said:

C47 dd should be dropping any minute... 

Crickets perhaps because that’s what I’m hearing…?

[Wardog5711]

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C47 dd should be dropping any minute... 

The last update on the C-47 was that the third party modeler is scheduled to deliver it so that it can be released by the end of the year. Nothing has changed in the last 8 days, so there isn't anything to post about it.  When there is something definitive to report , I will post it.

[76IAP-Black]

Ok and what happen to the friday devblogs? 
Something has changed after the release of BON .. not sure in what direction, but the continuity of devblogs from the past is gone ...

[Trooper117]

In Russia, every two weeks devblogs come... be sure!

[Gambit21]

59 minutes ago, 76IAP-Black said:

Ok and what happen to the friday devblogs? 
Something has changed after the release of BON .. not sure in what direction, but the continuity of devblogs from the past is gone ...

It’s a bit early to worry about Dev blog continuity I think. There’s probably not much to say at the moment as they haven’t disclosed the next theater yet.

 

I’m sure once ducks are in a row things will normalize. 

[Jade_Monkey]

 

 

Any word on the static planes and vehicles missing from the mission editor?

[Gambit21]

10 minutes ago, Jade_Monkey said:

 

 

Any word on the static planes and vehicles missing from the mission editor?

Staric objects have been hugely lacking. I’ve said over and over for years - “when you create a new aircraft, creat a static at the same time”

 

Also the static aircraft resolution is so awful that they’re next to useless as airfield scenery. I’ve used them - but results are poor if your sharing the airfield with them. They’re basically 2014 quality and that’s being nice.

 

Contrast this with the other guy’s static AC that look just like the player AC. Same with static vehicles. 
 

We’re not running 1 Gig Athlons and  400 mb video cards anymore - time to boost the statics selection and statics mesh quality already.

 

 

 

[Rjel]

I'd also like to see the durability of static planes and other vehicles increased. It's far too easy strafing an airfield racking up multiple kills.

[Gambit21]

5 minutes ago, Rjel said:

I'd also like to see the durability of static planes and other vehicles increased. It's far too easy strafing an airfield racking up multiple kills.

That’s a mission design thing - but it doesn’t help that by default the durability values for many (most?) objects are incorrect - or at least they were. Not sure if it’s been resolved in the editor.

[LukeFF]

1 hour ago, Gambit21 said:

Staric objects have been hugely lacking. I’ve said over and over for years - “when you create a new aircraft, creat a static at the same time”

 

Also the static aircraft resolution is so awful that they’re next to useless as airfield scenery. I’ve used them - but results are poor if your sharing the airfield with them. They’re basically 2014 quality and that’s being nice.

 

Contrast this with the other guy’s static AC that look just like the player AC. Same with static vehicles. 
 

We’re not running 1 Gig Athlons and  400 mb video cards anymore - time to boost the statics selection and statics mesh quality already.

 

Agreed - and the same goes for the static vehicles. For instance, difference between the static and "live" German fuel truck is staggering. 

[Avimimus]

11 hours ago, Rjel said:

I’d heard about Corsairs and Hellcat flying patrols during D-Day and the later landing in the south of France but hadn’t heard anything about Avengers. They would’ve been meat on the table for a nightfighter. Gutsy crews. 

 

Yes. I gather that they were originally conducting anti-submarine patrols, but were redeployed in Normandy to screen the invasion force against E-boats and submarines trying to slip in attacks at night. They'd fly in pairs up the coast and when the radars detected a surface contact which wasn't where allied ships were expected to be they'd attempt to bomb it. Definitely gutsy.

 

 

6 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

It’s a bit early to worry about Dev blog continuity I think. There’s probably not much to say at the moment as they haven’t disclosed the next theater yet.

 

I’m sure once ducks are in a row things will normalize. 

 

I think it is also worth noting that they were originally less frequent.

 

The thing I'll miss the most is the 'Briefing Room and Officer's Club'... which provided little insights, candid explanations, and occasional teasers. It was nice to have in addition to the proper dev updates.

Edited October 29, 2022 by Avimimus

[MAJ_stug41]

*shakes in corner

Ya'll got any of them...tidbits about the future of the game?

[Wardog5711]

Alrighty, since tomorrow is an official holiday for the home office I asked if there would be a DD today. The reply was that there 'should be' a DD today.

SO, being the glass half full person that I am, I am going to leave this here.  For now......