Pacific War

[Jaegermeister]

That could easily be the same one. Same year sold and both say it’s the only one around. Seems easy enough to research to me. Invite Jason up to your place for the weekend and maybe he’ll go take a look at it. They will start it up for him and he’ll be hooked. Viola, we got Oscar, Zero and an F6F to fly just like that. ?

[Gambit21]

 

I watched 2 Oscars fly at once a few years back at the FHCM Skyfair.

[HBPencil]

4 hours ago, BlitzPig_EL said:

There are a small handful of Ki-61s under restoration in New Zealand.  I hope I live long enough to see one in person here in the US someday.

 

 

I'm pretty sure the one being restored by AvSpecs (the Mosquito guys) for Jerry Yagen is the one going that's going to be airworthy, so there's a reasonable chance you'll see one flying *touch wood*

[Feathered_IV]

5 hours ago, Jaegermeister said:

That could easily be the same one. Same year sold and both say it’s the only one around.

 

That's the one.  It flew accidentally, just briefly while doing a taxiing demonstration at an air display in NZ.

 

[Cpt_Siddy]

I want pacific so i can do this with torp bombers 

 

[Porkins]

I find I'm so excited for PTO that I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it's the excitement only a sim man can feel. A sim man at a start of a long journey whose development is uncertain. I hope they are working on PTO. I hope to sit in a Zero and start its engines. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope. ?

Edited September 7, 2019 by Porkins

[Ribbon]

It's time for PTO announcement, don't you think?

Checking forum every dan in hope to see pinned next expansion announcement thread!

 

Edited October 10, 2019 by EAF_Ribbon

[MasserME262]

I would prefer one theater with 20 planes, before 4 theater with 5 planes each one.

[Cpt_Siddy]

 

 

 

[cardboard_killer]

The MTO has at least 20 planes already available, and PTO has at least four already available.

Edited October 10, 2019 by cardboard_killer

[CountZero]

15 minutes ago, EAF_Ribbon said:

It's time for PTO announcement, don't you think?

Checking forum every dan in hope to see pinned next expansion announcement thread!

 

dont bather to check before november

[EAF19_Marsh]

On 9/7/2019 at 12:39 PM, Cpt_Siddy said:

 

I want pacific so i can do this with torp bombers

 

 

I count about 20 guns: some on the surface, some on the towers.

[Gambit21]

45 minutes ago, ME-BFMasserME262 said:

I would prefer one theater with 20 planes, before 4 theater with 5 planes each one.

 

Great - you have it.

You’re welcome.

[BroGrimm1tkcamp]

PTO when (if) released will be my go to theater. I can't wait! If all the information is not available to perfectly create these planes. I believe there is enough information to make a good educated guess and model accordingly.  As facts emerge of faulty FM then they could be changed. This community probably has a lot of information to share, and it would be drawn out over time. If the historical facts and perceptions we know of the Zero are mimicked in the sim, who's to complain until it is proven wrong. Then if it's proven wrong it can grow from there...…….Can you tell I would like the PTO?   

[Akatsuki]

2 minutes ago, BroGrimm1tkcamp said:

PTO when (if) released will be my go to theater. I can't wait! If all the information is not available to perfectly create these planes. I believe there is enough information to make a good educated guess and model accordingly.  As facts emerge of faulty FM then they could be changed. This community probably has a lot of information to share, and it would be drawn out over time. If the historical facts and perceptions we know of the Zero are mimicked in the sim, who's to complain until it is proven wrong. Then if it's proven wrong it can grow from there...…….Can you tell I would like the PTO?   

 

I'm with you here.

[MasserME262]

2 hours ago, Gambit21 said:

 

Great - you have it.

You’re welcome.

I was talking about the future expansions, not complaining about what we have already.

[Gambit21]

2 minutes ago, ME-BFMasserME262 said:

I was talking about the future expansions, not complaining about what we have already.

 

I know.

[Ribbon]

3 hours ago, 77.CountZero said:

dont bather to check before november

Who knows, as final patch is closing in maybe Jason will reveal something about future of the genre.

From his posts they already have clear sight on it, however those posts made me sceptical about PTO, it sounded like it will be something else more easier to develop, more like compromise.

Well hope dies last so i'll keep my fingers crossed for PTO!

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, EAF_Ribbon said:

Who knows, as final patch is closing in maybe Jason will reveal something about future of the genre.

From his posts they already have clear sight on it, however those posts made me sceptical about PTO, it sounded like it will be something else more easier to develop, more like compromise.

Well hope dies last so i'll keep my fingers crossed for PTO!

 

I could post a screenie of something that’s in the current build, right there for anyone to see...but I’m not going to.  

 

I’ve talked enough about it - time to just let things shake out.

 

Edited October 10, 2019 by Gambit21

[Mac_Messer]

It is obvious that Jason knows that BoBP release demands declaration of PTO, or at the very least, precise information on its status in dev studio. It`s a damned if you do damned if you don`t scenario, pretty much.

Edited October 10, 2019 by Mac_Messer

[Ribbon]

1 hour ago, Gambit21 said:

 

I could post a screenie of something that’s in the current build, right there for anyone to see...but I’m not going to.  

 

I’ve talked enough about it - time to just let things shake out.

 

Now you're making me to go dig inside game files and ME and i will probably corrupt or change something that will force me to reinstall the game.....you don't want that burden on your soul so send me that screenie via PM

[Motherbrain]

1. There is a Japanese flag in the Axis aircraft tab for the QMB.

 

2. Both the Japanese and the Italians appear as selectable coalitions in the Full Mission Builder program in certain screens.

 

3. It was the initial plan to do the PTO after Bodenplatte and Flying Circus.

 

I think its not a matter of if but when. Maybe not the next expansion. Maybe not the one after. But I'm fairly confident it will come at some point.

And after the amazing job they have done so far, I'm more then happy to wait, and support their project. Pretty much no matter what they are working on.

[Feathered_IV]

1 hour ago, Motherbrain said:

1. There is a Japanese flag in the Axis aircraft tab for the QMB.

 

Jason responded to a screenshot of that about a week ago and said it was just one of their artists being "cute".  If I recall correctly, he also said it will be removed.

[Gambit21]

There’’s a Japan option in the mission editor as we speak.

[US63_SpadLivesMatter]

14 minutes ago, Feathered_IV said:

 

Jason responded to a screenshot of that about a week ago and said it was just one of their artists being "cute".  If I recall correctly, he also said it will be removed.

 

You shut your whore mouth.  ?

[Cpt_Siddy]

8 hours ago, EAF19_Marsh said:

 

I count about 20 guns: some on the surface, some on the towers.

Look at the size of that thing.

[Motherbrain]

2 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

 

Jason responded to a screenshot of that about a week ago and said it was just one of their artists being "cute".  If I recall correctly, he also said it will be removed.

 

I'm sensing humor here... ?

[Feathered_IV]

I never joke

[Motherbrain]

4 minutes ago, Feathered_IV said:

I never joke

 

[216th_Jordan]

Well lets just put this into perspective:

 

- 100km draw distance for objects, specifically stating ship-wake observations

- Droptanks coming

- The team has (IIRC) stated that it has been very lucky regarding data gathering during BP

- There is literally a Japanese flag in QMB

- There were those kind of hints in ROF before

- Pacific in this sim would be a dream come true. (obviously)

 

 

[Legioneod]

4 hours ago, Feathered_IV said:

 

Jason responded to a screenshot of that about a week ago and said it was just one of their artists being "cute".  If I recall correctly, he also said it will be removed.

He said the same thing when one of the artist leaked 190D9 pics.

 

1 hour ago, 216th_Jordan said:

Well lets just put this into perspective:

 

- 100km draw distance for objects, specifically stating ship-wake observations

- Droptanks coming

- The team has (IIRC) stated that it has been very lucky regarding data gathering during BP

- There is literally a Japanese flag in QMB

- There were those kind of hints in ROF before

- Pacific in this sim would be a dream come true. (obviously)

 

 

Hype, it does seem like things are pointing to the Pacific, hopefully we will see additions to western Europe as well in the future, maybe an alternating Pacific-Western Theater-Pacific, etc.

 

One thing is for certain though, New Guinea and the Solomons are a must imo but I also hope we'll see Midway and other carrier based engagements.

[SAG]

AAAAAAAAAH im so excited!! I was keeping my expectations low but now I feel like a little girl, hoping for the pacific!

 

 

I Dont' know how many time have I mentioned that pacific battles in Microsoft CFS (2?) is what got me into flight sims! ❤️ 

[CountZero]

15 hours ago, EAF_Ribbon said:

Who knows, as final patch is closing in maybe Jason will reveal something about future of the genre.

From his posts they already have clear sight on it, however those posts made me sceptical about PTO, it sounded like it will be something else more easier to develop, more like compromise.

Well hope dies last so i'll keep my fingers crossed for PTO!

Midway movie comes in November at cinemas, thats the time to anounce Midway DLC, PTO is inevitable

 

Edited October 11, 2019 by 77.CountZero

[Amiral_Crapaud]

Although it might sound a bit weird coming from someone who's designing a carrier game, I think I'd be in favor of a Leyte 1944 PTO experience rather than actual carrier action.

 

Knowing what sort of contents the game can handle right now and the fact that an Ocean-based PTO would hardly use any existing asset apart from the Cobra, the P-40 and the A-20 (maybe the B-25 soon...) I believe Jason and the team would be better off giving us a slice of October-December 1944 instead. I mean, there's so much to be done, flying for all the services on both sides with high-performing platforms, in diversified missions (I mean, they actually had paradrops and air assaults in this campaign!) over actual, gorgeous landmasses, that it would be a shame to waste resources by focusing on the emptiness of the Pacific ocean right here and now. My humble 2 cts

[Vig]

I prefer the early low-performance platforms.  I would buy a Vultee Vengeance!  The war was practically over by Q3 1944; the Japanese had some good new aircraft, but their best pilots were long dead.

[cardboard_killer]

17 minutes ago, Vig said:

I prefer the early low-performance platforms.  I would buy a Vultee Vengeance!  The war was practically over by Q3 1944; the Japanese had some good new aircraft, but their best pilots were long dead.

 

I agree, but its fair to say that by the BoBP, most of the best German pilots were long dead, too. Ultimately, the air war was won in 1942-43 by pilots flying P-40s, F4Fs, Yaks, LaGGs, Hurricanes and Spitfires. There was a lot more dying to come, but the loss curve and fuel supply were simply against the Axis by 1944.

[Gambit21]

Aye,  early war is where the rubber meets the road in PTO.

By February of 43, after Guadalcanal, the Japanese were almost entirely defensive from that point on.

That's not to say fierce fighting did not take place afterword, but it wasn't the knock down, drag out, force parity brawl that took place over Henderson in late 42.

 

I like a flight in a Corsair or Hellcat as much as the next guy, but early war best, flying either side.

 

[Pikestance]

The Pacific would be the first pre-purchase that i would be willing to buy. I am surprise they are not doing an Asian theater first, and then develop the pacific later. I also wouldn't mind an earlier Western Front campaign to bring in some French planes. This would be another pre-purchase.  In a sim, the best pilots are always alive and flying! LOL 

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I wouldn't say the Japanese were defensive in 1943, Leyte Gulf was in 1944 and after that battle the IJN was virtually non-existent. Again, in a sim, things are always different. 

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, PikeStance said:

 

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I wouldn't say the Japanese were defensive in 1943, Leyte Gulf was in 1944 and after that battle the IJN was virtually non-existent. Again, in a sim, things are always different. 

 

They were defensive, the end.

The size of the battle does not change this. It was Allied landings in the Philippines that precipitated this battle - if you're getting invaded, your on the defensive.

Guadalcanal effectively ended any Japanese advances/taking of territory from that point onward.

 

 

[Pikestance]

You have a rather unique spin on what if defensive and what is offensive. It was the IJN who gathered available resources and launch an offensive against USN. It was the USN reacting to the IJN offensive, not the other way around.