Next sales

[malarcky]

Hi, I wanted to start buying BoS, actual DCS player now, but missed the spring sales, do you guys know when there will be the next ones? Thanks.

[Jason_Williams]

Hello malarcky,

 

We have sales and promo codes regularly. Just be patient. But even if you pay full price it's a great deal!

 

Jason

[Avimimus]

16 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said:

Hello malarcky,

 

We have sales and promo codes regularly. Just be patient. But even if you pay full price it's a great deal!

 

Jason

 

I hate to bother you - but a question a lot of us are asking: For those who have everything, when is the next sale? ? When can we pre-order the WWI kites or the Li-2? I'm running out of things to give you guys money for - we'll have to start going back to buying copies to give away soon.
 

2 hours ago, malarcky said:

Hi, I wanted to start buying BoS, actual DCS player now, but missed the spring sales, do you guys know when there will be the next ones? Thanks.

 

The sales are very regular. They are also a very good deal, and a lot of the aircraft are a bit faster to learn (due to the lack of switchology to memorise) but still difficult to master. Definitely worth having both sims. The Mi-24P is an exceptional experience in DCS, but the WWII and WWI experience in the Great Battles series hear is its own kind of incandescence... definitely  not to be missed out on.

I'd recommend you pick it up before a sale, except that it is probably worthwhile to get multiple modules (at least one WWI/Flying Circus module, an Eastern module like BoM, BoN, and a couple of collector planes...) so you might still want to wait for a sale so you can afford to sample the full breadth of experience this sim series can offer.

[EAF19_Marsh]

When can we buy the S. IV and Snipe?

[Avimimus]

Maybe they'll put them on pre-order if we argue that people will be most likely to impulse buy them when they are overly excited but frustrated by a major anticipated release (Mosquito or Hornisse) almost being within our grasp but not quite out yet!? ?

[Jason_Williams]

26 minutes ago, EAF19_Marsh said:

When can we buy the S. IV and Snipe?

 

Pre-orders for the Snipe and SS.DIV are coming very soon along with a new mystery plane. We have yet to announce. Li-2 will go up as soon as the C-47 is ready and they Ugra begins work on it.

 

Jason

[EAF19_Marsh]

Wait, whut?

 

2 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said:

with a new mystery plane

 

[Jason_Williams]

5 minutes ago, EAF19_Marsh said:

Wait, whut?

 

 

 

You heard me.

 

Jason

[EAF19_Marsh]

Just now, Jason_Williams said:

 

You heard me.

 

Jason

An A-Wing?

[Vishnu]

1 hour ago, Avimimus said:

 

I hate to bother you - but a question a lot of us are asking: For those who have everything, when is the next sale? ? When can we pre-order the WWI kites or the Li-2? I'm running out of things to give you guys money for - we'll have to start going back to buying copies to give away soon.
 

 

The sales are very regular. They are also a very good deal, and a lot of the aircraft are a bit faster to learn (due to the lack of switchology to memorise) but still difficult to master. Definitely worth having both sims. The Mi-24P is an exceptional experience in DCS, but the WWII and WWI experience in the Great Battles series hear is its own kind of incandescence... definitely  not to be missed out on.

I'd recommend you pick it up before a sale, except that it is probably worthwhile to get multiple modules (at least one WWI/Flying Circus module, an Eastern module like BoM, BoN, and a couple of collector planes...) so you might still want to wait for a sale so you can afford to sample the full breadth of experience this sim series can offer.

I’m literally in the same boat….I have everything and can’t throw my money away fast enough! ?

[BMA_FlyingShark]

3 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said:

 

You heard me.

 

Jason

Spill the beans please.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[Jason_Williams]

2 minutes ago, FlyingShark said:

Spill the beans please.

 

Have a nice day.

 

 

I will announce soon. It's not an entirely new plane, but different in significant enough of a way to allow us to sell it as a new bird to help round out our stable. When opportunity presents itself we try to take advantage.

 

Jason

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Just now, Jason_Williams said:

 

I will announce soon. It's not an entirely new plane, but different in significant enough of a way to allow us to sell it as a new bird to help round out our stable. When opportunity presents itself we try to take advantage.

 

Jason

What ever it is, fine for me, a plane is a plane.

And great to see different variants of certain planes too imo.

 

Have a nice day.

 

[EAF19_Marsh]

Intrigued, we are. Part with cash, we shall.

[Avimimus]

12 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said:

I will announce soon. It's not an entirely new plane, but different in significant enough of a way to allow us to sell it as a new bird to help round out our stable. When opportunity presents itself we try to take advantage.

 

Jason

 

Well...

 

Let the overly excited speculations begin!? ?

 

Maybe an A-20 variant or a Pe-3? A Ju-88 torpedo carrying variant is also possible?

 

Mustang Mk.I would be pretty neat - and there is also room for a Spit IXc or an early air-to-air focused birdcage canopied Typhoon for the BoN map. P-38L? We're short some of the LaGG-3 variants and P-39 variants (e.g. P-39Q), as well as the early P-40B/C Tomahawks (used in Lend-Lease service). Perhaps a Fw-190A4 (although I wonder if they might save that for a Leningrad module someday as we're running low on Luftwaffe singles) or Fw-190A9 (which they'd likely save for a '45 East scenario).

 

Am I missing anything? 

 

I think I'd personally be keenest on a Pe-3, Mustang Mk.I, or additional P-39, although I always liked the early P-40 variants more than the later ones.

[DBFlyguy]

25 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said:

 

I will announce soon. It's not an entirely new plane, but different in significant enough of a way to allow us to sell it as a new bird to help round out our stable. When opportunity presents itself we try to take advantage.

 

Jason

Hmmmm.....? Let the guessing begin ?

 

[Ribbon]

J88 torpedo bomber variant would be nice, especially if mossie can carry one to!

 

Other than that B25 or B26 is what i would throw my money at....but reading Jasons post eliminates them from speculation.

[Vishnu]

Oooooo please be the Messerspit!?

 

 

[354thFG_Panda_]

Would be really cool to see early spit 9 collector 

[EAF19_Marsh]

Spit IX (quite likely)

Spit VIII (I wish!)

Typhoon early model (unlikely)

P-51A (unlikely)

P-39 variant (possible)

Me.109G10 (likely)

Fw.190A9 (possible)

Something Russian (quite possible)

Edited May 13, 2022 by EAF19_Marsh

[Jason_Williams]

15 minutes ago, EAF19_Marsh said:

Spit IX (quite likely)

Spit VIII (I wish!)

Typhoon early model (unlikely)

P-51A (unlikely)

P-39 variant (possible)

Me.109G10 (likely)

Fw.190A9 (possible)

Something Russian (quite possible)

Nope to all that. 
 

Jason

[Avimimus]

lol So not 'something Russian'... darn, no Pe-3 today!  ...and the Ju-88C is lonely.

 

So what is left. We still don't have another P-40 variant or P-38 variant ruled out. Nor an A-20 or Ju-88 (or He-111) variant... nor... a Ju-87 variant? D-5 maybe or B/R?

 

There are also all of the possible recon variants (I'd love a pack of those)... and there are FC aircraft. A bunch of WWI aircraft lack engine variants (e.g. the Camel, S.E.5, and Pfalz D.XII all come to mind as possibly benefitting from additional variants).

[BMA_FlyingShark]

Maybe it's a Flying Circus plane variant?

 

Have a nice day.

 

[[F.Circus]Gorn_Captain]

What I wouldn't give for an A-20G... It'd really round out the western front and be a nice counterpart to the 88c & mossie. And don't tell me you don't want an absurd amount of .50s all clustered in that nose

[bzc3lk]

[Avimimus]

2 minutes ago, [F.Circus]Gorn_Captain said:

What I wouldn't give for an A-20G... It'd really round out the western front and be a nice counterpart to the 88c & mossie. And don't tell me you don't want an absurd amount of .50s all clustered in that nose

 

Well, I'd prefer the G-1 as used in the east... a different take on the 4x20mm Hispano armament (even denser than on the Mossie I think). I believe some Boston IV were also equipped with a quartet of Hispanos (albeit under the fuselage)...?

[[F.Circus]Gorn_Captain]

3 minutes ago, Avimimus said:

 

Well, I'd prefer the G-1 as used in the east... a different take on the 4x20mm Hispano armament (even denser than on the Mossie I think). I believe some Boston IV were also equipped with a quartet of Hispanos (albeit under the fuselage)...?

 

Yeah there was a variant with a gunpack of hispanos slung under the fuselage, though made the bomb bay unusable iirc. I'd hope for both the early hispano equipped version with modification options to swap them out for the .50s.

[EAF19_Marsh]

25 minutes ago, Jason_Williams said:

Nope to all that. 
 

Jason

 Dang nabbit!

[DBFlyguy]

18 minutes ago, [F.Circus]Gorn_Captain said:

What I wouldn't give for an A-20G... It'd really round out the western front and be a nice counterpart to the 88c & mossie. And don't tell me you don't want an absurd amount of .50s all clustered in that nose

An A-20G would be great and would give a proper A-20 for Bodenplatte and Normandy...but the "complex" gun turret and some of the discussions on the forums about related topics makes me think this one definitely isn't it unfortunately. Guessing its something for WWI instead of WWII.

 

 

Edited May 13, 2022 by DBFlyguy

[Asgar]

1 hour ago, Jason_Williams said:

 

I will announce soon. It's not an entirely new plane, but different in significant enough of a way to allow us to sell it as a new bird to help round out our stable. When opportunity presents itself we try to take advantage.

 

Jason

Is it named after an American City on the East Coast? ?

[Avimimus]

33 minutes ago, DBFlyguy said:

An A-20G would be great and would give a proper A-20 for Bodenplatte and Normandy...but the "complex" gun turret and some of the discussions on the forums about related topics makes me think this one definitely isn't it unfortunately. Guessing its something for WWI instead of WWII.

 

Hmm... but Jason has been collecting information on American turret designs in hopes of possibly getting enough references to someday allow a B-25 or B-26... a byproduct of such research might be an A-20 variant becoming easier to produce. Plus they've done all that work for the Me-410's FDL mounts... which might mean some of the underlying code for hydraulic turrets in aircraft is now implemented.

 

I'd personally love something WWI (Morane AI, Airco D.H.5, Roland D.IIa are all 1917 aircraft that could fit into FC2 and/or FC3. A Roland D.VIb would also be a nice addition alongside the SSW D.IV)! Of course none of these are variants... so what would work? Other than the engine variants or something like the S.E.5 (mentioned earlier)?

 

I know... the SSW D.III! It is very similar to the D.IV but with a larger wing... a definite possibility there! Now would also be the time to develop it (while the work for the D.IV is fresh in the devs minds).

[Traffic]

A 1943/44 P40N with a less glass like engine? Late war, and most produced P40.

 

Or a solid gun nose for the A20...

 

We dont need yet another 109 or 190. 

 

Just a thought. 

[AEthelraedUnraed]

2 hours ago, Avimimus said:

Well...

 

Let the overly excited speculations begin!? ?

Hell yeah!?

 

1 hour ago, =VARP=Ribbon said:

Other than that B25 or B26 is what i would throw my money at....but reading Jasons post eliminates them from speculation.

How's that? A B-26/26 is not a new plane either since they're already in-game as AI

[354thFG_Rails]

Should be the A-36 or I’m leaving ?

[caaphii]

Fw 190 A-7 ?

[Asgar]

40 minutes ago, Traffic-241 said:

We dont need yet another 109 or 190

We certainly do. G10, G14/AS… ?

[Jade_Monkey]

A-20G

[CountZero]

1 hour ago, caaphii said:

Fw 190 A-7 ?

That would be my guess also, you dont have to leve it for some other DLC, as it dont fit anywhere then on maps we have in Bon/Bobp, so good to be collectable.

Edited May 13, 2022 by CountZero

[DBFlyguy]

1 hour ago, Avimimus said:

 

Hmm... but Jason has been collecting information on American turret designs in hopes of possibly getting enough references to someday allow a B-25 or B-26... a byproduct of such research might be an A-20 variant becoming easier to produce. Plus they've done all that work for the Me-410's FDL mounts... which might mean some of the underlying code for hydraulic turrets in aircraft is now implemented.

 

 

Some good points, I would definitely LOVE it! But I'm skeptical the A-20G is what it is, I'd love to be wrong though...

 

1 hour ago, Avimimus said:

 

 

I'd personally love something WWI (Morane AI, Airco D.H.5, Roland D.IIa are all 1917 aircraft that could fit into FC2 and/or FC3. A Roland D.VIb would also be a nice addition alongside the SSW D.IV)! Of course none of these are variants... so what would work? Other than the engine variants or something like the S.E.5 (mentioned earlier)?

 

I know... the SSW D.III! It is very similar to the D.IV but with a larger wing... a definite possibility there! Now would also be the time to develop it (while the work for the D.IV is fresh in the devs minds).

I'm leaning towards it Flying Circus related.  A variant of what though, not sure ?

[Asgar]

2 minutes ago, DBFlyguy said:

I'm leaning towards it Flying Circus related.  A variant of what though, not sure

Pls no… we got enough wooden crates. I want more proper planes. Bad enough FC II and III are wasting dev resources that could be spend on making WWII content.