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Ace-of-Aces said:

>>Join the club!<<

I have! It is a good place to be. Cabal...club...what's the difference? It feels good!

>>And know that you are NOT alone!<<

No, we stand beside you!

>>Many people here enjoy CoD in it's current state everyday of the week! <<

Yes they do! (do you mind if I borrow some of your exclamation marks?)

>>But you wouldn't know it from most of the post in this forum.. <<

Indeed not. Were it not for the help of yourself and others, I would have floundered in a sea of mis-information.

>>Sadly there is just a handful of very vocal nay-sayers who are dedicated to looking for any opportunity to say something negative about this sim..<<

Happily you are others are here to exorcise them, day after day, hour after hour, post after post...

>>Even if it has been said 100,000 times before<<

And now 100,001!

>>Even if the developers acknowledged it and are working on it<<

Might I politely ask if it is not just limited to the developers, but the more morally aware posters such as yourself also? Please do not be ashamed to admit to the stirling work you do in the name of this forum. It is always appreciated.

>>Even if it is NOT true!<<

*Especially* if it is not true!

>>These few find their way into every post in this forum such that a newcomers may get the wrong impression that the majority feel the way they do, When in fact that is not the case at all. <<

No, not the case at all.

>>One only has to look at the weekly updates (latest being a good example) to note just how out numbered they are by the people who love this sim, even as is, and support the path the devs are one.<<

Love!

>>We are in the majority..<<

We are!

>>It is just hard to tell based on the threads in this forum <<

But it is is becomign clearer with posts like yours?

Could I suggest your post is made into a sticky?

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Originally Posted by irR4tiOn4L (Post 417115)

That's true and its very beautiful too.

The only thing i'd add though is that it can be hard for new players trying to learn spotting though, because they don't yet have an 'eye' or 'feel' for what to look for, when and how far away dots appear and how to spot them among moving perspectives and against terrain.

These players would benefit from learning to spot properly in the daytime initially, before progressing onto the more advanced dusk situations. I know this because I happen to be such a player :-P

Actually, it would be great if a simple training program consisting of short videos timing how long before a pilot was able to spot things at various distances and letting them know what they missed was available.

But I appreciate the dusk/dawn timeslots.

No question the pre-dawn mission start is difficult -- for some it's exceedingly difficult -- to operate under such dim conditions. Some players refuse to make the attempt, while others relish it. It's just one of an ever-growing rotation of missions. No one's going to like them all, nor do we expect that of anyone. We DO hope that we can provide, most of the time, something for everyone.

Personally, I'm hoping the performance increase in code with the new patch will allow missions with heavier cloud formations, more AI aircraft, more ground objects (ie targets!!) etc. Our intrepid mission designer, hc_wolf, is actively trying new stuff as I type this!

BTW Appreciate the feedback!

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Originally Posted by addman (Post 417136)

I don't have any CTD issues but I guess because I'm playing mainly offline and boy! the offline experience in CloD is a real treat, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Online is just the icing on the cake, I'm saving that for after I've grown bored of the offline flying, pffft! like that'll ever happen, lol! Any who, don't listen to the neggies, they are all WRONG.

The problem with "neggies" as you put it, maybe even the majority of them is that they focus on everything the game might be in the future but is not from the very start. While I normally assume good will when reading critic posts, I always wonder why all the old timers (that experienced IL2 since 2001) pick on this game so often. You just have to take the work that has gone into the IL2, let alone that has gone to fixing CloD already.
Meanwhile, I enjoy big offline skirmishes over the LaManche.

And for the record, I have yet to experience a CTD on my PC playing CloD.

Try online Carguy, that's where the CTD's happen the most. there is no doubt they is great fun to be had in CLOD, ive had fun on ATAG lots of times, but until the CTD's stop online and we get squads involved CLOD will still be in the rough for me.

furbs,
I have problems with this game too ; I post in the lack-of-coop threads as proof that there is a huge public waiting for coops to happen in Clod. However, you won`t see me calling Luthier a liar or insulting him in any other way about this topic. So besides few online visits I decided to drop mp and wait for coops. IMO the shout that the IL2-style coop public periodically gives out to the 1C is one of the few examples of constructive criticism everyone would like to see on these boards.

Falstaff got banned why? :confused:

Maybe his change of coat wasn't believed?

Eh? So people can be banned for what they think and not what they type?
Thought police now.

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Originally Posted by Falstaff (Post 417142)

Could I suggest your post is made into a sticky?

Not a bad idea!

But in light of current events I guess you will have to wait on that one