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BOM and MMO are quite sometime off. There will be a number of patches for COD that will address the game engines ( AI, AI Commands, FM, and other game play issues). There will be no point in releasing any type of Sequel until the game engine is fixed. No one would buy it. The clock is ticking on getting the game engine fixed, the investors can't keep this up much longer.

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Originally Posted by arthursmedley (Post 446197)

What exactly is this "big patch" that keeps getting mentioned? I'm intrigued.
What do people think is going to be in this "big patch"? Do people really think it'll all be solved by a mythical "big patch"?

So far, in the sixteen months since release, CLoD has repeatedly taken two steps forward and two steps back. Has anyone got any evidence at all of an all singing, all fixing patch coming along? We are at present testing another Alpha of the game engine remember? This re-write was giving, according to the devs, an at least fifty per cent performance increase!

I think we are kidding ourselves if we think CLoD's problems can be fixed by this team with one big patch. 'Gonna be a lot more patching, a lot more tearing out of the hair and a lot more angst on this forum before they get the game engine into a shape that makes the release of any sequel a viable proposition.

Agreed, though I would say its two steps forward, one step back. The game runs much better by now and a lot of things have been fixed already in the bigpicture.

Anyways, expecting the "magic" patch is a bit much. This will be done step by step with some greater and some smaller fixes.

If they fix the broken trees and actually make the coms work propperly, then there the basics we need are covered. Everything else will make the game even "better".

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If they fix the broken trees and actually make the coms work propperly, then there the basics we need are covered. Everything else will make the game even "better".

+1

I think if you visit this forum at least once a week there is no way you would not buy the sequel finished or not! - your hooked :grin:

I have wasted alot more money on fully finished games that were not half as good as COD!

who is ready to pay for an extension if the bug and disabled feature is not fixed?
who trust the extension is free of bug and lack?

they must be 2 patch again, the fixed beta patch who focus optimization
and a other patch who fix the release known bug...

and after, i'm ready to buy for a new land and new plane.

So do you think the 'BIG' patch for Clod will be released at the same time as BoM

Nobody around here has any freaking clue when/ if any of this will ever be released. It's all speculation and guesses, the next of which is just as good as the previous.

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Originally Posted by Gourmand (Post 446251)

Actually, I doubt BoM will be Bug free. Better then CoD, yes, but a far shot from being a polished product.

And you know what? I will buy it anyways. As was the original IL2 series, it is a constant "Work in Progress".

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Originally Posted by Bewolf (Post 446260)

I must admit the odds are on your side there. I have no doubt that we'll be waiting for a promised "release patch" well into BoM's first year and gnashing our teeth much as we are doing now.
That being said, I'll probably end up buying it too. I'd be long gone by now if I wasn't. Although this will be the first time I'll not purchase a Maddox Games product on day one of release.

If BOM is an MMO, or is subscription based, I am 100% not buying it.

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Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles (Post 446269)

If BOM is an MMO, or is subscription based, I am 100% not buying it.

if bom is a http://www.battlegroundeurope.com/ -like in f2p with cash-shop
i'm 100% buying it ;)

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Originally Posted by Bewolf (Post 446260)

Problem is that "work in progress", adding new content, IMPROVING existing features, is not the same as fixing fundamental bugs and major issues. IMPROVING a feature implies the feature worked in the first place.

Right now, imo, CloD havent even got to the stage "work in progress". At least not by my own definition.

Yes, a few issues have been improved/fixed and yes iv been able to play it since the start but getting it to run (for at least 50% of the users) isnt suppose to be hard work and days/weeks of troubleshooting. For example, working out of the "box" for at least 95% of the users is, imo, a requirement before it can even be called "work in progress".