+1, there's really no excuse for how awful the communication channels are between the community and the developers.

Hiring BlackSix was but a small step in the right direction.

No pre-order, no first release : scalded cat fears cold water !

I discovered there will be a sequel today. BoM? BoS? What are these acronimes for? Moscow and Stalingrad?

Anyway, just installed the latest patch (18 october) and I can't see impressive performance boost or enhancements.

London runs smooth, but many buildings still show up s brown boxes and THEN the textures and roofs appear.

And I am on a decent rig: 2500k, gtx 570 2GB, 8Gigs RAM, SSD.

So, IF the sequel will be THIS BASE (after patches and hard work) forwarded to a new level with enhancements and stuff, maybe I will consider buying it, after reading reviews, forums and opinions

No preorder and no day-one for me, sorry. That era is closed.

Yes but that was a completely new game- new engine, new assets, new coding throughout.

At least BoM (or whatever) will now have a more solid base to build on- like Ace expansion on FB is a better comparison.

Im buying it.

No pre-order this time! Been playing IL2 since 2003 and this is the first time I won't pre-order. I'll be waiting till it hits the $5 bin. I've got EVE online taking up my time. New destroyers this winter!

I personally would secretly abuse every new patch for CloD to test some new functions (as an example: radio direction) and debug the old stuff at the same time. With that you get rid of old/new bugs for the new Game before selling it. That would make the sequel mostly bugfree and a financial success.

And if there are things that no one should know until the sequel comes out, you write a file with all allowed functions and use it to active only those. What's not written in there, can't be known or activated.

Sure thing here.

I was not satisfied with BoB and I'm not even really interested in BoM but I'll buy it and keep supporting the for:

They did their best they could to fix as much as possible of BoB and it's really looking way better than it initially was and also running smoother.

I'm looking forward to whatever comes after BoM (PT, MT, ET) and I'm aware that that will only be possible by our support and buying BoM when it comes out.

Although I'm not really interested in BoB, I still find it nice to have to make the package complete.

The sim has great potential and I don't see anybody bringing out a complex WWII sim the first 10 years or so.


~S~

Yes, all went nearly pearshaped. Is it like this?
"This was not the end. It was even not the begininng of the end. But it was the end of the beginning..."
Lets hope, that the bright futur of the serie rises now.
But I won't be in the first number to try the sequel...will by it later.

Will pre-order BoM (or whatever it will be called) for sure!