Never said it was standard practice but it did happen contrary to what some of the naysayers think.

As for my sig, its MkII spits over the Isle of White (as far as I know).

No, there should be another solution to this - you have to make it back and land to receive full credit for kill. Bailing out or crashing = half points.

It has been this way in PC IL2 and that works perfectly. The time-limit thing would be like putting a band-aid over a shotgun wound.

I don't see why the hell take offs and landing weren't at least included in realistic and sim mode.

Mk.IIb Spitfires had cannons...not many made. They were post Battle of Britain (thus another incorrect part of the game) and were camouflaged in grey and green on top...they pretty much looked exactly like a Mk.V. The Battle of Britain fighter marks were the I, Ia and II (possibly IIa...will have to check that). They were all camouflaged in green and brown on top (the BoB day fighter scheme...). Thus why the picture is puzzling...cool pic, but inaccurate. Nice pic...shame about the error...

Well first of all its not a time limited picture, and its nothing to do with the game its a painting. There is nothing really innacurate about it as its not in a pre-set time frame other than in WW2. So the picture is of MkIIb at some point after the battle of britain, with the brown/green camo. Remember that not every squadron followed the letter of the law as it were when it comes to camo schemes. Also some aircraft may be repainted to match others in the flight, especially when replacement aircraft join a flight.

Therefor the Artist has created an accurate potrayal of a typical WW2 "milk run".


And back on topic. I had the idea for and extra MP game mode.

Mode - Scramble
Premis - Enemy units are attempting to attack your airfield, take off and intercept.
Gameplay- Team A spawns on an Airfield and must taxi and take off in an effort to take out the enemy. Team B spawn at 10k feet, X distance out and attempt to take out the airfield and shootdown the defenders.

Its basically a mix of Strike and CTA, and gives those who want it take offs and landings in an online game mode. It would work best if re-arming and refueling was possible by landing at a friendly airfield.

Kudos 505!!!
 

I can't give my critique without first giving "props" to the developers for finally bringing a respectable combat flight sim to the console.
I have little new to add to what was already suggested. I'll put my list in what I fell is the correct order of importance.
1: mapping options for looking around in the cockpit

2: Cockpits for axis planes

3: Ground targets are murder to see in Sim mode. I love the realism of no HUD, and I appreciate the panzers firing once in a while so I can see them. Maybe I could receive some radio instruction to guide me to my targets when I'm taking too long.

4: Skins (possibly custom)

xbox live multiplayer
 

Firstly can i congratulate you on a great game!!

but i have a couple of suggestions regarding mulitplayer. I have noticed when searching for online games the message "unable to contact server" occurs if there are no games in "waiting", so players have to either retry, or create their own. this is really annoying and means that potentially it could take all day to wait to get 16 players in one room. could i suggest some improvments, 1) a waiting lobby, if games are in progress players have the option to wait until (the next available) session finishes or a new one is created in some kind of waiting lobby for the given type, i.e dogfight, strike etc so when a game is available the players move to it - similar to halo - this would also speed up the waiting time of waiting for players. Suggestion 2) when a multiplayer game ends, the session does not... so players are moved to a lobby together afterwards for an option of a rematch with the current players, working with suggestion 1, adding more waiting players to the game this would allow more players to enter the game quickly, and get going again with a greater number of players in the sky at once, and quickly.

suggestion 3) some kind of rank systems. i know there is "ranked matches" but players like prestige of being the best... it would be nice to have the ability to earn a rank like halo or cod, such as starting as a rookie, and improving on it -players who perform well with enough wins and kill performance start climbing ranks, such as rookie, flying officer, corporal etc, and the user given a rank stripe symbol to their ingame game on the hud, and in the lobbys. This gives players visual recognision of the skill of the player they are competing agaisnt, and the joys of shooting down a higher ranked player... it would encourage continual play because more people would want to achieve the highest rank. Perhaps for added bonuses when a milestone rank is acheieved such as sargent, perhaps with special unlockable "prizes" for reaching such mile stone ranks - get to sargent, improve user armour, get to flt leader get small enigine peformance upgrade. make these "prizes" only available in an arcade session, to keep people that want to keep the realism sepperate...

hope this goes down well!

Oh I didn't think it was part of the game...I was just pointing out that in the game they have Spit Mk.IIb in the Battle of Britain...along with Hurricane II...neither type flew in the battle. I would like to see this corrected with the Spit Mk.I, Mk.Ia and Mk II...and the Hurricane Mk.I.

The RAF, unlike the Luftwaffe, has standard schemes for their aircraft...including "mirror" patterns etc.

tell ya one thing i really am a touch disappointed about in the game, and thats formation flying. your wing men are so far away.
one of the most beautiful sights i have seen is a flight of spitfires flying in tight formation then peeling off one by one. perhaps the sequal huh...you know it makes sense!

Bots
 

I would like to be able to create a player match with AI-controlled enemy so my friends and I can fight the AI together. :)

Replays,Free flight and more
 

Love the game but I would love to see the following added through DLC or considered on a sequel.

Replay camera: The game is beautiful I want to sit back and enjoy it. I watch the opening cinema almost every time I play.

Free flight mode: If we have it on a crappy game like HAWX we need it on a great game where you actually have to fly the plane.

Mission generator: Training mode is good but I would like to add mixed targets of air and ground type. Like bombers with escorts or navel units with a CAP.

Game customization: More sliders to crossover control features between arcade, realistic and simulation to find that perfect mix of chocolate and peanut butter. Controller button mapping is also a must.

One more thing. Please make all DLC playable in a single player environment. I have a gold live account and will pay for DLC but only if I can play locally as well.

Thanks for reading and making a great game.