Bring it on, if it is compatible as per all previous releases we should hopefully end up with a fully functional BoB, in the process! I have no problem jumping in as soon as it is released because at the end of the day it is still cheap fun even if there are bugs to be crunched! All the miseryguts, and drama queens that carry on as if they have been personally insulted, or robbed of their last $ over this game really need to get a grip I think!

Cheers
Craig

You have it right, trumps!

well,how long do you guys think will it take until we see the BOM?

after the last dev-update, i really have mixed feelings.it sounds like COD is already abandoned and to keep features as functional weather completely excluded from a flight sim is a new experience for me....a disappointing one.

also some answers from luthier are really disturbing, like the fact that he feels that navigational lights are only a cosmetic feature and also the answer about structural limits is confusing.at least i dont understand it.

all the features which i thought were self-evident for this title, are now only planned for BOM.like a ranking system.will there ever be a dynamic campaign?....right now im a bit confused about my feelings about maddox games and its products.ill have to wait to build a real opinion about the current situation.

if all what they said is present in the sequel...it will be good....

but if not.... i think nobody will give them trust anymore...and il2 will be dead!

Seven years of devellopement....and they need to rework FM, sound, engine.... the devellopement start seven years ago really?

I do wish people would read this thread through properly, most irrational fears are addressed on earlier pages, all I am seeing is repeated claims of COD abandonment and lack of comatibility with BOM, the IL-2 myth machine grinds on.

Closer to the truth:

I'm with Chivas and Trumps.

The Moscow expansion will bring in large numbers of customers from Maddox/1C's home market, and by extension, a large inflow of CASH. Thus, the future of the series will be on a much better financial footing.

I wonder how many of the doom and gloomers on this forum hit themselves in the head with a hammer each morning just because it feels so good when the pain subsides...

:rolleyes:

That's what I'd heard too, although how you could ever confuse a Spit with a 109 when, if anything, Yaks look more like 109's, has always been beyond me. I was just hoping they might be included since they were in the original Il2, although I can't remember if they were in the original (if they were, then they were patched in) or came later (e.g. Forgotten Battles maybe). Still, how about Hurri's at this stage at least? I suppose they'd be IIb's as well, so an extra 4 guns in the Hurri would be nice to take out again over Blighty (again, if it is backwards compatible), though I'd really want a IIc so I could finally hop the channel and do some serious strafing, although the IIb with bombs would still be a welcome addition in both theatres.

Anyway, new planes are always nice no matter what they are, but like I said, I'm really looking forward to getting my I-16 back, and the I-153 was always a favourite too. Does anyone happen to know when the rockets that were in Il2 were brought on to these? Any chance we'd have them in BoM?

If the air2ground rockets perform as in reality they will stay in storage for the most sim-fighters.

Actually the I-153 and I-15bis were the mainstay of the soviet ground-attack regiments in 1941. The Il-2 started to become ubiquitous only from 1942 on.

Anyone remember the I-16 campaign Luthier wrote for the original Il-2 years ago? The one that the player couldn't win and that ended in the player's death? That was, IMO, one of the best and most creative campaigns ever made for the series. Those were the times ... ;)

I miss the old days of the sim a lot.

Lots of winter maps, and missions on them, the anticipation when the I 16 was first made flyable in a patch, flying Migs on the Kuban.

Good days.