[csThor]

tater

I think you're putting the blame on Maddox Games too easily and without knowing all the facts. None of us know all the facts regarding what really happened during PF development and ... *cough* ... "The Grumman Incident". And those who know won't talk about it.

To be honest I do not believe that the Kate was left out for a lack of sources. IMO Oleg and Ubi pulled the plug on any additional PTO content after "the Grumman incident". You know the old saying: "Burnt child dreads the fire." Without Ubi's marketing faux pas and Grumman's corporate greed there may have been a chance for further PTO stuff but that "incident" proved to be the final nail to the coffin.

Now what to make of those experiences? IMO Maddox Games needs to draw two fundamental lessons from them:

a) They need to get away from their pure "engineer perspective" and get someone who looks at the product through the eyes of a gamer.
b) They need to cooperate with people who know the historical facts about certain operations. If they want to make a large AddOn with the MTO they need to get in touch with people who can tell them which objects/planes/ships are necessary and where the maps (if a single full-size map is out of question) need to be located.

My 0,02 € ...

Theshark888

The Do-215 was, along with the Do 17 M and P, the main long-range recon plane of the Luftwaffe during the BoB. It does have a place and IMO simulating the recon role with proper aircraft would certainly add to the game's depth.