[ElAurens]

I agree with your assessment of CloD, BTW, the Italian planes are there, because the Italian planes were there during the Battle of Britain.

I don't know how long you have been around the original IL2 WW, but on release it was only the Eastern Front, and the number of flyable aircraft was quite small. Same as BoS is currently. Historical perspective and all that. IL2's
"long term potential" was a complete unknown at the time of it's release as well.

Now, if the new development team can make the new sim successful, and flesh it out beyond the initial offering is indeed an unknown, only time, and sales, will tell. I do find it troubling that they somehow found time and money to release another WW1 offering covering only the Russian aspect of the Great War. Seems an odd way to allocate finite resources to me.

We now know that 4.14 seems to be happening, so that is good for us. I hope that the fine people of DT continue supporting what is still the best WW2 air combat sim to date.

I do worry that once BoS goes Gold that there may be some fine print in the contract somewhere about 1C ending support for us here. The way things go in this world these days it would not surprise me in the least.

Cheers.