RoF sale. Worth getting it now!

[AndyJWest]

Yup - I've got a complete set now too. The next thing will be to get the field mods, where useful - I.E. gunsights in particular. They are rather expensive for what they are, but I don't see much point in getting them all.

I took the HP O/400 for a test hop last night - it seems a bit more stable than the Gotha, though it still has the 'gormess git in the front, obstructing the view' problem ( I think it needs a 'make the front gunner sit down' control), and I couldn't pluck up the courage to try anything but gentle turns - With no slip indicator, and a lot of inertia in yaw, spins seem likely.

[ATAG_Doc]

I am downloading rof now. I will buy all the planes after I activate it said I needed to activate first.

Very insightful and great post. Very true that unless the flight simulator community doesn't start looking at this from the perspective just as you eloquently have done we're all in trouble.

Even if you do not fly it - buy it! You'll be doing yourself a disservice if you don't. This is such a niche market and it goes against all traditional business model logic and it still boils down to revenue. No one does these things for their health they do it because they love it but ultimately everyone has to eat.

A bad example here but a variety of studies suggest that 10% of the world population is left-handed. Think of this as the flight simulator community its probably less.

Now think about how often do you see things made for left handed people. I think of golf clubs. You don't see near as many in stores because 90% of us are right handed and never think about it.

Go buy them. Flight sims are not destinations to be arrived at they're journeys.

Great post!!

[1.JaVA_Sharp]

that makes me really curious about the helo journey Bohemia is coming up with. Same thing for that indepedent Apache project...

[jimbop]

Thanks Ataros, just added a couple to the collection.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

The next thing will be to get the field mods, where useful - I.E. gunsights in particular.

I guess they should offer mod sale in 3-4 weeks to benefit from all newcomers.

Do not buy Sopwith Pup mod. Aldis is useless in it as it is located very low on the left hand.

[Richie]

I was always going to buy this but heard what it was like on the first release. Then Rise Of Flight Iron Cross came out but I kind of forgot about it then I came across it at Direct2drive I think it was for FIVE DOLLARS! What a buy! I wish my close friends would give it a chance. I can see that this is going to happen with Cliffs Of Dover..I'm pretty sure of it.

[robtek]

When i see this thread i have to LOL about the people which felt ripped of by buying CoD.

[Madfish]

Could anyone tell me about the differences between:
Rise of Flight free to play
Rise of Flight Iron Cross Edition
Rise of Flight Lite Edition

and the planes available to buy?

Would it make more sense to just buy the Iron Cross or Lite Editions instead?

Thanks

[SNAFU]

The Iron Cross Edition has 8 Planes methinks and the light even less.

If you download the "free" game, with the 2 flyables, and buy cheap planes in these days or bundles, I think you are cheaper off, than ICE or LE and then adding content.

But if you want to support the developers, buy first the LE, than ICE and finally add all the content one by one anti-cyclic in the high-price days, just as I did....

PS: If you just want to play around a bit and have to watch your spendings, go for the free game and add the plane you want to fly in the offline campaign. There you should get along with maybe 8 planes from one side. I fell in love with the Pfalz III, I don´t know why, but that`s the way it goes. If you like one plane, you find that totally sufficient, if you do have limited spare time anyhow...

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by robtek

When i see this thread i have to LOL about the people which felt ripped of by buying CoD.

Why?