Please explain...

[addman]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Sir, you do not have a grasp of how IL2 has worked over the years. Any game engine fixes/upgrades that appear in the sequel will automatically be applied to CloD when you merge the install after purchase of the sequel.

All the employees of Maddox Games that can work on fixes are, those like modelers and landscape builders and texture artists are doing what they do best. They are not game engine coders. This is a proper division of labor and to the best interests of the company and us.

*EDIT*

You also must understand that MG is no doubt under amazing pressures from 1C to show solid income. This is most easily accomplished by catering to their biggest, most important market, Russia. If you understand this, a sequel that focuses on the Great Patriotic War makes amazingly good business sense. And it means the title will survive, so we all can enjoy it for another decade or more.

That's good and all ElAurens and I for one support this model since it worked for the old IL-2 series and well to boot BUT what if a person doesn't want to buy any sequel? what if he just wants the product that he has already bought to function properly and contain advertised features? Is he entitled to additional content? IMO no! is he entitled to any fixes that any sequel will have that uses the same game engine? IMO yes he dang well is!

You seem unaware that you are basically saying that "no problem if he buys the sequel(s) his current game will be fixed", I hope you are aware of how wrong that is.