Why not the Mediterranean Theater next?

[JG27_brook]

Enjoying the E3 but just give me a "190" soon

[Skiiwa]

Originally Posted by JG27_brook

Enjoying the E3 but just give me a "190" soon

They really need a flight instructor in this game cause I ALWAYS break my E3

[JG27_brook]

Originally Posted by Skiiwa

They really need a flight instructor in this game cause I ALWAYS break my E3

flew E3 on easy settings for a day, noted all the PP settings etc then you will pick up PP for the E3 and it becomes a joy to fly on manual

[ElAurens]

Well, as much as I want the Med, and believe me I want it badly, The Battle of Moscow does not require any capitol ships to be modeled.

Note we have no warships of any kind in CloD.

I suspect that modeling at least one battleship type, and cruiser type, and two destroyer types, for the Italian and British navies, and a Royal Navy aircraft carrier with the appropriate aircraft types for it would take a year in and of themselves, not counting any new maps.

I'll bet most of the Russian Front stuff has been done for a long time now.

[JG14_Jagr]

"Malta" doesn't have a broad enough scope to be a full addon in and of itself. It requires a significant investment in Ship models and CV operations, and in the end, its VERY narrowly focused. Its certainly something to MOD when the plane sets becomes available..but who is going to play "Malta" over and over and over?

Keeping in mind that the coders are RUSSIAN and that the original CORE of the IL2 series started with the Russian campaign, I think its logical in both time line and progress of the plane set. You get to integrate a lot of knew AC types that they already have in the bag, and grow the plan set.

I'll place my money on Barbarossa

[Feathered_IV]

As much as I'd love a dedicated Malta scenario, the Moscow addon makes more sense for 1c as a whole. The future for them is to share many of their models and other content for ease of production over a number of different games. Men of War 2 and future ToW series etc might well be fought in the clod engine. Focusing on the East is just good resource management.

[Kerosine]

IF they do the MTO, I would rush to buy it. Fighters here recognised the MTO as a hell on earth, and the misfits elsewhere managed to make a name for themselves here, vide Beurling and Warburton, for instance.

I would certainly love such a sequel, or expansion pack maybe and I am confident that Malta would be played over and over if realistic battle scenarios are recreated - there could be Junker dive-bombing missions, BF109/FW190 escort missions, high-altitude bombing missions from RA/Luftwaffe, Night bombing raids, raids on ship convoys...(and that's just the Axis side)...from the Allied side you could be involved in missions ranging from recon to base defence, as well as skirmishes over northern Africa and southern Italy / Sicily. The potential is huge. I would love it. Then again, I'm Maltese.

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[DoolittleRaider]

Originally Posted by Kerosine

... Malta would be played over and over if realistic battle scenarios are recreated - there could be Junker dive-bombing missions, BF109/FW190 escort missions...

Just a minor technical point....I don't believe any FW-190's ever flew over/against Malta. FW-190's were in Tunisia Nov '42 through May'43, then later in Sicily engaged against the invading Allied forces there from July onwards.

So for a "Malta Campaign/Sequel" (1940-1942) or a "Malta-Greece-Crete-Libya Sequel" (40-42), no FW-190's would be needed in COD. A more expansive Sequel covering all of the Mediterranean including North Africa/Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy (say 41-43) would require additional aircraft such as FW-190, P38's, etc etc

[AndyJWest]

I wonder if an issue is the size of the maps required? Though doing an entire 'Eastern Front' campaign map would entail as much, if not more, than a Med one, it would be feasible enough to do a smaller one (just the Smolensk - Moscow region?), and still have plenty of space for a decent campaign. In contrast, a Med map would need to be quite large to do justice to the historical context - fronts moved rapidly etc. Perhaps a Med map would involve too much work, or put too much strain on current hardware?

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

Well, as much as I want the Med, and believe me I want it badly, The Battle of Moscow does not require any capitol ships to be modeled.

Note we have no warships of any kind in CloD.

I suspect that modeling at least one battleship type, and cruiser type, and two destroyer types, for the Italian and British navies, and a Royal Navy aircraft carrier with the appropriate aircraft types for it would take a year in and of themselves, not counting any new maps.

I'll bet most of the Russian Front stuff has been done for a long time now.

Don't you think they could use IL2 ships?

I realize they won't be 16 poly, but all I've ever done is blow them up. I really think Oleg must have planned to do something with the IL2 ships, because there was never any real effort made for ships. That does seem abit strange, because the Battle of Britain started with concentrated attacks on British shipping.

Like yourself, I'd love to do the Hurricanes, Glads and Spits out of Malta. We have most of the aircraft now, with the Italian aircraft, etc.

All we need is the maps covering southern Italy, Malta and North Africa. LOL