Suggestion: forget multiplayer focus on sim for single player

[csThor]

Originally Posted by robtek

On Mission-oriented server's you'll find such a variety of missions, situations and challenges that a silicon-chip without human input is not able to deliver.

Except that in my experience the majority of the players don't want to be challenged - they want the same aircraft types for the same kind of missions with the same kind of people and woe betide you if you point out that their planeset is anything but historical. People want the classic fireplace-slippers-pipe kind of feeling, like I said on the QL board a long time ago.

I find this steady oooohing and aaaahing about online and how superior it is to offline extremely patronizing.

[Mysticpuma]

Sad though that we have to even have this thread?

IL2 (Original and onwards) was/is a great online multiplayer experience as it is really easy to find a server and join (although I use Hyperlobby does anyone remember the "AllSeeingEye" game browser?).

I find getting together with a group of pilots is really pot-luck at the moment, then you have to hope the settings are what you like, but they are not anywhere as intuitive as Hyperlobby is

I do really want both working but I sometimes think that this is going to be a very long fixing process, so currently it's a wait and see, but hope that the money doesn't run out before it's fixed

However I am already thinking how many variations can be released like the original Il2 did?

Cliffs of Dover: Forgotten Battles

Cliffs of Dover: Pacific Fighters

Cliffs of Dover: Complete Edition

Cliffs of Dover: Ultimate Edition

Cliffs of Dover: 1946

All of which are paid for upgrades but will I am sure add fixes at a premium price?

Time will tell but I do hope to see this product succeed as for the damage model and lighting alone it is incredible....makes me wonder why they just didn't make IL2:1946 HD which would have added the more detailed models and lighting...but kept the rest useable.

Cheers, MP

I love both aspects SP and MP, but one of the things I really miss is the cooperative play, Ive had some fantastic experience's with squad mates flying together in missions we have made in old IL2.

One of the biggest problems we have with MP at the moment other than that of the sound bug is steam dropping the servers, just as your getting into the fight all of a sudden your disconnected, its an absoloute nightmare. Hopefully sometime down the line Steam will be dropped and we will be able to use Hyperlobby.