The silence is deafening...

furbs · #1 07-16-2011, 12:38 PM

Yes of course it just a piece of software, yep just 30 quids worth. We prob all have spent more on a few beers and a curry with the lads or a movie with the wife.

But i would guess the reason i get worked up about COD is that its my hobby...no wait...i wanted it to be my hobby but its not cos its not what we all want it to be yet.(positive)

Alot of us here have been flying IL2 for years now, we have spent thousands of pounds over the years on upgrades or HOTAS systems and many hundreds of hours with our hobby flying IL2. Then we hear about the NEW sim from Oleg that's coming! The Battle of Britain!! Wow we all wondered and talked about just how good its going to be with our sqd mates while still flying IL2.
Its by Oleg and its a new engine with all new stuff!! it must be fantastic, i mean look at IL2 and how good that is.

So we waited, and waited, and waited...all the time still flying IL2 ...lots of SP campaigns, or missions, but best of all for me, flying online with my mates...first for me was with 602sqd (puff, crater, loopy and the rest)...training nights with CO-OPs, then vs other sqds or public players. Best of all though was VEF online wars! that's where the blood got pumping, flying 16 vs 16 in a online war where stats and kills were recorded and you tried to complete your mission.

Then after with my own sqd "Blackhearts" = BKHZ

The best fun ive had online in my life! doing my fave hobby, flying WW2 fighter planes with my mates vs real people.

Ive got hundreds of books on WW2 mostly about the airwar, and again most of them are about the Battle of Britain,

So i would say "The Battle of Britain" by Oleg maddox was something i was REALLY looking forward too.

It has nothing to do with my REAL life, but as a hobby its important.

So when COD(what a crap name) finally was released in the total shambles it was, it was a huge let down, a massive disappointment for me, not just because its a 30 quid piece of sofware but because it SHOULD of been so much better, and because there is nothing out there to take its place.

Sure i can fly ROF and i do and i think its great, i can play any number of games or sims on my PC but none of them are "The Battle of Britain by Oleg maddox".

bongodriver · #2 07-16-2011, 12:53 PM

So effectively you put it on to high a pedestal......you expected too much, and now the rest of us have to watch you writhe in the pain of your dissapointment.

furbs · #3 07-16-2011, 01:11 PM

Expected too much? i don't think so, i would of been happy enough if COD just did what il2 did.

Sammi79 · #4 07-16-2011, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by furbs

Expected too much? i don't think so, i would of been happy enough if COD just did what il2 did.

That I find hard to believe. Maybe you would at that. But not many of the 'aggrieved' posters here would I'm sure.

furbs · #5 07-16-2011, 02:14 PM

I would be happy to wait as long as it took for the rest of the bugs to be fixed if just 2 things were fixed now...

Sound in MP
CO-OPs

the rest i can work around.

Al Schlageter · #6 07-16-2011, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by bongodriver

So effectively you put it on to high a pedestal......you expected too much, and now the rest of us have to watch you writhe in the pain of your disappointment.

With lots of help along the way from the game developers.

bongodriver · #7 07-16-2011, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

With lots of help along the way from the game developers.

Isn't it an obligation of a seller to promote their wares? really this should be taken for granted, or do you really believe every bit of hype that you are fed.

TheGrunch · #8 07-16-2011, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bongodriver

So effectively you put it on to high a pedestal......you expected too much, and now the rest of us have to watch you writhe in the pain of your dissapointment.

There are people who have done that, but honestly all that most of us wanted was a good new base to build on for the series, and we didn't get it, we got a game that's only good for dogfight servers, and for the last few weeks we haven't even had that because the sound isn't working online.

Look at this post. How is that expecting too much? Not only that AI aircraft can avoid mass-piling into terrain with a HUGE amount of notice that it was in the way, but that mission designers could design a multiplayer mission that shipped with the game that didn't exhibit this issue 100% of the time you ran the mission?

"In addition, every single flight except the one I took the lead of crashed into mountains during their flight, some immediately after takeoff and some mid-mission, due to the sharp terrain and their inability to react to it in any way whatsoever...they didn't even attempt to avoid it, just augered in blindly - in total one flight of Blenheims, one huge flight of He 111s, and two flights of 109s, one of which I spawned myself to see if they'd do it again."

Anyway, I'm glad some of you guys appreciated my post, I'll still be waiting for this game to live up to its promise and I eagerly await the day when it does so. I *know* that the development team we have are *capable* of doing this feat. I just don't know whether they are likely to be able to fix everything that's wrong with this game before they run out of money and the support and goodwill of publishers. All we can really do at this point is wish them good luck, because honestly the more mature posters on here have been as supportive as anyone can really expect us to have been and as constructive in our criticism. Those who continue to bug-test the game have my utmost respect for their patience and dedication. What else can we do, eh?