Oleg and Team.

[csThor]

Lexx - *holds out hand to shake* Your post cleared it up. The matter is settled from my side.

tater - The problem with humans is simply that they're (we're!) playing this game for enjoyment. And this means noone likes to be on the receiving end of a fighter's weapons and/or flying an aircraft that cannot defend itself or is an easy picking, which does stuff that's boring or unpopular. This results in a flurry of "adjustments":

- servers go for pure fighter vs fighter engagements
- planesets are being doctored to keep certain "groups" happy
- historical facts are being thrown out of the window for "player's convenience"

Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. The result of all of this is the extreme number of fighters and fighter-bombers compared to other aircraft classes as the Stukas, the bombers or dedicated ground-pounders (such as the namesake of the series). You don't see swarms of gunner-less Il-2s trying to destroy all artillery pieces in the target area on a 1942 map nor will you see a large formation of Stukas hunting tanks. These jobs are being done by fighter-bombers or destroyers because they can deal with the load of fighters and do not take that long to reach the target zone. The issue here is that people are unwilling to venture off the beaten tracks, even on so-called "historical servers". This is the primary reason why SoW will need to combine the strengths of the dedicated dogfight server with the ability of the COOPs to have moving AI units (aircraft and ground/sea objects) - to overcome the insane fighter and dogfight fixation. Otherwise it's always going to remain "Quake in the air" as opposed to a simulation of aerial warfare in WW2. You can't change the people - you have to change the rules and the environment.