The Crystal Ball 2

[Flanker35M]

S!

North Africa and Mediterranean, the 2 least portraited theatres in any flight sim even they had a significant effect on outcome of the WW2.

[Chivas]

I would imagine the Med would come after BOM, then maybe the Pacific. I think they will only do maps the size of BOB or smaller for awhile. I don't think we will see a European Bomber Campaign Map for sometime. The size of that map would scare anyone from building and populating it for sometime. They would have to start that map now and hope to have it done five years from now. Maybe thats why they hired the extra people, .

[csThor]

Given the fast an abrupt change of theaters I guess we'll see a few more releases about the Eastern Front. I mean with Stalingrad, Kursk, Bagration and a myriad of other smaller operations there's much stuff possible and somehow I think 1C is going to be more "attentive" to its home market. Not that I mind the Eastern Front ... I just think the MTO as a whole will not come anytime soon and neither will be the ETO.

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by csThor

Given the fast an abrupt change of theaters I guess we'll see a few more releases about the Eastern Front. I mean with Stalingrad, Kursk, Bagration and a myriad of other smaller operations there's much stuff possible and somehow I think 1C is going to be more "attentive" to its home market. Not that I mind the Eastern Front ... I just think the MTO as a whole will not come anytime soon and neither will be the ETO.

I'd go with this.

I think they might make the MTO/ETO community efforts (if there is a community willing to work on the game by that stage...)

[KG26_Alpha]

The Mediterranean would be great as it was my choice when voting was done years ago for the IL2 series Med v Pacific, hence forth came Pacific Fighters from the voting & Luthiers project.



I hope we don't get stuck in the Eastern front for too long, if it goes that way, there's only so much Stalingrad Smolensk Porokhova Kursk etc etc I can take after 10+ years.





Med FTW (yay)
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[priller26]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

S!

North Africa and Mediterranean, the 2 least portraited theatres in any flight sim even they had a significant effect on outcome of the WW2.

That would be my vote...significantly less landscaping too to model in North Africa

[SiThSpAwN]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Air_Force

[=FI=Scott]

From BoB it sounded logical to move towards the MTO but I would welcome anything that hasn't really been done before. The idea of another Eastern front sim does nothing for me. While I though that conflict was well done in IL2 I never thought they got to grips with the PTO (the closest it came was with the Slot map) so I would go for that.

I know there is a home audience to please and that there are simmers in the west who want to try the eastern front in the new sim but it just sounds like old wine in a new bottle.

[carguy_]

I would like to have the MTO, particulary because I`ve never experienced it. Two, three generic IL-2 coops years ago. But now when we have the foundation of Battle of Britain ops , it would be much easier than with the predecessor. Besides that, imagine the tank battles in the desert. I`d happily bring down some 40mm Hurris while flying a Fiat.

I quickly accpeted the IL2 way of develpment but I don`t think we should go to the same depths as we did before. Battle of Moscow is just one campaign, so we do have some hope that the MTO will come. I mean I`m not against fighting the reds once again. I know th theatre of operations, I know the tactics and I`d probably do pretty well right from the start. But the Mediterranean is everything I`d wish for. Bf109 in trop camouflage, crappy italian planes, endless desert and a sea over which I`d gladly perorm escort sorties. Imagine that. Taking off from Italy, landing near Tobruk. Yeah, I like it.

I understand though that 1C first needs to grab the Russian market with something.

[Insuber]

Yeah the North Africa and Med would be a dream. Uber Italian planes, crappy English planes, etc. etc. .
Imagine taking off from Lybia with a flight of Mc.200's escorting SM.79's to bomb Tobruk's port ... and the poor Gladiators and Hurricanes in the middle ...