Ok MG.. you want me to buy BoM after all CoD was during this year..

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by BigC208

BoM is ready for release.

Sigh.....

It's not BoM.

It's a sequel.

Isn't there anyone else on this forum who can look at the screenshots I posted in the update thread and verify that at least one of the maps is Stalingrad?

Or are we to perpetually be driven by convenient acronyms?

[Feathered_IV]

I reckon your Stalingrad prediction looks about right, judging from the screenshot comparison. I hope this isn't another case of Maddox Games getting into a fresh mission-creep scenario where they start adding more features, eras and planesets than they can actually handle. Bet you any money they resurrect the Storm of War label soon.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Well thanks Feathered.

I have to say that the RoF fraternity seem a much better disposed bunch than those we see on here.

Having a break from Cliffs and flying RoF has given me a slightly different perspective on lots of things....

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Well thanks Feathered.

I have to say that the RoF fraternity seem a much better disposed bunch than those we see on here.

Having a break from Cliffs and flying RoF has given me a slightly different perspective on lots of things....

It wasn't a much better disposed bunch when ROF was released. ROF was also released unfinished, but not as unfinished as COD. Hopefully the investors will keep the faith and allow COD to be finished and have therefore a much beter disposed bunch.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by Chivas

Hopefully the investors will keep the faith.

Well.....that's us.... mostly..... Isn't it? Or is it? Could it be the parent company? Big Brother and the Holding Company? Or are they the governmental institutions funding historical awareness throughout the Russian Federation?

The banks?

Or could it be just the paying customer plus all of the above?

Economics and business were never my strongpoint.....

[MadTommy]

I really hope the expansion is a long way off... the last thing this game (clod) needs is less people playing it. The online community is horribly small as it is. A sequel soon will likely completely kill it.

I very much doubt i'll be playing any sequel until i've had some solid online play time with Clod, If there is no community to play with in Clod i certainly wont just gobble up their sequel.

I already have too many simulated aircraft on my PC to remember correctly.. with RoF, DCS & CloD.. and i know which one is the problem child. Last thing i need is another problem child..

[Icebear]

Originally Posted by MadTommy

I really hope the expansion is a long way off... the last thing this game (clod) needs is less people playing it. The online community is horribly small as it is. A sequel soon will likely completely kill it.

I very much doubt i'll be playing any sequel until i've had some solid online play time with Clod, If there is no community to play with in Clod i certainly wont just gobble up their sequel.

I already have too many simulated aircraft on my PC to remember correctly.. with RoF, DCS & CloD.. and i know which one is the problem child. Last thing i need is another problem child..

Fully agree. IMO this discussion is pointless.

[JG5_emil]

Originally Posted by MadTommy

I really hope the expansion is a long way off... the last thing this game (clod) needs is less people playing it. The online community is horribly small as it is. A sequel soon will likely completely kill it.

I very much doubt i'll be playing any sequel until i've had some solid online play time with Clod, If there is no community to play with in Clod i certainly wont just gobble up their sequel.

I already have too many simulated aircraft on my PC to remember correctly.. with RoF, DCS & CloD.. and i know which one is the problem child. Last thing i need is another problem child..

The reason the community is small is because a lot of people haven't migrated from IL2 (many of those that did went to play ROF). The question is why?

Personally I think a large part of it is because CLOD provides a much more limited scope for what you can do with it. For me the lack of COOP is the main reason I didn't play more. Then there are the bugs/problems and finally there is the fact that there will be many people who don't have the specs to run CLOD well.

When I first started playing IL2 many people still hadn't migrated from EAW. When ARMA 3 comes out there will be people still playing ARMA II for ages afterwards.

The community isn't smaller (in fact it is probably bigger than in 2002) it is just split over at least 3 games ROF, IL2 and CLOD to a lesser extent.

I'll definately buy BOM (unless it is released as a MMO!) but I'm not sure I have the same enthusiasm for the game as I did. Mainly because for many many years I wanted to play a BOB sim and when I got it I found it surely lacking. Maybe one day we will be able to have a good coop and 70-80 bomber formations etc and play without micro stutter

[Chivas]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Well.....that's us.... mostly..... Isn't it? Or is it? Could it be the parent company? Big Brother and the Holding Company? Or are they the governmental institutions funding historical awareness throughout the Russian Federation?

The banks?

Or could it be just the paying customer plus all of the above?

Economics and business were never my strongpoint.....

No we aren't the main investors, probably IC publishing is the main share holder. I doubt that the sales of COD came anywhere close to its costs so far. It will probably take more than a couple of sequels before they get to the positive side of the ledger. If the game engine does get fixed, and they can start producing more Sequels, MMO's, Movie making, etc it has the potential to make much more money than the old series.

[Feathered_IV]

Originally Posted by ATAG_Dutch

Well thanks Feathered.

I have to say that the RoF fraternity seem a much better disposed bunch than those we see on here.

Having a break from Cliffs and flying RoF has given me a slightly different perspective on lots of things....

Breaking news over there now. Looks good too!