Questions for Luthier

[klem]

I only just got to my PC tonight. I was typing my question when you closed the thread as I tried to post it. Please include it.

Luthier,

you say that many core problems will be fixed by the sequel but there will only be one more CoD patch.


The fact that the sequel can be loaded over CoD means that CoD will benefit from all of those improvements. These may be net code, LODs etc which we may have to wait for.

BUT!
Unique CoD issues have only one more chance. This essentially means the map and the aircraft. Everything else would seem to be 'core' although I may have missed something.

The BoB was to have been the flagship of the SoW series (as it was originally called) and for a very good reason. It was the iconic air battle of the war and particularly spotlighted air combat between the fighters. CoD cannot even come close if the FMs for the aircraft are incorrect. Anything else is just noise or are core issues that will be fixed anyway.

We still want to fight the BoB on a realistic basis as far as the aircraft are concerned, particularly the fighters.

Will you please confirm that if the FMs are still not close to historical data when we beta test them in the next patch (as regards basic performance like speed, climb and turn) you will put maximum effort onto this important CoD aspect and get them right or promise a final patch that fixes this single important aspect?

We can live with all the other 'core' issues if we know they will be fixed in the sequel but we cannot live with a simulation that 1C walks away from essential unique CoD/BoB issues. We can't look forward to you re-modelling the early Spitfires and 109s for any sequels as they would not be relevant. We would be left without a reasonable representation of the BoB.