It's not trolling, it's not the money...

[Talon89]

It's the fact that Oleg et al have over-promised and under-delivered since day one on this thing, we waited for the better part of a decade, and the game *still* seems like a beta.

Meanwhile, the IL2:1946 online community seems to have been decimated by fragmented versions, mods, and the emergence of IL2:Clod.

So we're left with much less than we were say, 4 years ago.

I hope it all works out, but if you like WW2 air combat sims, it seems to me that you would have to be delusional to think that this is a good state of affairs.

Yes, I do have a life, in fact, I've been so busy that I haven't had much time to sim over the past couple of years, so all of this nonsense hasn't affected me a ton. It is kind of sad though, to see what's become of the IL2 series.

Mini-rant aside, I've been wondering -- is Oleg still involved, or has he stepped away from this completely? If he has stepped away completely, that probably explains a lot.

Any one up for creating one of these: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...2/posts/193810 to get him back? I'm in for $150, I'd prefer donating $150 up front to get his butt in gear than I would paying steam/1C $50 to be annoyed by this current product. If the programmers are doing the best they can, their best is pretty poor. If they're not doing the best they can, that's also pretty poor. Either way, it seems to me that someone needs to come in and kick these guys in the butt.