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01-15-2011, 08:47 PM
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Stating that RoF has just as much players online as IL-2 does is just wrong. The two RoF Syndicate servers are pretty much the only ones that have 10+ players online at a regular basis. I rarely see more than 50 on either one.
As far as online gaming goes, RoF is still well behind IL-2 when it comes to populated servers. Plus that the last three interesting dogfights I've been into on the Syndicate have been cancelled by a quite annoying disconnect. I can fly for an hour or ten minutes, doesn't matter. The disconnects happen Tvrdi and there's no way in hell there's "usually" 50+ players online at the Syndicate. Weekends yes, weekdays hell no. You sound like a RoF fanboy.  As for recommending the game itself, I sure can. But I would say that it's quite immature in comparison to IL-2. The next 5 patches will greatly improve RoF and 1.016 was just awesome. 
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01-15-2011, 11:29 PM
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Buy it now.
I was an original beta tester, and spent 18 months on the test team with Rise of Flight - spending countless hours flying these aircraft. It takes quite a bit of time to master this sim, as the FM and atmosphere is significantly more complex than previous prop sims. ROF is probably one of the most mis-understood titles in the genre. Many opinions have and are posted about it, with the usual embellishments (pro and con) added to the point that the only real way to understand it, is to experience it. I believe three improvments will be released this year: 1) Single player career 2) A single significant addition to the FM which will "right" many of the percieved FM deviations from pilot accounts for all aircraft 3) more twin seaters and missing singles Updates have been constant at the 2 to 3 month mark - with significant content and enhancements. Go to the ROF forums and web pages and see for yourself. If you wait until it's perfect, you'll be a long way down on the proficiency index. I believe that ROF is a better prepartory experience for SOW than Il2, actually. Of course, that's just my opinion. Buy it now, play it now. It's an awesome achievement in it's own right. S! Gunny
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01-16-2011, 02:07 AM
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01-16-2011, 06:16 AM
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01-16-2011, 07:16 AM
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I think he meant partially graphics and partially the FM. I have RoF and the FM feels much more dynamic than in IL-2. But again we are comparing 2 very different products here. I only say that we never have too many QUALITY flight sims and RoF + IL-2 fall into this category..in their own respective ways.
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01-16-2011, 12:32 PM
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Yeah both are great sims(although I have problems standing up for the "pay per fly" business model), but dynamically I'd say that WW1 and WW2 era aircrafts aren't comparable when it comes to that. RoF FM is really good but I wouldn't say that it should, or can, compete with the FM of WW2 aircrafts. IMO that would be comparing apples to oranges.
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01-16-2011, 04:49 PM
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i like ROF a lot .. actually i quit Il2 about a year ago because i got tired of it..flying a plane in ROF is mostly much more demanding and difficult then in IL2 because the FM is really more subtle and dynamic and some of those ROF planes are really twisty bitches... i do enjoy that...try some early birds and some wind and rain and you will have a hell of a time just to hold the plane in the air...
It also looks very good and has tremendous potential.. the mission builder is really complex and powerfull and imho the ROF community is just starting to discover what is possible with ROF... also the devs are really improving the game continously and talking with the users...its a really good and mature community i would say... What i do lack in ROF though is simply the game, the single player right now is not very entertaining for long...the two campaigns are good and have very demanding missions but after that its basically boredom, the old career mode is just not good... (will hopefully change soon with new career mode) and online there is not too much happening either...there are enough servers but most of them are empty most of the time...Syndicate server is great in a way and mostly populated but for my taste its too realistic (engine prewarm, loooong flight times, huge maps) and there are too many hardcore ROF aces in it with hundreds of flight hours.... if you fly there alone you fly for half an hour until you find someone and when you meet one then usually you dont have much of a chance (and i consider myself a rather good pilot, but i can only fly once or twice a week) because its FB Viks, or J99 Winger or whoever.. and there are some easy fun DF arcade servers...but if you look for something which is neither for the ultrahardcore or the total newbies the situation is frustrating... I do have extraordinary online fun every monday with my buddies from Tangmere Pilots.. so if you find a good squad or fangroup you actually can have a lot of fun with ROF, the mulitplayer in itsself is excellent and with the bombers the scenarios get more diverse... I would say wait until the next patch (with new offline career mode) and give it a try then...
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