Human crews in bombers.

i agree with pretty much everything already mentioned. most important for me would be more customization in multiplayer. for example deciding if there are are takeoffs and landings, axis vs allies only etc.

If anyone has ANY business sense...3 things.

1) Fix the online multiplayer...allow players to wait for lobbys, or even jump in to free for all games/ games without balanced teams. Make finding a game easy and above all quick!

2) MUST include pacific theatre- The large American and Japanese markets need to be appealed to ...that is include decent yank and jap planes, not just uber powerful Russian ones...Unfair models just disaffect players...

3) Don't rush the release (to get it out in front of mw2?). Give us a properly finished product next time. Saying flightsticks are supported and then not giving us brakes was bloody cheeky.

1. Ability to have extra crew member(s) in your bomber for gunner support in MP.

2. Pacific campaign with the P-40 Warhawk and P-38!

3. Ability for gaining reload of ammo by landing.

4. Completely mappable controls.

5. Have the P-51 Mustang ALOT more flyable.

6. Have more options available for realistic mode. Like flaps.

7. Joinable games in MP.

8. Cockpits designed for all planes.

9. Bombsite (physical) for cockpit view.

10. Better radio chatter that isn't as damn repetitive and that actually makes sense and not so random.

11. A higher in depth squad menu.

12. co-op campaign.

Besides all that 1c, you have a great game engine. Just needs tweaking on the user side.

The Finnish Airforce.....

For the fighters:

Fokker D-21
Brewster Buffalo (The reliable version the Fins had)
Curtis P-36 Hawk.
Bristol Bulldog
Finnish built J8-A (Gloster Gladiator)
Finnish Built Humu (Buffalo copy with wooden wings, Russian I-16 engine)
Bombers:

Finnish Built Blenhiem IV
Blackburn Rippon
Bristol Fighter
Fokker bi-plane divebomber
The DC-2 (they only had the one transport plane!!)

Also....

Bf-110 G2 with upgradeable weapons options (2 x 30mm. and 1 x 37mm. FlaK)
Me-210
Me-410
Ju-88
Do-17
Do-17 Z
Do-217
Pe-2
Pe-3
Pe-8
Mig-1
Mig-3
LaGG-1
LaGG-3
I-18
Fairey Battle
Blenhiem II fighter (BoB)

And for all those players who prefer to fight in DF and TB with tail guns.....

Boulton-Paul Defiant

Did that plane ever take a part in compat. Prototype was ready in august 1944 and had only 20 hours of air time at all.

Maybe involved in a few trial sorties.

Only 3 were built and only one survives.

The design was mainly flawed by the choice of powerplant. The 950 HP I-16 engine was a poor substitute for the 1,200 Wright Whirlwind in the B-239.

The Humu struggled to make 300 MPH, though most Soviet fighters were equally underpowered during that time as well.

It would be fun to fly though.

I was disapointed that the Fokker D-XXI wasn't included in IL-2 "Forgotten Battles", bearing in mind that it made up the bulk of the Finnish fighter forces, with the Finnish J8-A Gloster Gladiator clone in second place. The 42 Brewster B-239 Buffaloes were the third most numerous fighter and scored the majority of fighter kills from 1941 to 1944, proving to be superiour in dogfights than even the Yak's and La's.

Finland's last kill of the war was by a B-239 Buffalo when it downed a German Ju-87 Stuka in 1944 after Finland changed sides.

il -2 sequel wishlist
 

customizable noseart and unit colors on aircraft
i would lovetosee this game in the pacific theater

how about actually lookin down the sight of the guns on bombers

il be happy if it includes the full pacific campaign and there one mission where your on an AA gun instead of a plane.

also a sink the carrier multiplayer mode would be good