This is so amazing, i would buy it in its current state even before it's completely finished.
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Why not do something similar for SoW with training missions? We have a Tiger Moth and a BF108 and we have support for multiple crewmen online. A lot of my friends are into WWII history but nobody is into flight sims because they think it's too hard or they don't have an easy way for someone to teach them the basics, so they are reluctant to make the investement needed to buy a joystick and a flight simulator because they aren't sure if they will keep flying it. It's a pity to lose sales from that kind of people, we're taking about guys who watch the band of brothers series and play almost every WWII strategy game, from grand strategy to squad based ones, from Hearts of Iron to Company of Heroes. These guys are crazy about WWII history, so let's get them flying with us!
If i could buy SoW, install the full version for me and then use the same disk to install a "training only" installation for my friends, we could be connecting to each other and i could help them learn. If they liked it, they would be buying it too. The way i'm thinking about it is to have only the training aircraft, 4-5 training missions (start-up and taxi, takeoff, cruise, descend, landings/touch and go, plus a full flight) that can be flown in single player but also in a co-op with another human player as a trainer, a solo test flight for them to earn their wings (with the trainer flying alongside in another aircraft) and then two more missions: a familiarization flight with a fighter and gunnery practice mission with a few ground and air targets.
See, we don't just want to show them pretty graphics of aircraft and the countryside, we want them to actually get to shoot at things and watch pretty explosions and damage effects as well, so that they become hooked and go out to buy it! This way SoW gets more sales, we get more wingmen to fly with and the rest of the community gets more easy targets, everyone wins
Maybe it wouldn't even be needed to supply the missions. Since the combat aircraft would need to be "locked" for the training-only installation, maybe Oleg's team should have to supply the two final missions per side that feature the fighters (familiarisation flight and gunnery practice) because they would need a special trigger to enable the use of the fighters. Then, the community could come up with the tiger moth/bf108 missions on their own since these aircraft would be unlocked by default on the training installation. What do you guys think?