I think I see exactly what you mean MAC. The challenge is the sync- and communicationissues between the players. Were to do the briefing is a real problem, and I don't really know how to solve it.
The succes last night was the full lobby! The bombrun against Canterbury went of pretty nice. The cathedral was levelled, and the bombers went on to France pretty much unchallenged by the fighters. A bit boring for the bomberjocks...
The odd rogue-pilots is a challenge in itself. It seems to be something like a "law" that applies to this kind of attempts to set up organized missions - there's allways one that don't get the idea, don't have a mic or cope with the language and communication. It be in the lobby or in the chat... A sequel should absolutely provide the possibility to set up private lobbies based on invites to "involved" pilots. My opinion...
I guess we have to be a little patient, and plan long term. The more players we can involve in the pre-planning in here, the better. And then start the mission in the textchat, invite players, do the briefing and then take right off in to a lobby to fill it up quick. It is like u say... The time to organize and administrate each mission steals a lot of focus, but how to solve it due to the possibillities we have with the present lobbysystem, I really can't figure out for the time beeing.
Let's see what the future brings guys, and we'll keep trying till we get it, and don't loose the momentum the game has right now. It's a bunch of skilled players who want to have fun right now. Last night I think we did a fairly good try. Sooner or later we'll make it!
See you in the skies
