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Originally Posted by Viking
Why is it that everyone assumes that we all are onliners? 95-99% of the users of this sim are offliners and most don’t give a hoot about all the online ranks and points.
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Actually I don't believe these numbers. I know a lot of offliners too, and I think the correct statement should be: " 95-99% of the peoples that purchased this sim are offliners"... most of them having garbaged the game since long time, some of them playing once a month or less, and a few relativelly active (playing at least once a week).
based about the peoples I talked with (in meetings, sim events in RL, etc...), my guess is that the number of active offliners isn't bigger than onliners.
... but in any case, it doesn't matter... offliners got everything's open with the 4.08 hack... they can't ask for more.
So the remaining problem IS with onliners.
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I will use what is available in hard and software to make this simulation as realistic and enjoyable as possible and I will ask no one of permission to do so!
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And Let me tell you.... as long it doesn't ruin my online play... I don't care. You can do everything you want in your home.
I just hope 4.09 will restore a secure online play, in order to stop a reduction of the online crowd that will decrease if not...
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.../... To not exploit this development would be foolish and will seriously hamper the sale and life of the simulation we all care for so much
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On this one you're totally wrong.
Most of the offline purchasers did buy IL2 originally... then garbaged it. Much less of them bought PF and even less 1946.
The one that did, did it only because there was very active forums + lots of free advertizing with screenshots, movies, Stunt patrol (including in RL meetings), and passionated onliners making demonstrations in various RL events like Sim Salon, etc... All of these done by offliners.
You also forget that a lot of content of IL2/AEP/PF/1946 were donne by modders (a big part of the planes and cockpits, maps, etc...) with official M:1C control, and you got also a lot of skinners, mission creators, online war creators, etc....
A huge part of what's inside and outside the game was done by players.... MOST of them beiing onliners... So the game wont be what it is without the onliners.... it probably would just be a long forgotten sim, just used by a few nostalgics...
... or be the toy of a reduced offline modders crowd... like CFS3 for exemple.
So... you can spit on onliners as much as you want.... the game wont be what it is without them... and would probably have ceased to exist long time ago.