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Old 12-31-2007, 03:04 PM
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Alas, there are no holes. Who has been spreading that rumor? I have yet to see a hole. If I see one, I'll report it. I would not use the mod if it was crude. I am a horrible snob, and I hate crude work. I have used the He 111, Do 335, I-16, I-153, Ki-27, A6M3, Ju 88, Bf 109G-6A/S, Fw 190A-5, Bf 110, P-38J, that I can recall, and the only flub was a floating small cowling bump on the 109 in certain very narrow angles---big deal.

P.S. And, we all know the official reason for not providing 6 DOF was always that the cockpits were not designed for 6 DOF. There were never any statements about preserving online balance---this is pure invention, BF. Anyway, because of the vast disparities in simming gear and experience there will never be a level playing field.

My first post here...

It's crazy, but if this 6DoF was a feature of the recent beta patch, everyone would be singing to the heavens about how wonderful it is. How fair and just and timely an addition.

Flight simmers are such a weird bunch. Always screaming for more, but always frightened of something new and terrified of change. The salvation of the whole Il-2 series is here, and they won't touch it because it doesn't have a designer label.

The new viewing system works. It's FoV has been refined to stop any of the inconsistencies that were apparent in earlier versions. It works. Isn't that what you are supposed to want from a flight simulator? A better experience. Not, as Leitmotiv says - a balanced toy for onliners.

For myself, I've given up on the whole online thing. It's grindingly repetitive and has nothing to recommend it anymore. Now I have a choice of online play and the tedious late-war planesets and shallow objectives. Or a purely offline experience. With every aircraft there to be rediscovered all over again. And more third party maps and enhancements than I have seen in years.

It's a pretty easy choice to make.