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Originally Posted by Chivas
The majority of the development team should be working on the game engine, AI, Commands, FM, DM, clouds, weather, and other features etc which will effect both COD and the Sequels. A smaller portion of the development team will be working on the sequels map, campaigns, and some aircraft that are exclusive to the Sequel theater of operations. So COD has not been abandoned as some here would try to convince you, and a lack of updates doesn't necessarily mean they are not working on the project, it just means its not ready yet. That said the bean counters could pull the plug on the development at any moment.
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I believe most of the bean counters have pulled the plug a long time ago I'm afraid. What we have here is a rescue operation with
very limited resources, and those resources do not come from Ubisoft (educated guess).
Map making is outsourced, they have said that already but I think the "new" planes we see now have been around for a while, and/or have been outsourced too. How long since anyone seen a new cockpit ? I just dont think they have been working constantly.
The ratio of time spent over results is huge. The difference between BoM an CoD is a few aircrafts and a map, since they both will (hope!) be fused together eventually, it's the same program. There are other considerations of course, like campaign and mission making, FM/DM tweaking for the new planes and such but it's the same GUI, same clouds, same trees, the same weather, same graphics, sound, same track recorder, same AI, etc...
Luthier is no more to blame for this than Obama is to blame for the 2008 financial crisis. Its the previous guy, the one that created the mess that is to blame.
I wish them the best, they are very courageous to keep going like that. If Luthier has grey hair, I know where they come from...
I still remember being sure to play CoD in 2006...And I'm still hoping because goshdarn it, I love that DM, it is so satisfying ! That has not been equaled yet.
Lou