Re BoB SoW
Well you could always fly over there and make the tea for the overworked 1c Team if you are that concerned about their performance and lack of forum input
Sniffing around the forums is akin to watching a kettle boil, my time is taken up at the moment researching for new Bessarabia missions and a Libya campaign taken from pilot and squadron diaries from 1940-44
There's plenty to do with IL2 1946 still IMHO.
Yes SoW progress updates are as rare as rocking horse s**t, but as in the past any amount of moaning and groaning does nothing to speed anything up in the development direction.
Re IL2 1946 third party v4.09m
If they released the v4.09m Dedicated Server this would unify the Hyperlobby community at least and get everyone on v4.09m, personally I see no reason for anyone to be flying only v4.08m except for the fact that there are those that wont fly "beta" updates.
Otherwise I'm not worried about SoW until it hits the retail market, and they better get it released in the EU at the same time as the US this time
Im sure the new series from 1c will keep me entertained for the next 8-9 years as IL2 has so far.