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Originally Posted by FS~Phat
Hey Guys,
Please stop the 777 bashing!
You may not feel fortunate that someone has decided to take on the future development of the IL2 series but you would probably be in the minority.
In any case I fail to see why you cannot see what is plainly clear to me.
That is... the CLOD engine as a development platform was not a sustainable commercial model for the future of the series no matter how wonderful it might of looked on the surface even with the last patch.
There were clearly many issues with the bug ridden code that was difficult to modify and correct. Luthier even said as much himself regarding the complexity of the code. It was overly complex and expensive in terms of time to develop, which means the commercials dont stack up no matter how devoted programmers or the community may be.
It's not an ideal outcome but it's better than the only other viable alternative which was to completely abandon the IL2 franchise all together.
Now IL2 has a new platform and partnership to benefit from, which includes serveral years of success with the 777 graphics engine and commercial model. (which is constantly being improved and remarkably bug free)
Some of us might not like it but, it-is-what-it-is and we are lucky at this point to be getting anything.
No amount of whining, complaining and making threats will change the course of the IL2 series. You can either get behind the new opportunity and constructively provide input through the new forum or find yourself something else to do. The kind of negativity and abuse thats been endured here will not be tolerated in relation to the new direction of the series, either on these forums or on the new forum. If you dont like that then Im sorry but thats the way it has to be.
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If people want to have debates about the decision to shut down CLoD or the bad things about Rise of flight/777 - kick them out of the forum! Let them go somewhere like SIMHQ where they can abuse each other all they want.
Let us get back to talking about the game!