Bobb, Thirdwire sims are download only, and essentially Offline play only. Online players claim its a "failure" but that's normal gaming forum behavior. Its a successful small business, although will remain small unless some things change ... open the sim to independent campaign generators like Lowengrin makes, making both sides flyable, etc...there's some
deep issues holding the sim back there.
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Lets look at one of the most successful online games of all time WOW (I hate it) Over 10 million players, paying monthly subscriptions plus buying the original games at normal game prices...
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Yes, Pay-To-Play.
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Give SOW an air, ground and sea arm (a really vastly improved WW2online) and you could have something similair...
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Yes, Pay-To-Play.
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But lets not get caught in the IL2 sold so-many copies because it was an offline experience. IL2 sold so many copies because it was a great product way ahead of its time. Offering users something they had never before experienced.
I expect nothing less from SOW, and if that is online or offline I will be happy either way.
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Mee Too. Oleg was my first WW2 sim, I ran out and bought it as soon as I saw flayable MiG-3 and I-16, my two fave WW2 planes, but like most Offline players, I fairly quickly got bored with it (got into StrikeFighters instead), and so FB/PF Online play stagnated from lack of funds to develop it, from lack of long lasting Offline player interest. How do I know this? FB Online War creator rnzoli told us that online play had stagnated .... but, this was last year before the mods which has given re-birth to the sim...both online and offline players alike I think.