Reviewing Luthier's roadmap

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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger

It doesn't, it is continually getting patched just like anyother peice of commercial software. These companies continually seek information from the community to keep their products up to dates with bug logs and beta programs.
I use CS4 at work, Adobe Photoishop has ongoing patches just like any other peice of commercial software.

Hmm, ongoing patches to keep this type of software improved or up to date isn't really the same thing as bugs and probs in 'Cliffs', but maybe the comparison wasn't ideal.

Let's alter the analogy to something more appropriate.

Dateline - July, somewhere in England.....

After warming up the engines for what seems like an age, you trundle down the runway and the Blenheim reluctantly leaves the ground, slightly crablike. You should have dialled in a bit more rudder trim. Gear up, throttle back, coarsen pitch, let her gain some airspeed and then settle down, set course and trim for a gentle cruise climb.
After what seems like no time at all, you're halfway across the channel, worrying about engine management, because they're sensitive these babies. You're really worried about whether you'll get hit by flak, or whether the fighters will find you. The tension rises as the target area approaches. You give the southern area a wide birth because that's where the flak seems most intense, and turn precisely in order to line the crate up for the best angle to the target. The tension is growing, the moment of truth is upon you. The flak intensifies and you're getting very nervous.

'For God's sake this flak is heavy - and oh my goodness there're two 110's in the sun!!'

Your gunner shouts - 'Drop the bombs! Drop the Bombs and let's get out of here!!'

Then your Bomb Aimer comes through on the intercom;

'Sorry skip, looks like the ground crew forgot to load the bombs!'

You immediately turn away, the sweat is streaming down your neck, your heart feels like it's going to burst out of your chest any moment, but you're getting away. Suddenly a flak burst on your port side. 'Jesus! there's a hole the size of a dustbin lid in the port wing!' After trimming her out as best you can, you nurse your damaged Blenheim back across the Channel and back to base. You wrestle with the controls, the trims won't compensate for the hole in the wing, but you line her up adequately and come in for a bouncy but safe touchdown.

'Where's the blasted ground crew, I'll tear their silly heads off!'

You run across to where the ground crew are on their third cup of tea of the day and scream,

'We just went through hell over the Channel! We got hit by flak, the 110's almost got us, the engines were overheating all the way back, and you bunch of fools had forgotten to load the blasted bombs!!'

The ground crew don't even look at you, they just stand up, turn around and walk away.

Then you feel a tap on your shoulder, it's that pretty girl from the NAAFI that makes such wonderful buttered scones, and she says;

'What you need to do is go into the Full Mission Builder, find the Blenheim in the objects viewer, select the Blenheim, go the armament bit and change the default loadout to the weapon of your choice, not forgetting to select the correct fuse type, make sure you click save, then go back and do the whole mission again'.

'Thanks darling' you say 'But I would have been far happier had the ground crew loaded the bombs in the first place. Are you doing anything later?'

'Well I'm going to go on the RAF forum and have a damn good moan, fancy coming along?'

'You bet, I want to see if other squadrons are as fed up as we are. I'll get a few cans in first.'