Hey Luthier!
Thanks for stopping by personally, blacksix has done an excellent job in the mean-time trying to put out all the fires, but it means a lot hearing from you again!
I am very happy to hear that you are excited about the future and if I am understanding you correctly here we are to expect an overall increase in FPS and stutters from previous versions. This will surely make a lot of people happy, including myself. Also it's good to hear that you are expanding your staff to bring new fresh additions to the game, helping you build your competence! Hopefully you can aquire more cockpit/aircraft modelers to increase the output and production capabilities of additional aircraft content. IL-2 is primarily a flight sim, and should stay true to it's blood heritage, even though the ground stuff is a strategically smart decision. You attract more audiences at the cost of frightening us flight-simmers. The majority of us would prefer the animated bailout sequence or better tailgunner controls over 100 controllable ground units, but hopefully those modeling and programming teams are split
I also like your enthusiasm and humbleness, stating that you have done some (really) bad stuff in the past, but are seeing good progress and continue to work into the future. We didn't get to 1946 in 1 year either.
I am eager to see what you are working on and I can't wait to try the next patch