Ok MG.. you want me to buy BoM after all CoD was during this year..

[*Buzzsaw*]

Salute

From my perspective, all of my loyalty which was built up by the original IL-2 series has been dissipated by the poor handling and poor development of CoD.

I bought three copies of CoD when it came out. The original digital early release Russian version, the digital 2nd British release, and a box copy in my home country of Canada. I have invested in the hopes of seeing results.

But clearly, at this point, this game is unfinished and my loyalty is GONE.

To make matters worse, the poor decision to spend most of the company's resources on developing a new Eastern Front expansion before the original game has been sorted out is the height of crass opportunism in my opinion.

I WILL NOT spend another dime on 1c Maddox Flight Sims till the game they sold me is properly sorted.

The stupidest thing about the decision to spend all their efforts on an Eastern expansion, is that the company could have fixed their current game, and developed a Western based expansion using most of the current planeset for less effort and money.

The current planeset plus one or two new planes could have been used for a Malta 1940-early 41 Campaign, a Greek 1941 Campaign and a BoB Nightbombing Campaign with the main requirement being maps and a few cockpits. A Malta map would be very simple and easy, being mostly water, a 1940 Greek Map would give the opportunity to use the mountainous terrain feature capabilities of the game. A BoB nightbombing campaign doesn't even require a map.

The only cockpits needed for the three campaigns would be for the following:

CR42
BR20

Defiant
Beaufighter
Gladiator
Wellington

The only new planes which might be required would be the Swordfish, Potez 633 or PZL-24.

The above could be accomplished with far less time and money investment than a whole new Eastern Front game.

The decisions which have been taken by the 1C Maddox Team in the development and design of this new series have been shortsighted and without logic. They have alienated their former strong customer base with these decisions. It is time they took a second look at what their rationale has been, and set a new course.