Suggestion: forget multiplayer focus on sim for single player

[csThor]

My attitude towards MP is the result of four or five years worth of experiences with online gaming. And five more reading various server message boards.

[T}{OR]

MP all the way. SP vs. AI is for those that have never flown / participated in a well organized Online event.

[sigintwarrior]

I am a singleplayer/offline flier. I have not tried offline play, so I can't speak intelligently on it at all.

However, I completly enjoy my experience with this game so far. I can get over the bugs as I read alot about this game before I bought it. I expected to have alot of problems, but honestly, have had a very good time with this so far. I expect alot of fixes and improvements, and those will come with time.

I hope that they work on both sides of the spectrum so that we can all enjoy this game to the fullest. I believe that there is alot of potential and look forward to seeing if they can push this game to its limits.

[addman]

Focus on both parts are equally important IMO but the day MP becomes the number 1 priority for the devs it's bye bye for me. I agree with csThor all the way, I don't want to be dependent on other people for my own gaming experience. When I play ANY games (except WoT) I want to do it my own way and at my own pace. This is all a matter of taste that's why I don't condemn MP in anyway and expect onliners to be just as tolerant towards my taste and opinion. Long live MP!, just stay away from my SP .

[Danelov]

The solution maybe is well informed host or builders for MP missions with his basic data available.

-As example: C.A.I.(Corpo Aereo Italiano) fly his first mission Oct 24, 1940.

That mean any Regia Aeronautica aircraft is available for MP mission before this date.

-Jabos were first used by the Erp.Gr 210(including E-4Bs), Jul 19, 1940.

That mean any Jabo available, for all other units excepting Erp.Gr 210 before this date.

-The Bf 109E-7 entry in service with the I./LG 2 in August 1940.

That mean any E-7 available before this date y only from this day for this unit.

Same for entry in service of Spifires MK II or Hurricane MK II, etc, etc,etc.

[KG26_Alpha]

Multiplayer is the only way to experience the heat of the battle with 20+ of you on
Roger Wilco/ventrillo/Teamspeak ( +++++) <<<insert comms of your choice
coordinating a bomb run or strike attack,
the mud movers cursing the fighter jocks (no escort cover)
the fighter jocks cursing the mud movers for being alll over the place (hard to escort)
then debriefing afterwards to see how everyone saw the battle from their perspective and what events unfolded.

And of course the satisfaction of getting a virtual kill on one of your long standing team mates or enemy squadron pilot.

1 human kills worth 100 AI

Skulking around alone in a DF server looking for a low level crippled smoker,
or doing the conga with some over the shoulder shooting trying to add to your points tally
is far from my idea of online flying.

Lets hope CoD gets multiplayer sorted fast

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[carguy_]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Multiplayer is the only way to experience the heat of the battle with 20+ of you on
Roger Wilco/ventrillo/Teamspeak ( +++++) <<<insert comms of your choice
coordinating a bomb run or strike attack,
the mud movers cursing the fighter jocks (no escort cover)
the fighter jocks cursing the mud movers for being alll over the place (hard to escort)
then debriefing afterwards to see how everyone saw the battle from their perspective and what events unfolded.

And of course the satisfaction of getting a virtual kill on one of your long standing team mates or enemy squadron pilot.

.

Nice. Brought back some memories for me for sure. The most kicks I got was every time when someone yelled help 20km from me. 7mins later, after navigating just by the map on FR settings I spot the guy and his stalker, I smoke the red bastid and escort my damaged team mate to rtb. Priceless.

[baronWastelan]

Playing online, even in the most carefully structured historical war, with the most serious & dedicated enthusiasts, I cannot escape all the 21st century chatter about PC's, pings, track IR, teamspeak, AI, pets, spouses, etc. etc. It ruins the experience for me. If I'm in a mission in Summer 1940, I don't want to hear or see anything that isn't in existence in 1940. It's nothing against the great guys doing the online wars, the problem is my own puritanism about putting myself 100% in 1940, at least in what I see and hear from my monitor and speakers.
Like csThor, I'm only interested in seeing/hearing the history in it's most basic and starkest form possible. In any case, according to Oleg, it was well documented years ago that the huge majority of Il-2 users were strictly offline, a fact that Ilya is surely aware of. I suspect MP is considered the "low hanging fruit" at this point when rebuilding the AI is apparently such a herculian task.