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[Mysticpuma]

Battle of Moscow?

Did that include the build up where Hurricanes were brought over by No.81 Squadron to Vaenga as part of the lend-lease?

http://81squadron.com/WW%202.htm

Eric Carter, last surviving member of 81 Squadron talks about his time in the RAF and off to Russia as part of "Force Benedict"

http://blip.tv/file/2377138/

Cheers, MP

[kristorf]

I must say that personally for me North Africa/Med would seem a logical step forward and as said it has not been done before to any depth

[klem]

Originally Posted by kristorf

I must say that personally for me North Africa/Med would seem a logical step forward and as said it has not been done before to any depth

+1
The aircraft would also lend themselves to 'Leaning in to France 41-42' on the BoB map (excluding long range bombing and Allied heavies which would presumably be another Sequel).

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by kristorf

I must say that personally for me North Africa/Med would seem a logical step forward and as said it has not been done before to any depth

+1, however the fact that it's the next logical step is most likely the reason why it isn't the next step.

[FG28_Kodiak]

For 1C as an east european puplisher, the Battle of Moscow is the next logical step, maybe they think their audience is more interested in east szenarios then west.

[kristorf]

Originally Posted by FG28_Kodiak

For 1C as an east european puplisher, the Battle of Moscow is the next logical step, maybe they think their audience is more interested in east szenarios then west.

Possibly, but I think moving to the 'East' will convince people in Central/Western Europe and the America's not to buy any add-on, especially if the only way to fix the current game is via this route.

Originally Posted by kristorf

especially if the only way to fix the current game is via this route.

The devs are still working on CoD.

[ZaltysZ]

Eastern front is fun, because:

1) Planeset is very varied: from biplanes like I-153 to high altitude MiGs.
2) Weather and landscape are rich (I mean, it is not channel or desert).
3) Ground war is very intense. Lots of work for ground attack planes, and fighters covering them. Frontlines can move pretty fast - important for MP and dynamic SP campaigns.
4) It does not require bunch of planes, which can't be made without paying royalties.

[Frequent_Flyer]

Originally Posted by ZaltysZ

Eastern front is fun, because:

1) Planeset is very varied: from biplanes like I-153 to high altitude MiGs.
2) Weather and landscape are rich (I mean, it is not channel or desert).
3) Ground war is very intense. Lots of work for ground attack planes, and fighters covering them. Frontlines can move pretty fast - important for MP and dynamic SP campaigns.
4) It does not require bunch of planes, which can't be made without paying royalties.

The planeset for BOB and BOM are essentially same when broken down: small ,slow early war trainers with inadequate ammunition and fuel . The type of missions are nearly identical, relatively small groups of bombers and fighters attacking local tactical targets i.e airfields from close proximinty. With a large city London/Moscow, of little ,tactical relavance except to eat up computer resources.

The PTO was probally out of the question, modelling the participating Navies would require much time and unavaible resources.

North Africa/Med would have provided more diverse mission opportunities and
planeset.

[Ploughman]

I think you're missing some of the plus points of the Battle of Moscow.

1. It's of central interest to 1Cs core customer base; the Russian market, meaning more people will invest in the game and keep the thing going.

2. By this emphasis on the core market Luthier is commiting himself to meeting the technical needs of the sim's core base which tends to have less capable machines to run this sim on than those of us in the west.