A final message from Luthier

[Freycinet]

Originally Posted by kristorf

Personally I think your wrong there mate, rushed and shoddy product killed this game, we only wanted what we paid for and were told we were getting.
Just my opinion

Originally Posted by smink1701

Have to agree with Kris. The game had some nice aspects but was mismanaged from start to finish and deeply flawed. If if could have been saved with all the years and dollars that were invested in this mess, 1C would not have killed it. But they did so it is what it is. And it's nobody's fault but the developer's.

Originally Posted by RedToo

I have absolutely no interest in reading Luthier's biography, but I would pay good money to read Oleg's.
As for Luthier: Goodbye.
RedToo.

Some people go out of their way to show how small they are. This is an example. In this thread, if you have nothing good to say then just keep it to yourself.

Luthier, I can't thank you in many ways but I'll dedicate my next film to you as a token of my appreciation. Flying CoD online is mindblowingly fantastic. A true glimpse into a simming future that I hope will truly come to fruition one day.

As a young boy in the early eighties I devoured books on WWII aviation and daydreamt of flights I would never be able to make in Spits, Messerschmitts and Mustangs. Then flightsimming came along many years later and suddenly I could live out my dreams. Your work has Given Life to Dreams.... And that is not a small thing! So thanks and good luck with your future endeavours.

[Abbeville-Boy]

Ilya Shevchenko let me say to you how very sad I feel about this terrible news. Cod game is so much beauty and so much fun that I cannot understand how it was dropped. Please walk away from them and continue a new some where else. Your knowledge and talent should not be left to gather moss

[Hans]

Luthier, the IL2 series has given me much pleasure during many, many years and I shall continue enjoying the CLOD for a long time to come. I just realized I spent about as much on taxi ride tonight than what I paid for the CLOD, and you surely get much more of a wow-feeling in the cockpit over the Channel. All the best for you and your team members!

[kristorf]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

Some people go out of their way to show how small they are. This is an example. In this thread, if you have nothing good to say then just keep it to yourself.

As I said, it's my opinion only, and it was in answer to another post, so please quote the whole thing or don't bother.

Thank you

PS, I never was a Fanboy, just a gamer who felt betrayed having flown IL2 from it's first release.
Yes it's sad how it's all ended but who's to blame for that, us, the paying public?

[RedToo]

Originally Posted by Freycinet

Some people go out of their way to show how small they are. This is an example. In this thread, if you have nothing good to say then just keep it to yourself.

Luthier, I can't thank you in many ways but I'll dedicate my next film to you as a token of my appreciation. Flying CoD online is mindblowingly fantastic. A true glimpse into a simming future that I hope will truly come to fruition one day.

As a young boy in the early eighties I devoured books on WWII aviation and daydreamt of flights I would never be able to make in Spits, Messerschmitts and Mustangs. Then flightsimming came along many years later and suddenly I could live out my dreams. Your work has Given Life to Dreams.... And that is not a small thing! So thanks and good luck with your future endeavours.

As a young boy in the sixties and seventies I devoured books on WWII aviation and day dreamed ... etc. For example saving up for ages in the early seventies to buy 'Warplanes of the Third Reich' by William Green which cost the then huge sum of ten pounds sterling etc, etc.

I too have been dedicated to flight simming for a long while and the IL2 series has given me more pleasure than any other title. My point is that I believe Oleg is much more responsible all the good things in the IL2 stable, from the original IL2 to Clodo than Luthier. I have met Oleg and occasionally corresponded with him over the IL2 series. He has always replied and I believe valued my contributions. Not something I can say for Luthier.

This is of course just my opinion and I would point out that I am not saying anything good or bad, just expressing my opinion, in I hope a polite and civilised way.

RedToo.

Originally Posted by Freycinet

Some people go out of their way to show how small they are. This is an example. In this thread, if you have nothing good to say then just keep it to yourself.

Luthier, I can't thank you in many ways but I'll dedicate my next film to you as a token of my appreciation. Flying CoD online is mindblowingly fantastic. A true glimpse into a simming future that I hope will truly come to fruition one day.

I bet Luthier cant wait for that next film, Yawn!!

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Cranky

I bet Luthier cant wait for that next film, Yawn!!

Well Cranky, you do realize that its all over and ended now. You don't strike me as being a ROF kind of guy, do you fly it?

[swiss]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

Well Cranky, you do realize that its all over and ended now. You don't strike me as being a ROF kind of guy, do you fly it?

He's tree.
Tree flys RoF.

[Robert]

Best of luck and thank you, Luthier.

I know some may take this as an insult, but that is far from my intention. During the development and release of CoD there were heightened emotions and frustrations from all involved. Some fans felt cheated. Many other's wanted what we hoped would be the continuation and improvement of the greatest combat flight sim ever created, IL2. Despite the fans feeling let down, the crew continued to work hard to produce the game based upon the vision that inspired them, even through the darkest times.

I thank you and leave this video, not as an insult but as reminder that through all the hard times, you kept your sense of humour. it's hard to keep yourself miserable while listening to banjo music, and in those days Im sure there was a lot of adversity to keep you down.

Good luck, Luthier. Hope to see you around again soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jn3KCZEqxc

Originally Posted by swiss

He's tree.
Tree flys RoF.

No I dont fly ROF, I purchased it to support it but the WW1 scenario is not my thing, Battle of Britain is my thing, but the lack of Coop's / online wars killed it for me and my squadron and many other squadrons.

Bottom line is that Luthier failed to listen to his customers, netcode was never fixed, cries for Coop's were dismissed. But most of all he missed the very most important feature that any flight sim should have and that is 'Immersion'. The Atag server is/was great but because of netcode issues we couldn't even use the default stock skins, Luthier shot himself in the foot and I hope that he learns the valuable lesson that 'your customer is always right', if they ask for more communication then give it to them, and never ever ever tell them lies.

Clod is great for making movies but other than that its a dead duck, very sad but it wasn't ruined by any of us here fans and whiners alike, it was ruined by the dev's.