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[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

I'm afraid that the tactics used online in SoW will not reflect the reality of the period modeled in the sim. There isn't one sim pilot that will fly for the the Luftwaffe that will stay with the bombers like the real guys did, nor will they mix it up with the Spits and Hurris, like the real Luftwaffe pilots did.

Nope.

The sim pilots on both sides will fly their 1939~40 model year planes just like it was 1944.

In essence the RAF will be decimated online.

Hence I'm hoping for real improvements in the AI so that offline may just be worth flying, unlike in IL2/46 where offline is for testing only.

I have not played online since the game was cracked and do not really miss the immaturity and abuse one iota Also online play is very one dimensional with quite a limited plane set and a very limited set of tactics it gets boring. I do miss flying with a squad, that aspect of online play is very good.

On the other hand there are some awesome offline campaigns around for Il2 and personally I doubt I will ever find time to play all the ones that interest me. I suppose realistically online and offline players are just a different type of personality. I find very close formation flying to target challenging and fun for example, many online players would not.

Sooo ... as far as SOW goes are you also claiming that RAF pilots online will not fly in three plane VICs ... or follow orders and ignore the bombers in favor of racking up fighter kills ?

On the down side for the LW will be the manual pitch Emil's which will chew up DB engines like no tomorrow in the hands of online hot rod fighter jocks. I can also see a severe shortage of people wanting to fly Stuka's or other flyable German bombers across the channel just to get shot down a few seconds into combat.

I suspect online will deteriorate into spawn in the air WWI style furballs at historically excessively low levels over South East England and the channel. At least the scenery will look pretty dog-fighting at that height