Friday 2010-12-03 Dev. update and Discussion

[janpitor]

It is in my concern because I´m from Slovakia and I awaited a long time the possibility to fly some bob Czechoslovak campaign. (maybe to see the known names on rosters and fly missions led by Dougles Bader in an hurricane.) And really if you asked a lot of people to name one important airfield during bob, I believe majority would tell Duxford.
But we will see how these squadrons from north will be implemented from the release.

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by janpitor

.....And really if you asked a lot of people to name one important airfield during bob, I believe majority would tell Duxford.

And I believe the majority would say Biggin Hill.

Duxford would be behind a number of airfields I'm afraid, even if it does host the greatest warbird show in Europe every year.

You don't know if this is the only map, there may well be other maps included and if not I'm pretty sure a map which includes East Anglia and other parts of the UK will follow

[philip.ed]

Guys, when BoB2 came out, it was a really buggy game and for most people unplayable. It has developed into one of the best combat-flight-simulators around, and certainly for the BoB no flight-sim beats it.
I think that we have to appreciate that SoW will not be the perfect box of chocolates like we might expect. There will be chocolates in the box which we don't like, and we might want to replace them with chocolates more to our taste. Of course, SoW will have the time to develop, so we will experience these 'unwanted' chocolates being replaced by ones which we like.
This area of the map may, dissapointingly, not be modelled, but it doesn't mean that it won't be. We have to allow SoW to develop into this perfect sim, and I think this may be hard to appreciate as the word 'perfect' gets thrown around a lot these days.
On release I think we'll be in for a treat, but there will be massive room for expansion towards further perfection. I can't wait to play SoW once it is out, and I can't begin to imagine how awesome it will be 3-10 years down the line.

[fruitbat]

I'd say Manston, but thats only cause i live 2 miles away, lol.

Hornchurch, Biggin Hill, Tangmere, Debden, theres loads of important airfields, no one was more 'important' or 'famous' really.

[ATAG_Dutch]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

I'd say Manston, but thats only cause i live 2 miles away, lol.
Hornchurch, Biggin Hill, Tangmere, Debden, theres loads of important airfields, no one was more 'important' or 'famous' really.

Hawkinge, North Weald......etc, etc.

For our Luftwaffe chums, the map also excludes Coventry................

But the map as it stands is fine. We can't have everything in the initial release, plus it means there'll be further BoB scenarios to look forward to.

There is also an argument that says Duxford would as much use in the sim as it was IRL., but if someone wants to start a thread to discuss...

[Splitter]

Originally Posted by fruitbat

I'd say Manston, but thats only cause i live 2 miles away, lol.

Hornchurch, Biggin Hill, Tangmere, Debden, theres loads of important airfields, no one was more 'important' or 'famous' really.

From across the pond here, I think it is safe to say that the one that most history buffs here would most easily recognize is Biggin Hill. Until I did some research in the BoB, that was the case for me.

If asked, of course, most Americans would answer that Biggin Hill was where the Hobbits lived.... .

Guys (and Gals), we are only seeing the first part of the SoW series. We know it will be expanded if it sells well. Have a little patience. If Oleg tried to please everyone with the first installment, the sim would never be finished.

Splitter

[Il2Pongo]

NO DUCKSFORD!
say it isn't so, those button clickers have won again.

[addman]

Everybody just calm down! LOL! Hasn't it struck anyone that there might be several "versions" of the map? Like we have in IL-2 where some bases are on one version and not on the other i.e the Guadalcanal maps. Just a thought