That's great asking for ideas here . . .
heinkill at sim hq said the maps were 1:1
a previous poster mentioned this also . . . some way to auto speed (and lot run out of fuel like in IL-2) past the monotonous times to the action.
Or a 8th AF bomber flight, it said they were up there for hours not seeing anything .
While it would be cool for ultra realism, I don't have several hours to fly across the channel and bomb my target if I wanted to play the Luftwaffe bomber role.
mission variety . . .
your pilot is ordered go with special forces to capture their new fighter plane (while you don't see a movie or what not) you spawn inside an enemy plane, with / without a fire fight going on around you
You take off and then you have to get back to home, avoid enemy fighters and even your own fighter.
Some charity asked someoone in your squad to over fly and do some flight manuevers over an orphanage and somehow your name came up.
Alot of it would be to remove the static / independent of the sim.
Say for example your unit is not the only one operating in that area . A german bf 109 pilot, say if running out of fuel and having to return early, would see the german air sea rescue, the sea plane, the escorts flying about.
Or if you over fly a an enemy airfield in the early morning and no flak, but few minutes later, they launch fighters to intercept you.
On joining up, the formation is missing a squadron or has too many
etc
On the way home, you get remaining pieces of other flights (planes) rejoining up your group for added protection.
You squadmates have different personalities. Some are overly aggressive, some are very calculating. SOmetimes one will say something, "Oh S***" before you roll in to attack enemy fighters.
Sometimes the funny one will make a quick joke or tell quick story and leader has to tell them to shut up.
Mechanical . . .
Sometimes you take off and you're leaking oil or something and your squad leader tells you to go home.
An Option for refly ONLY if you: crashed, landed, or bailed out, or pilot is dead or too injuired to fly.
Ground control interaction would be nice.
Enemy does more actions than just engage you. AI makes mistakes. Some may aggressively engage, or sometimes they may run, or do something half hearted, and run or then go full intent to kill you. Or they run and return back with some friends etc
Ground targets like trucks drive off the road and disperse, or if one end of the bridge was just bombed they try to get off of it, or go the long way instead of lining up before the bridge.
There is a furball above your airfield and you decide to take off (single player only LOL)
AAA ranges you (starts by being far off, then closer and closer).
Radios . . .
The site below has lot of information
http://www.virtualpilots.fi/hist/WW2...a2English.html (not the article that had the radio)
I remember reading some of the article of finn pilots and they had where the radios sometimes picked up not just your transmissions but others.
They would hear the other Finnish squadrons operating, the Russians ordering their crews, and sometimes the Germans in idle talk . . .
It'd be cool to get radio interference in the form of random stuff from the otherside (not exactly from your opponents you are fighting with but other squads operating in that area).
Random stuff
Say you read the briefing ... usual combat patrol, as you're about to engine start, the staff / captain runs up to you, and you get NEW briefing on a totally different target, another base is being bothered and you need to go there with your squad and provide fighter cover.
Or you're cleared for take off but have to wait (sometimes ) while a damaged spit comes in for a landing or your hot headed "friend" jumps ahead and takes off.
Women. The civilian woman with the blown skirts would be a good selling point for the game LOL if you buzzed by with your Spit.
It'd be cool to hear them as ground controls . . .
Maybe not for BOB, but when you guys get to VVS . . .
- Also it would be cool for say if you were a german pilot and fighting against a VVS pilot, you zipped close by on a nose 2 nose pass, and it was Lilya Litvyak!
VVS had the options for 586th Fighter Regiment
Or for US, you run into a flight and its WASPS chatting . ..