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Originally Posted by IceFire
I kind of hope it doesn't go that way. It would be both annoying to me as a player as well as a potential mission or online scenario builder where a portion of my possible audience was restricted because they haven't subscribed to the micro transaction model. It gets worse when you're trying to be competitive and the top level aircraft are not available unless more money is paid. I'd rather pay $30 for the latest update and get a dozen aircraft than $5 for one.
May not make sense except when I factor in that every time I see this model used ... it always costs more to own everything.
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Think about it, Oleg is trying to attract some of the small dev teams currently doing paid-for aircraft for the Microsoft Flight Simulator series. How are they supposed to work with a system that says you can only sell big add-on packs that rival the Maddox Games entries in the series?
If Maddox Games started selling their own aircraft individually I would be upset, but for a small development team there isn't a viable alternative (unless they want to give away their work).
If a system is established where developers who make individual aircraft that meet MG standards then give the aircraft to MG, who put the aircraft into an official patch, ensuring compatibility for all players, but the aircraft is AI only unless purchased then I would be happy.
Developers big enough to make stand-alone expansions (like Battle for Moscow) could either have it so the pack could be merged with the existing series or not, depending on their arrangements with MG.
This would
not result in a system where you had to buy the best aircraft individually to remain competitive online. MG will I'm sure provide a wide range of aircraft that cover the bulk of any requirements for a particular theatre of war(like they have done for BoB), with the smaller teams either filling in gaps or providing aircraft that don't fit into a theatre. The first case would be adding something like a flyable Defiant to the Battle of Britain. It would fit in to the Battle of Britain scenario, and be interesting to fly, but players using it aren't going to be at an advantage compared to the planes available to a stock user. The second case would be something like adding a Spitfire IX or a Fw190A to BoB. It dosen't fit the scenario, so unless the host is trying to set up an unbalanced server they won't add it to the planelist.