Russia has gone through lots of economic turmoil over the last couple of decades (if not longer really). I doubt this has made things any different than when IL-2 was originally being developed.
Thor is right...Oleg was seriously lambasted by some notorious people in the community and I don't blame him for being more standoffish. On the other hand I really hope that Oleg does keep the lines of communication open. Many of us have had good conversations with the man via e-mail sending him data and looking to try and correct issues wherever they may be.
I sent him some data more than a few times. I was always courteous...I made my case, I presented what I had available, I noted the holes in knowledge, and I let Oleg and his team make a decision on what to update. On the whole thats actually worked out quite well. IL-2 had plenty of innacuracies that the community was able to have a hand in fixing...its not possible for Oleg and his team to have access to every piece of information but as a collective we have access to vast stores of historical documents that ultimately are useful one way or another.
Hopefully Storm of War will be open to some input where practical and useful.
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