Community FM Efford

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Originally Posted by 6S.Manu

The community has always been divided since the release of the game because of the way the virtual pilots want to play IL2. There are the lovers of simulation, the sunday pilots and so on.

So there are different IL2 communities (and there will be regardin CloD).

If the one where you fly is a serious one then there is no fear of cheating since it's difficult to find a guy having fun in this way. These guys only go to fly in servers with pilots of their kind. They don't cheat, the enemy doesn't cheat.

An example is the SEOW community: the squadrons who fly these type of campaign know each other... if there is a cheater it will be the squadron itself who'll ban him.

Infact it's almost a closed campaign and you have to be invited to fly. The average age of the pilots is very high, probably 30-35 years and the respect between the pilots is the highest.

If instead you are used to fly alone in a server full of free pilots (I mean they fly alone, in no squadron) then there is more chances to find a cheater.

It's all to you. Have you ever thought to enter in a squadron?

PS: avoiding modded IL2 you are really losing a wonderful aspect of IL2. A beautiful (graphics and sounds), realistic (you know what I mean, it's still a videogame), historic simulator.

I am in 100% agreement with 6S.Manu.

Those who left il2 when modding appeared are the guys that lost out most in some respects.

For sure, when it first happened online was a mess, and everything was unsure, but what has transpired since has been a revolution imo.

I fly online with a squad i belong too 95% of the time, and the the idea that someone would cheat is just a non entity.

I have never personally EVER seen someone cheating, just doesn't happen in my circle, and i fly with some people that most of you that frequent the variety of il2 forums would know by name.

Thanks to Manu, i now have the chance to participate on a fantastic online SEOW, simply because he flew against/with another member of my squad, and they respect each other.

Il2, and flightsims in general are not like most other games, they're to hard or complex for most casual gamers particularly those who are younger, to play on servers that are on harder settings you have to immerse yourself with knowledge and it just doesn't attract the cheats that all the naysayers heralded.

Without doubt, the modding of il2 resulted in a great many players from playing online anymore.

Unfortunately, on nothing more than there own preconceived fears, as opposed to actual reality, more fool them.

Il2 1946 has never been as good as what it is now, with HSFX5, and the new UP coming out.

While Clod is all potential, these deliver.

I want Clod to be a success, and am fairly sure it will be, but at the moment, in its currant state, its not fit for purpose, there just to many fundamental bugs.

Planes can't even fly at the heights most of the Bob took place, because something is fucked with the mixture control.

I will just keep flying with my squad, on HSFX or UP, until Clod becomes anywhere near as good, and yet i think it will massively surpass it oneday, but its got a hell of a way to go yet.

my two cents.