The forums are really dead.

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

They don't really need to, they are effectively a monopoly in the WWII flight sim market.


I actually like the current situation

- Those for whom the sim works are busy flying it, those that can't are waiting for patches

- Luthier gave us the short-term roadmap just a few days ago. And no, i don't need to know what goes on in their office on a day by day basis, a "patch-bug report-dev update-next patch" cycle is all that's needed.

- The main forum page is general discussion like it should be and specific topics go into the respective sub-forums.

It's a nice, easy to browse forum now that people have learned some netiquette and take the time to post in the relevant section. If by what many refer to as an "excited" forum they mean the situation shortly after release, then i'm very thankful we don't have it anymore.

It wasn't excited, it was a disorganized mess of double/triple posting threads on the main page because people couldn't take the time to use forum search and see if their issues had been brought up, along with a lot of "the sim is completely broken/no it's completely perfect" wishful thinking arguments.

I guess people got tired of arguing just for the sake of it. About time i say, as that leaves the stage free for others who can contribute in a more useful manner.

It's actually easy to browse through now and you can quickly find what interests you, instead of having to wade through an avalanche of agitated posts.

Do you really believe that though Blackdog? In a recent poll on here the majority of CLOD buyers had shelved it. I can get it to run fine now for FPS that is, but the rest of the game is so broken theres little point playing it.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

but the rest of the game is so broken theres little point playing it.

It depends more on point of view and perception filters imho. Others may perceive it differently thus you can not say for everyone I think.

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Do you really believe that though Blackdog? In a recent poll on here the majority of CLOD buyers had shelved it. I can get it to run fine now for FPS that is, but the rest of the game is so broken theres little point playing it.

I'm not believing any of that. I believe the forum is full of trolls that love piling into threads like these. I suggest we make a sticky for these rants so you can come visit each other in one place.

But why post at all? Why? Does one think that this matters? There are many post like this at least once a day.

I play the hell out of CoD and love every minute.

They forget this isn't finished nor released to most who want it. So a lot of this is sideline chatter which says most are not even in the game yet. But they post as if they were.

Originally Posted by timej31

I play the hell out of CoD and love every minute.

You're in an extremely small minority.

[ATAG_Doc]

I do feel very fortunate. Thanks

[SNAFU]

I do not have any performance issues anymore, besides broken textures and glitches, an idle GPU and not used 3 CPU cores,the ATI Ralley Stripes, regular crashes and fading sounds.

So I really enjoy the game too at the moment, at least the FMB. It`s fun tinkering around a scenery and picturing how great it could be to use this all some happy day. Maybe they should have left all the planes out and just give me something to built up.

Flying is fun too(, at least for a few minutes until you remember why you left the cockpit und went for the FMB.) The physics and flight behavior of the planes is really amusing and it makes me grin from one ear to another, when I watch AI Blenheims doing snaprolls in almost perfect formation, even though the leader lost the tail fin, both elavators, one ailron and one engine.

Another of my favorites is watching big formations in a turn. The rain of debris after every waypoint when they crash into each other is really a worth watching.

But that is just when I get tired of fighting the FMB zoom-scale-slider....

[Gamekeeper]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

In a recent poll on here the majority of CLOD buyers had shelved it. I can get it to run fine now for FPS that is, but the rest of the game is so broken theres little point playing it.

Originally Posted by timej31

I play the hell out of CoD and love every minute.

Originally Posted by Langnasen

You're in an extremely small minority.

A poll where only 350 members voted and was started a patch or two ago, looking at the mid range of the poll one third claim to have shelved it (120), one third are happy with it [148]. Not only out of date it is also a very small sample of the user base.

People need too get some perspective on these forums there are too many posts with sweeping statements made with little or no evidence with numbers and statistics plucked out of the air.

[ATAG_Doc]

You can put all the poles you want up on the forums. Kids from all over the globe troll forums. Show me your receipts! The majority of them are sideline catcalls.

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Do you really believe that though Blackdog? In a recent poll on here the majority of CLOD buyers had shelved it. I can get it to run fine now for FPS that is, but the rest of the game is so broken theres little point playing it.

I wasn't commenting on the state of the sim, but on the state of the forums.

In that regard, i sincerely prefer the current situation. Issues are reported in a calm and actually useful way (eg, Insuber's bug list thread), our opinions are better presented and formulated for the most part which helps get the point across, people are tweaking whatever it's possible to tweak and getting experience with all aspects of the sim (FMB, scripting, mods) and when the SDK arrives they'll have accumulated some useful experience, etc.

The sim is far from perfect, but we at least have a good amount of synergy going on that will improve things for all of us in the long run.