What do you think it is that Luthier thinks will have Competitors squirming?

[David198502]

Originally Posted by Strike

I have already seen an early dev video that showcases a Bofors being controlled by human and shooting at AI planes.

Btw, did you see the lonely bofors in the vid that just sat there and did nothing?

1) Perhaps that's the clue, you can now control AA?

Either way it's a cool feature they've long talked about and to be frank, it would be awesome to have ingame.

2) What would really be awesome was if they upped the view-distance LODS on ships so you could control ships and wage naval warfare

3) Pilot walk outside aircraft (view damage after a fight for instance, or able to get in/out of aircraft and pilot them. This is a logical possibility since they already allow players to "swap" aircrafts mid-game with no delay whatsoever)

4) Final guess would be implementation of a bailout sequence

the bailout sequence would be nice to have.but they already showed a video with it, so its nothing really new.i think they just took it out of initial release because of the many problems they were facing.we will get this feature sooner or later anyway i think.
but i think luthier is speaking about something different, as he refuses to say more, it has to be something never mentioned, or an unexpected big step forward in developement.
so it could be that vehicles are driveable now and aaa can be controlled by the player.
but i dont think it will be the dynamic weather or the dynamic campaign, cause those features are neither secrets nor really new.we had dynamic campaigns in il2 and the dynamic weather was already mentioned six years ago. so the "competitors" already assume that those features will be implemented sooner or later.

but of course luthier's terms could be exaggerated.

[Bobb4]

We also have a rather cool new major feature
Did not see it was a major new feature. New scenarios would not be a major new feature would they. Neither would ships or new planes...

1) My guess it is radar related. The ability to play radar operator and direct both AI and human flights?????? Most likely set in a control bunker. Could even be limit First person like in Silenthunter 5.

2) Online war 24/7 using a dedicated server sort of like ADW, but 24/7 with online stats recorded.

[Feathered_IV]

Come to think of it, the only thing that would really make the competitors squirm is if clod suddenly went free-to-play and started selling new cockpits...

[jimbop]

Remember that he didn't say the new feature would make the competition squirm. Rather, it was him not saying what it was that would make them squirm.

All he said about the addition was that is was "a rather cool new major feature".

"We also have a rather cool new major feature almost ready. It’s not going to make this patch. In order to keep the competitors squirming, we won’t say what it is until we’re ready to release it."

[furbs]

Ive got it!!!

Its the community manager!!!

Sorry...il get my coat.