Patch 4.10 - Development Updates by Daidalos Team

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

Yes... its all about a challenge!

[Feathered_IV]

Often it isn't just about winning, but rather losing in style.

Why not give yourself a glimpse of what it was like to go up against the best the Luftwaffe had, in outdated Soviet equipment? Or the hoplessness of a Japanese low level attack into the teeth of a US carrier fleet? There are plenty of other examples of this. It doesn't always have to be bleeding edge late-war types and arcade killing streaks.

[CRO_Adriatic]

Excelent news!
Your work is tremendous!

[CKY_86]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Often it isn't just about winning, but rather losing in style.

Why not give yourself a glimpse of what it was like to go up against the best the Luftwaffe had, in outdated Soviet equipment? Or the hoplessness of a Japanese low level attack into the teeth of a US carrier fleet? There are plenty of other examples of this. It doesn't always have to be bleeding edge late-war types and arcade killing streaks.

There was a full real dogfight server that I used to be in almost every night a few years ago that had many differnt eastern front 1941 scenarios where if you flew the Russian side you were at a disadvantage. The best thing about the server was lots of ground targets and there used to be swarms of IL2's all in formation heading to the target and attacking it together, often resulting in being downed by flak, or shot down by fighters. It was great fun. I saved a few tracks but i'm not sure where they are now.

[bf-110]

Originally Posted by AndyJWest

And why just American planes?

Originally Posted by nearmiss

There are so many aircraft now for IL2 I am amazed when people keep asking for more.

No one flys the odd-ball aircraft online, and I don't know of many that are interested to fly them in Offline in missions either. The IL2 is an air combat simulation genre, which means everything is about combat and mostly aircraft vs aircraft. In other words, if you fly all the weird stuff people are always asking for... you would be asking to just get shot down all the time.

If we could get an honest poll for online or offline aircraft; the same aircraft choices would probably prevail across the board for most everyone... especially if they want to survive in the missions.

So why is TD working?
Really,I don´t give a sh... to the famous dogfights.FW-190 x P-51 in Normandy,P-47 x tanks in Bulge.
In the world of WWII games (all kinds) nobody want to explore Italy,France or Poland.All you see is Germany x US.It´s the Saving Private Ryan or Medal of Honor Allied Assault syndrome.
If you want to fly the most famous WWII planes,you can play any s#itty WWII sim,because surely you will find them there.Now if you want to fly those and the "other planes",IL2 is the best choice till now.
It´s like having a library.You don´t want just the books from the most notorious authors.You want to fill the library so it can be the most complete of the world.

About the cr@p planes.War doen´t mean hi-tech everytime and in both times.
Even USAAF was considered outdated when the war broke.