Oleg, what about SoW and DLC?

I think its too early in the day to know what format SOW will appear in, I imagine Oleg doesn't know himself at the moment and obviously the publisher will have a big say in this decision. If there is going to be a boxed version, there will have to be some kind of marketing process to see how many potential sales can be generated, this effects how many boxes are made, DVD's pressed etc. This usually takes between 3-6 months.

[Ernst]

My fear is that people starts to think some aircraft has to be better because he bought it. And my fear is that developers turn some better because they want to sell it.

[Sven]

I wouldnt like to see RoFs system adapted, it works though, and I bought quite a lot but I think since WW2 is so versatile in battle grounds, my vote goes to big expansion packs like IL2 series did. The model of RoF fits the conflict which is area wise rather small, so there´s no big changes to be made there. In WW2 however we have numerous fronts where fierce battles were fought, it just fits big expansions better.

[The Kraken]

Oleg already meantioned that he doesn't want to follow the RoF model with single plane downloads. And it does have the problem that once the more popular models are covered it will get difficult to fund further development.

On the other hand it should be clear that we have to spend more money one way or the other if sim development is to continue. Rising budgets and falling income on a shrinking market don't go well together.

[KG26_Alpha]

IMHO

There is nothing wrong with the old system in IL2 1946.

Whenever an addon was released everyone bought it (online pilots) and everyone was compatible for online play.

In fact the Western market pilots demanded the release of the Russian PE2 (Peshka) addon be available for them, this arrived in the form of Bootny Box from UBI and caused a lot of "problems" for many.

The latest trend to remove your hard earned cash from your wallets is the DLC mugging system, my kids and their friends pay for new maps, weapons and other "essential" items to continue their endless virtual massacre of the universe and these items run into the hundreds of pounds not just a few quid here or there.

For The new Sim........

Keep the old system it works best for compatibility

[Flanker35M]

S!

With Alpha on this DLC is legalized scamming in some cases and a way forcing players to get that extra thing to game to be an even better "boom headshot" or whatever.