Lacking of 'Soul' in IL2 'offline missions/campaigns?

[Avimimus]

I personally always felt that small touches like having no "hud"/text on the screen and perhaps being able to get in and out of your aircraft upon landing would help. It is difficult though.

Better AI might also help: Most engagements in real life were fairly short with most of the aircraft breaking off and heading back to base fairly early. They tended to be much shorter than in Il-2.

If the AI could retreat if it loses too much energy, or gets separated from other allied aircraft it would be much more realistic. Most pilots flew home with much of their ammunition remaining (and experienced pilots would be likely to have been smart enough to conserved some ammo for the way home <- even on those sorties in which they managed to score a kill)

[Feathered_IV]

Until there is the ability to actually save your mission while in-flight, very few of us will ever be able to get the most out of the single player experience.
The ability to save will enable us to fly longer range missions, without sacrificing work and family. We'd even be able to trade save points among ourselves
Without it we are confined to short hops and last-gen stopgaps like warp and timeskip.

[dflion]

This is a very good suggestion Feathered_IV. For most of us, work/life balance is a big thing today.

Personally, I like to try and finish each mission in one go - you can get totally immersed in successfully completing it, especially when you are leading.

When the missions get more sophisticated in BOB SOW, I would say this would be a mandatory option.

DFLion

[Feathered_IV]

It'd be a great thing to have save points that can be shared. A sort of, "Here's me in an impossible situation. Plane shot to hell and six 109's on my tail. But I made it home. Download this save-spot and see if you can do any better..."

All kinds of great moments could be captured replayed and shared. And the added flexibility it would give to movie makers...

[dflion]

Another great idea Feathered_IV - I just saw Anton looking at the forum, hopefully notes are being recorded.
DFLion