I fail to see the logic of the persistent internet connection. Personally I would rather have a DVD rom check running 24/7 than having to maintain a persistent internet connection. At least then I could play during thunder storms, server maintenance or when my net connection stops working (which is frequent)

If I completely throw out the single player and look at it like an online only game like dawn of aces I am fine with it. When you put single player back in I feel angry and violated that I wont be able to play it offline.

To be clear: you need to log in and stay connected when mission starts/ends, server starts/shotwons, and the same fopr your clients connected. For server set-up there is a setting for sending mission results to masterserver (globalstats) in checkbox, you can check/unceck it, means that if you whant to send em - server will send them, but if you dont whant to - it will not, all things depend on you as host - which server settings you set up.
Smh like that:)

Thanks for clarification.

well, you can start a server and run missions on it? Also, right now, server allows to make an auto rotatin of coop missions, so if you will make a pull of missions set - they will be changed after missions completeng.
As about tournaments, we have some fresh ideas to make such things automatic/based on game gui/new multyplayer mode, but we just cant do it right now, so if you whant to run such tournament just right after release - youll need to organize it.



we will have only coop mode multiplayer at release - we just didnt finish many things which we whant to, BUT it will be included dogfight mode into one of upcoming patches with other things, and it will be for free.
So all you need is to update your game time to time.
In the feature add-ons we plan to implement new gameplay modes with new features and content - these will be payable things, BUT again - if you dont whant to buy it - you just playing what you have.

we will have only coop mode multiplayer at release

Wonderful thanks!

Ming

Will you provide a "retry" button so we can leave it for a few minutes and allow us to repair our connection or will a first time failure result in all data lost?

such a button would be a good thing.

Retry button for what? For mission? For connection?

I think he means for the connection. You end the mission, the error message appears because the game can't send the data and now the question is if you have a "retry to send the statistics" button that you can press after you have fixed your internet problems.

For connection. If someone tries to upload their stats at end of mission, but is offline, will there be a reminder to log-on, or the option to try again if unsuccesfull the first time?