BS was announced as an addon. It was later when they called it DCS and said it would be stand alone.

One quote I found in 2 minutes of google searching:

"2- Although the original plan for the Ka-50 project was to just add the Ka-50, it has grown substantially greater than this. Be it a new mission editor system, advances in ground unit and helo unit AI, new AI units, etc., all of these have contributed to the time and resource budget necessary to complete the project given a constant-size staff. So, although this has pushed dates back, you will get a much more feature-rich product in the end."


Yes, they added some other improvements... doesn't mean you can charge more than full price for "a new sim". Well, you can, but that is lame.

Next thing we know, there will be ACAS (Advanced Combat Air Simulator), which will be an addon for DCS, only renamed and touted as a "brand new sim". And it will come with the $60 price tag.




$15? Point me to one link which had BS for $15 when it released. I recall it was $60.

And the "extra work" should have been included in the first release (like it was in FC). Make up your mind... is it a completely "new sim build from the ground up", or an expansion. Can't have it both ways.

Hell, we can even charge $15 for LOMOAC 3.0. Make it online compatible with FC/DCS.



I'd love to know what you have to do to make it work like that. Apparently, no one on SimHQ new when I asked months ago.



I can't afford a monitor that large or a system to keep up with the high resolutions. I just want to play with some AA with at least 1440x900.



2-3 km, per the in game labels/tags.



Don't recall asking for help. Just calling out how lame the FC 2.0 expansion is.

I decided I'd skip DCS: BS when I found out about the price increase and the incompatibility between it and older versions. The crazy DRM has kept me off of it to. I was going to buy it on release, but when news of the "brand new sim" came out, I quickly changed my mind.

FC 2.0 just makes it even less likely that I will pick up a reduced price version of DCS:BS... let alone FC 2.0.

Excuse me, the price charged was the pretty much the market price. What do you mean 'more than a full simulator'? It was charged as much as any game. You are talking non-sense.
The amount of work done for DCS was quite extensive, and the amount of work ongoing still is quite extensive.



I'm talking about FC 2.0, as in accordance to the thread title unless otherwise specified. What you think should have been included or not is irrelevant, as it measures nothing. I could go post that I think my car should have included a rocket engine, but I'm pretty sure I'd be laughed at if I went to rant about it like you are doing here. That judgment is not yours to make - you can choose not to buy, that's it. You can choose it isn't worth the money to you, but you can't devalue other people's work. You can pretend to, I suppose, but then I'll have to assume your time is worth nothing.



Nothing. Straight up install - in any of FC, FC2, and DCS:BS.



I have seen lamer rants, but not by much.

Disagreeing = ranting to you.

Interesting.

Flogger, I can certainly see why someone might interpret your series of posts here as ranting.

Keep it civil, everyone.

I hope you'll understand if we value your feedback with similar regard.

Perhaps true in your case, but not in general.

From a recent interview with one of ED's senior designers in Russia:



From the FC2.0 announcement FAQ :

Hey EB, any info on whether Mavericks will still be able to be taken out by SAMs?

I'm assuming you are referring to the issue as known in FC. In FC-2.0, the AI and weapons modeling is based on what we currently have in Black Shark, plus some tweaks and adjustments.

Yeah, the Mavericks getting hit by SAMs was a killer for me and one of the reasons I put it down.

If that gets fixed, I'll be back on board.

Also, EB, any chance we might maybe get some strike capability back? I know it's a little late in the game, and I'll live, but I miss hitting runways, parked aircraft, buildings, and other stuff like I used to be able to do in Flanker 2.5

Signed,

An Old Flankerite.

Thanks EB, the Mavericks and SAMs in FC is what I was referring to.

I am looking forward to this.
I always loved flying the Su-25. Even if i never really learned how everything worked in the T variant.