Just one question:

"There will be unlocks and they will be skippable for premium accounts."


Do they mean those who are premium now or do they mean those who buy BoM premium?


Something tells me its choice nr2

Here's one of our own expressing his feelings over the gaming engine inadequacies....I've been trying to get him to calm down some....

This will be a great opportunity to realize the old aphorism..

Fool me once...shame on you...
Fool me twice ...shame on me....

Giving these guys money in advance of delivering a product is like providing cash to a downtown corner alcoholic hanging outside a liquor store while expecting him to use the money for cab fare to an AA meeting.

This is long complex process that's impossible to finish in one or two titles. Its great news that sales of BOS have been good enough to continue the process. My only real misgiving is the developments reluctance to upgrade the game engine to DX10+, as not doing so could hurt the long term sales of the series.

Agreed. Having said that I don't think the subject matter holds enough interest for me personally so I'm pretty sure I'll be giving it a miss.

Thank goodness (for 777/1c) that there are still plenty of people with low expectations, low standards, and get entertained by menial content, or they might have shut the doors already.

It's like election time again.

We want your votes/cash.

Ok. Nice plane selection. More maps are good. The 110 is my favorite WWII German plane, too.
Still, I'm waiting to see. If they fix the campaign, great, I'm in and I'll buy. What BoS gives me now is not enough for me to pay a lot again to get more planes and maps with identical gameplay.

Fix it and I'm there, no acrimony, no BS. I'll buy for a sim that entertains me the way I expected it to.

Keep the campaign as shallow and pointless as it is now, though, and the planes and map I already have are sufficient to tide me over, plain and simple. Combat is fun when you're in it, the rest is just bland. I don't need more options of bland.

Their choices cost me (and I'm sure many others) as another EA player. But if on after release they fix these flaws I will gladly eat crow and say "they made good"...IF they make good. Ball's in their court.



The Jedi Master

For me it is a moot point because I will be getting the premium for BoM ... especially given that the P-40 is in the premium ...



We shall see...



So... why we gotta be all that man..?

Okay.....Tell me something good......(link)

IIRC, the funds from the early Founders were not being used for development of the initial BOS release, pretty sure Jason had stated at some point those funds were already there, and the funds from EA folks was for future development...

Now, having said that, this note in today's DD caught my attention:

<<< Meanwhile, we keep rolling with big news about IL-2 Sturmovik’s future. Starting with the fact that the series is actually going to have a future. Last December, for instance, nobody including us was certain about what would happen next. But good fortune has blessed our hard work and we now know what we will do next. >>>

Which would lead me to believe, maybe things did not go quite as well as they had hoped with the initial release? Strictly conjecture on my part.

I myself am a big critic of BOS, mainly some of the direction decisions they have made. I think the SP system got culled down to what it is today, due to lack of time. They had already pushed back release by a few months, and they were not going to do that again. The SP campaign is just too lifeless, and repetitive. Now, I have not played that much of the campaign yet, as the unlock system stopped me dead in my tracks, so I am now going to give it another go, but have a feeling I will probably bore rather quickly. I am much more into a campaign with a story line, historical, following the career of my pilot and wingmen. That is what I long for and yearn for as a SP.

For MP, I am really glad the unlocks are gone for them, should they choose. I see it already bringing back some MP guys that had left after release. That is good.

But, both SP and MP, desperately need some loving, in the terms of a true FMB. Something that can actually be used by those who desire to do so, without being so complex that it drives most of the good talent off.
Especially now, with making clear they are not going to make any changes in the near term to the Campaign, it will be up to the community to provide the type of SP campaigns I would want to fly. Much like is currently being done for Cliffs, and still being done for 1946.

I am glad to see the announcement of another product with BOM. I hope the series is successful, and hope they can make some changes to make me once again a big fan of it. For now, I will certainly hold off spending any more dollars on this sim based on my hopes, I will wait to see it actually delivered first.

It's good that the game is still going, but I wish they would move away from the russian theatre.

Terrible allied aircraft. The whole point of this part of the air war was the russian aircraft were so obsolete they were hopelessly outclassed.

Still, I'm sure the mig will perform like a f-18.

Get ready to chock it up to pilot error on the part of the "Luftwhiners" as per usual.

Its in poor taste but I think its still funny.
Disclaimer: I do not post this saying anyone is lying, Its a joke.

I'm on the fence..I'd love to have the MIG, 110 and I do love to be one of the first to get a new game before release. I don't know if I will buy EA on this one or not. Its a good middle of the road type game. IMO maybe they should have put this on the back burner and filled out the missing stuff in BOS like SP and video settings etc. I fly BOS once in a while and stick mainly with TF Cliffs and the occasional hop in '46 with HSFX . I guess in time it will get better and maybe they learned what not to do with BOM this time around. I may just stay out of EA this time.

This 100%. After 13 months of BOS, the only potential that has materialized is custom skins, unlocks and bug fixes.Still no FME or even some compelling SP missions or an immersive campaign. You can keep your potential Bearcat, I will be flying in DCS, CLOD, IL2-46CFM and ROF, with greatly realized potential, and the most Important element, "FUN", while at the same time not being insulted as a stupid hardcore simmer whom doesn't know what I want anyway. In each of these Sims I will adjust htr graphics to best suit my system, I will fly in immersive and Historically based campaigns with all of the skins available. I will fly in aircraft that have CFM and visually look better and have much !ore detailed(CLOD) DM and engines that handle hundreds of aircraft in a single mission. I will adjust any skill level to the way I like, even taking expert mode and adjusting all the way back to noob level, just because I can, and you know what, as much as this will seem stupid to some people, I will be happy that those devs left there product in a state that I could adjust it to a level that made me happy. I will use those FMBs now, not 10 months from now, and ,I ,will make simple missions that make me happy. I will also use missions in this Sims that are made by creative mission and campaign builders, and I will be happy. This is just some of what I will be doing with the potential that is right at my fingertips now, not later, right now. All of this makes me happy now, and the new content coming out in CLOD and DCS is far superior to BOS and its future potential. So I have one question, why after 13 months already, with the same promised potential, that has not materialed but simply been postponed again and again, would I put any faith in 1c/777?

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I'd love to have the P-40 and the 110 also, but I need something to do in them and that's what I haven't seen coming from 1CGS so far. At best Jason is trying to find help from a third party to create a campaign system. If 1CGS thought a campaign system was important they would have all of their current hands on deck building one right now. They would replace the fantasy Cub Scout medals with real historic medals in their current campaign and they would be weaving more of a story into it.

I'm not giving 1CGS another red cent until I see the things I'm looking for come to fruition.

All well put and I agree completely.

Sums up my feelings at this time as well.

I will buy it as soon as I have a chance.

you have my compassion.