#4349503 - 04/06/17 03:38 PM
IL-2 BoS 50% off
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#4349508 - 04/06/17 04:11 PM
Re: IL-2 BoS 50% off
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Same prices on their site. https://il2sturmovik.com/store/battle-of-stalingrad/Keep in mind you cant mix their copy and steam copies so if you want to combine copies (BoS and BoM for instance into one package with all planes and arenas) you need to have all versions from the same place. They only do their preorders on their site so if you think you might ever pick up a preorder of Kuban or the Pacific (when it comes out) you might pick up the game from their site instead of steam.
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#4349514 - 04/06/17 04:29 PM
Re: IL-2 BoS 50% off
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No, (from what I remember) it's system is more like RoF (post MP expansion). The game really is just WWII RoF IMO. Not a bad thing but it doesnt really expand much. I do admit though that I am not an expert on this game. They may have changed a lot of things since last I played (BoS beta when they #%&*$# everyone over and I rage quit). You might need to venture onto their forums to figure out the correct answer to your question. Well, ROF fully supports cooperative missions so if IL-2 BOS has that same setup then that's good enough for me. I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't like Cliffs of Dover where all you can do is head to head dogfights.
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#4349522 - 04/06/17 05:13 PM
Re: IL-2 BoS 50% off
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I fly exclusively single-player, so take everything I'll say on Co-Op in the following paragraphs with a grain of salt: 1. In the beginning lack of decent co-op modes in IL-2 BOS caused a lot of disappointed postings in the official forum. 2. The producer(s) and developers of IL-2 BOS got better at communicating with the community, managing better understanding of what can be expected from them with their limited resources (time, manpower, money) 3. They are listening to the community. 4. They are implementing wishes of the community inside the limits of their resources. 5. Greenlighted wishes have been communicated in this developer entry #120 here. Some are already implemented in some program updates that arrived earlier than most guys and gals expected. 6. This developer diary entry #135 talks about the coming multiplayer updates for IL-2 CO-OP and deathmatch. Go buy every promising sim - we, the community, don't need to fight each other (that's what the virtual battlefield's for)! "It's not advertisement - it's advise!"
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#4349572 - 04/06/17 08:07 PM
Re: IL-2 BoS 50% off
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It doesnt have enough players to make the standard steam stats page but there is this. http://steamcharts.com/search/?q=stalingradThat doesnt include people who play off steam. Says there are 161 steam players right now (3:30pm CST). 0/12 4/64 2/32 0/30 24/84 0/16 1/32 16/32 9/84 2/24 0/84 0/32 0/12 2/16 6/12 1/15 0/42 0/32 32/84 3/15 39/74 0/84 8/50 0/32 71/84 0/60 0/64 Total 221 people in MP (give or take) Several high capacity servers even at 3:30pm. Ill check back later tonight. Says there is a 5gig patch but ill log in after patching it and give a read of the numbers around 7pm tonight (us prime time)
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#4349574 - 04/06/17 08:13 PM
Re: IL-2 BoS 50% off
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I bought this over a year ago but have such little time in it. Did I read someone's post correctly and the same team is working on a Pacific sim? Or just a Pacific theater? I guess I've been out of the loop. Their goal is a pacific game. Right now their next game is Battle of Kuban https://il2sturmovik.com/store/battle-of-kuban/https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/25072-announcing-battle-kuban-and-development-plan/#entry385578Then Battle of Midway Battle of Okinawa Battle of ... (undetermined) The Kuban is basically the Crimea peninsula so they want to flesh that out and work on their "water tech" with that release before jumping into Midway for a full pacific release. Everything is subject to change mind you and they are not the most rock solid company for meeting goals/deadlines and appeasing their clients.
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#4349608 - 04/06/17 11:27 PM
Re: IL-2 BoS 50% off
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How long is it on sale for?
Also, is there a way to avoid the experience bar?
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#4349614 - 04/07/17 12:18 AM
Re: IL-2 BoS 50% off
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Times of IL-2:46 HyperLobby COOP is thing of past. It's over, it's not coming back. BoS allow COOP - but in that RoF way and the mission maker need good time in their Mission Builder for create a COOP mission (or other kind of mission), dealing with dozens/hundred of triggers. https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/28025-wwcoop-wing-walkers-server/ I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't like Cliffs of Dover where all you can do is head to head dogfights. CloD AGC server host missions "B of B" focused that is much more than "head to head doghfights", HRCOD War campaign is COOP like the old IL-2:46 SEOW COOP campaigns. Part of the COOP problem in actual games is how the players look at this. Because the "il-2:46 HyperLobby COOP is thing of the past. It's over, it's not coming back."
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