John Day

You make a fair point and thank you for explaining things a little deeper. Its is a shame that the technical aspects of ASW are a long way off, but should they get developed later on down the line, I am sure a Seaking would sell well, perhaps not as well as an SH-60, but nevertheless, still a solid module......... ooh, I've just had a thought, P-3 Orion, now that would be an interesting module !

Loving the Cavour, that is one interesting looking ship. Do you have any plans for ships from the Falklands War ? A Type 21 frigate or county class destroyer would be great for missions on the SA Map.

Ah a fellow modeller, I'm currently building up a collection of 1/144 Wessex, I even managed to bag a really old twin set of 1/144 Lynx from Fujimi.

Nah, Pumas, Wessex and Lynx are what you want for the Germany map !

I've got to be honest and say that I find that hard to believe. No other flyable aircraft in the game has anti-submarine capability, that feature alone (if fleshed out properly) would bring a whole new aspect of modern warfare to DCS. You also need to look at the maps you currently have and maps that are on the way, there is a Seaking for every map !! Lets take a quick look, Kola=Norwegian Seakings, South Atlantic=British Seakings, Iraq=British, US, Australian Seakings, Persian Gulf=US and Iranian Seakings, Top end Australia=Australian Seakings not to mention all the other maps where a carrier group could be used. Respectfully, I think you underestimate your audience.

I fear that ED are going to get grief no matter what they do. If they do a good job they will be damned for it being perceptively over powered and on the flip side, if it doesn't live up to what each player imagines an F-35 to be like, they will be damned again. As you say though, ED should at least be given the opportunity to try.

Yeah, perhaps I could have worded it better, I actually meant helicopter overload for the community more so than overload for ED.

Thank you for your reply, I totally understand what you mean by helicopter overload right after the release of the Chinook and Kiowa, however, I do feel that a Seahawk/Seaking are needed in the future to round out the carrier aviation experience. The possibility of an export SU-27 is pleasing to hear as FF REDFOR is lagging somewhat, but again, I understand that the Mig 29 takes priority. You mentioned more teams and teams that are specialised in certain areas, I wonder if you could tell me if there is a team for AI Aircraft and whether there are any plans to add AI Aircraft that are not currently represented in game ?

While I am not against the F-35A, I would have preferred if ED spent that development time on other aircraft that I feel would benefit the community more. Aircraft such as Blackhawk/Seahawk, Sepecat Jaguar, F-111, F-105, SU-27, Westland Lynx, Sikorski Seaking, EA-6B. Any one of these aircraft would add more value and playability to both current and future DCS maps.

Anyone can make a wish list of their favourite AI aircraft and to date I have not seen a single one added to the game. Because of this, I am going to approach my request by highlighting the number of current maps and potential maps that these AI aircraft would be suited to. Hopefully, this might highlight how much of an asset each of these aircraft would be for our enjoyment of DCS. General Dynamics F-111 ( Iraq - Top end Australia - Cold War Europe - Nevada - Vietnam ) Harrier GR3 ( Cold War Europe - South Atlantic ) KC-10 ( Cold War Europe - Iraq - Syria - Afghanistan - Nevada - Kola - Caucasus - Persian Gulf - Marianas ) F-105 Thunderchief ( Cold War Europe - Nevada - Vietnam ) Tristar KC1 ( Iraq - Afghanistan - Persian Gulf - South Atlantic - Cold War Europe - Kola ) VC-10 K3 ( Iraq - Afghanistan - Persian Gulf - South Atlantic - Cold War Europe - Kola ) Tornado F3 ( Iraq - Cold War Europe - South Atlantic - Kola - Nevada ) F/A-18E + G ( Iraq - Syria - Kola - Caucasus - Nevada - Marianas ) Sepecat Jaguar GR1/3 ( Iraq - Cold War Europe ) Westland Lynx ( South Atlantic - Cold War Europe - Iraq - Kola - Nevada - Caucasus ) Westland Puma ( South Atlantic - Cold War Europe - Iraq - Kola - Nevada - Caucasus ) Choctaw/Wessex ( Vietnam - South Atlantic - Cold War Europe - Nevada - Caucasus - Kola - Top End Australia ) CH-46 ( Vietnam - Cold War Europe - Nevada - Caucasus - Kola - Iraq - Syria - Persian Gulf - Marianas ) This list is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to aircraft not represented in game. I hope that by highlighting the theatres that these aircraft have operated in, that it will provide some emphasis on how sorely they are missing.

Looking great, especially with the correct RADAR.

@Oban Might be worth talking to @T-Pap ( T-Pap - ED Forums (dcs.world) ). He made a model of Invincible which uses the same 1022 RADAR as your Type 42, perhaps he might be able to help you with the correct RADAR, certainly worth asking the question.

Damn, I got my hopes up there lol !

Difficult to do when D88 is HMS Glasgow, a Batch 1 Falklands veteran. Is there possibly a Batch 1/2 in the works ?

Really pleased to see this ship. I think you and I discussed at length in one of the Razbam posts about their lack of naval assets following the release of their South Atlantic map. As you say, there are a lot of Royal Navy ships that could be included in game, thankfully, yourself and others like Admiral are taking great steps towards fixing this. Very much appreciated.