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Server restarted. Reds are always more dedicated, even during testing :D Greg

This idea came to the table in the past but we believed that it would be like a punishment for one side that just want to fly and have the bad luck to have no enemies in at a particular time. Imagine there is a round that Red side will have these numbers and you have to sit and wait until enemy joins. A 24/7 concept doesn't have to get equal numbers all the time but of course there should be enough pilot numbers for both sides. As explained before, the huge difference during round 8 was due to the new airframes presented (Gazelle, M2k, F-5) which were available only in Blue. But the fact that the war ended after 14 days (and reds reached almost to victory at a point) showed that it's not the numbers but what these people actually fly and how coordinated. We try to help this out though and don't choose to use AI as they can cause stability issues. Mirage on the Red side will definately bring more Red pilots in. As far for the realistic vs unrealistic thing. Maybe some of you joined during round 8 which had the NATO vs Russia concept. Otherwise you may forget that till round 7 we had Mirage and same attackers in both sides... We like realistic concepts but also bring different scenarios each time to challenge both side pilots. Otherwise it will be a no go in the future as we all know that there are "Blue" modules coming but no "Red" in the horizon. There is also a difference in "realistic" and "historic" events. Espesially for the Mirage which was and is available in many countries that are not "Blue" in the real world. Unrealistic is to bring a Mirage shooting air to air HAWK missiles like the Iranian F-14 :D Making it fly in an other coalition is not unrealistic but maybe didn't happen in a previous conflict in the real world (Indian air force used it along with MiG-29s though). We never said we will bring only accurate "historic" events out there. I personally would enjoy different concepts in which I will be forced to use different tactics in. Greg

Yes they need to be inside 100 meters and they are not :doh: Greg

Could be the Kargil War :music_whistling:

Well it's even possible being round 9 concept. Nobody seems to read my post :D Greg

Ah no worries. Round 4 lasted 1.5 days and even case blue didn't kill us :P It would be better if you spent some time to read my previous post here. Instead of keeping the server down we have it up with this concept. Do you like it? It's ok. Also don't take into account only some posts here as we have whining in every round by the same people who are finally in the server 8 hours daily. There is no scenario that some people won't rage here even if there is no particular reason for this. At the same time there are clients and squadrons that like other concepts from time to time but just don't post here and only enjoy the server. You have to get more feedback when you run a server with such numbers as blue flag. Greg

Squadron name: 373vFS Phoenix Website: http://www.foinikas.org Pilots: 373vFS_Greg: SU-27 373vFS_Kyro: SU-27 373vFS_TaliG: SU-27 373vFS_Giannis: F-15C 373vFS_Geo:F-15C 373vFS_Daredevil: F-15C 373vFS_Castor: M2KC/ F-15C 373vFS_AirMagic: M2KC 373vFS_Petritis: SU-27 373vFS_Cvah: MiG-29S Reserves: 373vFS_Tzanet: SU-27 373vFS_Mav: SU-27 373vFS_Gas: M2KC/ F-15C 373vFS_Spanker: SU-27 373vFS_Nightmare: SU-27 373vFS_Wardog: F-15C 373vFS_Anastasis: SU-27 Looking forward to it. Will know the names of the available pilots and our selected aircraft soon. Thanks. Greg

Yeah maybe you should do this. When will this be up? PS It's funny that one year ago some of you didn't even know dynamic campaign could be possible and now you demand features as like they are there by default. Keep it up and maybe we will troll even more with the setup :D Don't feed the buddyspike hyper trolls. Greg

Not yet. They are under discussions :D Please report about glitches and lag issues. Greg

Wow many feature requests :D The 9th round concept along with our other moves will be finalised in the upcoming days. The guys currently work on Simple Radio & Online map setup along with other stuff in the background. For now we uploaded new mission files of Blue Flag that help us testing until we prepare things and mostly to have fun. This is not the final concept of the 9th round though and it will propably change (small changes or completely depending on our final discussions). Changelog of the current mission setup: - Mirage 2000C moved to Red side. (India joined the war :D, NATO vs RUSSIA concept remains the same except of the Mirage change.) - Replaced SA-8 groups with SA-3 SAM sites - Dogfight missiles only available - Cluster bombs (CBU-52/ MK-20/ RBK/ CBU-87) available again - LGB Guided bombs removed - Replaced the building (Barracks) in the airbases with 6x Armed houses - Changed time of day (the night mission is replaced with a dusk one for better dogfighting) - Added fuel trucks to Red FARPs - Added 2nd Mi-8 to Beslan As said before this is not close to the final concept. Let's get in for some dogfights :) *Side selection reseted. You can select your side again. Greg

Where is this based on? Red side almost won during this round and people were talking here about their huge advantage having the KA-50. Maybe you didn't follow the war during the 17 days. During the whole Round 8 we had F-5 vs MiG-21 in forward airbases. Greg

The round is officially over! Good job Blue side for winning this one! On behalf of the Buddyspike team I would like to congratulate both sides for your performance and tough fights. Both teams got close to victory earlier but we finally got to the end day. In this round we had the chance to host Ciribob's Simple Radio Standalone which was trully a game changer, introduce a NATO vs RUSSIA concept & the entrance of the F-5E & Gazelle modules. Thanks to all the participants. We will soon post details about Round 8 (pilot numbers etc) and info about the upcoming 9th round. Also info about the "Squadrons only" weekly version of Blue Flag will be available soon. The server will be unofficially up for tonight and propably during the week. Greg

That would be great ;) Greg

Thanks will look about Maykop as it seems an Airbase issue for both sides. It shows repaired now though. Greg

Maykop seems ok. Was it closed also for the slots or just showing closed in the online map? Thanks for the feedback. Greg

Hey yes, unfortunately it was down for 2 hours. Back up again. Greg

Up again ;)

The map is down yes. Checking to bring it up asap. Greg

There are many ways to spawn groups in different locations each time but didn't fit in our current setup. Xcom built this in a specific way taking into account many results of tests about lag etc. In the future there may be an alternative way for this. Don't know at this point. Each team spawn in different locations. This happens when Red spawns on red during repair and so on. Greg

Looks like the war will keep up until Sunday and we won't have to discuss about the 9th round earlier...

Hey, maybe by accident the export.lua that is edited with the line is the one of the stable DCS and not the OpenBeta? Cause there are different folders (DCS & DCS OpenBeta) inside the Saved Games folder.

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Up again, the auto restarter was stuck. Greg

No worries guys we will have a meeting soon and decide.