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Interesting, but remember you don't have to actually hit anything to win a BVR engagement and deny airspace to the enemy.

It's ok I fixed it so everyone's happy, and sorry to mods for the transgression :)

For future reference , instead of all this unconvincing closing of ranks and circling of wagons, a simple '**Forget**;) you, it'll be done when its done' is a much more persuasive argument :)

+1 Customer service is less about drip-feeding information and more about the subtle art of managing expectations :music_whistling:

Genius! :smartass:

:badmood:

Uh, yeah.....of course he is! ............... ................ ................ Uh, I hope he is............ .............. Is he? :helpsmilie:

Ouch, so cyyyyynical.... ;)

Use jammer to deny the Eagle an early shot. Fire 1 r77 at max range to force him defensive, drop to the deck, beam/notch on full burner, worm your way closer using hills as cover if poss, use your other R77 or R27ERs at 12-10nm, if he defeats those repeat the 'worming' forwards until in r73 range. If he fires first (watch for him breaking suddenly - TWS shot is likely inbound), turn and drag then notch/beam and re engage, be patient and repeat this to waste his Amraams (chaff at each turn). If he's really high, duck really low as his radar can't look down well and you will be invisible. Difficult to win, but can be done. Much easier with a wingman in a post hole or bracket.

Fair play, each to his own, but are you saying what you really think?

For the future yes, when supporting WW2 products are ready or almost ready to ship with it. At the time of publication P51 was/still is a lonely orphan and makes absolutely no sense at all, given that everything else in DCS World is modern era (Georgia map, KA:50, A10, FC3, + the logically sensible DCS: Fighter). It's a question of prioritising resources, not deciding what may or may not be a good idea for the DCS series 'one day'.

I totally agree, i'd love to see DCS:WW2, DCS:Vietnam, DCS:WWI, DCS:Falklands etc....but one at a time, not a bit of this here, a bit of that there....a mess!

You're obviously a 'glass-half-full' person, I'm not so positive (wish I were...), seems to me very worrying that ED struggles to muster more than 20 people regularly for proper stress-tests of their new builds; signs that perhaps the company is spread too thinly on too many projects and is now unable to deliver the products over 50% of their customers really crave (stable CA multiplayer + DCS fighter)....of course it didn't help that they wasted a year of dev time on an antique fighter with no place in the DCS universe (still baffles me).... Anyways, I hope my pessimism is ill-founded as I love DCS World and wish ED nothing but success, but am increasingly worried.....

a mixture of retro and normal missions sounds good, gets boring just using aim7!

Try choosing missions, then combined arms, some good practise CA scenarios there....(no flying)

:Are they all retro missions now (no aim-120)? :cry:

Dear 1.2.3, Tell me what I'd have to change. Who would I have to be To slip into your arms; for you to make sweet love to me. Must I climb the highest cliff; swim along the ocean floor Crawl over broken glass - would you demand that I do more? Could you take me as I am, with my issues and my flaws Pull me to your chest without a hesitation or a pause? Slide your hungry tongue between my parted lips. Run your anxious fingers along my quivering hips. Wrap me in your passion, expose your every need. Press your steamy lips to mine, every secret freed. Sprinkle your tears across my cheek, confess every desire Moan my name, call me yours, and set my soul on fire. Need me more with every breath that slips into your chest, Please me nightly, miss me daily, never compare me with the rest. Grip my wrists; look in my eyes, and say the words I long to hear Kiss me roughly, and weep my name, forever hold me dear. Do I ask for wishes that could never quite come true? Is my sin, my greatest fault, that I can't stop loving you?

Sssh, these red fanboys are hilarious, don't scare them away with your corrupt imperialist 'logic' :)

Soll das denn Schwäbisch sein? (Kann jemand bitte dies nun ins Schwäbische übersetzen?) :D

I don't recall the details, but his point about scrapping the sea harriers and leaving only a land based fighter defence of he Falklands, which would be vulnerable to enemy special forces ops, seemed legit to me.... However, I agree his views probably contain plenty of pro FAA bias, but the developing story of the air war over the islands (from a pilots point of view), from the early planning stages on the long southward sea journey to the actual CAP patrols, some successful, some tragic failures, to the inter squadron rivalry and the crass incompetence of certain naval commanders who didn't understand how to use their air assets properly, is IMO utterly enthralling.

Oh yes there are, they're called security services and they do all sorts of unsportingly naughty things like using spies to steal secrets so they can copy or reverse engineer them, and of course hack computers for the same reason...and certain countries have employed these cloak-and-dagger merchants effectively for many years to save them $trillions in military R&D costs.....

"Sea Harrier Over The Falklands" - best military aviation book I have read, a true story of breathtaking heroism and infuriating bungling! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sea-Harrier-Over-Falklands-Paperbacks/dp/0304355429

Consider my case rested :)

Economics not being your strongest subject, then.... :facepalm:

Well this is certainly one for the troglodytes :(