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Well stated, I couldn't agree with you more.

Well, I don't hang out in drug dens because, if you do, a large percentage of your interactions will be with drug addicts, possibly giving you the impression they represent a far larger portion of the population as a whole than they actually do. Have a nice day though.

I'm not really seeing how ED is treated as an "evil mega corp", barring perhaps the occasional outlier. Seems like an exaggeration frankly, "by some" meaning what, one or two users out of thousands? Yeah, not really seeing all this "hate" or getting that vibe at all, mostly just folks concerned about recent events regarding one of their favorite sims. And while not a term I use personally, I feel "fanboy" would apply more to anyone who instinctively jumps to "defend" something or someone against legitimate and reasonable questions or concerns. A bit short sighted perhaps. Once again, augment if not totally replace this type of work, now and in the future. AI is in its infancy, its advancement is and will be exponential, today, tomorrow and beyond. I wouldn't discount it simply because it doesn't do everything you need it to perfectly today. It will most certainly replace you at some point.

Well, yes generally, but ED should let folks know future support of Razbam modules is questionable before they purchase them.

TLDR Version: I won't attempt to dissuade anyone from speculating, but casting aspersions at this point isn't justifiable in my humble opinion. Long Version: Speculating on the cause of the dispute is one thing, everyone is entitled to their opinions, but placing blame at this point seems premature given how little we know. That said, it seems to me Razbam has gained a little bit of a reputation toward drama over the years, whether deserved or not, and the current statements we have from them seem to fall in line with that. I'm not taking sides, and I don't think it's wise to do so at this point, but, ED has appeared to be fairly stand up in the past that's all I'll say.

I honestly don't believe it would be quite as difficult as you think, besides, much of this kind of work will be augmented by, if not completely performed by, AI in the very near future. And I mean VERY near future, if not already. Yeah, typically not an early adopter of software and definitely don't historically subscribe to the 'pre-order' model, I usually like to let things mature for a while before getting onboard. Early Access is a bit of a different animal in my opinion especially as its gone with ED in the past. I've never really had a lack of confidence when it came to early access, fully knowing that the product would be lacking features or unfinished, but never considered a potential total death of the module while DCS World still breathed. I did, however, pre-order the F-4 Phantom II, which was quite a bit out of character for me. It is after all, an F-4 Phantom II from Heatblur so take that into consideration.

While I appreciate individuals the unfortunate truth is almost anyone can be replaced though it might cause delays, so I'm not too worried about that, not that it's a good sign either. But to my original point, that ED hasn't placed a disclaimer on the Razbam products they are selling informing potential buyers of the current status (that doesn't look too promising from our consumer standpoint) it's not in line with honest business practices. There hasn't even been a statement of continued support from ED of Razbam products regardless of reconciliation. The official response from ED (if you can even call it that) was definitely lacking in my honest opinion.

How do we know there isn't an issue? Public statements were made from several folks at Razbam and ED's reply was essentially, we're working to resolve the issue. ED's reps acknowledged the issue on these forums, so there is an issue and it hasn't been resolved. If and when it is resolved there will surely be a public statement made by ED, which there hasn't been to date. So yeah, it's still up in the air, no pun intended.

This is a perfect example of why I made my original post regarding a disclaimer, folks shouldn't have to stumble across the current status of the project before buying, it should be crystal clear on the ED website/e-shop page.

Copy pasting a disclaimer from a random game on Steam has absolutely no relevance to the matter at hand. Every publisher will have their own policies. Razbam modules aren't even a "game" per say, DCS world is the game, Razbam modules are paid DLC. You seem to be grabbing at straws with irrelevant arguments.

Just a heads up if it hasn't already been mentioned but it appears Microsoft will be discontinuing Windows Mixed Reality (if they haven't already, haven't checked) potentially putting the future use of your Mixed Reality Headset, e.g. Reverb G2, in jeopardy. My hope is there will be a work around that doesn't require not updating your Windows 11 or going back to Windows 10. I haven't done any serious digging on the subject but the hype suggests prospects aren't good. If Windows 11 does "brick" your Reverb G2 and other WMR headsets, it wouldn't surprise me if some lawsuits weren't filed, if at all possible under current law, consumer protection or otherwise.

Yes, if you're coming from a 16:9 monitor I can see VR having even more WOW factor. I'm flying at 3440x1440 on a 34 inch curved ultrawide and it makes a huge difference when comparing 2D to VR. I can max out my settings, including view distance, and still average over 100FPS all day long, the experience is silky smooth. With VR I have to make compromises to get anywhere close to the same performance, though I use a Reverb G2 V2 and imagine the foveated rendering of some newer VR headsets might negate performance loss a bit.

I read this but I also read a suggestion that the issue causing Razbam to not get paid was they weren't giving up their source code to ED. I've also read it suggested that the issue was Razbam mishandling ED's source code in violation of ED's agreement with 3rd party devs. Admittedly its all speculative and we may never actually know what the cause of the dispute was.

Yeah, got to love folks that just can't believe anyone would have a different opinion then theirs, bless their hearts, like theirs is the only one that matters.

Yup, many. Nothing beats the convenience, ease of use and clarity of 2D. VR is great for driving sims and simpler flying like WWI/WWII/General aviation stuff but its definitely not the end all be all. And people that say this always sound like they are asserting it must be all one or the other. I fly VR sometimes for the experience and fun, but most of the time I'm 2D personally. It is actually possible to go back and forth between the two ya know.