Hans-Joachim Marseille

Nice ones Matte ~ Can we have this in sim?

To ease the wait ... (yes, it's Mono)

I'm in. Probably looking to join the adversary squadron.

Seriously.

Backseat driver ...

Lol at the forum jeer at the 1 minute mark; "... flying this aircraft around really makes me appreciate the job I get to do and I guess it balances out the discussion forums for the most part ..." That bad huh? Could do with another F-5E video ~

Covenant ... new European tour this summer/autumn ~ "Call the Ships to Port"

Hammer! Geile Stimme hat die Puppe ... gibt's auch ein Bild dazu? :thumbup:

You're a sad bunch. Let the guy have some fun and help other people in the process.

Well said. I don't have massive issues with ED putting a project on the back burner, but I would like to hear it from them (not the "keeping up appearances" / "window dressing" that happens now).

I don't think they can be arsed, or at least that's the impression I'm getting from the lack of updates. But then again I'm not privy to the "insider info" some of you (pretend to) have. I also don't think the expectations are high; is it too much to ask for (regular) updates you think?

Somehow you remind me of C3PO. Are you a spokesperson for ED, managing expectations? I'm well aware of development times and the inherited burden, however the amount of updates has exponentially dropped over time and as a customer it's my right to "whine" about it. Just because I still give a damn.

If you want to be smart-ass about it, please be. I'm not impressed. Just remember this is a forum and as such allows different opinions. I don't need extensive paraphrasing to get my point across either.

This "project" is 2 years down the line without much updates, and you dare to call me "naive" and "impatient"?! Clearly, this "project" took the back-burner. Please don't try to dissect the way I think and label me. I would label you an ED bandwagon pup in return. Thanks, that was actually quite helpful.

Hello nick10, well I wouldn't want to have that discussion again but I also don't feel looked after very well from a customer perspective. I do give ED a lot of credit for what they did produce to date, but there's something missing that translates to "take me seriously and throw me a bone from time to time". We already know the models are coming together slowly, but what about the map?

It's safe to say, almost 2 years after the Kickstarter, that there is no vision, mission statement or road map for this project. None. I feel ED is just churning out the models because they are bound to the promise of doing so. There's not much love for this one, despite the "realism". And so it will go down in the history books I'm afraid. If you're looking for a full-on WWII flightsim, look elsewhere. Edit: It's never too late to lose hope, but I'm sad about the unused potential of a possible franchise that would blow away any other existing franchise.

Thank you on behalf of the DPRK and it's supreme leadership! I simply had to come out of hibernation for this one ~ Needless to say; reputation added.

Sherman tanks were nicknamed "Tommy cookers" :P The water bags around the ammunition OutOnTheOp refers to would make it a M4A3E8(76)W HVSS. To be fair, the Sherman had a better gearbox than the Tiger, easier maintenance and was less costly to produce. The Tiger's Maybach engine was designed for aircraft, so it didn't quite have the cooling capacity (being lighter). The Tiger did field a powerful 88 mm gun, great protection all-around and prowess. Allied troops are reported to have run from it's sight alone, and many other German tanks were mistaken for Tigers.

Why is that? I think the script became much better after they changed the "1 Sherman against 3 Tigers" to "1 Sherman against 1 Tiger". Granted, it's not a Sherman Firefly (it's a Sherman Easy Eight), but at close range it could still do serious damage to the Tiger. And I think the Americans are not portraied as heros per se (given that Pitt's character encourages the young gunner to smash a captured German soldier's head with a tomahawk). I'm still waiting for a film based on the book "Le Soldat Oblié" (: "The Forgotten Soldier") by Guy Sajer, but that won't happen anytime soon. Just enjoy the Tiger's roar.

Tiger 131, featured in the movie. The last "operational" Tiger I, from the Bovington tank museum.

... I always held Karajan in higher esteem. He demands you to listen, like in Beethoven's masterpiece "Eroica".

I second that. Since his Warthog is brand new, I'd also not favor taking it apart until sticking becomes noticable. Taking it apart can be quite an ordeal, as you know. Don't fix something that's not broken.

Best thing about this movie is that they used a real Tiger I (from the Bovington tank museum, the only operational one of the 6 or so left worldwide), and not a dressed-up tank like in "White Tiger" or "Saving Private Ryan". They also made the script leaner, so that the Sherman will face 1 Tiger instead of 3 (orginal script). I'm looking forward to this one ... probably will watch it in the States when it releases on October 17.

I'd love to see a DCS level tanksim, too. Something like Steel Beasts or Steel Fury would be grand. And of course the M1A2 has a German gun (^^,)

From a time when war was up close and relentless ...