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It's not the worst idea, but where's my incentive to buy them as opposed to buying from Tamiya, Hasegawa, Trumpeter, Meng, or some other maker? We'd be looking at a low run of products and kind of an eclectic variety. Still, sure does beat the subscription since you get *SOMETHING* in return. iRacing is on Steam, you can charge a subscription fee there.

Forget beating it, let's atomize that dead horse. I've still yet anyone present me with any argument as to how this would deliver value to long time customers, such as myself, or how this method would even offer a major change in the rate of output. No, I'm not paying more on top of what I already have in order to slightly speed things along, if change anything at all. No, I'm not altruistic, this is a transactional relationship between myself and a company whose product I enjoy. No, I would not like the inconvenience of having to ensure I've paid up or force myself to get value out of a month's fee should I have the absolute audacity to take a break. No, I'm not paying for liveries unless it's directly to an artist who is taking commissions to make them. Yes, I would quit. It would be one of the most anti-consumer moves imaginable and could very well open them up to a civil suit. For a company that has been in a very dynamic and even volatile industry since '91, this would be a devastating move. If DCS were to have a subscription, it needed it back in 2012, not 2024.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to defend. It's pretty much unacceptable and I have no answers.

As I understand it, the AI improvements are really only for the post WWII offerings. The WWII AI are still waiting for work. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, of course.

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

This would be pretty cool.

Yeah, ED really needs to prioritize further AI developments. They've made progress, but there's still work to be done. Especially if we're getting a DCE. We can't have the magical MiG-21 AI that has a better T:W than a Su-27 or F-15. We need better damage modeling on a number of things, like ships. Otherwise, we're essentially soft-locked on progress. That's probably why the DCE has been delayed for so longer. But, I'm told the project managers have the best perspective and point of view on how to handle this. That remains to be seen and I am extremely skeptical.

I'd heard that some B's didn't even have them? Either way, though, no glove vanes for us.

I'm going to have someone tie sleds to the back of a PC-12 while I taxi it now.

As commented, the glove vanes didn't last long in fleet service. They didn't offer enough advantage for the effort they required. I can find crew members stating that the A's lost them at the start of the 80s. The B's and D's never had them.

I almost always get my full 1 gig down. If the ED servers are getting rushed, I might see a drop in speed. However, I don't think that explains the issues here. This sounds like an ISP or local network issue.

It is, I've done strikes with the GBU-8 today.

If I can watch a goose get ingested into my air intake, I'll go down knowing I took that demon with me.

I paid $10 for it. Make sure you're logged in on the website.

For the sake of clarity, are we talking RVNAF or VPAF? Both operated the type. 70s is kind of vague in that regard, but I'm assuming the former.

Honestly, this is the best take away. It's great work and I was happy to part with it, but I'd like to see more capability as well. Though, it hasn't raised the overall price of the module. I think that's also a win since this is such a go to for so many new players.

Great typo, though. I mean, I didn't think the F-15E's model was spectacular, but it wasn't ugly! These visual fidelity standards are getting crazy!

Here's a genuine downer. It might because of model changes. Dunno, but I really wanna see some Iranian and SEATO skins return.

That was a joke. It's all good.

Like the fact that the computation to create an accurate effect would be excellent for crashing servers? also, as @Tank50us put it, these munitions tend to be real hush hush. ED wants to see resources, actual resources and not google searches being put into products. You're not getting into the weeds as you need to be with a B61.

Yeah, it's in their court and until they can move on from their white whale that is the Corsair? It'll be a while.

I have a feeling they're well aware of the state it's in. They've said as much in the past. All we can do is wait. It sucks, but that's how it is.

Oh, you know. Magnitude 3.

Honestly, given the time I put into the MiG-21 and the fact that it was almost always my go-to up until the Phantom, I'd consider parting with some for a 2.0. I'd really have to see what's included. And also, I'm thinking if Deka wanted to make a J-7 or F-7 of some variety, ED wouldn't stop them.

Problem: They're putting pressure on them to finish the F4U, of which they also have a contractual agreement with ED to work on. It's really a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't.