MiG21bisFishbedL

1929 and beyond got kinda crappy.

This is correct.

I respect the hustle, though.

Is '23 the year? I'm feelin' it! It looks great.

Bro, if you're act like this is an imageboard, expect that behavior to be returned in kind.

Also, given that it's supposedly in the most advanced state out of the aforementioned modules, it's the one that makes the most sense.

Exciting either way.

It's all we can do, really. With them stating it's super close to finished, I'm sure it's close. Whether that close is relative to a human life time or some form of cosmic ageless being? That is the real question.

It's time.

It's always key to remember that dates for DCS shouldn't be seen as commandment. My word to the Phantom Phanatics would be that us Fishbed Afishianados (there are 10s of us) had quite the roller coaster of emotions leading up to the MiG-21's release, even flirting with potential cancellation.

If your alarm clock fails to go off at 8AM, does it mean that it isn't morning?

Things change, delays happen, and the globalized nature of this biz can be interrupted by things like, oh I don't know, war. It's time to stop trying to unravel the mystery, time to stop explaining how HB can still totally release in '22, or find some nefarious plot that doesn't exist, and accept reality: They tried their damnedest. That's all they can really promise. Oh no, our toy is a few weeks or months late, whatever shall we do? Wait. That's all we can do.

That'd have to be applied to basically every module, though. They all make some deviations for various reasons. Our Hornet doesn't carry the Litening on the cheek mount, for example. Remember: Black Shark first launched in 2008. ED worked with references to a much older example, possibly one even developed from the original V-80s. As posted here, we have Ka-50s from 2007 with the MWS installed. If this is something that annoys, one can always switch the Black Shark version to 2011 in the editor.

Absolutely agreed. Shadowplay is too good.

Oh thanks for posting this, I needed this.

Paranoia and bureaucracy are, indeed, the issues here. As for the privately owned Su-27s, they were Su-27UBs. However, they just basically disappeared. Both were purchased by a company called Meridian consulting and haven't flown under their registration of N131SU and N132SU in over a decade. It's suspected they're toys locked away in Groom Lake, now. Even if they were accessible, the issue is still that enough of ED's employees are still in Russia.

For what it's worth, I'd view this as the closest we'll get to the Ka-52 for the foreseeable future.

Find me software that doesn't. Open Beta is the one that has the most serious ones.

why

Yes, they've absolutely forgotten you. 100% totally forgotten you. Not because 2.8 has issues to iron out, like the Viper's RWR and VR performance. Nope, you've been forgotten, for sure!

Couple this with the asking price of a DCS module and one will see why we don't just slap together a two-seater. ED has standards it needs to maintain.

I'd love it. High-risk missions, penetrating air defense networks, dropping a pair right on target? Sure, it's one mission, but it's a capability unrealized in DCS in this manner.