Gambit21

Yes...appropriate toys for the sandbox. Looking forward too seeing what new mechanics ED introduces here.

Can't wait to explore in a helo and get going on mission builds...bring it on.

Thank you for your continued support...best map, still the quality benchmark.

I carry a centerline brrt pod, just like the F-4.

Promo, trailer videos and such...great stuff! Feel free to watch over and over again as many of us have. However as noted above it has not been released just yet.

I promise you my friend...not even a tiny bit. Salute, and I wish you and your caution the very best.

I'll save this and quote you again when it's released. Until then...blue skies.

By that logic a meteor might strike, or there might be a war, or, or or.... and there might no be any DCS to worry about at all. A more sensible approach would be to go by the history of the developer in question, and what they deliver, and how they deliver it. Perhaps? With respect I agree with Pappy's remarks regarding your pessimism...maybe stay positive (I think they've earned this approach and then some) and see what shakes out. Especially with an E to enjoy soon, this will make (for most of us anyway) waiting for the Naval variant (which yes barring unforeseen disasters will come) that much easier.

That's exactly how it often shakes out online. Most Hellcat/Corsair pilots fall for the bait, either out of ignorance, or sometimes even maybe under a "just this once" or a "I know I'm not supposed to, but I'm good enough" basis and then you've got them. Not putting your actual life at risk makes this phenomenon much more prevalent than in real life.

An A6m-5 actually should match up fairly well against an F6F-3. That's a pretty good "comes down to the pilot" matchup. It was mostly numbers and lack of experienced Japanese pilots that was at work here in RL. Then then the 5 came along and really widened the gap. Even a poorly flown (let the Zero drag you into a knife-fight on the deck) F6F-5 will lose to even an A6M-2 in that case. We're in good shape...looking forward to this.

I'm fine with the J...I'm fine with any of them! I also totally get the remark about competitiveness, and given the E that's coming, you're probably on point. I just feel compelled to say however that I don't look at it this way at all. I'd love to have a B for variety's sake, just as I'd love to have a C/D model. Vietnam era is what I want to see the most. I'd love to think that the "whole story" will be told, but that's probably not realistic. So if it's a J, and never a B...I'll still be a happy camper.

Have you thought through the implications otherwise?

Yeah that's one of the last "A List", low hanging fruit aircraft left out there, and is the one helo I'm chomping at the bit to get a hold of. There's only so much left to do, so I'm fully expecting to see it hinted at in a "...and beyond" video at some point, even if not this time around. I'd love to see multiple iterations/variants, however I think the Whiskey is the sweet spot if doing just one. Granted, a Vietnam era (was it the G?) would be highly desirable and most useful as well.

Yes - Solomons is the dream. Need A6m2, P400/P-39, Wildcat, SBD, AI Betty etc. just for starters.

You might be reading the wrong thing into that post. He's saying that with the F-4E release, they plan to expand, meaning that if all goes to plan, parallel development on multiple modules will increase. This means that you may have to wait a while, rather than a long, long time