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

This has become apparent. However no need, most of us understand it and approve of the choice, and are also looking forward to the naval variant. Again, that's your personal preference filter at work, no offense intended. Who really knows why they chose the most widely used, most produced, most iconic version? Again, most of use get it. I also have every confidence that you will be happy camper sooner than you're imagining. Have a great weekend.

I would respectfully contend that this is the case...but then I apparently define "core parts" differently than you do.

"very much" not finished? Not sure I agree with you there, but we can agree to disagree. Objectively I find the things you mention appropriate for a "clean up", final housekeeping list, but again if they're so monumental to you that the module is "very much" not finished, then as much as I can't relate to such a position, I also know that nothing I say will change your mind on that one. I have no interest in going in circles. I find the F-14 an enjoyable, very flyable, and 'very much finished' state, if not completely in a finished state. IMO...a benchmark when realeased. "Finished" to the extent that a handful of great campaigns have been completed for it. Jester is...well he's Jester, and a work in progress. This hasn't been done before in a flight sim, and I wouldn't fault any Dev for taking a while to perfect him. Guess what, he won't be perfect with the F-4 either, but I'm sure the enhancements/adjustments will be more than welcome. I certainly wouldn't hammer a developer for having a module "very much not finished" on account of ol Jester's issues...but horses for courses.

stopped reading right there. Now Devs are taking hits for continual improvements to their work.

Again...says you. No disrespect. I think Robin Olds would disagree. I don't find the shark toothed Air Force E any less recognizable, and grew up seeing/hearing about those just as much as the Naval/Marine ones. They are both equally iconic. So you can make any statement you want in relation to your experience/preference etc, who am I to argue with that. When you or anyone else starts making blanket statements about what is the "most recognizable" version is to everyone.... especially given the history....expect commentary. Based on what? Heatblur's record of delivering top-drawer aircraft in reasonable time frames? I think some of you are confusing your preferences or fears with objective reality. Again, no disrespect, I'm being quite sincere. There are other parties where yes, I'd be "concerned" as well...concerned at least that I'd be dead by the time it arrived. Not so with Heatblur. Good to know, especially since they delivered the first one in under 3 years. Again, based on what? At this point nothing here would surprise me. Hold off all you want, I and most others be enjoying this...

Who's this "we" you speak of? Says you. Yeah it's only the most recognizable, iconic variant in the world - SHOCKER!! Have a little faith - they deserve it.

For it's time, it did the trick in the hands of a competent pilot. Just read Robin Old's book, or other F-4 pilot memoirs. Using the vertical etc they held their own. If you're talking about E-Games, then YMMV and that will depend as much on your brain as anything else.

If we were in a World Cup soccer stadium alone, just you and me...you pick any seat on the stands, me in a Huey about to hover and land in the center of the field...there is nowhere in that stadium that you'd be safe. Be sure.

Indeed... almost without exception, (if the situation is severe enough) comms discipline goes out the window...and the voice raises a few octaves. "pig squeals" that may become the subject of teasing later on.

When you've created your first campaign you can talk about the business sense of it. I know...like those short-sighted Porsche engineers only making Porsches and not Ferraris too. Again, when you make your first SP campaign you can come on here and talk about "options" How dare someone who's spending hundreds of hours building something that due to the framework of the sim can only be utilized in a given fashion deem that it will only be used in that given fashion. Unintentionally ironic post of the year. Yes he does...you should have stopped your typing there. I'm sure the feeling is mutual. I'm sure he'll be up at night worrying.