The Amazing Flight Lizard

As far as the hawk insertion, I know it's not gonna happen. But I think it would be nice if we could somewhat more accurately portray a large part of the air forces in a hypothetical battle/war and make it as playable as possible. Maybe it wouldn't be overly fun to fly a kc-10...but it would be nice to have the option. I truly don't understand why most of the models can't be flown. The model is there, it follows certain guidelines for flight... all that it needs is more tweaking, building a cockpit and a a playable setup. Yes, I know it's an oversimplification. But shouldn't it be on the table in some form instead of paying X amount for an expansion that includes 1 aircraft? Patches are nice, model revamps are nice, but they are all things that can be done by the community, and I don't think the kids want to break into this game overly much because the learning curve is so steep, and there's not nearly as much instant gratification.

I'm not suggesting just US stuff... just suggesting more flyables. As far as being penalized... you won't be... the other guy will, if nobody will want to play... and a locked server, if you have proven yourself not to be an ass, it shouldn't be a problem, but for those guys who are..well... asses. All I am saying is that it would be nice to have all sorts of planes to fly, in a realistic environment and with the talent that is out there, why not make ED's job easier for them. I personally want to be flying a blackhawk, inserting AI soldiers into a hot lz while some other players who are fighter jocks furball above me. That's just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Ok, I understand this, but what about going onto locked servers? Also, what if EVERYBODY had to have that mod for you to be able to use it, that way, the only people flying these cheat planes would be the ones who are flying them with each other. I seriously think that is a bit of a cheesy reason not to have new stuff. And to pay big bucks just for one new airplane and FM? If they took so long on one, albeit to get it perfect, why not utilize the community that it has, with all of its collective skills? And if your model/FM sucks... then nobody will use it, simple enough.

Ok, something I don't understand... after BS, would they make an SDK? and if we had an SDK there seem to be enough talented modelers and coders out there that we could get some halfway decent new planes in here. Also.. the two seater thing I don't get either. Why all this talk about AI and 2 sets of eyes etc. If you don't have someone join you in a 2 seater aircraft, don't fly it, or have a severe disadvantage when you can't use the systems that rely on a RIO/WSO to operate them As for the 2 sets of eyes... yeah, that's on of those things you get with 2 crewmembers. There are plenty of games out there that allow more than one person in a vehicle at a time. They don't get some inordinate advantage. I personally would love to see this game take a new turn, it gorgeous as it is, incredibly realistic but can you imagine if there was a whole force on force, B1s flying around, piloted by players, being escorted and intercepted by players in fighters. Apaches doing their business on the ground having to stay low and avoid the fighters above? I guess what I would have in mind would be Operation: Flashpoint without the ground component but a killer FM.