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As I read more and more about this new full fidelity Mig-29, it is becoming less likely I will spend any money to purchase it. Seems like a probable waste of money. I might be wrong but nothing I have read so far leads me to believe it will be much better than the FC3 version and will probably be just as useless.

The Mig-29 is a beautiful plane but will it have an AWACS datalink? If it doesn't, it will be a very expensive version of an almost useless FC3 plane...... As a person who flies mainly REDFOR aircraft, I won't be buying it if it doesn't have an AWACS datalink......Just Saying.....

What time zone are you in?

The boys over at ~SCAR~ really enjoy Operation Jupiter and would love to see another 332nd mission! Looking forward to it! But we would also really like the chevron labels to be turned on!. Makes the mission less realistic but much more fun to fly! Thanks!

Surrexen, Do you maintain the 332nd Operation Jupiter server? If you do, could you turn the chevron labels back on? We really liked having a server that was fun and you could see the targets. If you are the one who can do that, we would appreciate it. We already have several "realistic" servers that are very difficult to fly in. We need a good WWII server that is fun! Thanks! I know this is the wrong thread...Sorry!

Check out the Strike Package server- Contention. Good missions for both red and blue. Syria map is modern armament with pl-12 and pl-8 for the J-11. Sinai map is mid cold war. No fox 3 missiles on either side. Makes for a very good, competitive arena.

I think the best thing DCS could do for the community is develop a REDFOR aircraft that is in the same category as the F-18 or F-16. I know, I know....."we cant do that because we don't have the technical information". We don't have the technical information on the advanced AIM-9X or the advanced AIM-120 either but we somehow manage to model them. We dont have the specifications on the TOR or the NASAM but we model them in DCS. We are constantly making improvements to radars and missiles on the BLUFOR aircraft. Does that mean we got better info? Then how did we model these thing when they first came out. Did we guess at the performance based on available data? Why cant we guess at the performance of an R-77-1 or a PL-15? We can't guess at the performance of the REDFOR aircraft and missiles because it would make BLUFOR's life harder and BLUFOR aircraft are the ones being developed for future sale. There are no real REDFOR aircraft being developed. The F-4 may see REDFOR usage... maybe, but nothing made in this century! I know that I am not the only one. I like DCS a lot but it is becoming a PVE game! Sorry about the rant!

Do the Wild Wolves let people join your server to fly as REDFOR or are your servers PVE?

Only true REDFOR aircraft are in FC. Not probable that we will get a FF REDFOR module

Which Growling sidewinder server? The Urban Thunder Hardcore one? Maybe I'll drag the fellas in there tonight and try it out.

Those are nice pics! A J-11 with pl-12s would be a game changer for REDFOR

An actual working R-77-1 would make a big difference. ED can model more modern soviet/russian aircraft for AI but they cant model a R-77-1 because " we don't have enough information on it". Then how can we have an SU-35 AI but no R-77-1. As BLUFOR aircraft receive more and more improvements and updates, REDFOR becomes less viable. The introduction of the F_15E and the upcoming Eurofighter puts another nail in the coffin of peer to peer combat. I think the clock is ticking on DCS. ED doesn't care about REDFOR and I think it will be its undoing. It is a matter of time before a competitor come in to challenge DCS. I don't think DCS will hold up to real competition. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy some aspects of DCS, but if a real competitor came along .......WHO KNOWS?

As a player that exclusively flies REDFOR aircraft, I have noticed that most MP servers do not include REDFOR aircraft and when they do, they place them on the map so it strongly discourages REDFOR pilot participation. This is a phenomenon that I truly do not understand. I search the list of available servers everyday and find it almost impossible to find a server that includes REDFOR aircraft assignments in their missions with a series of tasks that can lead to REDFOR victory. What is the attraction to BLUFOR PVE missions in MP? You fly against a computer sim, not a real thinking person in the other cockpit. That just sounds like single player with friends. I guess that has an appeal but I don't truly understand it. Are we ever gonna see a server that offers both sides a chance to win while making strategy and tactics important components? A server that that doesn't require REDFOR to fly 200 miles only to be killed by a one of a hundred BLUFOR manpads or find critical items are indestructible (all of this usually without AWACS coverage). Sadly, it seems to me that even with much better aircraft and armaments, BLUFOR mission designers feel they are at a disadvantage. They set up missions with lots of things for them to kill but with very little chance of coming up against a REDFOR that will actually fight back. With the exception of the SD-10 ( which has its performance parameters changed daily it seems) REDFOR doesn't even have a truly functional fox 3 missile (R-77s have less range that an R-73). Where are the mission designers that will set up a real mission that is fun and challenging for both sides to fly, that is persistent, and presents new challenges each time you log in? One that keeps red aircraft on red side and blue aircraft on blue side. Puts reasonable limits on weapons, like only 2 aim-54s. Gives both sides the chance to win, AND FORCES BOTH SIDES TO FIGHT AGAINST REAL OPPOSING PILOTS in most cases! DCS is becoming a PVE game. It might sell a lot of F-15E's but it is slowly killing a great air combat sim. AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT FEELS THIS WAY? Sorry for the rant!

SharpeXB ......... I bet you fly at 1080 or in VR........ I bet you see the dots at 1080 or lower resolution so this mod doesn't affect you much. And I haven't heard of any changes to this mod to make the aircraft appear as "BIG ORANGE DOTS OR WHATEVER". And flying at a lower res than your monitor so you can see aircraft is NOT cheating, right? ED is being silly and avoiding responsibility for something they should have fixed years ago when higher resolution monitors became very common. This problem has been here for YEARS! still no solution..... Kinda like the AAMRAM model and the sd-10 model and the r-77 model and the F-16 and the F-18. They almost never finish anything. 10 years from now the F-15E will still be unfinished. They have no peer competition to pressure performance AND we continue to buy half finished modules. We are partly responsible for the way they act.... sorry about the rant!

Then why isn't the mod allowed to pass IC until you fix it? That makes no sense....those at 1080 can see just fine...1440 and 4k blind as can be until it is too late....does that make any kind of sense to you at ED? Everyone here knows that "we're working on it" from ED means it will take months or years to be fixed. Won't be holding my breath until you release "a fix".