StarBegotten

I have to say I agree with you about this. I think late Cold War (70'/80's) aircraft would be best overall as: A) There are a lot of iconic/sexy aircraft from that era ;) B) I believe it offers the best opportunities to create a wide variety of maps, scenarios and campaigns in the long run. But, you know, if they did make the Eurofighter... :thumbup:

I have just read through this thread and I am not quite getting the why people think that this is an either/or style situation? I cant really see why both FC3 level aircraft and the more complex high fidelity modules cant co-exist, especially as they already have done so in DCS for years now. ED have recently revealed that they are interested in developing more FC style products (in FC4) and Combined Arms also has simplified armoured warfare aspect to it, so the whole philosophy of a simpler level of simulation is not foreign to the company. It seems to me that there are several advantages for widening the number of FC3 level aircraft that could potentially benefit everyone in the long run. I dont think FC3 level aircraft threatens the high fidelity aircraft but actually benefits them. If FC3 level versions of various modules got released for about $10-$20 I am sure these would sell to a wider (i.e. larger) audience thereby increasing the customer base of ED. The benefit here is that some of those new customers will end up upgrading the aircraft they like the most to the more expensive high fidelity versions, thereby gaining ED sales of high fidelity modules of about $60 a piece they would never have had otherwise. Of course it also means they can sell more maps, campaigns, etc as well :) From a business perspective it just makes sense to have a strategy that grows the company, which is why I think they are developing FC4 so that new customers have a route in to DCS. The A-10 aircraft is already an example of this as it exists in FC3 (as the A-10A) but also has a high fidelity version (the A-10C), I would be fascinated to know how many FC3 customer upgraded to the A-10C module...