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Ask for a refund. You have nothing to lose.

…AND if you take the refund, I think I remember (but am too lazy to check) they will give you two weeks after EA release to buy it again at the same pre-purchase price.

Exactly

I know...

It's just geography. The Google Machine says it's about 300 miles from Afghanistan to the nearest coast on the Arabian Sea. That's a lot of landscape to model to just to provide carrier operations. And yes, I know people in this thread have said they don't need any real land detail for those 300 miles, but that doesn't seem acceptable for a premium product.

According to ED there are already safeguards in place regarding source code should a 3rd party dev stop supporting.

Thanks for the thorough answer. But there are a few purest who prefer to not use it. I certainly understand using the paddle against a fully exploited Eagle, Tomcat, M2000, etc., but given the F-16 has no such exploits (that I’m aware of) I don’t use it fighting them.

So, paddle or no paddle?

Just make sure your referencing YT videos made since the latest updates.

You should accept @Stackhouse‘s invitation and demonstrate that to them at the DCS Dogfighters server.

Does the F/A-18 pilot need to use the paddle to dominate the F-16 or does it not matter?

I think it can just be as interpreted as they are not obligated to provide a refund. That doesn’t preclude them offering a refund under certain conditions.

Ha ha...yes. I've lost interest in the topic but am fascinated by you. Carry on.

Live and learn, I guess

Nope, sorry. You’ve still lost me. It’s probably me, but don’t bother explaining I’ve kind of lost interest.