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    DCS Newsletter discussion 17th February 2023 - RAZBAM F-15E Pre-order

    in DCS 2.9

    Posted

    You know what I find ironic about all this noise?  At the end of the day, every single person on this thread will have purchased the F-15E because its an addiction none of us can shake, no matter how much noise we make about the pre sale.  I would be shocked if one person on the last 6 pages did not buy the Strike Eagle to make a point.  You want to know why?  Because everyone else will be buzzing you online day 1 of the launch while you watch from another module.  That is an itch none of us who fly in DCS can resist.  Appreciate the single fact you have a company that is bringing us what we always wanted out of a Strike Eagle.  Presale discounts are a luxury, not a right.  If it released full price on presale, it still would have been a day one buy for me.  And who cares what day the presale falls on for all of us, we all get it at the same time on release.  Think bigger picture ladies and gents and stop convincing yourself RAZBAM and ED do not care about their customers.  If that was the case, we would all be flying War........... wait I probably cannot say that.  
    Nope. I have not, and will not buy the Strike Eagle. I'm happy to fly my Tomcat until the Phantom gets here.

    2023, the year of the Phantom.

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    Announcing the F-4 Phantom for DCS World!

    in DCS: F-4 Phantom

    Posted

    Personally I love the Syria Map, and I'm excited for Sinai since it's the same developer.

    A feature I'd like to see is if you could fly from one map into the other seamlessly.

    Marianas proved they need to do A LOT of work on forested maps. So a Vietnam map might be a while off. I mean you can drop a mk84 on a tank, but if there's a tree in the way, nothing.

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    Jester troubleshoot

    in DCS: F-14A & B

    Posted

    I have random failures on for added fun, and the other day I had an INS computer failure, which obviously is Jester's department. But he said nothing, or tried to work the problem.

     

    Is there a menu option to tell him to work the problem? Like how a real RIO might reset a circuit breaker, or do an in flight alignment?

     

    If there's not, can we get one?

     

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    F-15E SECONDARY Air-to-Air Role

    in F-15E

    Posted

    Range numbers need to be paired with firing conditions though, or they are hard to use. What we do know right now is that the F-15C with AMRAAM holds the record for the longest air to air kill according to the USAF:
    https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40184/f-15-eagle-scores-longest-known-air-to-air-missile-shot-during-u-s-air-force-test
    Also while the Super Tomcat and Strike Eagle have similar radar technology, they don't use exactly the same unit. The Tomcat used the 71, the Strike Eagle the 70. Sadly both the Tomcat and the Eagle never reached their full potential in any case with the wind down of the Cold War, budget cuts, and newer planes incoming. I'd have loved to see F-14D's in extended service along with F-15F's (F-15C with all the improvements gained with the E, and refocused for air to air).
    Yeah definitely a shame. The decks of the Carriers should be filled with beautiful Tomcats, and not ugly 35's.

    The AMRAAM used in that test was a D model though, which we don't have.

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    F-15E SECONDARY Air-to-Air Role

    in F-15E

    Posted

    Just did a quick Google, the Phoenix had an operational range of 100nm. The AMRAAM C 57nm. Even the new D has an operational range of 87nm. So at equal altitude, speed, etc. The Tomcat has a huge advantage of nearly double the range.

    That's IRL of course. How well the module will do, we'll have to wait and see.

    The big advantage in the SE will be situational awareness.

    An F-14D vs the F-15E would draw that level again since the D has link16 and the same radar.

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    F-15E SECONDARY Air-to-Air Role

    in F-15E

    Posted

    Yeah, no

    The 16 has the same AMRAAM missiles, and even at altitude and speed it still has to wait after it locks a bandit before it can launch.
    By the time an SE launches, a Tomcat's Phoenix has already halfway flown towards it.

    IRL when Tomcats and SE's practiced BVR against each other, the Tomcats were only allowed to use Sparrows, because with Phoenix's, the SE's couldn't win.

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    DCS Newsletter discussion 17th February 2023 - RAZBAM F-15E Pre-order

    in DCS 2.9

    Posted

    Agree that this should have been clear from the get go.
    I'm on standalone and I won't get miles. That's disappointing, but not the end of the world. But if they introduce Miles at a later point, that will be very bad.

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    I'm not on Steam either, so it doesn't affect me. But I just feel it should be the same for everyone. Either charge everyone the same, or don't charge anyone anything until EA.

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    DCS Newsletter discussion 17th February 2023 - RAZBAM F-15E Pre-order

    in DCS 2.9

    Posted

    I kind of agree with you, but let's say the module was USD 100. With a 30% it's 70. Steam takes 30%, which brings it down to USD 49, and AFAIK, ED takes an additional 30%, which leaves USD 34 for Razbam.

    Cheers!

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    Then they should have been smarter about it. It's not like this is their first ever module.

    They could've said (weeks ago),

    "we planned to do a 30% discount across the board, but because of (the situation at) Steam, we'd lose too much revenue. We also don't want to be unfair to the Steam users, and charge more to them, so we are setting the discount to 20% across the board."

    Fairness, transparency, and understanding in one little paragraph.

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    F-15E SECONDARY Air-to-Air Role

    in F-15E

    Posted

    It has a long range radar, but it's still limited to it's missiles range. So at BVR it's at a disadvantage to say a Tomcat, that can fire a Phoenix long before the SE can fire an AMRAAM. Same with any other longer range missile capable aircraft. Especially ones that are more maneuverable. The SE is a bomb truck that can self escort, but don't expect it to be a PVP king. It can't reach Tomcats at range, and it can't out maneuver Tomcats, 16's, 18's, Su-27, MiG-29 etc in ACM. It's not a 15C.



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    Pre-order, 17th of February’23

    in F-15E

    Posted

    What do you mean by 'adress" ? Turn down your settings more and more after each update until you're looking at 3 pixels?
    Yes i guess that's an option. 
    Altough i'm not sure that you're up to date, i don't want to have this discussion in this topic so check your DM
    Yes maybe my first comment does not belong here in the first place, i just want ED to know that they're losing revenue. (unless i'm the only one of course that stopped playing and buying modules of course
     
     
     
    Address, pay attention to, take care of, deal with, that's what that means.

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    Announcing the F-4 Phantom for DCS World!

    in DCS: F-4 Phantom

    Posted

    I really would like to know when it's gonna be released......almost like a Child on Christmas Eve But you are right....it's better to get it done then wasting Time on chatin in Forums.
    By the Way.....I didnt already flied in DCS when the Tomcat got it's release.....
    What has been this special thing at it's release? 
    Videos, music album, flight stick, etc.

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    DCS Newsletter discussion 17th February 2023 - RAZBAM F-15E Pre-order

    in DCS 2.9

    Posted

    Yes, just out of courtesy RAZBAM should have announced that pre-order would not include Steam. I get that.
    But on the other hand, people are getting hysterical and yelling “GREED!” over $8.
    It's not about $8 It's about principle. Why should the Steam players have to pay more than the stand-alone players?
    There's only one reason, because RAZBAM wouldn't get enough money from their Steam sales. There's a word for that.

    Greed.

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    Pre-order, 17th of February’23

    in F-15E

    Posted

    Not buying **** untill DCS runs acceptably in vr
    Even though this module would normally be instabuy for me under normal circumstances. 
    Either your hardware is too old, or your settings too high. VR runs fine if you address either of these things.

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    Pre-order, 17th of February’23

    in F-15E

    Posted

    @elewarr
    Look I and everyone involved appreciate your support...  but thanks for taking my words and twisting them so it sounds like I've also taken something from you.  Even by replying to a comment I made to someone ELSE as if I had made it to you.
    Oh and for making my point while you're at it.  I do appreciate that for sure.
     
    And...  I'll stand by my statement 1000%.  Potato, Potahto sir.  You can't "pre-order" for a % discount, but you will be able to purchase at pre-release (when everyone else gets it presumably...) for similar or same % discount?  Uhm...  Where EXACTLY is something to bitch about there?
     
    I haven't taken anything from you.  Neither has RazBam.  I'd bet dimes to dollars that they'll pop in here at some point and let you all know they're sorry for the mixup and all that.  Haven't they already said they will have a 20% discount (same as the pre-order???) when they do the Steam release/pre-release/pre-order/let you buy it right about the same time it's released for everyone else thing???
     
    So...  What ARE people ACTUALLY bitching about?  Just that the Steam users have to wait a while before they can get the same deal as the rest of us and get the aircraft at the same time too most likely???  WUT?
     
    Wait WUT??
     
    Yup.  Ridiculous.
     
    Completely.
    @razbam or @NineLine or @whoever...  Feel free to delete my posts if you like (not that you need my approval :)) but HOLY cow...
     
    Kids these days :).  I get it...  "people react to these things in their own way" and all that but I get sick and tired of all the ME ME ME in the world these days.
     
    Calm the eff down you little...
    OK I'm done
    I guess you can't tell the difference between 20% and 30%. It's not even about that, for me. It's principle. AFAIK every other module has always been able to be pre-ordered on Steam and Stand-alone. And the ONLY reason this one isn't, is greed. I don't even use Steam. But I'm skipping this module on principle now.

    2023, the year of the Phantom.

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    DCS Newsletter discussion 17th February 2023 - RAZBAM F-15E Pre-order

    in DCS 2.9

    Posted

     
    what a petty comment  … and customer satisfaction has to do with product and service quality, not giving a price discount.  have you seen many dcs developers becoming millonaires? Do you work for free on real life?  .. software development needs to be funded, no one will work for you for free .. if that’s being greedy then you have very unreasonable expectations … perhaps you would be better served by playing with free Android flight sims.
     
     
    Yup. Service quality. You said it. Where's that service quality for Steam users and people that want to use and accrue ED miles?

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    Think the F-15 Release is/will have an Impact

    in DCS: F-4 Phantom

    Posted

    @NotBonk Relax man. It's a game, because people play it for entertainment purposes. A simulator game. "Simulation" is a subgenre in videogames. Anyway... I do think the SE release will have some sort of impact on the F-4, but my main question is, will the SE preorder "lock out" the release of the F-4 until SE is released. (+ 1 month minimum separation) I hope not, but we'll see. I haven't decided yet what plane I'm going to buy but I think it will be the most finished one with the least amount of bugs and "soon-later-promises".
     
    Yeah I alluded to that earlier on in the thread. Heatblur has said they don't care if the modules release simultaneously, but RAZBAM hasn't. They could very well be wanting ED to delay the Phantom's release.
    I have no proof of that, but I wouldn't be surprised.
    However, if that is the case, I'd be pissed. I have no interest in the Strike Eagle, so delaying the Phantom for that sole reason would "punish" me and people like me, who have no intention of buying the Strike Eagle. Again, I have no proof of that.

    If the Phantom is ready, I'd like to see it released. Regardless of timing of other modules. If it's not ready, it's not ready. But since a 2022 release was targeted, it can't be that far off.

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