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Are you allowed to acknowledge my ignorance without my permission? Okay, you have my permission.

Wasn't hot and heavy for the F-100. Then watched a documentary about the plane. Now I'm hot and heavy for it. Best way to be interested in a module that you aren't interested in - watch a show about it.

He is the Celine Dion of flightsim audio.

Always enjoy the trainers on the free trials. Have the MB-339 going right now and I like it. But being a notorious cheapskate, I want to see it 50% on sale. As for plane complexity, I have two-words: Voice Attack I have basic commands for every plane and some funky ones for a few different modules. Saves me buttons on my HOTAS and brain cells in my head. I'd be lost without it.

Amen! I, for one, am feeling quite positive about these things.

It's a map? It's a good map? Then I'll buy it because it's a good map.

I wonder if it is scheduled for so far into January this year because there's an "Available now!" included? Ooooohhhhhhh!

They've been planning/making this for quite a while, I'm sure. Probably for months. I wonder if the format will change a bit and we get a longer presentation. The shortest "...and Beyond" was just under 3 minutes and the longest ran over 6 minutes. I see 8 to 10 on this one. Maybe ED feels like they need to punch up after the last year with all the negative talk.

Amen! The Harrier was my favourite plane for a long time. But since the F-15E and Phantom came out, I fly it less than I used to. But it's still a ton of fun. No shortage of things to do with this plane. And the cool thing is that some of my original bombs load presets that came with the Harrier are still available and didn't get erased with the updates, so I can carry 3xMK83s on each of the inner pylons. What a bomb truck! 6xMK83 & 8xMK82. Chew on that, Mr F-18.

Oh, you sweet summer child...

I think one of the things 2025 will offer is a quality upgrade for Afghanistan. Iraq looks so good and Afghanistan looks so meh!, and given that they are both ED maps, I'm certain the Afghan map will get some Iraqi-style love. Who knows, maybe that will be the secret reveal: Afghanistan 2.0

I'm optimistic. 2024 gave us the Kola map, the Iraq map, the Chinook, and of course, The Phantom. Not to mention lots of high quality updates. 2025 might be very good indeed.

What he said.

Tomorrow seems as good a day as any for the "2025 and Beyond" video.

I just had a lovely F-15E flight on Kola, TACAN-ing my way through the clouds to home plate. The drama didn't make my flight any less enjoyable. I suppose I could hate this and hate that and be upset about the other thing, but I'd rather just enjoy flying. I have Hornets and Vipers and Warthogs and Tomcats and nice maps, I'm going to have as much fun with it as I can. That's why I spent... oh my God! That much? Yep, I'm going to get every last moment and dollar's worth of flightsim goodness I can out of it.

I thought about it and there is only on possible worthwhile reveal... Illuminated dials in the Yak-52!

Happiness is the art of the possible. It's a flight simulator. It's the best flight simulator. Enjoy a lovely flight for no other reason than to enjoy a lovely flight.

As soon as I stop having a riot flying around the Kola map, I'll consider giving up on DCS. You know, around Q5 2032. Happy New Year! And remember - always drink and fly but never drink and drive!

Two-weeks.

We all have expiration dates. And no third parties means, amongst other things, no Phantom. It's one of the coolest flightsim planes... ever. And the devs are first rate. Why neglect the flying fun?

Excellent! Thanks for the info.

Hello, I have the Mig-21 on free trial and I'm thinking of buying it but on Steam is says it comes with Starforce DRM. And I'm not a fan of that. Does anyone know if this is out of date and it's clean now or does it still come with Starforce DRM? Thank you.

Yep. Notwithstanding "the problems", it's a riot of a plane. If it ever gets an update(s) and sees more features, I'll be delighted. But as long as it stays at least as it is now and doesn't degrade, it will remain one of my favourites.

And to you.