This map caused a brain blockage in me

[Rifter]

First of all: The title isn't clickbait, nor is it a criticism of the map.

This map has been a small dream come true for me, and so far the implementation is appealing. I'm really looking forward to the further development steps of Ugra Media.

My problem now is: every halfway realistic conflict scenario involves massive troop deployments or troop movements. Of course, I can place a few tanks in the landscape and shoot them with a lone A-10 or Su-25. But honestly, that doesn't give me any significant joy.

I'm completely overwhelmed by the sheer dimensions of soldiers and equipment required to depict any scenario in which a cold war turns into a hot one on this map. Even if you limit yourself to a small part of a conflict, the amount of work you have to do to make it look real makes my head spin. Unfortunately, generic sandbox scenarios are not my thing. Where is the damn dynamic campaign mode?

If a scenario were: The Soviets establish a blockade of West Berlin, how much Soviet material would need to be placed where to be realistic? How many and which NATO aircraft would need to be deployed as blockade runners? When I look at the figures on troop strength during that time period, I feel dizzy.

It seems I've gotten so old waiting for this map that I'm now overwhelmed with mission building.

I'll start with practice takeoffs and landings on a stretch of Autobahn. That's realistic, and I can just about nail the necessary equipment onto the map. Then I make a few supersonic low-level flights over some sleepy villages...childhood memories!

On a map of Rhodesia from the 1970s, one could recreate very realistic scenarios with a meager two-ship flight and a few unguided rockets. Perhaps I'll go back to one of the desert maps.

Now I've got it: I will play an F-4 pilot in the German Air Force who's in Nellis for training. Yep – I can just about manage that!

[Beirut]

Agreed.

 

It's an excellent map with insane detail, but I tend to use it more for sightseeing, and takeoffs and landings, than anything else. I find it a bit... busy and flat. That's not a bad thing, it's just personal taste. I'm more of a Kola and South Atlantic kind of flyer. But that's the great thing about a variety of map styles, there's something for everyone.

 

 I'm sure there are a lot of people who think the Germany map is the cat's ass for their flying style. And it is an amazing map, but I wouldn't put it in my top three. Not because of a lack of quality, but geographic preferences.