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[Viking 1-1]

The posted video from ralfidude was awesome already.

Please keep them coming, so we have something to dream about while waiting...

[GUCCI]

A cool weekly screenshot would be a nice touch leading up to release. 

Hope to see some tutorial and other early access videos soon

[Harry.R]

Another week with no update..when they say released into early access soon, does that mean 'this week', 'this month', 'this year' or 'this decade'? 

[YoYo]

21 minutes ago, Harry.R said:

Another week with no update..when they say released into early access soon, does that mean 'this week', 'this month', 'this year' or 'this decade'? 

It probably won't be two weeks , but that's my bet for this year. If I had to bet on a month, it would be October, a month after the MiG-29A's release. Of course this is just my opinion.

[GUCCI]

2 hours ago, Harry.R said:

Another week with no update..when they say released into early access soon, does that mean 'this week', 'this month', 'this year' or 'this decade'? 

The dev team has stated their goal is October, but with any release sometimes it depends on ED so they might not have a 100% accurate date just yet.

Hope we get to see more content soon especially in September and October as we get closer 

[Bedouin]

They said less than a 100 days from pre-order (1. august) - but most likely during october or start of november (my personal guess)

[Beirut]

Really looking forward to this.

 

I wonder, in the grand scheme of things, just how popular a plane this will be? I'm thinking it will be hot ticket indeed.

[Kang]

I can only speak for myself, but have to say I am still interested, but my personal hype level is definitely falling for various reasons. Perhaps a treat would remedy that.

[Harry.R]

My last comment was firmly tounge in cheek, I'm really looking forward to the arrival of the C-130J and it'll be interesting how it will affect MP server play.

[Someone]

On 8/28/2025 at 3:46 PM, Kang said:

I can only speak for myself, but have to say I am still interested, but my personal hype level is definitely falling for various reasons. Perhaps a treat would remedy that.

That’s crazy 

[Hiob]

On 8/28/2025 at 11:46 PM, Kang said:

I can only speak for myself, but have to say I am still interested, but my personal hype level is definitely falling for various reasons. Perhaps a treat would remedy that.

Mine doesn’t. Quite the opposite actually.

Maybe, I missed something.

Care to elaborate your “various reasons”?

[Someone]

I too, am curious.   

[Bedouin]

5 hours ago, Hiob said:

Mine doesn’t. Quite the opposite actually.

Maybe, I missed something.

Care to elaborate your “various reasons”?

Yeah - i so hyped even the wife now knows there are coming a Hercules and i will be "un-available" the first days of release  

[Hiob]

Admittedly though, I'd love another teaser or influencer preview-video, too.

[Kang]

6 hours ago, Hiob said:

Care to elaborate your “various reasons”?

 

6 hours ago, Someone said:

I too, am curious.   

Certainly. To be perfectly, honest, little of it has to do with the upcoming C-130J module in itself, and as such it might be a little unfair on my part, but the fact is that a little bit of hyping up wouldn't be amiss.

1. The only bit that is in your field here, is that I increasingly can't shake the thought that I would have much preferred an earlier C-130 model. One with the steam gauges cockpit instead of being mostly screens. It is a bit late to bring that up, I am aware. Also, mostly personal preference, I'm sure the majority of the community appreciates the 'latest and greatest possible' approach.

2. This has nothing to do with your efforts at all, but there is the whole Razbam situation. People who take interest in those proceedings might have noticed that the 'discussion thread' has changed modes from being archived and then restarted every now and then to 'purge entirely and lock it up'. Everyone is of course entitled to form their own opinions, but I have a quite firm one on why that happened then, and it does not bode well. (I shall not elaborate further on that because it is off-topic and also will get this post deleted for sure)

3. Again, nothing you can do here, but another onset of general DCS fatigue. Or maybe ED fatigue? Lots of little things that irk and annoy me and worst of all is how much mere questions are treated as complaints, valid complaints as unreasonable hate, and stern criticism as heresy around here. That is, if any official reply happens at all. And no, this is in no way meant to be directed at anybody here personally, I am convinced the problem lies further in the management.

Again, I am aware there isn't a lot to be done on your end about any of this. On the whole I am glad to say that I am still looking forward to the C-130J module and, to be honest, I am firmly convinced that it'll be a success. My whole point was supposed to be that my personal excitement level sure could get boosted with a few nice screenshots again sometime soon.

[Hiob]

3 minutes ago, Kang said:

 

Certainly. To be perfectly, honest, little of it has to do with the upcoming C-130J module in itself, and as such it might be a little unfair on my part, but the fact is that a little bit of hyping up wouldn't be amiss.

1. The only bit that is in your field here, is that I increasingly can't shake the thought that I would have much preferred an earlier C-130 model. One with the steam gauges cockpit instead of being mostly screens. It is a bit late to bring that up, I am aware. Also, mostly personal preference, I'm sure the majority of the community appreciates the 'latest and greatest possible' approach.

2. This has nothing to do with your efforts at all, but there is the whole Razbam situation. People who take interest in those proceedings might have noticed that the 'discussion thread' has changed modes from being archived and then restarted every now and then to 'purge entirely and lock it up'. Everyone is of course entitled to form their own opinions, but I have a quite firm one on why that happened then, and it does not bode well. (I shall not elaborate further on that because it is off-topic and also will get this post deleted for sure)

3. Again, nothing you can do here, but another onset of general DCS fatigue. Or maybe ED fatigue? Lots of little things that irk and annoy me and worst of all is how much mere questions are treated as complaints, valid complaints as unreasonable hate, and stern criticism as heresy around here. That is, if any official reply happens at all. And no, this is in no way meant to be directed at anybody here personally, I am convinced the problem lies further in the management.

Again, I am aware there isn't a lot to be done on your end about any of this. On the whole I am glad to say that I am still looking forward to the C-130J module and, to be honest, I am firmly convinced that it'll be a success. My whole point was supposed to be that my personal excitement level sure could get boosted with a few nice screenshots again sometime soon.

Thank you.

All fair and square, but as you already mentioned yourself - it has little to nothing to do with the upcoming C-130 and its creators and is therefore a little misplaced.

Other than that I can partly sympathize with your thoughts......

[Bedouin]

25 minutes ago, Kang said:

 

Certainly. To be perfectly, honest, little of it has to do with the upcoming C-130J module in itself, and as such it might be a little unfair on my part, but the fact is that a little bit of hyping up wouldn't be amiss.

1. The only bit that is in your field here, is that I increasingly can't shake the thought that I would have much preferred an earlier C-130 model. One with the steam gauges cockpit instead of being mostly screens. It is a bit late to bring that up, I am aware. Also, mostly personal preference, I'm sure the majority of the community appreciates the 'latest and greatest possible' approach.

2. This has nothing to do with your efforts at all, but there is the whole Razbam situation. People who take interest in those proceedings might have noticed that the 'discussion thread' has changed modes from being archived and then restarted every now and then to 'purge entirely and lock it up'. Everyone is of course entitled to form their own opinions, but I have a quite firm one on why that happened then, and it does not bode well. (I shall not elaborate further on that because it is off-topic and also will get this post deleted for sure)

3. Again, nothing you can do here, but another onset of general DCS fatigue. Or maybe ED fatigue? Lots of little things that irk and annoy me and worst of all is how much mere questions are treated as complaints, valid complaints as unreasonable hate, and stern criticism as heresy around here. That is, if any official reply happens at all. And no, this is in no way meant to be directed at anybody here personally, I am convinced the problem lies further in the management.

Again, I am aware there isn't a lot to be done on your end about any of this. On the whole I am glad to say that I am still looking forward to the C-130J module and, to be honest, I am firmly convinced that it'll be a success. My whole point was supposed to be that my personal excitement level sure could get boosted with a few nice screenshots again sometime soon.

So two of your points has nothing to do with the developer or the Herc, then i doesn't see how its relevant for this thread... i thought you had some arguments and reasons to explain it against the upcoming Herc... the feelings you have i am sure a lot of people sympatize and agree, but just relevant for the Herc threads...