Continued WW2 development?

[Wmaker]

Hey!  We supported your Buffalo wish!

 

And thank you for that!

But you'll have to admit that what I said makes quite a bit of sense at least when it comes to having a planeset with least amount of holes in it. Btw, I've thought like this before we knew Brewster was coming and nothing has changed my thinking since then. I do think that Beaufighter is the next "western allied" aircraft to add based on its production numbers and service. Based on that it deserves to be in AH a lot earlier than my big favourite, Me410 for example. But i also think that there are quite a few Japanese and Soviet a/c to be done long before any new "western allied" WWII aircraft are added to the game.

FWIW, Here's my opinion on how WWII aircraft should be added to AH in the near future:

1.
Ki-43
Pe-2FT
Yak-1b
LaGG-3
G4M2

2.
B6N
D4Y2
He-111
SM.79
Wellington B.Mk III

3.
C.200
Hawk75A
Beaufighter Mk.X
Il-4
Ki-21-IIa

4.
CR.42
I-153
Ju-188
Ki-44
Me 410

Again, just my opinion...but IMO after these it doesn't really matter what gets added. All the major holes that I can see are plugged.

[Yeager]

looks like i puished some emotions,

I simply fear you are running into the same trap like wildbild does.

I know you hate to read this one, but it looks like the same to me.

look here, you cant toppp this one:

Those are some fine insults there.  WTG man.

[Superfly]

What Waffle said.  I can easily top those graphics.  I am not incompetent in the art department, but thanks for insulting me and everyone else at HTC.  We operate under a different business model.  It's as simple as that.
And, Wildbill....LOL!  You realize HT and Pyro were among the people that CREATED Warbirds, right?  Sudz and I both developed for Warbirds and Dawn of Aces, among other games alongside HT and Pyro.  IEN, or whatever they're called today, destroyed it after we left.

[hubsonfire]

Unicorns would be really sweet.

[Skuzzy]

Unicorns would be really sweet.

Sweet huh.  Hey Superfly, I guess we better yank that, "YOU HAVE BEEN SHAFTED!" action from the game.  I think these guys are looking for cookies and cupcakes.

[LLogann]

Hope you don't mind the edit Superfly.  (I'm a business owner myself)  The way I see it, HTC keeps it's doors open for such a larger internet audience comparative to what those other games do, it makes for a far better long term solution.  

 We operate under a BETTER business model.

[dhyran]

What Waffle said.  I can easily top those graphics.  I am not incompetent in the art department, but thanks for insulting me and everyone else at HTC.  We operate under a different business model.  It's as simple as that.
And, Wildbill....LOL!  You realize HT and Pyro were among the people that CREATED Warbirds, right?  Sudz and I both developed for Warbirds and Dawn of Aces, among other games alongside HT and Pyro.  IEN, or whatever they're called today, destroyed it after we left.

Like i wrote above, i didn't want to hurt anyone or even pump up some bad feeling. If i did, i apology! I am worked in the software industry too, i programmed in assembler during the 80s, first z80 and 6502, later on the M68000. Wrote a lot of landscape fractal routines for the upcoming 3d games. sprite routines etc. Our company got 40 programmers, artwork is done external. I stopped coding 10 years ago, too much high speed networking addicted, we build up a datacenter and i was responsible for the core design. But i know there went more time into the design and bugfix issues than pure coding, doesent matter if you use C++ or other stuff. Once WW1 is up, you need to spend there also time for bugfixes, addons, new terrain and much more, like you did the lasts years at the AH2 ww2 part. So you need to split your programming resources, art and other. that means at the end nothing else, it slows down the ongoing development process right? Maybe you understand a little bit more what i wants to point on.....

[dhyran]

And thank you for that!

But you'll have to admit that what I said makes quite a bit of sense at least when it comes to having a planeset with least amount of holes in it. Btw, I've thought like this before we knew Brewster was coming and nothing has changed my thinking since then. I do think that Beaufighter is the next "western allied" aircraft to add based on its production numbers and service. Based on that it deserves to be in AH a lot earlier than my big favourite, Me410 for example. But i also think that there are quite a few Japanese and Soviet a/c to be done long before any new "western allied" WWII aircraft are added to the game.

FWIW, Here's my opinion on how WWII aircraft should be added to AH in the near future:

1.
Ki-43
Pe-2FT
Yak-1b
LaGG-3
G4M2

2.
B6N
D4Y2
He-111
SM.79
Wellington B.Mk III

3.
C.200
Hawk75A
Beaufighter Mk.X
Il-4
Ki-21-IIa

4.
CR.42
I-153
Ju-188
Ki-44
Me 410

Again, just my opinion...but IMO after these it doesn't really matter what gets added. All the major holes that I can see are plugged.

now that would be somthing to go for! 

[Saurdaukar]

I hate for this to sound like a complaint, but will there be continued development in the WW2 planeset?  

Of course.

I'm sure the WWI arena will be fun; but the WWII LWMA is still the main attraction.  Abandoning future development would be an enormously silly business decision.

For my own part; there are planes I would like to see added; He-111, Yak-3, MiG-3, Pu-2, Betty, 109GX A/S, etc, etc... but I would *love* to see a continued evolution of the game mechanics.  Gunnery... tracers... hit sprites... the little details that could be made better.

[Ack-Ack]

And thank you for that!

But you'll have to admit that what I said makes quite a bit of sense at least when it comes to having a planeset with least amount of holes in it. Btw, I've thought like this before we knew Brewster was coming and nothing has changed my thinking since then. I do think that Beaufighter is the next "western allied" aircraft to add based on its production numbers and service. Based on that it deserves to be in AH a lot earlier than my big favourite, Me410 for example. But i also think that there are quite a few Japanese and Soviet a/c to be done long before any new "western allied" WWII aircraft are added to the game.

FWIW, Here's my opinion on how WWII aircraft should be added to AH in the near future:

1.
Ki-43
Pe-2FT
Yak-1b
LaGG-3
G4M2

2.
B6N
D4Y2
He-111
SM.79
Wellington B.Mk III

3.
C.200
Hawk75A
Beaufighter Mk.X
Il-4
Ki-21-IIa

4.
CR.42
I-153
Ju-188
Ki-44
Me 410

Again, just my opinion...but IMO after these it doesn't really matter what gets added. All the major holes that I can see are plugged.

I was willing to support the plane additions you listed but you lost me when I noticed the P-38H isn't listed anywhere on your list. 

ack-ack

[Yeager]

that means at the end nothing else, it slows down the ongoing development process right? Maybe you understand a little bit more what i wants to point on.....

No man, its all the same game.  ALL THE SAME GAME.  Just a new VEW (Very Early War) arena with FOUR NEW PLANES.  Oh...and a new damage model.  Really man, stop being so thick.

[Superfly]

dhryan, I understand what you're saying about having to give our WWI assets attention, in addition to WWII, but I don't think it's going to be as big of a chunk as you may think.  Initially, we'll have to give it a greater focus just to work out bugs and make sure it's all stable, but it won't slow other things that much.  We oftentimes work on 2 or more projects at once.  For example, while Pyro, Waffle, and I worked on WWI, HT and Sudz worked on strat and other things for the WWII arenas. 

[LLogann]

Lest we forget we will be testing out the new damage model on far more fragile craft.... Thus making it a far better testing stage for such things...............  This will be            Far Better!

At least that's the way I see it......

From a far!   

[Shuffler]

No man, its all the same game.  ALL THE SAME GAME.  Just a new VEW (Very Early War) arena with FOUR NEW PLANES.  Oh...and a new damage model.  Really man, stop being so thick.

So your saying those planes will be available in LW too?   

[Lusche]

So your saying those planes will be available in LW too?   

Would be great... finally an opportunity for being called a runtard when flying a D3A