what the creator of IL2 thinks of AH and AH players

[GRUNHERZ]

Vulcan what would be startling? Nobel prizes in Physics?  

The truth is they have a bunch of extremly well educated and experienced programmers and experienced pilots many of which have been with the company and have worked together programming games for almost 10 years. You would have to a damn fool to dismiss such a team.  And whatever the faults of the russian system past and present mathematics has never been one of  nor has computer programming, these guys are good and could threaten AH soon.

[easymo]

The preferred system requirements are a good source of amusement.  What is it, 1 gig cpu, etc.  I have a 1.2 gig celeron,GF4,SB live xgamer. 320 meg ram, on DSL.   And the thing is unplayable, online.

[jbroey3]

IL2 is the future of Flight Simulation, and yes Oleg and Team ARE working to bring a hundred + player virtual Battlefield together.

For all you "aces high cheerleaders", you should take off your blind folds now. An awakening to the "Next Level" of flight simulation is upon the industry. Oh, and Yes,.. 1C are the ones who are about to bring it to you.  IL2 has only begun to "set" the stage for what further development in store.

It is hilarious, to sit here and read some of you guys/girls posts about how Il2 is a slide show. LOL Gimme a break, It is by far one of the best running AND highly Detailed games on the planet right now for flight simulation.

I really like that my "ancient Athlon 1.4" (NOT AthlonXP) produces its "45+" frames a second QUITE Well WITH 32+ players onscreen.

For anyone here, who Uses less than 1gig machines now awdays.. are really the problem.

For Fks sake... YOU can GET a damn Brand new 1.4XP! for under 50$$  and Ram costs about as much as cornflakes.. gimme a break.

I don't think Oleg has a really great grasp of the English language.

Oh hey... Reschke,.. You are obviously being a complete igorant dolt for saying such a lame thing.   How about you explain IN RUSSIAN for everything that he is trying to say.

[Gadfly]

You are not computer literate, Easy-Mo.  I play it at 1078x32, full options, max players on my worn out old system. Plays smooth as glass.  Work on your setup my friend, because I am guessing the prob is on your end.

[weazel]

IL2 is the future of Flight Simulation

 Are you aching....yump, yump, yump....for some bacon, yump, yump, yump....

You forgot to add.

Leonardo DiCraprio/Pamela Anderson are the bestest actors ever....

Pearl harbor is the bestest war film ever.....

Bill Clinton is the bestest president in US history......ever

[fd ski]

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Vulcan what would be startling? Nobel prizes in Physics?  

The truth is they have a bunch of extremly well educated and experienced programmers and experienced pilots many of which have been with the company and have worked together programming games for almost 10 years. You would have to a damn fool to dismiss such a team.  And whatever the faults of the russian system past and present mathematics has never been one of  nor has computer programming, these guys are good and could threaten AH soon.

What is the world coming to ? Me and Grun agreeing on something ?
HELP ME !!! HELP ME   !!!!

[Kieran]

Ah! We're going to do the 500 post parade over here instead.

[Apeboy]

I'm with SunChaser on this one.  IL-2 out of the box was enough to scratch the itch.  I've enjoyed WB and AH for many, many moons but, for me, the gameplay has gotten stagnant.  I signed back up for awhile with the new version but after toying about with the new stuff it was basically the same ole lather, rinse repeat.   It's a fun lather rinse repeat but overall I'd say there has been a lack of innovation since the days of AW.

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by Apeboy
I'm with SunChaser on this one.  IL-2 out of the box was enough to scratch the itch.  I've enjoyed WB and AH for many, many moons but, for me, the gameplay has gotten stagnant.  I signed back up for awhile with the new version but after toying about with the new stuff it was basically the same ole lather, rinse repeat.   It's a fun lather rinse repeat but overall I'd say there has been a lack of innovation since the days of AW.

Lack of innovation?

Driveable CV's.
PT Boats.
Mission Planner.
Manable guns ranging from 16" to 20mm.
Bomber formations.
Perk points/planes.
Custom terrains.

I would hardly say that AH is lacking innovation.  I would agree on lack of strat...something thats hard to model when your missing the whole war thing.

[lazs2]

I don't care that much but... I won't playa game with a limited planeset that is all allied vs axis.   Maybe if they get a couple hundred players in one arena and have a good representation of U.S. brit LW russian  planes in  a good 3 country MA style like AH then maybe I will try it for some slight improvement in damage or whatever.   Seems they are a long way off from attracting MA players like myself
lazs

[Apeboy]

Rip,

I hear ya, but, no matter how many gun platforms you add it doesn't change the fundamentals of the game.  Whether you are in a PT or a bomber formation or a perked ME-262 it's just a rose by another name.  Adding different vehicles to shoot other people with is fine but I can't agree to call it innovation.  

I'm really looking forward to the Mission Theater when it arrives in AH.  I hope it will add a sense of purpose and immersion that imho has been lacking.  I know there is the CT, I've sat in there for what seems like forever and it's not much more than a dueling arena.  Scenarios are great but again numbers are somewhat difficult to come by on a regular basis.  Missions in the MA is like herding cats.  

I hope this idea of the mission theater catches on.  Even a Axis vs. Allies server would be ok.  

And just to show you how much my opinion is worth you can print this out, go to McDonalds, present this post along with 89 cents and they'll give you a cup of coffee.  

EDIT:
hehe, lasz2 posted as I was replying.  It appears we are at opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to what we want online.  The MA drives me nuts with planes of all countries allowed to wing up with one another in one big endless furball.  A perfect example of you can't please all the people all the time.  

[Ripsnort]

Apeboy, AH is truly the only sim out there that "is" innovation.  They keep changing it to keep our interest.  Agreed it is "stagnant" at the moment, but when the aforementioned items above hit the sim the stagnation was not apparent, for awhile anyway.  HTC knows this from experience, and do continue to lead the way in MMOG flight sim innovation. I have confidence in them, thats why I'm still following them around after almost 8 years!  in the meantime, I'm bored silly like you...waiting for "something new" to generate my interest!

[fffreeze220]

Originally posted by Ripsnort
Lack of innovation?

Driveable CV's.
PT Boats.
Mission Planner.
Manable guns ranging from 16" to 20mm.
Bomber formations.
Perk points/planes.
Custom terrains.

I would hardly say that AH is lacking innovation.  I would agree on lack of strat...something thats hard to model when your missing the whole war thing.

The biggest lag is the game play ripsnort.
Not really much done on it or ?
Still the same ol Landgrab stuff. No strat no nothing.

[Ripsnort]

Read the last line of that quote, Freeze.

[Nifty]

*shrugs*  AH gets my patronage.  Il-2 doesn't.  I'm not all that interested in Eastern Front action.

Il-2 has a very, very long way to go to get my attention.  First they have to reproduce the variety AH has.  Then they have to convince my squad to leave AH.  I won't go until they go.