Sorry I haven't answered sooner. I had some PC problems of my own, and haven't been at my regular office at work the last couple of days. I understand everyone's sentiments regarding a late war ETO set up. To be honest, it's not the late war planes I dislike, but the fact we don't have a decent CT terrain for it. 10Bears' Germany terrain looks good, but doesn't have good airfield density and dispersion for CT play. Plus, we've just had two weeks of Luftwaffe-centered fighting...I just thought it was time to go back to the PTO (2 non-ETO's, 1 PTO). I also noted that we very seldom have either the N1K, P-38, or P-47 in many set ups, and thought it would be a fun set up for all.
Frankly, I was more worried people would be upset if I ran Finland-Russia, since the planeset is so similar to the current one. Anyway, I'm going to go with this PTO set up if Kanttori's terrain isn't ready on time. For what it's worth, there's several good terrains coming up (Po Valley in Italy, for one) that will be the perfect place to pit the '44 a/c against each other.
I hope people will have fun with it. I will, and will probably fly Japanese almost exclusively.
Respectfully,
Sabre
CT Staff