I know I'm new but I've already heard a lot of the pure furballers on here complain about too much "pork" whatever the heck that is. The truth is that modern warfare is a complex series of events and requirements that can and did make national leaders wake up at night in cold sweats. When Hitler proposed to his war staff the notion of building Yamato-style superdreadnoughts his Generals asked him if a single giant battleship or several panzer divisions were more important to the war effort.
The addition of fatter, juicer and more vital ground targets can only enhance the game play and increase the realism. In order to sustain a war effort, all types of factories are needed and they are usually dispersed through-out the countryside in order to capitalize on the talents of local communities. Back when I flew in Warbirds, the designers over there were well aware of this and I often took a flight of glass nosed Mossies on high speed raids to take out isolated factories and enjoyed the thrill of running for home with a few salivating Dora nines hot on my tail. And what I'm talking about here is not placing enormous industrial centres out in the middle of nowhere; but placing smaller factories with road and convoys out, near ports and along railways that would encourage more bombing and interdiction missions. This will give the pure furballers more than enough golden opportunities to hunt bombers and mix it up with their "little friends" escorting while at the same time satisfying the fix of players like me who get their thrill at the moment of bomb drop when I can hear Billy Zane in my head shouting "that's it, that's it .... bombs away!"
I would also like to propose an additional dimension to the game that would add more thrill and realism. As we all know, back in the day there were no satellites looking down on us 24/7. This was the reason why Howard Hughes developed his sleek and sexy XF-11. (love the contra-rotating props!) If HTC ever chooses to add such ground targets then I propose to leave them off the map until someone takes off from a friendly base on a dedicated reconnaissance mission. The cameras can be added to the load-out option on and it can be selected as a separate mission for perk points on the clipboard. Once the photos have been taken and the aircraft lands successfully then the location of these targets appear on the maps of the country who took the photos only. I think this would add yet another exciting dimension of realism to an already great MMOG.
Just my 2 cents.
