OK everyone, time for a truce.
Brady, let's have a beer together at the con and dream about the H8K2 Emily with Karnak. On that we all agree.
I don't mind the aircraft we're getting, per se. What DOES bother me is aircraft decisions being based solely (or at least largely) on the leadership of a small collection of CMs. If we never get a P-47M.. I want it to be HTC's decision, not banana's.
Dingo, I'll let you in on a little secret. We have been making aircraft suggestions to Pyro for two years now, and in that time they have produced exactly one aircraft that we specifically asked for. Make no mistake, Pyro and HiTech know where they're going with this sim. They do ask us for input, but we as CM's have gotten smarter and started asking them which direction they are headed in, then we conform our requests around that direction.
As far as me voting against the P-40 for 1.10, that is true. I felt the P-40 could've waited another release so we could get the Stuka, B5N, D3A and SBD. It's not that I don't like the P-40, but I was thinking with my scenario hat on, and I felt "we"(as in the scenario team) would be better served in the short run by getting those dive and torpedo bombers. We have a BoB scenario and a Midway Scenario coming up next, so yes, I was hoping for delaying the P-40 until the next release. I got out-voted anyway, so the recommendation went to HTC with the P-40 included. Whether or not our recommendations had any effect on Pyro, I couldn't say.
Truthfully, the CM's have little say in anything regarding aircraft production. The things that HTC has been really good about giving us specifically are improvements to the CM tools. In that they have been top-notch!
