I want a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
I want a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
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Well, I know what's on my Christmas list. Or Halloween, should they arrive sooner.Originally Posted by David Manley
One word: eek!
So, this comes from the Big Guy directly:
"We will have to redo, completely or partially
Hurricane, Dewoitine, Stuka, Val,
Curtiss Warhawk, Yak 1, Ki-61, Reggiane 2001
FW 190 D, Spitfire MK.IX, P-51, Ki-84
We of course plan to get these planes back, and in fact we are already re-doing the Hurricane and Stuka, and we will move forward to re-do the other ones as a priority over the development of new models."
Well, that sounds like the new Pacific planes will be a few more years on the back burner.
Personally, if Rob asked me what to do my advice would be "first crank out another wave or two with the tooling we DO have usable to get cash flows up and pay for the tooling expense."
Going with new tooling may be better for the long run. If we will be getting the BSG quality, I'll wait a little longer.
That's a shame. At this rate I will have all my wgf and wgs shapeways and AIM models finished before we see any new product.
At least it is news. Glad to see something finally being spread. Hope to hear more!
The rub is, the tooling starts with the master CAD model. If the CAD model isn't tuned up there's only finite room for improvement.
What’s kind of funny is that, within my 25-month-long WGF career, I have yet to enjoy the privilege of a new release.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmkOjwrn8dAWhat’s kind of funny is that, within my 25-month-long WGF career, I have yet to enjoy the privilege of a new release.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Zero and Wildcat survived so they can release the Pacific starter. Andrea’s intention is to make Zero closer to a fragile, light, maneuverable machine this time
My Zeros always seem pretty fragile...Zero and Wildcat survived so they can release the Pacific starter. Andreas intention is to make Zero closer to a fragile, light, maneuverable machine this time
They were covered with a paper thin sheet metal, so nowadays they won’t let you touch them in museums so you won’t make dents petting it.
As far as I remember PTO starter should be more around Guadalcanal, but Zeros and Wildcats still fit.
Which means we won't get a correct Me-109K when they get around to it
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
We won't be getting a corrected Spitfire Mk I, either.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Do we know if there's any proposals for a kickstarter or equivalent crowdfunding?
There are none that I am aware of... Ares is really reluctant to go to Kickstarters for capital because brick-and-mortar game shop owners and the distributors get salty when they think you're trying to "take food out of their mouths with an end run" by doing things D2C.
The trade-off of getting money in advance of production (Kickstarter) or waiting to see if something sells in stores after production (brick and mortar).
Wings of Glory also suffers from niche market issues, and even more niche demand from customers. Disposable income from clients is getting tight, supply chains are tough everywhere, and shipping is getting even more expensive.
Tough for game producers to make any decisions...
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Val, Tony and P-40 all put a cramp on the PTO release, but I see no reason Ares couldn't start up the Starter and Wildcat and Zeke Squadron Packs as an "opening salvo" to get the money faucet turned on.
Well, we played P-40 probably once or twice in last 10 years. Vals are played more often, same for Ki-61. We'll see the reality in few months. Anyway, keeping Mustangs on the shelves is a good news.
We might have more use for P-40s if I can get them to adopt a few "theme" ideas I'm privately doodling out... one is the air campaigns over Northern/Northwesternmost Australia and New Guinea, a second is the Flying Tigers and the third is the 325th FG "Checkertail Clan" in North Africa.
The brand new theatre of war is the last thing WGS needs. Better to continue with Battle of France, North Africa or Easfern front than starting a new one. P-40 can be used at least in two of thread mentined above. That reminds me our last use of P-40 was (probably) in Soviet marking.
Pacific is always in hot demand for the US market; over here almost nobody cares about the Eastern Front or MTO.
The AVG is a famous unit worldwide, and the Checkertails... well, excuse me but that one's kinda personal since I have close ties to one of its postwar successor units.
That's easily understandable. Fortunately, my personal preferences were saturated with Tomáš Vybíral's Spitfire, so not a strong need of anything.
The point was not in ETO, but in "too many starter battlefields".
P-40s were used in the Aleutian Campaign, by both US and RCAF forces. So, technically PTO
You just need Nakajima A6M2-N 'Rufe' planes (Zero floatplanes) to go with.
PS: Hmmm... shouldn't forget the Attack on Dutch Harbor where the Japanese used fighters and torpedo bombers ( Akutan Zero and Nakajima B5N2 "Kate")
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Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
And we really need Rufes for the South Pacific anyway...
Right now, this is NOT an official statement but just an impression I'm getting, it sounds like Ares has decided that "theme releases" of a box-set starter and Squadron Pack boosters treating every theme as a "mini game of its own" while maintaining full cross-line compatibility is their "vision of the future." Me, I'd really like it if they staggered things, have that kind of "theme" then separately but at same time release a traditional "famous aces" set.
Sounds like some of the Strategic War Games theme. A lot of games with similar mechanics and the same base game engine. In their own is a stand alone game. But, you can combine the different sets to get a much bigger game.
Personally, I would be happy with product. I don't care how they release it.
Frankly, I'd really like to see Ares put together Web apps for campaigns on the local, regional, theater and global levels so that as players fight different battles in a campaign the results can be recorded and used to adjust events in a larger "World War" mega-game. Perhaps interfaced with Quartermaster General for resource management... something like how Warlord ties their different games together with interaction mechanics so that your infantry game and your buddy's armor or ship game can have effects on each other.
Hmmm... sort of like the Battlestar Galactica "33" campaign? That could be cool!
PS: Link> Battlestar Galactica – Starship Battles: The “33” Campaign begins!
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Possibly, best to start with baby steps though. Prove the concept with the smaller mechanics, then once they're debugged build out the next level, rinse and repeat.
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