Right...folks, this is still a controversial subject, and could we all give the name calling a miss. I tend to agree with Hengist, but I will not, NOT, ever stand by and watch anyone insult Andy.
Andy and I both have admin priviledges on this board. That nothing has been deleted and no one has been banned yet, is a testament to someone's patience, and it surely isn't mine. I notice my little edit to Tiger's sneer was removed, by Tiger. Fair enough. Tiger, you do not get to decide who posts here. That's a matter for Simhq staff.
We need to cool off.
Yes, I would LOVE to see further development of Typhoon - it has all the magic pieces, and it has that potential there for something to rival JF-18 and F4 in terms of immersion and logevity. But one thing that won't EVER get such development is these flame wars and this attitude towards the development.
So. We know. We know that the dynamic campaign is shackled to a storyline. We know that the six pilots carry on gets to be a distraction. We know that this, that and the other aren't what we - as posters on a flight simulator message board - would like. We also know that there is a strategy guide out there by Leon and Andy which I would very much like to read. We know all this. Great. Now, sod it, there's nothing we can do about it?
Let me tell you something else. Back when DID was still DID, I helped out a little (a tiny amount) researching aircraft damage. Nothing professional, I was just known as a fan with a bit of cop on, who could be relied on to keep my mouth shut. But even then, the design seemed to have no AWACS, no refuelling, iceland, and so forth. So it is questionable that Ef2000 V3 would have been quite what we imagined it to be. That it became an action game somewhere along the line is possibly - /possibly/ - indicative of a more commercial attitude prevailing at post walkout DID which became Rage Warrington. Speculation.
We all would buy, all of us, some sort of insane hybrid of TAW, EF2000 and Typhoon (with a JSF in it
), with bigger maps, and EF2000/F-22ADF style cockpits. With the Wargen system working the way it does now, and the "no endless supply" of planes going on, we would all be very happy campers.
So, let's sit down, make up, be civil and channel our energies somewhere useful. Write some nice, *POLITE* emails to Rage tech support, or whomever. Say how you enjoyed Typhoon, but also enjoyed TAW, and wouldn't it be cool, if a future Rage Warrington product would marry the two?
The worst problem with this message board is that we can't all just sit down and have a beer and trash this out. It's way too easy for a gentle prod to become a kick. And then the defenses go up. And then Simhq gets a message board filled with bile. It's a huge waste of time, energy and bandwidth dealing with it.
OK.
Let's buy this Icebreaker thingie, play the hell out of it, and keep the message feeding back to Rage. ok?
Gavin
