Friday! A Licky boom-boom down.

[JudgeDredd]

I KNEW I wasn't talking to myself - I NEVER say "eeebagummm"  ;D

[bob48]

^LOL

[undercovergeek]

bastards

[bob48]

At least you're reasonably soft to use as a sofa......pass the bottle, JD.

[Gusington]

That was me in the cupboard in scuba gear and Selma Hayek. She opens bottles real good.

[Toonces]

War Thunder Ground Forces Beta

and one or more of these:

IL-2: 1946 w/ HSFX mod
IL-2: CLoD w/ TF mod
Falcon 4 BMS
Over The Reich (more like "Over The Hill!)  :D

Rising Storm/RO2 multi-player

My soul mate!

Nice to see IL-2 making a minor comeback on Grogheads.

Word.

[undercovergeek]

That was me in the cupboard in scuba gear and Selma Hayek. She opens bottles real good.

ive got to agree if i was in a darkened cupboard with Bob and JD watching me, the only thing id use Selma Heyek for is opening bottles too

although the 90 degree angle on the back of Bobs pan flattened head is perfect

[Gusington]

^HAHA

[TheCommandTent]

I really hope I can get some gaming in this weekend.  I haven't had a chance for it at all this past week and a half.  I could really use to relaxation of killing pixilated bad guys.

If I do get any in it will probably be CKII or maybe finally start ARMA III

[Sir Slash]

Damn, Jarhead really needs to get a light in that cupboard..... or maybe not. ;)

[Nefaro]

War Thunder Ground Forces Beta

and one or more of these:

IL-2: 1946 w/ HSFX mod
IL-2: CLoD w/ TF mod
Falcon 4 BMS
Over The Reich (more like "Over The Hill!)  :D

Rising Storm/RO2 multi-player

My soul mate!

Nice to see IL-2 making a minor comeback on Grogheads.

Word.

Been wanting to do some single-player campaigns with one or both of the IL-2s.  While CLoD looks great, it doesn't have anywhere near the variety of 1946 which is still graphically bearable.  Was more interested in flying some Pacific and East Front stuff anyway, so 1946 may be the one.

Been mostly doing some War Thunder Ground Forces today.  Definitely has a more realistic feel than WoT's Hit Point & Gold Ammo gameyness (just a couple of my numerous gripes).  The "Realistic" battles are a blast.. probably the "Simulation" ones too.  Hopefully this thing goes Open Beta soon so the final reset gets done.  Looks to be in as good a shape as the Air Forces version was when it went OB.

[Rizik6]

Got a new computer so I'd like to try some games that my old one struggled with to see how they really play. Loaded the texture pack for Skyrim and maxed out the settings. It's like putting on glasses for the first time and seeing what the world really looks like. Pretty amazing. But I imagine I'll mostly be continuing with AoW3, though it looks a lot prettier.

[GDS_Starfury]

Im going through Mirths std chart.

[Toonces]

War Thunder Ground Forces Beta

and one or more of these:

IL-2: 1946 w/ HSFX mod
IL-2: CLoD w/ TF mod
Falcon 4 BMS
Over The Reich (more like "Over The Hill!)  :D

Rising Storm/RO2 multi-player

My soul mate!

Nice to see IL-2 making a minor comeback on Grogheads.

Word.

Been wanting to do some single-player campaigns with one or both of the IL-2s.  While CLoD looks great, it doesn't have anywhere near the variety of 1946 which is still graphically bearable.  Was more interested in flying some Pacific and East Front stuff anyway, so 1946 may be the one.

Been mostly doing some War Thunder Ground Forces today.  Definitely has a more realistic feel than WoT's Hit Point & Gold Ammo gameyness (just a couple of my numerous gripes).  The "Realistic" battles are a blast.. probably the "Simulation" ones too.  Hopefully this thing goes Open Beta soon so the final reset gets done.  Looks to be in as good a shape as the Air Forces version was when it went OB.

So I'm knee-deep in IL-2 Pacific Theater, using a DCG campaign, but man am I having trouble getting into it.  I always, always run into the same problem with Pacific Theater campaigns....they're so bloody boring!

The only thing I can think of to make this better, a possible solution, would be to eliminate the mini-map, path markers, etc. on the map and force myself to dead-reckon to target and back using a good old clock and math.  Because the way I play it now, I take off, click on the autopilot, go to 8x time compression, sit around for 10 or 15 minutes until something happens, click out, fight, then RTB, click on autopilot, click 8x, wait another 10 minutes, and then bring the plane back aboard the boat. 

BORING!

There just isn't any drama.  Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I've never been able to find the hook.  I'm open to suggestions.  The game looks better than ever, and I have massive formations of planes flying around, but the missions are so damn tedious.

Maybe I'm spoiled from Falcon.  In Falcon, you have events happening on both sides of the FLOT so even though the flights can be a bit long, you are busy the whole time.  In IL-2, not much goes on during the transit to keep you engaged.

[JudgeDredd]

I always felt IL2 (and it's iterations) was soulless. I was one of few though. Plenty of people got a lot of mileage and more - I just never found what they found.