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SOH-CM-2024
John makes a good point about the tubeliners. Those guys are the most loyal part of the base. I'm sure they want a virtual airline career mode, or at least a lot of commercial pilot mission options. Even some normies might want that. Where are they?
And another community which, speaking for myself, I had no expectation of being supported by MSFS but have been genuinely delighted over the past 2 years to see being a thing MS has catered to, is the historical/vintage community. We've had the "try to fly the Wright flyer" thing. What about 1930s air races, 1920s air mail challenge, more 1900s try-to-get-off-the-ground things, 1940s flying the Hump or pilot training, 1950s surveying or propliner ops? Admittedly this might require different scenery and stuff; but if, as I suspect, the missions in FS2024 are all going to take place in bespoke, hand-built limited areas with super detail, these could just as easily be backdated. Now that, I just might conceivably be willing to drop some coin on.
Know what else would be fun? An airshow challenge where you have to fly a Pitts or Extra acro routine, do demo displays in a warbird, do hot jet flypasts, etc. Maybe even make it multiplayer, have live events, so you can be in the P-51 and I can be in the F-22 for the heritage flight. Heck, for all I care, they can even include jet trucks and skydrivers, which usually are my cue to go look for the hot dog stand. Excuse me while I adjust my seating position, this makes me excited.
As much as it might be tempting to do the "Help! Griffith Park is on fire! Put it out before Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling burn to death at the observatory!" mission and fail it on purpose, none of the modern, workaday operations missions currently being promoted are going to have much play value, let alone replay value, for me.
August
And another community which, speaking for myself, I had no expectation of being supported by MSFS but have been genuinely delighted over the past 2 years to see being a thing MS has catered to, is the historical/vintage community. We've had the "try to fly the Wright flyer" thing. What about 1930s air races, 1920s air mail challenge, more 1900s try-to-get-off-the-ground things, 1940s flying the Hump or pilot training, 1950s surveying or propliner ops? Admittedly this might require different scenery and stuff; but if, as I suspect, the missions in FS2024 are all going to take place in bespoke, hand-built limited areas with super detail, these could just as easily be backdated. Now that, I just might conceivably be willing to drop some coin on.
Know what else would be fun? An airshow challenge where you have to fly a Pitts or Extra acro routine, do demo displays in a warbird, do hot jet flypasts, etc. Maybe even make it multiplayer, have live events, so you can be in the P-51 and I can be in the F-22 for the heritage flight. Heck, for all I care, they can even include jet trucks and skydrivers, which usually are my cue to go look for the hot dog stand. Excuse me while I adjust my seating position, this makes me excited.
As much as it might be tempting to do the "Help! Griffith Park is on fire! Put it out before Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling burn to death at the observatory!" mission and fail it on purpose, none of the modern, workaday operations missions currently being promoted are going to have much play value, let alone replay value, for me.
August
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