top must buy cheap planes?

[メルクーネオ]

third world country no regional pricing im not cheap really into flight sims now recommend please

[Paradox1126]

mig-21... there is no other =]

[Troll Norris]

A-4E Skyhawk - for free

[Paradox1126]

Originally posted by Troll Norris:

A-4E Skyhawk - for free

he said cheap.. not free.. don't deter him from the mighty mighty mig-21 =]

[GokuGod]

mig 21 is fun and may be my favorite plane but its limited by weapons and you will not be able to play multiplayer (maybe in some cold war server you can) if thats what you want.

you can test planes for free in the standalone version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq79j5ijOaM (you need to delete "retail.cfg" for it to work )

[stburr91]

Stop directing people to the standalone game while on Steam's platform, as it's highly likely to be a violation of the TOS.

[メルクーネオ]

Originally posted by Atahualpa Jumanji:

mig 21 is fun and may be my favorite plane but its limited by weapons and you will not be able to play multiplayer (maybe in some cold war server you can) if thats what you want.

you can test planes for free in the standalone version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq79j5ijOaM (you need to delete "retail.cfg" for it to work )

Oh thank you not a big fan of pvp so this is really helpful

[spike2071]

As others have said, Standalone has a free trial system so you can see what you like.

If you like bombing and attacking ground targets, the Viggen is (relatively) cheap and a blast to fly.

Pick a plane that sounds interesting, try it out on Standalone, and then make a decision.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

Originally posted by stburr91:

Stop directing people to the standalone game while on Steam's platform, as it's highly likely to be a violation of the TOS.

its fine.

systems are in place to allow the transfer over to standalone.

with standalone you can have the best of both worlds (mostly, do yer research)

i buy both from steam and their store. no "ToS" issues.

[stburr91]

Originally posted by -OrLoK- Слава Україн:

Originally posted by stburr91:

Stop directing people to the standalone game while on Steam's platform, as it's highly likely to be a violation of the TOS.

its fine.

systems are in place to allow the transfer over to standalone.

with standalone you can have the best of both worlds (mostly, do yer research)

i buy both from steam and their store. no "ToS" issues.

It's not fine, I don't know of any forum that allows their forum users to direct people to their competitors.

So you're saying ED would be cool with people using the ED forums to tell standalone users to buy on Steam, where they lose 30% of the sale?

This is getting off topic, so I'll leave it at that, but ED need to clean this up, as it's way too common on here.

[spike2071]

Originally posted by stburr91:

Originally posted by -OrLoK- Слава Україн:

its fine.

systems are in place to allow the transfer over to standalone.

with standalone you can have the best of both worlds (mostly, do yer research)

i buy both from steam and their store. no "ToS" issues.

It's not fine, I don't know of any forum that allows their forum users to direct people to their competitors.

Steam does. If it's against the rules (and it's not), then it's not enforced. I see recommendations in the forums for legit key shops, buying direct from EA/Ubisoft/Rockstar/any other company that has their own store and launcher, etc. all over the place. There is even a GOG group where you can get news about sales on GOG. And one for Epic Games.

[X_Deadmeat_X]

Originally posted by stburr91:

Stop directing people to the standalone game while on Steam's platform, as it's highly likely to be a violation of the TOS.

It's not. The first sticky thread (from 5 years ago!) on this forum is literally from an ED Dev telling you how to do it and there's another telling you how to deal with the later added restriction where you can only assign your Steam purchased modules to one or the other at any given time.

I believe I've also seen the ED Community manager themselves directly point people to the Standalone version specifically to allow them to access the try before you buy option ED has.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

back on topic, apart from the various free mods, Flaming Cliffs Three (especially on sale) is well worth it but has its pros and cons ( lots of stuff to bind, no clicky pits but a wide array of aircraft and capabilities from carrier ops to ground pounding to pure air superiority)

some free mods need FC3 to function but more recent "major" mods dont rely on fc3.

the new cayuse heli mod is a blast to fly (watch your throttle inputs) and the a4e as previously mentioned by user troll norris is very well regarded.

[trooperrob]

I thought that flaming cliffs 3 is no longer for sale, it will be replaced with flaming cliffs 4 (maybe with extra planes?) shortly - according to a thread on here somewhere.
They are simpler planes, but give many planes for one price.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

im not sure id the fc3 removeal is due to fc4 coming or a "bug"

regardless, when (if?) it comes back its worth grabbing.

[stburr91]

Originally posted by trooperrob:

I thought that flaming cliffs 3 is no longer for sale, it will be replaced with flaming cliffs 4 (maybe with extra planes?) shortly - according to a thread on here somewhere.
They are simpler planes, but give many planes for one price.

They made FC3 available again. I would guess it will stay until FC24 comes out with the next update.