Is the game dead?

[wWolfw]

The servers all mostly empty with a couple of players. Is there a peak timewhen servers are populated? Looking at the steam stats the game population has decreased significantly from 200+ players a month in December to around 40/50 a month now ://

[martin77]

The game is not dead,
but il2 sturmovik: Battle of Moscow/Stalingrad/Kuban get better and better :D

[wWolfw]

Originally posted by martin77:

The game is not dead,
but il2 sturmovik: Battle of Moscow/Stalingrad/Kuban get better and better :D

when are servers populated??

[Adler]

Multi seems to be dead, but should be more live after big patch/expansion. 5.0 that should come, i would guess this year. It should being new theatre, planes, upgrades, patches and more. (Paid expansion).
Most people focus on single player anyway, around 2/3 plays single in box.

I think clod is more into sp, we will see if new patch will make people to come back and bring new ones for multi.

[wWolfw]

Originally posted by InPrøgress:

Multi seems to be dead, but should be more live after big patch/expansion. 5.0 that should come, i would guess this year. It should being new theatre, planes, upgrades, patches and more. (Paid expansion).
Most people focus on single player anyway, around 2/3 plays single in box.

I think clod is more into sp, we will see if new patch will make people to come back and bring new ones for multi.

This is very disappointing.

[wWolfw]

if they would want to revive this game they should give out some free updates atleast...

[martin77]

sp?
I would say this game lived so long thanks to the ATAG group and their multiplayer servers.

[JagerKat]

It is Summer too. Folks might be enjoying the weather.

[III./ZG76_saipan 17]

blitz was the free update. flight sims always had small community.

[Adler]

Originally posted by martin77:

sp?
I would say this game lived so long thanks to the ATAG group and their multiplayer servers.

You can buy 20 years old game and still be able to play single, it's immortal, multi dies sooner or later, especially if there is new game in series. If they focus on single,, people can buy it anytime they want and still play, if it would be multi mostly, no one will buy it if they see servers empty.

[69th_Spiritus]

Numbers have decreased due to a lot of things, people waiting for 5.0, plus it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere so numbers always fall, the world cup is also going on.

Numbers will pop back up once the season starts to change, and especially when we release 5.0.

We may have an interm patch coming out before 5.0 that includes some bug fixes and new effect changes as well as some AI corretions if they are ready.

[Harmer]

Always the problem of competition and group pressure. We had a regular participants that played a lot of server Blitz, but have moved on to DCS now. It remains to be seen if we migrate back once 5.0 is available.

[Passenger]

I remember a time when multiplayer was a nicety, not a requirement, especially in a sim. No the game isnt dead, if you are still playing it. For some people, a game is a wash if there isnt any multiplayer, for me a game is a wash if it lacks depth of single player content. One of the reasons I dont play DCS as much as many is that I spent 100 dollars on two planes, the F86 and the Mig 15, only to find the PLANES are all you really get. Yeah, you can do the few canned missions that come with them, but if you want any immersion.. any feeling like you are a fighter pilot in Mig alley in the Korean War, you are just ♥♥♥♥ out of luck.

Cliffs of Dover doesnt have this problem. Neither does BoS, BoM, BoK.

[DavePro]

Clod Blitz does require a reasonably upmarket PC, so those who (like me) aren't ready to upgrade yet can get fed up, even on SP, with slow frame rate. I've set myself up some Tiger v Tiger combat on the fields map, which is undemanding enough that the frame rate is OK. Agreed, that's not what it's for, but still.

I still use IL2 - 46, which is perfectly happy with my PC and is actually better than Clod in some areas - communication, AI performance, crashes etc.

David

[ShReDo]

IL2 COD was just a fart in the wind, BLITZ mixed it up with some diaria.
Nothing substantial, just putting some meat into the bad wind.
Move on... nothing to see here.Except some die hard mud snail lovers in the evening....

[Adler]

Nice necro. Are you really that pathetic (rhetorical question, avatar says it all) to come to a year old topic and replay in some pathetic sad way about the game you hate? Makes you wonder why you are even on this forum. Damn really, thank's god i am not you, your life must suck really hard.