25.02.2008, 12:07
I cut Oleg some slack, RRG, OTOH, should have borrowed a clue from any of the many people who would have helped. From lurking on the 3d boards before PF the guys making the models wouldn't even get their email answered by them.
Take the parafrags. When PF first came out, they had delay fuses. I sent Oleg a ton of info demonstrating that they didn't have delays, that was the point of retarding them. Got changed.
I lobbied hard for delay fuses to work vs ships because skip-bombing was not impossible, but considerably harder than it should have been. That got changed, too.
The problem with the PTO was not understanding the theater well enough to make good decisions. In trying to encompass the entire thing, they ended up doing everything poorly instead of one area well.
PF needed focus. One small area (and time, perhaps) of the war, done well. The SWPA (including the Slot) is one obvious choice. Not late war, either, August '42 through mid '44 at most. Some of the atoll maps like Midway can be thrown in because they are so easy to do.
Doesn't matter, now
Take the parafrags. When PF first came out, they had delay fuses. I sent Oleg a ton of info demonstrating that they didn't have delays, that was the point of retarding them. Got changed.
I lobbied hard for delay fuses to work vs ships because skip-bombing was not impossible, but considerably harder than it should have been. That got changed, too.
The problem with the PTO was not understanding the theater well enough to make good decisions. In trying to encompass the entire thing, they ended up doing everything poorly instead of one area well.
PF needed focus. One small area (and time, perhaps) of the war, done well. The SWPA (including the Slot) is one obvious choice. Not late war, either, August '42 through mid '44 at most. Some of the atoll maps like Midway can be thrown in because they are so easy to do.
Doesn't matter, now