Plane cockpit tease..

[LHookins 3,113]

If it's $15 and includes a BUNCH of additional missions just for the Cub, then it's a good deal. Same as the Maule.

 

Hook

[Guest]

Am I the only one who is annoyed that they made us pay to get the basic plane, and now we have to pay again to get the cockpit version?

 

I like to believe I payed NOTHING for that Cub without VC... I payed 15 dollars for Alaska and that was a good deal. I will buy the Cub no matter what.

[malibu43 2]

If it's $15 and includes a BUNCH of additional missions just for the Cub, then it's a good deal. Same as the Maule.

 

Hook

 

Exactly. It all depends on what they offer us.

[zinfinion 0]

If it's $15 and includes a BUNCH of additional missions just for the Cub, then it's a good deal. Same as the Maule.

 

The Maule came with missions? Or am I reading this entirely wrong?

[Guest]

No, the Maule was needed for most of the jobs. The Cub can be used for all those jobs too, so I've been told. The Maule itself only came with a few landing missions, I think. Or maybe they were already there but just couldn't be done until you bought the Maule...?

[LHookins 3,113]

The Maule came with missions? Or am I reading this entirely wrong?

 

If you didn't have the Maule in Hawaii, you didn't have access to any of the passenger/cargo jobs. Stuff like landing challenges is a separate issue. Of course we can use the Cub to haul passengers and cargo, so for people who don't have the Maule, at least they'll get access.

 

I was hoping for a bit more than that, though.

 

Hook

[RoboRay 126]

The Maule was a must-buy if you wanted to do passenger/cargo Jobs, especially the clandestine smuggling runs. The Cub is not a must-buy if you already have the Maule, but it's a highly desirable aircraft for me simply because of the tundra tires.

 

Along that line of thought, I expect the free tundra-tire livery upgrade of the Maule will be announced a week after I buy the Cub.

 

:t0117:

[malibu43 2]

If you didn't have the Maule in Hawaii, you didn't have access to any of the passenger/cargo jobs. Stuff like landing challenges is a separate issue. Of course we can use the Cub to haul passengers and cargo, so for people who don't have the Maule, at least they'll get access.

 

I was hoping for a bit more than that, though.

 

Hook

 

Maybe we'll see some new job types with the release of the deluxe cub that can only be completed by the cub (needing off-airport landings or something). Resupplying hunters or picking up stranded snow mobilers... I don't know...

[zinfinion 0]

If you didn't have the Maule in Hawaii, you didn't have access to any of the passenger/cargo jobs

 

Ah, jobs, yes. I thought I was being completely oblivious to there being actual Maule specific missions (not challenges or jobs).

 

I do want to see proper missions released for Alaska (Cub + other planes), whether with the Cub Cockpit or in a separate missions pack. More Search and Rescue, Photo Books, Fly-ins, other new stuff.

[RoboRay 126]

Maybe we'll see some new job types with the release of the deluxe cub that can only be completed by the cub (needing off-airport landings or something). Resupplying hunters or picking up stranded snow mobilers... I don't know...

 

We can only hope... It's kind of silly to even put tundra tires on a plane if they are only going to send us to land at airports.

[Bobsk8 12,856]

I guess I am conditioned from years of FS, especially FS9 where I have frequently dropped $100 in one week buying a couple of aircraft and an airport. Worrying about whether or not something was going to be $7 or $15, was something that wasn't even considered. I think my line in the sand for aircraft was somewhere around $60 a piece. I think the PMDG 737, which I had , is about $75 now. Level D 767 around $55, Carenado King Air $40, and so on. Active Sky weather was about $50, and the cloud effects weren't as good as flights, in my opinion.

[RoboRay 126]

Yep, the prices in Flight are much lower than traditional flight sim add-ons. But that's what you get if you decide to target the casual-gamer market. Flight's plane's are actually priced pretty steep for DLC rates in that market.

[Bobsk8 12,856]

Yep, the prices in Flight are much lower than traditional flight sim add-ons. But that's what you get if you decide to target the casual-gamer market. Flight's plane's are actually priced pretty steep for DLC rates in that market.

 

Well if you rule out the cockpit less war birds ( which I would never buy), the most you can spend so far on Flight including the Flight program itself is about $45. I spent almost that much for Misty Fjords scenery alone.

[RoboRay 126]

Oh, I would happily pay more, but the Xbox crowd is used to paying less than $5 for "little" things like airplanes and $10-15 for big things like scenery. They were freaking out when Flight launched, over the Maule costing $15. That is about the limit of what the stated target market will bear.

 

MS is hoping to make up in volume what it gives up on unit price. I wish them luck, as I am benefitting from it.

 

[Bobsk8 12,856]

They better come out with a cockpit for the Cub. I ordered a new cap today.

 

http://www.cafepress.com/+piper_cub_cap,420519936