The "Interesting Questions about the Game" thread, according to Instagoat

[Makikou]

Probably going to buy it, if it works well, the flight model is nice and MP is interesting, its going to be amazing. I'd love to fly a TV-heli, police heli etc.

[dialektiikka]

A BIS game I can play with my two toddler sons! SOLD!!!

The only remaining big question I have, has allready been asked by CheyenneAH56 earlier in this thread, but I have to add one note for the developers to consider:

If TOH includes choppers with fire fighting systems, I'm positive BIS will have at least one Very Happy Customer (current age 3). That's a person you can sell a lot of games, addon discs and DLC to

[jblackrupert]

SOLD

I fire up Arma 2 all the time just to screw around with choppers so this will be great.

[dale0404]

Hm, I too am a bit skeptical about this announcement.

Being a big fan of the DCS series as well as Arma, I felt that Arma always had its strength in the large quantity of playable vehicles with medium fidelity.
DCS always has a single playable platform with absolute fidelity.

BIS decision to do a narrow category game took me by surprise, especially a civil one.
Coming from DCS Blackshark I can say there are only so many things you could meaningfully do with a whirlybird and after a while it got boring.

And thats for BlackShark, which had all the switches, computers and stuff fully modeled, and vikhrs to boot !

I hope for BIS that this title will be a success, although honestly I doubt it.
Still ready to be pleasantly surprised here

Just my 0.02€
Crusader

With this community and its modders + the editor I doubt it will ever get boring!!

[4 IN 1]

The one thing I want to know is where is the place in Asia they choose for the game. Orthought very less likely, I do hope they pick Hong Kong as one of the location to model, our local Government Flying Service can proved a good example for high fidelity of mission from sea and mountain SAR under all weather, fighting wildfire, Medical EVAC, Aerial Survey, personal and cargo transports to even Spec-Ops insertions.
On the contrast, however, it is understandable for BI to not picking Hong Kong as we have limited civil Aerial operation in the area.

[ANZACSAS Steve]

It would be great if in Arma 2 future patch they gave us a ToH Pilot Game logic/module allowing ToH players to join specificly built Arma2/ToH MpMissions as heli pilots only and "plug in" for coop teamwork.

@Bis,Game looks great.I know of 2 copies you'll sell...
Hmmm...... Vietnam mod......Slinging loads of arty shells from one FSB to another.

[SamB]

It would be great if in Arma 2 future patch they gave us a ToH Pilot Game logic/module allowing ToH players to join specificly built Arma2/ToH MpMissions as heli pilots only and "plug in" for coop teamwork.)

I posted same idea. Just imagining a sesion with Arma (being infantry sim) and TOH (chopper sim) together makes me hard
Sam

[someBoy]

I don't think that will ever happen. Different engines, probably not even possible

[Macadam Cow]

Well it might not happen in a near future but maybe we can hope ArmA 3 will work this way.

In my opinion there's no need for BIS to lurke at the CoD players, they will never enjoy arma. You can have the best physics, the best graphics, the best whatever, arma is a simulation thus it will never be appealing for this kind of gamers. Some people like sims, others like arcade games.

So the best option to gather more players is to aim at those who will like your game, in this case the simmers. Right now ArmA is only offering a credible experience from the soldier POV. If they succeed to extend this level of realism to every vehicles ingame, they will gain a lot of players.

So ArmA 3 could be a modular game, you would buy the core, ArmA 3, infantry based. Then you could buy DLC/expansions with fixed/rotary wings, armored vehicles,...

[nightsta1ker]

Hm, I too am a bit skeptical about this announcement.

Being a big fan of the DCS series as well as Arma, I felt that Arma always had its strength in the large quantity of playable vehicles with medium fidelity.
DCS always has a single playable platform with absolute fidelity.

BIS decision to do a narrow category game took me by surprise, especially a civil one.
Coming from DCS Blackshark I can say there are only so many things you could meaningfully do with a whirlybird and after a while it got boring.

And thats for BlackShark, which had all the switches, computers and stuff fully modeled, and vikhrs to boot !

I hope for BIS that this title will be a success, although honestly I doubt it.
Still ready to be pleasantly surprised here

Just my 0.02€
Crusader

Surely you are joking. I have DCS Blackshark and was disapointed. It flies realistically, but I can only handle so much hunter/killer stuff. As a real helicopter pilot, I can tell you that no two flights are the same. There is always a new challenge or activity or set of conditions. It never gets boring. The only real problems are timing your potty breaks with fuel stops, and the sore back from those uncomfortable seats. This game has the potential to be great, but there is a big gap to fall into if they shoot too low.