IL2 DCG Campaign Balance

onelifecrisis · 08-28-08, 12:20 PM

Those of you that play DCG campaigns - do you find some (all?) of the DCG campaigns are rather poorly balanced? Or is it just the RAF one?

Today I started an RAF campaign in Normandy 41. I'm playing with Full Squadron Density and Two Flights per Squadron. So basically, the RAF sent up 60 planes on the first mission, including mine. The result? 60 RAF planes downed, and barely a dent in the Luftwaffe forces.

Now I know the RAF suffered losses over Normandy in 41, but I also know they didn't get totally annihilated in less than an hour. Historical (in)accuracy aside, this seems to me to be an exceptionally poorly crafted campaign in terms of the gameplay balance. I find myself wondering whether the chap that made it ever bothered to actually play it.

So, to my question: if I abandon my dream of flying a dynamic RAF campaign in IL2 and try instead to fly as, say, a pilot in the USAAF (I'd love to fly a P-38) then should I expect equally poor balancing on those DCG campaigns as well? Or are the others better?

08-28-08, 12:20 PM	#1
onelifecrisis Maverick Modder Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 3,895 Downloads: 65 Uploads: 3	IL2 DCG Campaign Balance Those of you that play DCG campaigns - do you find some (all?) of the DCG campaigns are rather poorly balanced? Or is it just the RAF one? Today I started an RAF campaign in Normandy 41. I'm playing with Full Squadron Density and Two Flights per Squadron. So basically, the RAF sent up 60 planes on the first mission, including mine. The result? 60 RAF planes downed, and barely a dent in the Luftwaffe forces. Now I know the RAF suffered losses over Normandy in 41, but I also know they didn't get totally annihilated in less than an hour. Historical (in)accuracy aside, this seems to me to be an exceptionally poorly crafted campaign in terms of the gameplay balance. I find myself wondering whether the chap that made it ever bothered to actually play it. So, to my question: if I abandon my dream of flying a dynamic RAF campaign in IL2 and try instead to fly as, say, a pilot in the USAAF (I'd love to fly a P-38) then should I expect equally poor balancing on those DCG campaigns as well? Or are the others better?