This is also a visibility issue. Some posts are rather hard to find and often masked by more active threads. People not voting, simply can also mean that people didn’t see the thread… I’ll say it again: A dedicated page with all wishes clearly and transparently listed, with positions only being removed when integrated into the sim and usable, and votecount remaining there all-time, would go a long way and make voting easier, more efficient and more visible.
After how most of the year(until SU4) went down, I’d agree, this wouldn’t be a necessary priority. The direction of the sim, as announced in the Q&A’s was easy to follow(words–>actions) However, with all the backlog full of PURE SIMULATION aspects, that are missing or being in a state of construction and full of bugs, together with the SU5 downgrade debacle, the store issues, the CTD,'s, the deviation from the “Pc first, full pc sim mantra”, calls for reassurance are completely justified as the the development roadmap, at least temporarily, heavily shifted toward the Xbox release, the Maverick expansion is proof of this.
I don’t want movie expansions with shiny external models and zero systems depth. I’d rather have the propeller simulation finished and tuned, ground handling improved, and the base airplanes brought to a better place. You know, an accurate mixture scaling and EGT indication for a start? Or how about an algorithm removing buildings from active runways, or one that ensures that trees don’t grow in longyearbyen, above the arctic circle, 1500 kilometers from the northpole or in actual ponds to collect salt…
I appreciate that the community can have their say in what we want to see in the sim, but some things should just be there and not have to be asked for! Ultimately, I think that most of us have communicated constructively, and that criticism will make the sim better and push the devs to create the best sim possible, in many ways it is already better than the other sims, but in others clearly not yet… All that said, I still believe in this product and will keep supporting it for years to come, it easily has the potential to outshine the other sims in every area, but that potential needs to be tapped into and materialized. Cheers