I pay attention to neither. I wait until it is released and then I wait for the reports of what state it is in. Then I move or don’t move on a module.
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here is small glimpse behind the scenes of flight sim modules development.
imo its great deal of work-time to produce module in reasonable quality.
doesnt matter if it is RB or HB or other dev but the amount of detail in the DCS module simulation (in comparison to civi sims) is overwhelming.
we surely can only be unhappy about their marketing practices or lack thereof 
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Agreed.
To Everyone - that’s never done/tried it: go create something non-trivial yourself. Then we’ll meet up in a year, or more, and see how it’s going. It’s a frustrating and humbling experience.
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Tell me about it. I’m running twice over my initial estimate on this job and it still aint done yet!
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This was me till about 3 weeks ago, when I (finally) watched Top Gun: Maverick. Obviously one can’t not go for a spin in the ‘Bug after that…
That said, being away from DCS for about a year or so, save for a couple days where I took the then-just-released-into-EA Apache for a test drive was healthy. I find I can’t stomach DCS for more than about 6 months before I start getting annoyed at its shortcomings (eg. AI still needs a lot of work) and start loosing site of its strengths.
Point being: change is good. I’ve learned to take a seasonal approach to my simming. Just like in sports there’s Baseball season and football seasons and hockey season, I find I enjoy my sims most when I rotate; there’s DCS season and IL2 season and MSFS season.
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Notwithstanding a couple of notable exceptions (Hawk!–Hawk!!!—sorry, something stuck in my throat I had to cough up) most DCS modules “get there” eventually. The question is how just long you are willing to wait and when you feel comfortable paying for it.
Some people wait for “release day” although that is largely an arbitrary distinction at this point, some wait for a sale long after that, but I usually go in early access if it’s something I know I will eventually want to fly. I barely touched the Viper its first 9 months of release because it wasn’t ready, but then it was far enough along and I now enjoy it quite a bit. I have more than received my money’s worth for it and the Hornet at this time.
Now my hangar queens, like the Ah-64, Hind, Viggen, Harrier, M2k, MiG-21, F-86, and F-14 I would say I have NOT yet reached that point, likewise with the South Atlantic map. However, I have every intention of doing so and have not given up on any of them.
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