Development Blog & Reveals

[Chairborne 2594]

The A2 assets bit was part of an interview to one of the artists working for BIS and he clearly states it's a project made in his spare time, not anything related to official BI DLCs.

We'll have new terrain with the announced expansion, which means 2015 (personal guess early 2016).

[mistyronin 1181]

The A2 assets bit was part of an interview to one of the artists working for BIS and he clearly states it's a project made in his spare time, not anything related to official BI DLCs.

You mean like the Zeus DLC that was made in one of the devs spare time or the Karts DLC that was made also during their spare time?... :rolleyes:

Edited September 25, 2014 by MistyRonin

[Chairborne 2594]

Yeah sure they totally wanted to make a dlc out of content already available for free and which the community has done already but they didn't want us to know *wink wink*

[mistyronin 1181]

Yeah sure they totally wanted to make a dlc out of content already available for free and which the community has done already but they didn't want us to know *wink wink*

Well, they even made a standalone game based in an A2 improved map, Chernarus+.

[CaptainObvious 95]

Release date for the Helicopters DLC announced, along with pics of the CSAT cargo helo:

Arma 3 Helicopters DLC available on November 4th

[mistyronin 1181]

Release date for the Helicopters DLC announced, along with pics of the CSAT cargo helo:

Arma 3 Helicopters DLC available on November 4th

Awesome news, so no Ch53 but a tunned ch54, unexpected but cool.

[Chairborne 2594]

That futuristic skycrane with open seats.

BIS is not gonna get a single dime from me this round.

[CaptainObvious 95]

I wonder if those open seats on the passenger module are FFV compatible, would be rather awesome to do a hot troop delivery with the passengers blasting away with their personal weapons.

[roberthammer 582]

I wonder if those open seats on the passenger module are FFV compatible, would be rather awesome to do a hot troop delivery with the passengers blasting away with their personal weapons.

Most likely it is and its own variant

[mistyronin 1181]

That futuristic skycrane with open seats.

Futuristic indeed:

I'm not fan of the BI A3 futuristic setting, but I kind of like the new helos. But I expected more content.

[roberthammer 582]

Well the Real Skycrane isnt coaxial rotor , so that makes it futuristic :p

[zukov 484]

Futuristic indeed:

http://static.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1204/CH-54%20Original_1326655.jpg

I'm not fan of the BI A3 futuristic setting, but I kind of like the new helos. But I expected more content.

i think that will be a good dlc, with trailer for mover truck, and with a funny contents in MP

[Chairborne 2594]

Futuristic indeed:

http://static.planetminecraft.com/files/resource_media/screenshot/1204/CH-54%20Original_1326655.jpg

I'm not fan of the BI A3 futuristic setting, but I kind of like the new helos. But I expected more content.

Nobody envisioned a skycrane carrying a stunning 8 troops in an open carrier rack thing like Halo ODST.

And what Robert Hammer said.

[HorbeySpector 164]

€12.99 for 2 helicopters and 4 time trial missons? woohoo

they look nice though.

[dezkit 28]

€12.99 for 2 helicopters and 4 time trial missons? woohoo

they look nice though.

You can also count firing from vehicles, sling loading, new objects, new advanced flight system, and miscellaneous take on helicopter integration.

Which, in my book, is worth it :yay: thanks BI! <3

[roberthammer 582]

Also in 2nd Taru pic wheres the open carrier - Asian possibly China CSAT ? , hmm maybe foreshadowing for the expansion?

[zukov 484]

the sector control features are intriguing

[Zorg_DK 10]

Definitely looking forward to the sling thingy, I tried it briefly on dev branch, very nice addition. But 16$ for 2 helis? No thanks. I'll stick with sling loading on the vanilla helis.

[mistyronin 1181]

Nobody envisioned a skycrane carrying a stunning 8 troops in an open carrier rack thing like Halo ODST.

And what Robert Hammer said.

From the wikipedia:

Early pods could not carry troops and external sling-loads at the same time. Advanced pods for the CH-54 could carry troops and cargo underslung at the same time but were not purchased.

[Maio 293]

Also in 2nd Taru pic wheres the open carrier - Asian possibly China CSAT ? , hmm maybe foreshadowing for the expansion?

I've also noticed that.

Minor campaign spoilers bellow.

In the campaign, the soldiers with urban camo fatigues and non standard equipment were guarding the earthquake device, which leads me to believe that they are some sort of specialized branch of CSAT

Edited September 25, 2014 by Maio

[Chairborne 2594]

From the wikipedia:

That looked something like this:

http://www.combatreform.org/CH54podtroopseating.jpg

And still never made it to service... because they had dedicated platforms for that.

[HorbeySpector 164]

You can also count firing from vehicles, sling loading, new objects, new advanced flight system, and miscellaneous take on helicopter integration.

except that those are free.

[Dwarden 1124]

except that those are free.

the DLC were always hinted as features free while content paid

[Varanon 892]

But I expected more content.

Me too...

Hey, BI, why not add the helicopters from Take On: Helicopters and Take On: Hinds in the DLC ? I mean, it's already adding the flight model from ToH

[dezkit 28]

except that those are free.

Theoretically, none of those features would have existed if the heli dlc was never released/announced...