04-17-2019, 12:16 AM
I think instead of removing them completely, a better way to handle old aircraft would be to substantially reduce the rate at which they show up in the used aircraft market and substantially increase maintenance costs on aircraft that went out of production long ago to make them less game-breaking. I would also suggest maybe connecting the number that appear in the used market to the number that were built in reality- not directly, like only ever having 13 Concordes show up, but it shouldn't be possible for players to build the most successful airline in the game on the dozens of Il-96s that show up in the used market right now (only 30 were ever built and I believe only three or four remain in service, all with Cubana). For players who want to mess around with the dinosaurs, I think keeping them is fine, but the meta shouldn't be to buy up as many DC-8-73s and 747-200s as possible.