@Mark I fully aware of the fact that it is a high fidelity product at an amazing level of detail. I enjoy using it on an regular basis. And I am aware of the fact that it tries to simulate an entire airplane.
However, the problem discussed here is as much a bug as running the engines with the cutoff switches "off" would be considered a bug, given the "custom coded environment."
I'm also aware that literally thousands of users won't even bother. You just have to look at the number of voters for any given topic in the msfs forum. Those with the most votes are in the hundreds, at most. Which is incredibly tiny compared to the millions of users. Based upon these figures it doesn't even make sense to maintain a forum in the first place. If you choose to do so, well ...
I'm holding back on things I encountered because I'm also aware of how irrelevant they probably are in the grand scheme of things.
But if you insist: the random failure system (still) doesn't work. I haven't had a single failure on "high". Not even in a given amount of time, but ever. There's other threads/responses about that. I chose to not open a ticket about it because it by now you must be aware of that, i'd guess and have probably other, admittedly, more important things to do (developing three planes at once). But on the other hand: I as a customer can't really be blamed for trying it out and finding it in a state in which it simply doesn't work. You guys chose to implement failures. Okay, didn't ask for it, obviously others did. Also, others mentioned that most failures don't do anything besides illuminating the respective warning light. I was one of them, btw! (TMS working flawlessly after being failed manually!) This was not a bug. Just like a car not starting upon turning the key is a bug (for lack of a far better comparison) How am I expected to react to this? How does this pass QC? Does it get a "nobody will notice it anyway-stamp"?
I'm a loyal customer, and will be in the future, because your products are good, even amazing products. But ye who says "a" must also say "b"
Literally translated from German. Sorry if it doesn't make sense.
And yes: I DO have a job and a life. No kids though ...
Kind regards
Manuel